Sentences with phrase «canadian federal system»

This issue is explored further in an older paper by Erin Tolley and William R. Young of the Government of Canada in, Municipalities, the Constitution, and The Canadian Federal System.

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summary of Canadian health care system: Canada has a single payer health care system, where the provinces are responsible for health care budgets, administration and delivery, yet have inter-provincial agreements that ensure you are covered anywhere in Canada (for those in the US not familiar with Canada, our provinces are much like your states; with a bit more autonomy from our federal government).

Earlier this month, two former senior officials in the finance department assailed the Conservative government for eroding the «integrity and credibility» of federal budgets through what they argued is a system of secrecy that keeps parliamentarians and Canadians in the dark about how federal dollars are spent.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has yet to fulfil his promise to extend parental leave to 18 months, but many Canadians are already thinking about how the federal government could fill the gaps in the current system.

This article provides an introduction to the nature of parties and the party system at the federal level of Canadian politics.

With the current federal campaign, we have a unique opportunity to ensure our retirement system is focused on meeting the needs of Canadians.

Premiers agreed to create a Council of the Federation, as part of their plan to play a leadership role in revitalizing the Canadian federation and building a more constructive and cooperative federal system.

The importance of such discussions was one of the key recommendations of June 2005 report entitled Canadian Federal Fiscal Forecasting Processes and Systems by Dr. Tim O'Neill.

A Canadian software company has filed a federal lawsuit against Nassau County, arguing that it holds the trademark for the name of the online system the county uses to manage the time records of its employees.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged that 2015 would be the last time Canadians elect a federal government using the first - past - the - post system.

It has become a very effective group in parliament, according to Adams, meeting regularly with advocates for postsecondary and research interests (such as the Canadian Society for Chemistry, the Canadian Association of Physicists, and the Canadian Federation of Biological Sciences) and assisting them in communicating their views within the federal system.

«The Canadian Learning Institute represents substantial federal investment and is a good example of what we have achieved» on the way towards establishing a national overview of the education system, says Adams.

In the latest twist of the Canadian debate, the Federal Court gave CARRF a mandate to address the «inherent bias and lack of objectivity in the peer review system as operated by NSERC».

Canadian banks recognized immediately that such a system would violate all manner of federal and provincial financial privacy rules, and violate non-discrimination statutes in the Charter.

With the current federal campaign, we have a unique opportunity to ensure our retirement system is focused on meeting the needs of Canadians.

According to Salon.com, which obtained over 300 emails of personal messages between lobbyists and Canadian officials, the CEA is part of a sophisticated public affairs strategy designed to manipulate the U.S. political system by deluging the media with messaging favorable to the tar - sands industry; to persuade key state and federal legislators to act in the extractive industries» favor; and to defeat any attempt to regulate the carbon emissions emanating from gasoline and diesel used by U.S. vehicles.

Instead of relying on the Canadian criminal justice system to punish serious offenders in accordance with the law, to rehabilitate offenders, and working to reintegrate them into society, the federal government will deport potentially dangerous individuals to countries where they could pursue further violence against Canada and others.

Our federal system is a great gift to Canadian legal publishers; it means that each province has a considerable body of law and practice unique to that jurisdiction.

I therefore find it peculiar when Federal Justice Minister, Peter MacKay, bemoans Canadians» loss of faith in the criminal justice system while in the same breath repeating his oft - made promise to rain a fury of new tough - on - crime hail from on - high upon the

In that trial, Silverman blamed the federal government's refusal to act on an erroneous interpretation of eligibility to transfer to the Canadian correction system from another country.

The official CSC position remains, however, that «the term solitary confinement is not accurate or applicable within the Canadian federal correctional system» — a disavowal articulated in the same report that explicitly refuses to place any time restrictions on the practice.

His reference to «Canadian federal courts» leads me towhether he might benefit from reading some basic texts on the structure and organization of the Canadian court system.

In my view, a meaningful presumption resulting in a form of «creeping monism» is only slightly less troubling than a de jure monist system in the Canadian context, and for the same reasons: it would effectively permit the federal executive, in executing its power to adhere Canada to international legal obligations, to unilaterally modify, expand or contract the meaning of Charter guarantees.

The human rights of Canadian residents are protected primarily by federal and provincial statutes, which are enforced through administrative systems.

The Federal laws of Canada and the Provincial laws of Ontario shall otherwise govern your use of the site where these terms and conditions are not clear or incomplete and you hereby agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Canadian Federal and Provincial court system.

Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson - Raybould said the new bill aims «to make our criminal justice system more effective and efficient while respecting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Like the American National Reporter System, it covers all Canadian provincial and federal courts (except Quebec) and it classifies cases according to a topic and key number system modeled on the American sSystem, it covers all Canadian provincial and federal courts (except Quebec) and it classifies cases according to a topic and key number system modeled on the American ssystem modeled on the American systemsystem.

These are four federal organizations — they command the largest share of the Canadian legal and judicial sector, and their remit includes the broadest swathe of the Canadian legal system's user base.

Legalize and Regulate Marijuana WHEREAS, despite almost a century of prohibition, millions of Canadians today regularly consume marijuana and other cannabis products; WHEREAS the failed prohibition of marijuana has exhausted countless billions of dollars spent on ineffective or incomplete enforcement and has resulted in unnecessarily dangerous and expensive congestion in our judicial system; WHEREAS various marijuana decriminalization or legalization policy prescriptions have been recommended by the 1969 - 72 Commission of Enquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, the 2002 Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, and the 2002 House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs; WHEREAS the legal status quo for the criminal regulation of marijuana continues to endanger Canadians by generating significant resources for gang - related violent criminal activity and weapons smuggling — a reality which could be very easily confronted by the regulation and legitimization of Canada's marijuana industry; BE IT RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will legalize marijuana and ensure the regulation and taxation of its production, distribution, and use, while enacting strict penalties for illegal trafficking, illegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and practices.

Justice Slatter also praises the Canadian healthcare system as «an example of co-operative federalism in action,» though the Canada Health Act, which threatens provinces with the loss of their federal healthcare transfers if they do not comply with its conditions, seems like a rather dubious example of «co-operation.»

An inquiry into the conduct of Federal Court Judge Robin Camp when he presided over a sexual assault trial raises some hard questions about the impartiality of the Canadian justice system.

In 2012, the federal government made significant changes to the employment insurance system to ensure its efficiency in connecting unemployed Canadians with work.

I never met Simon but he encouraged me to write about law and the Canadian federal appointments system when I was in the PMO.

This made - in - Canada program was developed to provide an additional layer of security for the aviation system and to enhance public safety in a way that complies with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and federal privacy legislation.

Where banks once sent human appraisers to assess a home's value and determine whether to provide a mortgage for it, the banking industry — encouraged by the federal government's own Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)-- had largely converted to a faster and cheaper system of automated underwriting, using computerized models to determine how much money to safely lend.