Conservatives Clarify Opposition to Bill 21 Following Vote for Notwithstanding Clause

Conservatives Clarify Opposition to Bill 21 Following Vote for Notwithstanding Clause
Conservative deputy leader Tim Uppal rises during Question Period, Nov. 17, 2022 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The federal Conservatives are trying to reassure the World Sikh Organization of Canada that the party remains opposed to Quebec’s secularism law after its MPs voted in support of a provision the province used to make it into law.
On Monday the Conservatives voted en masse in favour of a Bloc Québécois motion recognizing that provinces have a “legitimate right” to use the notwithstanding clause, including pre-emptively.