Sentences with phrase «authority over parliament»

If the Supreme Court were to act thus it would be asserting an authority over Parliament that is flatly ruled out by our constitutional tradition: an assertion of judicial supremacy of this kind would be a coup not a judgment.

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Less information is now provided to the public in budgets than under previous Liberal and Conservative governments; the authority of Parliament over government spending has been weakened; the understanding of Canadians as to what the government is actually planning to do in the budget has been eroded.

It is important because it is critical in determining whether Parliament can adequately exercise its authority over government spending.

The need to obtain Parliamentary authority for new borrowings increased Parliament's oversight over government's finances and improved the transparency of government finances to Parliament and the public at large.

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.»

I ask, do the synod and parliament have authority over the Bible?

But for a senior mandarin to call in the police over a leak more associated The birds have flown Members of Parliament need to be protected from the executive with party point - scoring than national security, and then for the misuse of authority to be compounded by the Government, police, Speaker and Serjeant at Arms raises real and important concerns.

Tory MEPs are demanding authorities rein in a Spanish politician after he told Argentinean officials the European parliament did not recognise British sovereignty over the Falklands.

The introduction of a House Business Committee would be a further significant step in the restoration of Parliament's authority over its own agenda.

Today the Liberal Democrats are announcing an extra # 300m a year for the police over the next Parliament, with # 7.5 m for Welsh Police Authorities.

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There was arguably less incentive for local authorities, knowing the DfE would fund decent MAT - led schools, to fulfil their duties to meet the need for bums on seats; especially with the «500 free schools over the course of a Parliament» target introduced by David Cameron.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «We are giving local authorities # 5bn to spend on new school places over this Parliament - double the amount allocated by the previous government over an equivalent period.

As to the second question put before it — whether the most recent version of the draft of the federal Capital Markets Stability Act exceeded the authority of the Parliament of Canada over the general branch of the trade and commerce power under s. 91 (2) of the Constitution Act, 1867 — the Court of Appeal answered «no» to it as well.

That an interpretation of «telephonic» should take notice of the limits imposed on the federal government by virtue of our constitutional division of powers, that is that the Act can only apply to matters over which the federal government has legislative authority, is further supported by the specific reference in s. 13 (1) to communication «by means of the facilities of a telecommunication undertaking within the legislative authority of Parliament».