Tory Senator Housakos proposes invoking notwithstanding clause to uphold certain mandatory minimums

Conservative Senate Leader Leo Housakos is proposing what would be the first federal use of the notwithstanding clause to uphold mandatory minimum sentences for child sexual abuse and exploitation material offences following a recent Supreme Court ruling, and says he hopes t...
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