The company used the same clause in the most recent round of layoffs.

Those who want to avoid the linguistic controversy sometimes use the clause "limba de stat" (state language).

In one way, then, he is using the clause as a shield.

December 21 - The Quebec government reinstates the language laws using the notwithstanding clause.

Rodriguez did not rule out using the clause, but he said he had no intention of leaving.

December 21: Quebec uses the notwithstanding clause for the first time.

I hope that, using the clause, we shall see the Finnish Presidency ending up with a very clear result for all our citizens.

This means using the bridging clause in Article 67 of the Treaty.

We have to use the clause and the whole agreement as an instrument for the modernization of Mexico.

In most cases, suggestions that a government will use the notwithstanding clause are politically very unpopular.