Sentences with phrase «before parliamentary committees»

Tom also has specialist expertise in advising clients on appearances before parliamentary committees.

They ditched traditional models in order to engage in real time on bill C - 51, launching a blog about it (antiterrorlaw.ca), publishing their work on the world's largest open - access database — the Social Science Research Network — sending it to public policy - makers, writing op - eds, and appearing before parliamentary committees.

He speaks to audiences across the country about a wide range of human rights issues, appears regularly before parliamentary committees and is a frequent commentator in the media.

[156] As part of his role at the publisher, Crone had served as the News of the World's chief lawyer and gave evidence before parliamentary committees, that he had uncovered no evidence of phone hacking beyond the criminal offences committed by the royal editor Clive Goodman.

In testimony before a parliamentary committee, Jeff Silvester of B.C. - based AggregateIQ also insisted his company's services, which he said include digital ads, website creation and software development, are already widely used by Canada's major political parties.

In his appearance before a parliamentary committee, Facebook Canada's public policy head Kevin Chan was questioned by New Democrat MP Charlie Angus on why he had yet to register as a lobbyist, given the fact he's met senior cabinet members, including Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

Appearing before another parliamentary committee in 2003, Brooks had been asked whether News of the World or The Sun had ever paid police for information.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz prepares to speak before a parliamentary committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 6, 2013.

This post is in response to the following excellent comment from Stephen Moore, the man who will trounce Ralph Goodale in the next federal election (or at least do better than I did): April 2007 testimony before the parliamentary committee on International Trade saw Industry Canada, DFAIT reps and others stress the importance of the -LSB-...]

However, more formally (and democratically), the Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy requires that the Governor and other senior central bank officers appear before a parliamentary committee twice a year to explain their thinking and actions on monetary policy.

April 2007 testimony before the parliamentary committee on International Trade saw Industry Canada, DFAIT reps and others stress the importance of the SPP (Security & Prosperity Partnership) to making sure the «North American platform» is competitive in «global value chains.»

They gave us all a listen, but that's not the point: witnesses are normally called before a parliamentary committee examining draft legislation, to garner information and new ideas.

On 14 July, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the House of Commons served a summons on Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks, expecting them to appear before the parliamentary committee on 19 July.

Rupert Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks are to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.

Rupert Murdoch and his son James and Rebekah Brooks are to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.

During testimony before the parliamentary committee in September 2009, Les Hinton, the former executive chairman of News International who now heads Dow Jones, said, «There was never any evidence delivered to me suggesting that the conduct of Clive Goodman spread beyond him.»

Johnson stated incorrectly before a parliamentary committee that Zaghari - Ratcliffe had been «teaching people journalism» when she was arrested in Iran last year.

Presenting his case before a parliamentary committee set up to probe the scandal, Samuel Okudzeto Ablawkwa, questioned how a private event organiser, Millennium Excellence Foundation, had access to Trades Ministry facility for its activities.

This primary source activity pack gives students multiple ways to analyze the testimony of textile mill - worker William Cooper before a Parliamentary committee investigating child labor during the early Industrial Revolution in Britain.

when he gave evidence before a Parliamentary committee a few weeks back.

Pretty well as bad was Pearce's subsequent report on Jones» appearance before the parliamentary committee in which he claimed the committee didn't ask the questions it should have done and quoted with approval from the Institute of Physics submission.

Richard Colvin, the Canadian diplomat who has testified before a Parliamentary committee concerning his warnings to the government about the torture of Afghan detainees captured by the Canadian military and turned over to Afghan authorities, has released a sixteen - page letter in which he addresses the claims of the government concerning his testimony.

As Peter Showler, former Chair of the IRB, testifying before the Parliamentary committee considering these reforms, stated: «In regard to the [revised] refugee claim process itself, I must say candidly that the time limits are simply too short and will undermine its fairness and its efficiency».

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was the first to ask new Supreme Court judges to appear before a parliamentary committee for questioning, beginning with the 2006 appointment of Justice Marshall Rothstein of Manitoba.

RECOMMENDATION 2: There must be a public review of a short list of the nominees before a parliamentary committee.

Meanwhile, in the British homeland of Cambridge Analytica's parent company SCL Group, member of Parliament Damian Collins has said he will ask Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the parliamentary committee he chairs on digital issues, or send another senior executive to do so.

The summons to give evidence before the parliamentary committee or Congress are not legally binding, but they are significant for other reasons.

In March, Cambridge Analytica whistlerblower Chris Wylie implicated the company during testimony before a Parliamentary committee, saying that the company used cooperated with and used information from Cambridge Analytica during the Britain's Leave campaign, and that it might have helped the campaigns sidestep political spending limits.

U.K. lawmakers have already called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before a parliamentary committee about this case.

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Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer was... grilled, sautéed, nearly flambéed, in an appearance before a U.K. parliamentary committee on Thursday.

Cambridge Analytica's suspended CEO Alexander Nix will no longer testify before a United Kingdom parliamentary committee.

The chairman of a U.K. parliamentary committee announced Tuesday he was requesting that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has remained silent for days, appear before the panel to supplement prior testimony by the company's executives.

Appearing before the country's parliamentary finance committee, Deputy Governor Nadine Baudot - Trajtenberg stated that cryptos should be «viewed as a financial asset,» and that the government holds no responsibility for investors of digital currencies.

Under what are referred to as «supply» rules in Parliament, Main Estimates, which detail the Government's spending intentions for the upcoming fiscal year, must be referred to the appropriate Parliamentary Standing Committees for review before March 1st.

Zuckerberg has also been called to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee but declined to appear before a UK parliamentary committee undertaking a similar invesCommittee but declined to appear before a UK parliamentary committee undertaking a similar invescommittee undertaking a similar investigation.

Meanwhile, embattled former CEO Alexander Nix refused to testify before the British Parliamentary media committee regarding the firm's misuse of Facebook user data.

Under current supply rules, the Main Estimates, which detail the Government's spending intentions for the upcoming fiscal year, must be referred to the appropriate Parliamentary Standing Committees for review before or on March 1st.

Farrow testified before a Canadian parliamentary committee, arguing that a vote for the proposal to allow gay marriage was «in fact a vote for tyranny and ratcheting up the religious rhetoric, that the proposal «has ten horns on its head.»

Brooks says they've come before the committee to try and explain what has happened - conveniently omitting the fact that a parliamentary summons was needed to get all three in the room.

After many postponements for other reasons, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NPP, called for a re-run of all elections in the Manhyia North Constituency from the polling station level to the Constituency executive level before the election of a parliamentary aspirant could take place.

Having worked in healthcare consultancy for McKinsey before becoming an MP, Whately «s first move in the Commons was to sit on the health select committee and she now chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for Mental Health.

Parliamentary select committees publish report revealing that fallen outsourcer sent a # 160m «ransom note» to the government days before its collapse

The tax waiver was granted last week when Parliamentary Select Committee on Finance in a report tendered before the House recommending for the House to «approve a waiver of US$ 185million for a period of five years for the Ghana Airports Company Limited.»

However, Finance Minister - designate, Ken Ofori Atta, answering questions when he appeard before the parliamentary Appointment Committee denied the President's pledge saying «I don't know where we (NPP) promised to pay all contractors in 100 days.»

According to Citi News» Parliamentary Correspondent, Duke Mensah Opoku, the expatriates appeared before the Committee today, [Tuesday], and were grilled for close to three hours.

The big highlight of the parliamentary week will be ex-UK Border Force chief Bodie Clark, who is up before the home affairs committee on Tuesday morning.

«We have both written to, and appeared before, the relevant parliamentary select committees providing detailed evidence on this matter to give an account of our best understanding of what took place five years ago.»

According to him, when the Minister of Finance appeared before the Parliamentary Select Committee, he was asked about the impact of the levy on Ghanaians after which he gave a vivid explanation to them.

Last Monday at 6 pm, Cruddas and most of the other remaining 231 Labour MPs (26 fewer than a week before) crammed into committee room 14 in the House of Commons to hear Harriet Harman, the acting leader, attempt to lift the depleted, demoralised parliamentary party off the floor.

The Minority on Thursday blocked the laying before Parliament, the report of the Joint Committee on Defence and Interior and Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, on the agreement seeking to ratify the hosting of US military troops in Ghana.