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Lorne Gunter: Feds' attack on notwithstanding clause an attack on Canadian federation

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It’s too bad federal government lawyers were at the Supreme Court this week arguing against Quebec’s use of the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause in conjunction with that province’s controversial 2019 law, Bill 21. Also known as the secularism law, Bill 21 forbids the wearing of religious symbols at work by any public servant including teachers, nurses, police officers, even clerks.

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