Fraser says he considered notwithstanding clause after court struck down child porn penalties

National Post: Canada’s justice minister says while he never believed in the notwithstanding clause as the right tool to maintain the mandatory minimum penalty for access and possession of child sex abuse images, he nevertheless “gave it the thought that it deserves.”

Sean Fraser’s comments come as debate gets underway on Bill C-16, an omnibus crime bill that proposes to insert what legal analysts characterize as a “safety valve” into mandatory minimum sentences…