Sentences with phrase «by federal and provincial governments»

The current round of tools to cool the Ontario market is only the latest in a cumulative series of changes by federal and provincial governments.

Today, 90 of these programs are jointly funded by the federal and provincial governments under the Aboriginal Justice Strategy, designed in 1996 to respond to aboriginal communities» desire for more control over their own justice issues.

Section 12 of the Copyright Act gives the Crown copyright in any work «prepared or published by or under the direction or control of Her Majesty or any government department...» This broad sweep is considered, by the federal and provincial governments at least, to include court and tribunal judgments and legislation.

A fifth important point which was strongly emphasized by comments at almost all of the seminars (although reflected in only a few of the Resolutions), was that an effort should be made by the federal and provincial governments to bring about uniformity in the federal and provincial rules of evidence.

Just over three decades ago, the Canadian Law Information Council was established by the federal and provincial governments in order to create a framework for online access to legal information in Canada.

The Charter is a bill of rights that forms part of Canada's constitution and protects individual rights and freedoms from unreasonable and unjustified actions by federal and provincial governments.

However, the positions assumed by the federal and provincial governments made it difficult for the AFN to maintain a unified position.

Step - up bonds are securities that offer a progressive interest rate and are issued by the federal and provincial governments, crown corporations and chartered banks.

The support for this $ 120 million institute will be provided equally by the federal and provincial governments.

Faced with such disputes — and Professor Leach is right, the list will be endless absent a constitutionally - entrenched climate framework — it is crucial to understand that jurisdiction over the environment in Canada is shared by the federal and provincial governments.

Municipal operating spending has also increased because of further downloading of responsibilities by federal and provincial governments onto municipalities. The biggest increases in spending by municipalities over the past two decades have been for housing, health, social services and environmentâ $» all areas where federal and provincial governments also have responsibility, as the FCM's recent State of Canadaâ $ ™ s Cities and Communities report demonstrated.

«There are 50 policy and regulatory initiatives that are currently being considered by federal and provincial governments,» he said.

McGill receives over $ 235 million in research funding annually; currently the university is involved in more than 100 international projects worth in excess of $ 70 million, funded by federal and provincial government agencies, foreign governments, international financial institutions, and private foundations.

«The Government of Canada is aware of the Quebec government's decision to no longer process English applications for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, which is jointly administered by the federal and provincial government.

Denesuline ways of life were threatened especially in the 20th century, when they faced an increasing number of competing land uses, supported by federal and provincial government policies that encouraged the development of northern resource - based industries.

Not exact matches

He launched Canadian Hunter Exploration in 1973, a year characterized by an oil crisis abroad that led to shortages at gasoline pumps in the U.S. Closer to home, confrontations intensified between the federal and provincial governments over managing Alberta's energy resources.

The three levels of government — federal, provincial and municipal — take the largest share of the annual total value distributed by the 89 firms surveyed.

They were brought in by the federal and most provincial governments for labour - backed VC funds in the 80s and early»90s, as a way to stimulate badly needed investment in technology.

Data compiled by Kenney's department shows that thousands of companies and government departments, federal and provincial alike, have hired foreign help in recent years.

Association president Gary Smith, of Brookfield Financial, opened the conference by imploring federal and provincial governments to play more of a role, lauding those provinces like Ontario that have launched venture funds, and taking credit for the repeal of Section 116 of the Income Tax Act in the Harper government's spring budget.

They said their hopes now rest on a report expected this summer from the alcoholic beverages working group struck under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement signed last year by federal, provincial and territorial governments.

In 2005, the federal and provincial governments estimated that the country required $ 24 billion in maintenance on existing roads and bridges, plus another $ 37 billion for expansion, by 2013.

In the latest instalment, Kinsella and his Progressive Group colleague Mark Jiles are at the centre of B.C.'s scandal of the moment, thanks to a report by the 24 Hours newspaper that uncovered documents from Washington State where the pair bragged about their company's close connections with members of the provincial and federal governments, as well as the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee.

C.D. Howe Institute «s `'» Canada «s 2012 Fiscal Accountability Rankings `'» looks at the financial information provided by senior levels of government (federal government, provincial governments and the territories) according to «Fiscal Accountability «and `'» Scoring Governments «Over - and Undershoots `'» and makes a number of policy recomgovernments and the territories) according to «Fiscal Accountability «and `'» Scoring Governments «Over - and Undershoots `'» and makes a number of policy recomGovernments «Over - and Undershoots `'» and makes a number of policy recommendations.

Recent investments by TransLink, the provincial government and the federal government have led to completion of the Canada Line and construction of the new Evergreen Line, as well as a new SeaBus, 48 new Skytrain cars, new WestCoast Express Cars, and new buses.

Meanwhile, we will be bullied some more by our federal government and neighboring provincial government, because we are protecting our land water and coast.

To formalize our conduct governing the collection, use and disclosure of our clients» personal information, we have adopted the following Privacy Principles (the «Principles») that will enable us to comply with the legislation passed by both the provincial and federal governments.

A CORE HOLDING FOR ANY PORTFOLIO This Fund seeks high current income and some long - term capital appreciation by investing primarily in Canadian federal and provincial government and corporate bonds, debentures and short - term notes.

In the 2006 Budget, the government promised to reduce the deficit by $ 3 billion per year; to reduce the federal debt - to - GDP ratio to 25 per cent by 2012 - 13; to eliminate the total government sector debt (which includes the federal, provincial and local governments as well as the Canada and Quebec pension plans) by 2021; and finally, to keep the growth in program expenses below the rate of growth in nominal GDP.

Expansion of the Canada Pension Plan and the Unintended Effect on Domestic Investment finds that by increasing the Canada Pension Plan payroll tax, the federal and provincial governments will inadvertently shrink the pool of money available for investments in Canada — potentially up to $ 114 billion by 2030.

So here's a modest proposal: why doesn't the federal government get things rolling by pushing for reform of supply management — that convoluted mess of federal and provincial policies that actually make it an offence for farmers to sell milk and poultry across provincial boundaries?

New Democrats are calling on the Christy Clark government to take a first step towards improving the affordability and availability of rental housing by updating the Residential Tenancy Act and pursuing innovative federal - provincial - municipal cooperation to spur new rental construction.

Thus, I would argue that the current «crisis» in Quebec over tuition fees has been largely created by successive federal governments that have defunded Canadian universities, indeed putting provincial governments «between a rock and a hard place.»

Due to drastic cuts to corporate income taxes by the Canadian federal and Alberta governments over the last 15 years, the combined federal and provincial corporate income tax rate is now 25 %.

The Minister of Finance stated «that Canada's total government fiscal situation — that of the federal, provincial - territorial and local governments combined — will be broadly balanced by 2015».

Organized by APF Canada with the generous support of the Government of Ontario and Export Development Canada, ABLAC 2018 will include Council Members from China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines and South Korea, alongside representatives of Canada's federal, provincial and municipal governments, and the presidents and CEOs of leading Canadian businesses and institutions.

The main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).

From 1990 to 2005, he was Director Fiscal Policy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statements.

Maple Lodge Farms also strictly adheres to the Codes of Practice for the Care and Handling of Poultry, a series of strict industry guidelines developed by farm groups, animal welfare groups, veterinarians, animal scientists, federal and provincial governments, related agricultural sectors and others.

The main goal of the group is to support the new national education policy in Pakistan by helping increase the capacity of the federal and provincial governments to implement reforms.

The strategy provides exposure to Sionna's large cap equity mandate and a concentrated portfolio of Canadian fixed - income securities issued by federal, provincial and municipal governments.

The federal and provincial governments incentivize Canadians to invest in Canadian stocks by charging a preferential low tax rate on Canadian dividends.

4 Terms and conditions of the grants are subject to change at any time by the federal or applicable provincial government.

While federal and provincial leaders debate how to solve the pension crisis during meetings in Whitehorse this week, an interesting proposal has been suggested by the head of Ontario's municipal workers pension plan: let anyone join a government employee pension plan.

As for credit risk, RRBs are primarily issued by the federal (and to a much lesser extent, provincial) governments, all with good credit standing.

This doesn't mean that any mine is by definition a violation of treaty rights, but the federal and provincial governments are required to conduct meaningful consultation with first nations affected and the first nations have significant rights that can potentially be enforced by court action.

I developed tools to establish the reliability of information being stored in the early environmental information management systems now used by our provincial and federal governments to archive the data collected by government scientists.

The case, brought forward by the Gitga'at and other coastal First Nations, argued the province erred when it handed over decision - making authority for the project to the federal government under a provincial - federal Joint Review Process managed by the federal National Energy Board.

In Drilling Down, Water Matters recommends scientifically rigorous monitoring and assessment of groundwater resources by the provincial and federal governments, and perhaps most importantly the eradication of technical and regulatory uncertainties inherent to the in situ oil sands industry that pose huge risks to groundwater in the region.

The time has come to require municipalities to provide the same level of access to municipal by laws as the federal and provincial governments provide to statutes and regulations.