Exactly how Spitzer's financial transactions
drew federal attention has been inadequately explored, as has why so big a deal was made of his extracurricular activities (the central federal legal «issue» was that he arranged for a prostitute to cross state lines).
He does so in front of school kids and that's a clue: Primary education is a provincial responsibility, but it was symbolic of where
much federal attention is focused these days, on funding matters in, or of relevance to the provinces.
The lack of accountability for rampant violations of the Clean Water Act and other laws are one reason that citizen groups are calling for
urgent federal attention to the issue.
The problem of methane leaks has been around for decades, but
with federal attention and new technology, hopefully we will begin -LSB-...]
From where he sits, the Obama administration's gambit is a better approach to advancing reform, even if it «leaves the vast majority of students in schools that are exempt from any
meaningful federal attention.»
Two current legislative proposals, one from the administration and one cosponsored by Senators Alan Cranston of California and Alfonse D'Amato of New York, are conceptually and financially inadequate; but the administration's initiative is a breakthrough nonetheless, in that it signifies a growing awareness of the need
for federal attention.
Except that in his Tuesday budget speech, Morneau told the story of Joan, from Algonquin College, and thus another tip to
federal attention — higher education, which also happens to be a provincial and constitutional responsibility.
After residents wrote to her pleading for
federal attention, Enck met with the community to see what could be done.