Nine tragically die of boredom as Notwithstanding clause is explained to them

CHAMBLY -- Tragedy struck the 2014 election campaign this afternoon as nine elderly people were bored to death by a political discussion that descended into talking about section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, known as the Notwithstanding Clause.

During a candidate's visit to Les Vieux Pins retirement home in Chambly, Québec, the Parti québécois candidate inadvertently started explaining how Premier Pauline Marois promised to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to their proposed Charter of Values.

"As soon as she started explaining the use of the Notwithstanding Clause, we noticed pained expressions on the faces of some of the residents," said a nurse at the home.  "Before the candidate could be prevented from explaining the origin of the Clause and which sections of the Charter that it would apply to, it was already too late."

The Notwithstanding Clause was last used in 1989 in Québec, causing fits of apoplexy among certain elderly anglophones and has been known to cause extreme boredom to everyone else, ever since.