OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Wednesday that his pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause in legislation intended to keep education workers from striking is "wrong and inappropriate."
"The Prime Minister emphasized the critical importance of standing up for Canadians’ rights and freedoms, including workers’ rights," Trudeau told Ford, according to a readout of the call provided by the Prime Minister's Office.
"He was clear that the pre-emptive use of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms' notwithstanding clause is wrong and inappropriate, and should only ever be used in the most exceptional of circumstances."
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