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Podcast: Brian Crombie Radio Hour
Episode: Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1284 - Canada's Notwithstanding Clause with Peter Biro
Description: Brian interviews Peter Biro. Peter is the Founder and President of democracy think-tank, Section 1, Senior Fellow of Massey College, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law where he teaches Constitutional Law. Peter Biro has, for many years, been writing and speaking about the notwithstanding clause and calling either for its repeal or for laws limiting its use and modifying its operation. Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, also known as the notwithstanding clause, is one of the Constitution’s most controversial and least well understood provisions. By invoking the notwithstanding clause, the government ca...