09-10-2018, 06:26 PM
(09-10-2018, 04:33 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(09-10-2018, 04:24 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Superior court justices are appointed federally, and in this case it would likely have been by Paul Martin.
As a bit of a smokescreen, Ford has also announced he will use the notwithstanding clause should the government lose any court battles over sex education or the termination of the basic income pilot. Seems Ford sees it as a bit of a dictatorial veto.
No no, you see he was elected, he cannot be a dictator...
I have no doubt he's simple enough to believe this.
The notwithstanding clause is ridiculous because it actually does give the elected Government dictatorial powers. The only real check is the belief that using it has a very steep cost across party lines. It’s up to us to make that clear to Ford