The government of Saskatchewan will use the notwithstanding clause to defy a court order related to public funding of Catholic schools. In the meantime, it introduced legislation on Wednesday afternoon to invoke the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The notwithstanding clause allows provinces to create laws that will operate in spite of (or "notwithstanding") some charter rights that the laws appear to violate. That means nothing will change when it comes to the government paying for non-Catholic students to attend separate schools. The government says to funnel thousands of kids to public schools would be disruptive and is not what parents want.

Source: CBC News November 08, 2017 20:15 UTC