Should Omar Khadr—or his mother—be tried for treason? In a past issue, C2C Journal commissioned several authors to look at treason in Canada and how the concept declined. See https://c2cjournal.ca/past-issues/ and scroll down to Volume 4 Issue 1 – Whatever Happened to Treason?

Ottawa is Playing a Game of Charter Chicken with the Provinces
The federal government has long objected to provinces using the Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ “notwithstanding” clause, arguing it lets them trample over the rights of Canadians. But that view, flawed as it is, is nothing compared to Ottawa’s latest gambit on this issue, writes Andrew Roman. Liberal Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s recent intervention in the case of Quebec’s Bill 21 asks the Supreme Court of Canada to declare limits on the use of the notwithstanding clause. This would amount to a backdoor amendment of the Constitution by the court, one that would give judges even more power and leave elected representatives even less scope to avoid or undo their harmful decisions. More than just an attack on provincial autonomy, writes Roman, it threatens to upset the balance at the heart of Canada’s federal democracy.






