Notwithstanding Clause Limitation Act, 2025
Sponsored by Collard, Lucille · First Reading Ordered for Second Reading
- Restricts when Ontario bills can use the notwithstanding clause under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Allows its use only for urgent, temporary situations seriously endangering Ontarians' lives, health or safety
- Also allows its use to amend a law a court found violated the Charter, limited to the specific provisions found in contravention
- Requires the Attorney General to table a report justifying the clause's use within 30 days of the bill's introduction
- Report must explain why alternatives to using the clause were considered inadequate
- Requires a two-thirds majority vote of elected members to pass any bill invoking the notwithstanding clause