Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

John Francis 🦫🇨🇦🍁💪⬆️ @johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

12/20/2025, 3:30:50 AM

Public

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gnomon/115749015911513360

In the 1980 constitutional negotiations lead by Trudeau Sr. There was bargaining about trading the federal disallowance for the notwithstanding clause. It failed, NWC and disallowance went ahead.

Disallowance is not some ancient loophole that should never be used, it was retained exactly for this possibility, where provinces abuse the NWC to attack minority rights.

This is a petition calling for disallowance to be used to counter the NWC abuse that provs are using to attack trans people.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://cosocial.ca/users/johnefrancis/statuses/115749778293520529 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)