Of course, I can't capture here the brilliance of the chapters, but I hope you'll read the whole book. Thanks to all contributors & co-editors for their efforts, and @UCalgaryLaw for its support. This book has been a while in the making and I'm happy that is now in the world.

In a final surprise of underdevelopment, @LouisPLampron examines the formalistic approach to the "notwithstanding clause", and wonders whether new pressures might suggest that surprises are in store in the interpretation of this provision.

Similarly, @KerriFroc looks at s 28 of the Charter, which guarantees "rights equally to male and female persons", noting the absence of interpretation by the SCC, and suggesting a robust role for the provision.

Here's a peek at what's inside. The first set of surprises relate to the underdevelopment of certain provisions. In my chapter, I examine the "supremacy of God" clause in the Charter's preamble: its surprising emptiness and its potential relation to the "freedom of the church"