Leonid Sirota: Alberta has now used the "notwithstanding clause" to end a teachers' strike; Ontario did it too. The SCC's misbegotten case law on the "right" to strike is an embarrassment, yet there's no discussion of a constitutional amendment to overturn it, just lazy resort to s 33, which undermines all rights.

Alberta has now used the "notwithstanding clause" to end a teachers' strike; Ontario did it too. The SCC's misbegotten case law on the "right" to strike is an embarrassment, yet there's no discussion of a constitutional amendment to overturn it, just lazy resort to s 33, which undermines all rights.