Supreme Court could change notwithstanding clause in light of Quebec's Bill 21, opponents argue

OTTAWA — Quebec’s secularism law is an unjust attack on religious Quebecers and the Supreme Court could “reverse or enhance” the Charter’s notwithstanding cause to prevent that, opponents of the legislation argued Monday.

On the first of four days of hearings over Bill 21, six groups opposing the province’s secularism law told the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) that it violated a litany of Charter rights, including religious and language freedoms, multiculturalism and gender equality.