Sentences with phrase «federal cabinet ministers»

Prior to law school, he served as an assistant in the offices of several federal cabinet ministers as well as an intern in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada.

Several federal cabinet ministers made the announcement Tuesday evening at a Bombardier facility in Montreal.

In February 2016, federal cabinet ministers acknowledged that the true number of Indigenous women and girls whose lives have been stolen is likely far higher than reported by the RCMP.

Federal cabinet ministers and Neil Reynolds have boldly asserted that lower CIT rates will increase CIT revenues.

«We congratulate Canada's new prime minister and federal cabinet ministers, and we applaud the federal government's commitment to take a new approach on climate change and clean energy.

VANCOUVER — Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement on the swearing - in of the new prime minister and federal cabinet ministers:

He should have taken a lesson from London, Ont., mayor, Joe Fontana, who did declare a conflict of interest when his council voted to ask him to leave office in light of fraud charges stemming from his time as a federal cabinet minister.

Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Jim Prentice was a vocal supporter of a move to a single regulator during his time as a federal cabinet minister.

The Liberal MP, who was the first openly gay federal cabinet minister, spoke about the «true progress» that has been made in his lifetime in Canada for the LGBTQ community.

In May 2015, former federal cabinet minister and bank vice-president Jim Prentice, a political moderate and patrician of the province's Conservative establishment, led the 44 - year long governing Progressive Conservatives to a stunning defeat by Rachel Notley «s New Democratic Party.

Today the Globe & Mail described Jim Prentice as «a former banker and high - ranking federal cabinet minister... highly respected by the country's business establishment».

The rally featured Neal Bernard «The Roughneck» Hancock removing his shoes and throwing them at the doors of the Legislature, former federal cabinet minister Chris Alexander appearing to nod as protesters chanted «lock her up» in reference to Premier Rachel Notley, and climate change denying, anti-gay and anti-immigration messages on signs and pamphlets.

In Saturday's case, a former federal cabinet minister renowned as one of his generation's shrewdest campaigners made good on yet another case of frontrunner status, having earlier this year easily seized the helm of the creaky PC ship and seamlessly executed a merger vote to fuse the Tories and Wildrosers into a single party.

The averaged mean sea level at Fremantle in 1993 was the lowest recorded since 1941, which makes it an extraordinary year for comparison since this critical fact is ignored by a Federal Government department, a Federal Cabinet Minister and the media.

Star alumni: William Cox, former Canadian Bar Association president; John C. Crosbie, lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador; Ian M. MacKeigan, former chief justice of Nova Scotia; Clyde Wells, former premier of Newfoundland and Labrador; M. Douglas Young, former federal cabinet minister

Other speakers include futurist and author Richard Susskind, former Quebec premier and federal cabinet minister Lucien Bouchard; Air Canada's president and chief executive officer Calin Rovinescu, and Yuen Pau Woo, president and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.??

Not exact matches

Arguably the biggest promotion in today's federal cabinet shuffle goes to François - Philippe Champagne, who vaults from parliamentary secretary to Finance Minister Bill Morneau, a supporting role just outside cabinet, to succeeding Chrystia Freeland in the high - profile post of minister of internationaMinister Bill Morneau, a supporting role just outside cabinet, to succeeding Chrystia Freeland in the high - profile post of minister of internationaminister of international trade.

Ahead of the morning meeting, part of a three - day cabinet retreat and strategy session in New Brunswick, Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi said the government is also looking at the shared funding formula to see if provinces would also end up paying less, which would leave the federal government on the hook to pay more.

The Institute has hosted CEOs of national and international corporations, federal and provincial premiers, as well as cabinet ministers, leading academics, most Governors of the Bank of Canada and Federal Reserve Bank Presfederal and provincial premiers, as well as cabinet ministers, leading academics, most Governors of the Bank of Canada and Federal Reserve Bank PresFederal Reserve Bank Presidents.

The orders - in - council, the official notifications of decisions recommended by the federal cabinet, are numbered 2015 - 1264 and 2015 - 1265 and set out that, pursuant to subsection 7 (1) of the Official Residences Act, two individuals were appointed last week as special assistants at the Prime Minister's residence.

If Quebec's economy minister Jacques Daoust followed through on his promise (and there's no reason to think he didn't), within minutes of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing his new cabinet on Wednesday, Daoust commenced the latest shakedown of federal taxpayers on behalf of Bomminister Jacques Daoust followed through on his promise (and there's no reason to think he didn't), within minutes of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing his new cabinet on Wednesday, Daoust commenced the latest shakedown of federal taxpayers on behalf of BomMinister Justin Trudeau announcing his new cabinet on Wednesday, Daoust commenced the latest shakedown of federal taxpayers on behalf of Bombardier.

Kenney, once a cabinet minister under former prime minister Stephen Harper, was long considered the front - runner to replace Harper as leader of the federal Conservatives.

That contingent includes Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Quebec's international relations minister, Nova Scotia's transport minister, federal cabinet members, and senators.

A frisson of excitement ran down Albertaâ $ ™ s right wing this week following the kind - of, sort - of suggestion that federal Conservative MP and former Harper - govâ $ ™ t cabinet minister Jason Kenney (Calga...

Mr. Kenney is a skilled politician, but he would ominously follow in the footsteps of another former federal Conservative cabinet minister, Jim Prentice, who jumped into provincial politics in 2014 before leading the 44 - year old PC government to defeat in May 2015.

Today, Premier Christy Clark reiterated the approach her cabinet ministers have taken over the past months, calling for the federal government to take action on pill presses.

The person most often cited as the biggest federal rival to Kenney is former cabinet minister Peter MacKay, who still has not publicly declared his plans.

Nationals backbencher David Littleproud and deputy leader Bridget McKenzie are among five new faces being promoted to the Federal Cabinet as part of the Prime Minister's reshuffle.

«We are hopeful that this report will get favorable response from the Federal Government especially given the fact that the Honourable Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) was a passionate advocate of this issue during his tenure as the Governor of Lagos State and is also now a representative of Lagos State in the Federal Cabinet.»

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar Saturday said, with the newly inaugurated ministers that constitutes President Muhammadu Buhari's Federal cabinet, «greater confidence is likely to be reposed in our economy by investors both local and foreign.»

As far as am concerned, Abia has no minister in federal cabinet.

The slots of Kogi and Gombe states in the federal cabinet had been vacant following the death of the Minister of State for Labour, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN), in an accident on March 6, 2016; and the appointment of former Minister of the Environment, Amina Mohammed, as the Deputy Secretary - General of the United Nations.

During the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, Kaduna State produced two ministers — El - Rufai, who was Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Nenadi Usman, the Minister of Finance and so many others.But Buhari has reluctantly made only few, and if he had his way, he would have picked only one Minister from each of the six Geo - Political Zones, because Nigeria is too broke to support a huge cabinet.

Ajimobi stressed that the minister should not be seen as representing Oke - Ogun zone of the state, where he hails from, in the federal cabinet but all other zones that made up the entire state.

He was later appointed as Minister of State for Labour in the Federal cabinet.

Wynne, one of Trudeau's most ardent supporters during the federal campaign, gave the prime minister - designate a big hug as he stepped out of his car while virtually the entire Liberal cabinet and hundreds of Liberal staffers applauded and cheered.

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Royal Jet is chaired by His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, who also serves as Minister in the UAE Federal Cabinet.

It is natural, then, that when last summer a number of cabinet ministers announced the review of four key federal environmental laws, West Coast Environmental Law — along with other lawyers, academics, environmental groups, Indigenous peoples and the general public — took a keen interest.

Prime Minister Trudeau has mandated no fewer than five cabinet ministers (Environment and Climate Change, Natural Resources, Fisheries, Indigenous and Norther Affairs, and Science) with reviewing federal environmental assessment processes, with the aim of introducing «new, fair processes.»

They also made the environmental law rollbacks an election issue in 2015 and led the Prime Minister to direct his cabinet ministers to undertake the review of four major federal environmental laws, processes and bodies: the Fisheries Act, Navigation Protection Act, environmental assessment processes and the National Energy Board.

In November 2015, the Prime Minister mandated several Cabinet Ministers to review four of Canada's environmental laws and processes: the Fisheries Act, Navigation Protection Act, the National Energy Board, and federal environmental assessment processes.

Wagner is the son of Claude Wagner, a Quebec lawyer, prosecutor, judge, cabinet minister, federal Conservative leadership candidate, senator, who gave him much inspiration.

In the 1960s, Claude Wagner — the father of current Supreme Court justice Richard Wagner — was a judge, then a Quebec politician and cabinet minister, then after losing the Quebec Liberal leadership to Robert Bourassa in 1970, Wagner returned to the bench but then stepped down from the bench again to enter federal politics as a Conservative.

Former Cabinet Minister and Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police Julian Fantino recently swore an affidavit containing bombshell allegations of corruption by an Ontario Federal Court Justice, several lawyers and an OPP Detective Sergeant under his command at the time.

By doing so, our government can reclaim its position of moral leadership on the world stage as demonstrated previously by the Ottawa Treaty — the international ban on landmines initiated in 1996 by our then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lloyd Axworthy, who was originally appointed to the federal Cabinet by your father.

(Meanwhile in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises to decolonise federal laws and policies and is planning regular meetings between Cabinet ministers and Aboriginal leaders).

The Close the Gap Campaign has released its position paper on the Federal Budget 2015 - 16, calling on Government to restore cuts of up to $ 534.4 million over five years from the rationalisation of Indigenous Affairs programs, grants and activities administered by the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Health portfolios.

The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) has announced that Aboriginal organisations receiving over $ 500,000 per year from the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) will be required to incorporate under the Office of the Registrar for Indigenous Corporations (ORIC), the federal body administering the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act (CATSI Act).

A recent review by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) on the federal governments Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) found the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet had not implemented the Strategy effectively, and the grants administration processes ``... fell far short of the standard required to manage billions of dollars of funding.»

Following the September 2013 election, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) assumed responsibility for most federal Indigenous specific programs and policies.