Let's hope Smith's UCP takes this as a message and drops this new gerrymandering legislation...https://globalnews.ca/news/11812868/supreme-court-rejects-quebec-election-map/#ableg #yyc #yeg #elections #Alberta

[virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca]

Let's hope Smith's UCP takes this as a message and drops this new gerrymandering legislation...
https://globalnews.ca/news/11812868/supreme-court-rejects-quebec-election-map/
#ableg #yyc #yeg #elections #Alberta

[elwoodcity@thecanadian.social]

@virtuous_sloth

It seems like a perfect precedent, doesn't it?

[philosophicalfish@mstdn.ca]

@virtuous_sloth Nah, they'll just use the not-withstanding clause to say "nuh uh" and pass a bill saying it's fine.

[virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca]

@philosophicalfish
I decided to look it up. The decision refers (if I'm to believe the article) democratic rights which are in section 3 of the charter while the section 33 notwithstanding clause only refers to sections 2, 7-15.

[philosophicalfish@mstdn.ca]

@virtuous_sloth Then I wonder what the UCP will pull out of their ass next, their contempt for democracy has been on full display for a while now and I doubt they'll stop if they're told "no."