Legal manoeuvres in the Supreme Court of Canada may soon land the country in another constitutional crisis. Earlier this week, the Carney government, through Attorney General Sean Fraser, filed an <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;intervention&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ottawa-argues-for-limits-on-use-of-notwithstanding-clause&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ottawa-argues-for-limits-on-use-of-notwithstanding-clause">intervention</a> in the upcoming appeal on Quebec’s secularism legislation (Bill 21) at the Supreme Court.

The Charter's notwithstanding clause exists to keep judges from usurping elected legislators. The feds want to take that away{ai:summary}Supreme Court legal maneuvers could spark another constitutional crisis.The Carney government, through AG Sean Fraser, filed an intervention in Quebec's Bill 21 appeal at the Supreme Court. #politics

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