Sentences with phrase «federal parliament last»

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Since this debate over pipelines began in earnest last Fall, Jason Kenney and others have been calling on the federal government to invoke clause 92 (10)(c) of the Constitution, which allows the federal government to exert authority over infrastructure such as pipelines which, «although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.»

Since 2004, Canada has elected two successive minority governments: first, a minority Liberal government, helmed by former Prime Minister Paul Martin, and then the Conservative minority government helmed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper that fell when the Prime Minister asked Canada's Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, to dissolve the last Parliament and Canada's 40th federal election got underway.

The Liberal presence shrunk to five MLAs in last year's provincial election and the federal Liberals last successfully elected a candidate to Parliament from Alberta in the 2004 election.

The vote was taken in the Bundestag in Berlin during the last session of the German parliament before federal elections in September.

Speaking at the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU - SDGN) project launch held in Abuja on 1st February, Karlsen said all objectives of the new initiative were anchored on the federal government's priorities, while also building on the recommendations of the EU Election Observation Mission which visited the country in 2015, followed by another visit led by Mr. Santiago Fisas, a member of the European Parliament last October.

The results were the fourth electoral success in a row for the AfD since it narrowly failed to enter Germany's national parliament in Berlin in federal elections last year.

The issue may soon be debated in the Spanish parliament; some members want the federal government in Madrid to force the companies to lift their ban, according to a story in Spanish newspaper El País last week.

All four opposition parties in the Canadian Parliament — who together won 60 percent of the vote in the last federal election — are opposed to Northern Gateway and support an oil tanker ban.

However, says Bernstein, «a general principle of federal law is that Parliament has the last say on what the law is.

Now to the «Fair Elections Act» and its relationship to grain transportation: Canada's Chief Electoral Officer, who currently reports directly to Parliament, exposed the unethical interference of the Conservatives in the lead - up to the last federal election, for which their knuckles were soundly rapped.

In her annual report to Parliament on the Privacy Act last week, the federal Privacy Commissioner expressed concerns about several issues.