Sentences with phrase «by provincial legislatures»

change the method of selection of senators by having some senators selected by provincial legislatures, some by the House of Commons and some by the Lieutenant Governor in Council or «some other body or bodies»;

He also advocated reform of the Senate to render it a better guardian of provincial interests, suggesting in 1872 that senators be popularly elected or chosen directly by the provincial legislatures.

Second, the Court reiterated the principle that municipalities only have the powers that are delegated to them by the provincial legislatures.

Canadian law societies are authorized by provincial legislatures to decide who can practice law and provide legal services [2].

When it comes to carrying out government policy, that «should be left to properly resourced independent agencies,» the group says, such as the Ontario Energy Board and Independent Electricity System Operator, which can be held to account by the provincial legislature.

Before becoming law, the proposed legislation must be passed by the provincial legislature.

Not exact matches

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.

The advisory council is being led by former Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins, who resigned from his post in the provincial legislature the day before the federal budget.

Out of 120 votes in the provincial legislature since the NDP took office, the two parties voted together 90 per cent of the time, says the report by John Whittaker, a policy analyst with the Calgary - based research centre.

British Columbians could learn about the Assembly's work by watching the recordings of the Assembly's sessions, which broadcast repeatedly over the provincial legislature's television service.

First - past - the - post was re-adopted in Alberta by the dominant party for reasons of political advantage, in Manitoba a principal reason was the underrepresentation of Winnipeg in the provincial legislature.

We have reached the conclusion that the basis most likely to find a wide degree of acceptance, and one that is in itself a matter calling for urgent attention, is a constitutional Bill of Rights — a Bill that would guarantee the fundamental freedoms of the citizen from interference, whether federal or provincial, and that would have a high degree of permanence in that neither Parliament nor the Legislatures would be able to modify its terms by the ordinary legislative process.

The appellants argued that statements made during council meetings are akin to statements made in the federal and provincial parliaments and should be protected by way of a similar speech immunity.8 The absolute privilege enjoyed by members of the legislatures and Parliament, encompassed under the umbrella of «parliamentary privilege,» secures the right of parliamentarians to speak and debate freely in parliamentary proceedings with immunity from civil or criminal action.

All the acts passed in Canada are passed by the parliament of Canada and the provincial legislatures are the main sources of laws passed in Canada.

Prof. Smith's concerns about renewable terms point to the central constitutional issue raised by our expert witnesses: whether Bill S - 4 can be enacted exclusively by Parliament, or also requires agreement by at least seven provincial legislatures representing at least 50 % of the population of all the provinces.

In contrast, the Governor General of Canada is a statutory corporation sole by virtue of the Governor General's Act, RSC 1985, c G - 9, and all the provincial legislatures have also all passed laws making their provincial Lieutenant Governors statutory corporations sole.

53 and 90 of the Constitution Act, 1867, taxes must be imposed by Parliament or the provincial legislature.

Research at the Faculty is supported by federal as well as provincial research grants and leads to varied products, including books, journal articles, policy documents, government advisory papers, consultation documents and expert testimony before Provincial Legislatures and Parliament.

In certain circumstances in the field of politics, there is a function called RECALL, by which a member of parliament or a provincial legislature can be removed from office for deeds not deemed in the best interests of and by the public they were elected to serve respectively.