Sentences with phrase «canadian system of government»

The Court wrote «that with the adoption of the Charter, the Canadian system of government was transformed to a significant extent from a system of Parliamentary supremacy to one of constitutional supremacy».

Through this lively and readable document, Senator Forsey has helped tens of thousands of students, teachers, legislators and ordinary citizens in Canada and around the world understand the Canadian system of government.

The Canadian system of government has three branches: judicial, executive, and legislative.

Not exact matches

In the coming year, the Government will undertake a review of the tax system to determine whether it works well for Canadians, with a view to eliminating poorly targeted and inefficient tax measures.

In this second chart we see the impact of government transfers on the progressivity of the Canadian tax system.

U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration and his move to strip Haitians, Salvadorans and others of their temporary legal status have had a broad effect on Canada's refugee system, Reuters interviews with social service providers, government officials and a review of Canadian immigration data show.

Three - quarters of the respondents in the COMPAS poll believe the Canadian government should implement a similar system here.

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).

«With failure of our system to provide justice for the murders of Colton Boushie and Tina Fontaine, our trust in the ability of this government and the Canadian justice system has been severely undermined.

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.

First, here is the most recent tax cut talk from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, as quoted by the Globe and Mail: â $ œI can assure you that our government is by no means finished in our efforts to improve our tax system for the benefit of Canadian -LSB-...]

Speakers making the case for why it's time to listen to the experts and Canadians — and get down to business and develop a made - in - Canada proportional representation system include Hassan Yussuff, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, Katelynn Northam, electoral reform campaign lead at Leadnow, Farhat Rehman of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and Annie Bérubé, director of government relations at Équiterre.

If Krugman's criticism of the «mythology» is correct, the Canadian banking system of that era should have been a basket case, but instead it was a model for the world precisely because it lacked the two most damaging government regulations present in the US.

Furthermore, for 67 per cent of Canadians, it is important for the government to protect our supply management system for dairy and poultry products.

No, he went further and argued that the traditional separation of functions in the Canadian financial system were coming apart with or without government policy changes.

The government thus claims to protect the interests of the demos over non-citizens, who are described as a burden on the Canadian system.

The Canadian electoral system is based on a parliamentary system of government, modelled on that of the United Kingdom.

[10] During a televised election debate Stephen Harper, while discussing the government's controversial decision to remove certain immigrants and refugee claimants from accessing Canada's health care system made reference to «old stock Canadians» as being in support of the government's position.

For their analysis, the researchers used RETScreen, a free clean energy software package developed by the Canadian government, along with the typical energy considerations to determine the financial savings from the heating systems over the course of 22 years.

«This government is a total enabler of Canadian mining companies destroying local water systems in Latin America and other places,» she said in a press release.

With the backing of Monsanto, the FDA, the Canadian government, and health gurus alike, this truly problematic crop was crowned King of Edible Oils by the processed food system.

Avis Glaze, former superintendent of the Ontario education system, correctly observed that Canada does not have charter schools, but others mentioned that the large number of religious schools that are both government - funded and subject to state regulation give Canadians even more choice than exists in the United States.

Previous studies on the effectiveness of ABS - conducted by auto manufacturers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Canadian government and the insurance institute - also failed to show the systems have clear benefits.

The teenagers whose pictures he has taken in the Canadian province of Manitoba since 2008 are the children and grandchildren of those who survived the government's system of assimilation.

We knew that the Canadian government wasn't fond of environmentalists (now Finance Minister Joe Oliver accused them of trying to» hijack our regulatory system to achieve their radical ideological agenda.»

Calgary, Alberta, December 13, 2017 — The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) commends the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) and the Government of Alberta for the successful implementation of the first phase of its Renewable Electricity Program (REP), which has resulted in the lowest - ever price for wind energy generation in Canada.

In collaboration with provinces and territories, the Government of Canada is protecting the health and environment of Canadians through its Air Quality Management System (AQMS).

The necessary remedy is for the courts to use the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Part I of The Constitutional Act, 1982), much more aggressively against governments and law societies because they control the resources necessary to make the justice system work adequately.

In a speech to the B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association last November, he warned that B.C.'s justice system is «threatened, if not in peril,» due to chronic underfunding from the government.

In a recent review of Canadian jurisprudence, Lorian Hardcastle identifies several types of claims that may be brought against the government: claims for mishandling pandemics; claims related to system management failures; and claims for deaths caused by long wait times.

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.

In the 19th century, Canadian and American governments outlawed Indigenous spiritual systems as well as other Indigenous cultural practices such as languages and styles of dress (see Indian Act).

As a viewer of the Canadian broadcasting system, moreover, I find rather patronizing — not to mention alarming — the suggestion that the government's regulator must protect me from potential editorial biases.

Aboriginal law is that part of our legal system that regulates the relationship between the Aboriginal people of Canada, the Canadian government and the rest of the Canadian society.

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.»

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.

However, in the midst of Aboriginal rights movements in the 1960s and 1970s, the disk system fell into disrepute and the Canadian government once again sought to change Inuit naming systems.

The Canadian Government recently released its proposal on what the Canadian cannabis regulatory regime could look like, including a fairly detailed account of what the business licensing system could entail.

The government claims it has been working hard to maintain the integrity of Canada's generous immigration system and to strengthen the value of Canadian citizenship.

As the chief editor of the Conference of Western Attorneys General's American Indian Law Deskbook, I wanted to learn about the challenges the Métis faced in using the legal system in Canada to gain recognition and the differences between how the United States and Canadian governments treat indigenous peoples.

On February 6, 2014, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced a Blueprint for Improvements of Canadian Citizenship.The Canadian Government is commit to reduce backlogs and improve the efficiency of the process by strengthening the integrity of Canada's Citizenship System.

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.

In particular, should Canadian governments be concerned about the security of the IT systems in place among businesses that contract with them?

For First Nations that have not signed treaties, the definition of traditional territory may arise from ongoing treaty negotiation processes or other interactions with the Canadian government and legal system (see Land Claims).

Therefore, on behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, I stand before you, in this chamber so central to our life as a country, to apologize to Aboriginal peoples for Canada's role in the Indian residential schools system.

The Canadian Secular Alliance's pre-budget submission to the Government of Ontario notes that budgetary savings of at least $ 500 million per year can be achieved by moving to a single, secular, publicly funded school system.

«Governments should communicate early, clearly, consistently and often to Canadians about the new system» (page 54 of the report).

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.

«Our government listened and acted with regard to Canadian taxpayers» concerns on this issue, and we remain committed in our effort to preserve the integrity of our immigration system.»

Wilson - Raybould was instructed, among other things, to modernize the justice system, increase the use of restorative justice, increase the government's Charter compliance and address gaps in the justice system that allow the most marginalized Canadians to fall through the cracks.