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Using the notwithstanding clause to evict the homeless shows the limits of municipal politics

By Steve Lorteau, Long-Term Appointment Law Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Oliver Chan, SJD Candidate, University of Toronto

The proposed use of the notwithstanding clause to clear homeless encampments would add unhoused people to a growing list of those whose human rights have been recently curbed by the clause.

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