Poilievre says he’d pass a law that overrides a Charter right. That would be a first for a PM [Video]

In January 2006 during the federal leaders’ debate, Liberal Leader Paul Martin surprised many political observers when he seemingly out of the blue raised the issue of the notwithstanding clause.

Martin challenged Conservative Leader Stephen Harper to agree to a constitutional amendment ensuring that Ottawa would never use the controversial clause. Harper refused, and the issue, which some saw as an effort by Martin to boost his campaign, fizzled from the election campaign landscape.

But the issue has returned to this election campaign and this time it’s the Conservative leader who has raised it, with a politically …