Sentences with phrase «canadian citizens»

The Government considers the safety and security of Canadian citizens to be of utmost importance.

Section 23 of the Charter gives certain Canadian citizens the right to have their children receive education in the province or territory's minority language at government expense.

The centre helps immigrants, refugees, new Canadian citizens, and visible minorities settle and adapt into new lives in Greater Victoria.

Canadian citizens who are refused an application for the granting of a passport or have their passport revoked, require legal representation before an adjudicator who has the authority to reinstate a person's ability to apply for a passport.

Canadian citizens have full rights of citizenship.

This amendment would mean that, not only would it be contrary to the Code to discriminate between Canadian citizens and non-citizens, but it would also be a breach of the Code to discriminate on the basis of status as an immigrant, refugee, or permanent citizen.

Under the Canada Elections Act, all employees who are electors — Canadian citizens who are 18 years of age or older as of the date of the election — are entitled to 3 consecutive hours on election day, during voting hours, to cast their votes....

Nevertheless, organisations targeting Canadian citizens will still need to adapt to various provisions of CASL, including the end of the transitional period for implied consent on 1 July 2017.

Canadian citizens and permanent residents may sponsor spouses or partners, dependent children, parents, grandparents and other close relatives to become permanent residents under the family reunification stream of immigration.

In Frank v. Canada, two Canadian citizens who reside in the United States have challenged the provisions of the Canada Elections Act that deny them the right to vote.

In the Canadian legal system, Aboriginal title is recognized as sui generis, meaning it is the unique collective right to use of, and jurisdiction over, ancestral territory and is separate from the rights of non-Aboriginal Canadian citizens under common law.

Canadian citizens and permanent residents can adopt children from other countries and bring their adopted children to live with them in Canada.

This means, for example, that foreign databases might store Canadian citizens» personal identifying information.

These non-criminal Canadian Citizens are treated like criminals and put in handcuffs, locked in the back of a police cars and dragged to a hospital without access to lawyers or Charter rights explained to every criminal.

Your motives are unjust and unreasonable FRANKLY i think canada is better then this nonsense and should be aware of how the government is portraying this country furthermore stop referring to canadian residing citizens as FORIEGNERS its harsh and i cant imagine canadian citizens would tolerate this discrimination which by the way goes against charter rights!

At any given moment, there are about a thousand Canadian citizens stranded in some way around the world.

But I'm deeply saddened that not all Canadian citizens will be able to say the same.

While Canadian citizens understand they have restricted privacy rights at international borders, they are not necessarily consenting to the information contained on the RFID chip in the passport being stored in a foreign government's database.»

The expansion of the temporary foreign workers program, theft of E.I. benefits from migrant workers and Canadian citizens alike, are all part of one «cheap labour» strategy.

Work is defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act as any activity for which wages are paid or commission is earned, or that is in direct competition with the activities of Canadian citizens or permanent residents in the Canadian labour market.

The RCMP has pressed charges against George Salloum, the man who was oversaw and participated in the interrogation and torture of four Canadian citizens — Maher Arar, Ahmad El Maati, Abdullah Almalki and Muayyed Nureddin — in a Syrian detention centre.

Rodriguez argues voting is a form of expression to which all Canadian citizens over the age of 18 are entitled, and so not being able to explicitly bemoan the electoral options on offer infringes on the charter right to free expression.

There is considerable discussion these days about how the legal community can help to increase access to justice for Canadian citizens.

«I have little difficulty in finding that establishing how the tension between privacy, on the one hand, and access to information, on the other, is to be resolved is important, even fundamental, to the relationship of Canadian citizens and residents to our government institutions.

«I hold that the purpose of the oath is not to compel expression but to obtain a commitment to our form of government from those wishing to become Canadian citizens,» wrote Justice Karen M. Weiler.

a. Canadian citizens, permanent residents within the meaning of s. 2 (1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. F - 7, and bodies corporate incorporated and continued under the laws of Canada or a province who have used one or more Wireless Devices since 2001; and

As a result, the Act now prohibits Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and stateless persons residing in Canada from illegally exporting cultural property from an occupied territory of a State Party.

It proves that because of of the wisdom and integrity of Justice Ratushny, The Charter of Rights still applies to Canadian citizens.

The most significant additions were the creation of «conditional permanent resident status» in 2012 (for Applicants in a spousal sponsorship application) and, with the changes to our Citizenship Act, «second class» Canadian citizens in 2014.

According to the government, extensive research has consistently shown that the ability to communicate effectively in French or English is a key factor in the success of new Canadian citizens, and knowledge of Canadian history, norms and values as well as the responsibilities and privileges of Canadian citizenship, in civic participation and economic success.

The question becomes: what are the Liberals going to do to help the Permanent Residents and Canadian citizens, sponsors like Cindy Green, who find themselves, heart in hand, abandoned at the airport?

A RIGHT TO FULL PROTECTION UNDER THE PROVINCIAL EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT AND REGULATIONS currently enjoyed by Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents, including NO FEES for any work placement.

Aren't all Canadian citizens, then, her clients?

Conducting the Inquiry has reinforced my conviction that we can and must continue to do everything possible to protect our country, and to do so with genuine respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of Canadian citizens.

Many Canadian citizens who reside outside the country for legitimate employment - related or other reasons and who maintain strong ties to and care deeply about Canada, are prevented from having a voice in Canada's political life, while many others, both inside and outside the country, who may be less connected or concerned, are allowed to vote.

-LSB-...] The major problem with this approach is that it may result in some people not being Canadian citizens at birth even though they and their parents have a substantial connection with Canada.

The Treasury Board's current web archiving strategy absolutely is not designed to provide Canadian Citizens with perpetual historical access to essential government documents -LRB-...)

The Parent and Grandparent Program (PGP) is designed for Canadian citizens and permanent residents to bring their foreign parents and grandparents to Canada as Permanent Residents.

The Committee suggested that Canada was complicit in the torture of Canadian citizens post-9 / 11 and expressed concern at the «apparent reluctance on part of the State party [Canada] to protect rights of all Canadians detained in other countries.»

I hold that the purpose of the oath is not to compel expression but to obtain a commitment to our form of government from those wishing to become Canadian citizens.

All Canadian citizens who are at least 18 years old on General Voting Day and have lived in B.C. for six months before election day are eligible to vote in the Provincial General Election.

In British Columbia, the federal government has allowed a foreign corporation to circumvent the Charter rights of Canadian citizens.

An extradition order against two Canadian citizens accused of arranging an «honour killing» in India has been restored by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Charter of Rights: The father and mother were married in Canada and moved to Germany a year later, where their children were born as Canadian citizens.

Our children were born in Canada, lived here all their lives, are excellent and contributing Canadian citizens: unfortunately, they have parents born abroad due to their grandparents» military service for Canada in WWII so share the British citizenship we acquired by birth.

There is no document out there that indicates Canada owns the land, if there is I would like to see it and I'm sure the world would like to see this document as well, Canadian citizens don't want to see it for abvious reasons.

«This government has broken the law and, as Canadian citizens, we have both a moral and legal imperative to insist on enforcement of our own laws on climate action.»

Desmond Bull, a councillor with the Louis Bull Tribe, says, «As First Nations and Canadian citizens, we need to take care of each other, take care of the land and take care of future generations.»

Written by Roland and Nadene Tipper who are Canadian citizens who have lived in Costa Rica since 2008.

Air Canada gave out travel cards on the plane to all passengers (part of the fare already)-- and they were used by all other passengers — both Canadian citizens and foreign nationals (there were Chinese nationals on my flight).