Sentences with phrase «canadian public system»

While some patients might feel contrite about professing a love for the Canadian public system and then paying for care, when it comes to their health, that's a guilt many patients are willing to bear.

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In the next breath, however, Harper added: «It should not matter who delivers health care, whether it is private, profit, not - for - profit or public, as long as Canadians have access to those services through the public insurance system regardless of their financial needs.

Once we have a public debate, Canadians will vote for the media and communications system they deserve, a pluralistic and democratic one.

The bank, in fact, said it believes the Europeans will manage their public debt mess without bringing down the system, and that the Canadian economic outlook has «marginally improved,» in part because the U.S. is doing a little better.

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

Canadians have maintained a slight lead over efforts in the United States, partly because several of the early gurus of mass media, including Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan, taught in Canada, and partly because Canada has a long tradition of media responsiveness to public interest, including the Canadian Film Board and the Canadian Broadcasting System.

«This study supports the criticism that the Canadian public health care system is not universal but has significant inequities, inefficiencies and varying levels of service,» states Dr. Sareen.

A recent report from the parliamentary budget officer estimates that a universal, public pharmacare system would save Canadians more than $ 4 billion per year while this study suggests that applying Quebec's private - public model in all provinces would cost Canadians over $ 5 - billion more per year than they currently pay.

A native Canadian with a passion for public outreach, Mitchell did her Ph.D. in systems biology at the University of Ottawa.

About 40,000 immigrant students come into the Canadian public school system every year, due to Canada's high rates of immigration per capita.

In 2011 Lumos Research for the Canadian Urban Libraries Council released a report that was very encouraging to the sustainability of the public library system in Canada.

Lumos Research for the Canadian Urban Libraries Council has released new reports that are encouraging to the sustainability of the public library system in Canada.

The design of Canada's retirement income system and the extent to which working - age Canadians are saving adequately for old age continue to be important public policy issues.

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.

Polls also show that public support for the British Columbia carbon tax has grown to 64 percent, and 59 percent of Canadians say they would support a similar carbon tax system in their provinces.

Focused on collecting stories from Nova Scotians about their experiences with legal services and the justice system, the project brings together NSBS, the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, the Courts of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Legal Aid, the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie, the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Bar Association and a public representative.

It's a matter of recognizing the majority of the Canadian public have very limited understanding of the legal system.

The Awards, which are sponsored by the Canadian Bar Association and the Department of Justice Canada, celebrate outstanding journalism that fosters public awareness and understanding of the Canadian justice system.

The Court needs to determine whether or not there is a crisis in public confidence in the Canadian judicial system.

Because court filings are public records, I think that syndicating SCC factums via public RSS feeds, and attaching to them a Canadian Creative Commons license («Attribution — no derivative — no commercial use» comes to mind), would be not only be fair; but would promote a better understanding of the Canadian Justice system.

The Justicia Awards recognize outstanding broadcast and print stories that foster public awareness and understanding of any aspect of the Canadian justice system and the roles played by institutions and participants in the legal system.

«At this moment in Canadian history, the public has little faith that the criminal justice system will treat complainants in sexual assault trials fairly.

«Fertility tourism» is the somewhat derisive term for cross-border travel to access artificial reproductive services that are restricted or unavailable in the traveler's home country.123 Such tourism can be a two - way street.124 Canada, for example, imposes severe penalties on anyone who provides compensation to a gestational surrogate.125 The risk of a serious fine and even jail time acts as a deterrent to Canadians who have no access to altruistic surrogates within Canada.126 The restrictions encourage Canadians to access ART services in the United States or other countries.127 On the other hand, Canada can be an attractive destination for intending parents who are not Canadian but who have access to an altruistic Canadian surrogate because the public health system greatly reduces the medical costs for the pregnancy and birth of the baby.128 India has a growing reputation for providing low - cost gestational surrogacy as it allows women to be compensated for providing such services.129 All of these scenarios present potential LRW problems addressing contract interpretation and enforceability.

[2] Moreover, the Canadian public expects their criminal justice system to bring accused persons to trial expeditiously.

Notable mandates: Canadian counsel to MeadWestvaco Corp. in international restructuring and spinoff of a division to another public entity, valued at around $ 500 million; counsel to Skyline Commercial REIT in its multi-phased acquisition of 46 commercial properties from Conundrum Capital for a purchase price of around $ 242 million; Canadian counsel to Ralcorp Holdings Inc. in cross-border acquisition by ConAgra Foods Inc., a transaction with a total value of more than US$ 9 billion; lead external legal counsel to Puerto Rico Public - Private Partnerships Authority in relation to the authority's first greenfield design - build - finance - maintain project (a juvenile detention and social treatment facility); advisor to Ghana Grid Co. Ltd. in relation to development of market rules for the Ghanaian electricity spublic entity, valued at around $ 500 million; counsel to Skyline Commercial REIT in its multi-phased acquisition of 46 commercial properties from Conundrum Capital for a purchase price of around $ 242 million; Canadian counsel to Ralcorp Holdings Inc. in cross-border acquisition by ConAgra Foods Inc., a transaction with a total value of more than US$ 9 billion; lead external legal counsel to Puerto Rico Public - Private Partnerships Authority in relation to the authority's first greenfield design - build - finance - maintain project (a juvenile detention and social treatment facility); advisor to Ghana Grid Co. Ltd. in relation to development of market rules for the Ghanaian electricity sPublic - Private Partnerships Authority in relation to the authority's first greenfield design - build - finance - maintain project (a juvenile detention and social treatment facility); advisor to Ghana Grid Co. Ltd. in relation to development of market rules for the Ghanaian electricity system.

An initiative of the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) the CNA Freedom of Information Audit 2007 shows ``... persistent delays and misunderstandings in the very system that is designed to guarantee the public's right to information about government decisions.»

So as Benchers ignore their obligation to regulate in the public interest, choosing instead to side with the personal interests of the lawyers who elected them, Canadians are left with a justice system that steadily grows farther and farther out of reach.

This leaves Canadians vulnerable to strategic lawsuits against public participation through the privatization of fundamental civil and political rights in the judicial system.

It is also an important factor in ensuring public confidence in the Canadian criminal justice system.

That legislation and public discourse, revealed as well, an attitudinal tone which in part, shaped what Canadians thought about their political system and its institutions.

Organized by the Canadian Bar Association, the Awards recognize «outstanding journalism that fosters public awareness and understanding of any aspect of the Canadian justice system and the roles played by institutions and participants in the legal system».

Law Day is less an occasion to focus on the shortfalls of our system however, and is more an opportunity to engage the public on the often poorly understood subject of the Canadian legal system.

This is fundamentally different than Canada, and it is paramount that the information provided to the public about restorative justice in the Canadian criminal justice system is accurate.

Stephen Harper's formal apology in June 2008 brought the hidden chapter of Canada's residential school system into the public eye, but as Canadians, we can not think the history or the chapter ends there.

Particularly, the Task Force recommends: establishing a minimum age of access and restrictions on advertising and promotion; well - regulated production, manufacturing and distribution that can displace the illegal market; and that governments educate Canadians about the new system to improve the public's understanding of cannabis, including risks such as impaired driving, for example.

The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice is a non-profit, independent organization dedicated to bringing together the public, the courts, the legal profession and government in order to promote a civil justice system that is accessible, effective, fair and efficient.

We believe that the institutions that train our public legal system's future lawyers and judges must respect the equality rights enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Prior to joining Blakes, Laurie worked in Ottawa as a policy fellow for the Samuelson - Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) where she worked on advocacy issues that arise at the intersection of law & technology, including copyright, privacy and geographic information systems.

This page from Justice Canada provides links to reference sources on the Canadian justice system, legislation, the courts, and other public justice institutions.

In addition to monetary concerns, many researchers identify a deep - seated distrust of the legal system within the Canadian public.

The idea of a truth commission was determined to be necessary as the majority of the Canadian public did not understand the story of the Indian Residential Schools system or appreciate its impact.

Another strength of this book is that it focuses on areas that have been given short shrift in previous works on Canadian copyright: users» rights (an area of increasing importance, since most public discourse about copyright focuses on what we can't do rather than what we can); aboriginal approaches to intellectual property rights (which emphasize the protection of the honour of clans, cultures, and nations over the rights of individual creators); digital rights management (and its spectacular failure to actually protect content); and public licensing systems (such as the Creative Commons licenses).

; (4) taxpayers would not have to pay for a justice system that provides lawyers a good place to earn a living but doesn't provide affordable legal services for those taxpayers; (5) the problem wouldn't be causing more damage in one day than all of the incompetent and unethical lawyers have caused in the whole of Canada's history (6) the legal profession would be expanding instead of contracting; because, (7) if legal services were affordable, lawyers would have more work than they could handle because people have never needed lawyers more; (8) law schools would be expanding their enrolments instead of being urged to contract them; (9) the problem would not be causing serious & increasing damage to the population, the courts, the legal profession, and to legal aid organizations because their funding varies inversely with the cost of legal services for taxpayers who finance legal aid's free legal services; (10) there would be a published LSUC text that declares the problem to be its problem and duty to solve it, and accurately defines the problem; (11) Canada would not have a seriously «legally crippled» population and constitution - the Canadian Charter of Rights an Freedoms is a «paper tiger» without the help of a lawyer; (12) Canada's justice system might again be «the envy of the world»; (13) the public statements of benchers would not show that they don't understand the cause of the problem and haven't tried to understand it; (14) LSUC's webpage, «Your Legal Bill - To High?»

The majority of Canadians support the public funding of health care and oppose attempts to shrink or compromise the system.

The study presents overwhelming evidence of a crisis of faith in the Canadian legal system that affects public perceptions of courts, lawyers and judges.

[u] nder the new system, Canadians would have ready access to information about air quality through new public reporting, modeling and monitoring mechanisms.

Quoting the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, the Supreme Court of Canada has repeatedly told Canadians that «publicity is the very soul of justice» and has emphasized the crucial role that public access to court proceedings plays in our democratic system.

Nominations are open until June 20, 2011 for the 12th Annual Justicia Awards that reward «outstanding broadcast and print or Web journalism that fosters public awareness and understanding of the Canadian justice system».

However, a number of factors negatively impact this access, including the complexity of the Canadian legal system, the small size of the Canadian legal publishing industry, Crown copyright, contradictory government information policies, and a shrinking public domain through the digitization of information and other roadblocks on the Internet.

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.