cover of episode Using the notwithstanding clause to get tough on crime. Plus: A Quebec flag for every classroom

Using the notwithstanding clause to get tough on crime. Plus: A Quebec flag for every classroom

2024/5/31
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Elias Makos caps off the week with Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy, and Jonathan Kalles, Senior Director at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

  • The Bloc Québécois is proposing to invoke the notwithstanding clause to prevent judges from dismissing cases involving violent and serious crimes
  • Liberal MP and Health Minister Mark Holland suggests taking your kids on a road trip this summer means you don’t care about the future of the planet
  • Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts of his hush-money trial
  • The Parti Quebecois wants each classroom to have a Quebec flag in it