Sentences with phrase «from federal minister»
The letter from Federal Minister of Justice Kim Campbell to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Antonio Lamer, advising of the new honorific for provincial court judges.
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Now, thanks to tough new mortgage lending and insurance rules announced by federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau in October, some analysts predict that so - called «shadow banking» firms, which operate largely outside the purview of regulators, will see a surge of fresh business from frustrated homebuyers who can't get conventional loans.
A recent CBC discussion between Prime Minister Trudeau and «Neil from London, Ontario» have left pundits from Aaron Wherry to Adam Radwanski wondering what, if anything, can the federal government do for London and the rest of the southwestern Ontario rust belt.
Documents tabled in the legislature include an email from Bill Hawkins, then the chief of staff to federal International Trade Minister Ed Fast, dated a week before Dunderdale announced the fishery fund last year.
But conspicuously absent from the news conference announcing the deal last fall were any federal ministers to share in the joint credit.
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.
Thirteen months later, with Canadians staring at a $ 56 - billion crater in the government's finances, the minister got testy with reporters who were asking for his response to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Office that predicted a federal deficit of nearly $ 20 billion in 2013 - 14.
Following the U.S. State Department's decision to postpone a decision on TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian pipeline boosters from oilpatch CEOs to federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver responded that Canada would have to look to other markets — namely China — to buy our oil.
In this edition of the CB Elevator Pitch, editor James Cowan suggests that Finance Minister Joe Oliver could learn something about product launches — which, in a modern media context is exactly what this federal budget is — from the master of the marketing pitch, Steve Jobs.
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.
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.
Two weeks after Redford's remarks, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told reporters lower government revenues follow from lower commodity prices like «night follows the day,» meaning a hard line of spending as he approaches his own coming budget.
But you will need a carbon price,» Ms. Mitchelmore said in an interview from Charlottetown, where she had addressed the federal, provincial and territorial energy ministers.
As a general rule, auditors general are a courteous bunch, so their report makes room for an official response to their critiques from the country's federal and provincial deputy ministers of the environment.
Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna have long insisted Ottawa would collect no revenue from the carbon price the federal government is requiring the provinces and territories impose by 2018.
At a federal - provincial finance ministers» meeting in December 2012, the Finance Minister announced that, starting in 2017 - 18, the rate of growth in the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) would be reduced from 6 per cent per year to grow in line with a three - year moving average in nominal GDP, with a funding guarantee to grow by at least three per cent per year.
Second, the Speech from the Throne restated an earlier commitment made by the Prime Minister that the federal debt - to - GDP ratio would be reduced to 25 per cent by 2021.
In an article in the Globe and Mail on January 5, columnist Neil Reynolds argued that the federal Finance Minister's corporate tax cuts from 19.5 % in 2008 to 19.0 % in 2009, 18.0 % in 2010 and to 16.5 % in 2011 «are already paying off».
In an interview in April, Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuck expressed interest in making dedicated paternity leave a part of the promised changes to come from the federal government.
Finance Minister Joe Oliver announced that the federal corporate tax rate for corporations earning less than $ 500,000 will be reduced to 9 per cent by 2019 from 11 per cent now (compared to 15 per cent for business income above $ 500,000).
Or, in Traversian: «The trend line from Pierre Trudeau to Stephen Harper has been steady: Influence over the amorphous, frustratingly horizontal federal machinery concentrates power in the Prime Minister's Office where issues that matter are managed with command - and - control authority.»
Rick and 12 other farmers arrested received a pardon from Prime Minister Stephen Harper on August 1, 2012, when the federal government's Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act came into effect, which allowed producers to opt out of the Canadian Wheat Board and sell wheat on the open market.
Providing a distraction from the four provincial by - elections currently being held in Alberta, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that federal by - elections will be held in Ontario's Whitby - Oshawa riding and Alberta's Yellowhead riding.
Ottawa (11 Sept. 2017)-- There is great concern, apprehension, and suspicion from labour and environment groups following a recent announcement by the federal environment minister, Catherine McKenna, on the creation of a 10 - person advisory council on NAFTA and the environment.
In recent months Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and former federal natural resources minister Joe Oliver have all advocated for more bitumen export pipelines, while British Columbia premier Christy Clark has lauded the benefits of LNG projects and natural gas pipelines from fracking operations in northMinister Justin Trudeau, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and former federal natural resources minister Joe Oliver have all advocated for more bitumen export pipelines, while British Columbia premier Christy Clark has lauded the benefits of LNG projects and natural gas pipelines from fracking operations in northminister Joe Oliver have all advocated for more bitumen export pipelines, while British Columbia premier Christy Clark has lauded the benefits of LNG projects and natural gas pipelines from fracking operations in northern B.C.
In Germany 60 % of the Muslims are secular (according to a survey of the German Federal Minister of Interior from 2007, called «Muslime in Deutschland»).
And while there has been media attention directed toward Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and federal Treasurer Scott Morrison for their opposition to the Chinese sale, there has been support from the Greens for a more rigorous assessment of foreign investor sales of agriculture.
This year, two outstanding projects shared the OWA Grand Prix and the 30,000 Euro prize money: State Prime Minister Shri Pawan Chamling from India who managed to convert the Indian federal state, Sikkim, together with 65,000 farmers, to organic agriculture in only twelve years; and the United World Colleges (UWC) from Freiburg / Germany and Pune / India with their social and sustainable educational programs that correspond remarkably well with the OWA goals.
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has rejected a call from within the federal government to phase out live exports amid an animal cruelty scandal.
Shortly after the meeting, Information Minister Lai Mohammed told journalists that President Muhammadu Buhari was advised by his doctors to stay away from the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
«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.»
The statement added, «The Minister wishes to dissociate herself and the Federal Ministry of Finance from recent malicious and misleading media reports on the Abacha refunds.
The Minister who condemned insinuations that the Federal Government is shielding the parents and the media from having access to the girls said there is the need for the girls to be taken through some process to relieve the trauma they passed through while in captivity.
She added that the minister had earlier directed health personnel from Federal Medical Centre Makurdi to provide treatment to flood victims at no cost.
The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika who made this known while briefing State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting said that all the airports in the country will be concessioned as the Federal government will not be able to fund infrastructure from the national budget.
Count three: «That you Godsday Peter Orubebe while being a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in charge of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs on or about September 19, 2012 asked for and accepted the sum of fifty million naira from one Pastor (Dr) Jonathan Alota, as bribe for the contract awarded in favour of his company, Chemtronics Nigeria Limited and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 10 of the CCB & T Act, and punishable under Section 23 (2) of CCB & T Act.
Count four: «That you Godsday Orubebe, while being a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in charge of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, on or about 2013 asked for and accepted the sum of twenty million naira from one Pastor (Dr.) Jonathan Alota as additional bribe for the contract awarded in favour of his company Chemtronics Nigeria Limited for the construction of skill acquisition Centre at Edo State for the sum of one billion seven hundred and ninety nine million, nine hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty naira eighty eight kobo only (1,799,914,251.88 K) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 10 of CCB & T Act.»
This include the sum of $ 43 million recovered from Deziani Allison - Madueke, Nigeria's former Minister of Petroleum and N2 billion spread in seven accounts within three Nigerian Bank laundered from the Federal Capital Territory Police Command Salary Accounts», he explained.
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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.
«While members of the part from the Southwest zone in the Federal Executive Council were represented by the Minister for Solid Mineral Resources, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and Minister of Communication, Barrister Adebayo Shittu.
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.
Governor Aregbesola also used the minister's visit to solicit for transformers from the federal government, noting that the state government had supported a lot of distribution centers and would need assistance from the federal government in that regard.
The Special Assistant on Social Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie, has taken a swipe at former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and ex-Petroleum Affairs Minister, Diezani Alison - Madueke over what she described as their «weird demands» from the Federal Government.
The Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, disclosed this in Pankshin, Plateau State, during the 25th — 33rd convocation ceremony of Federal College of Education (FCE), Pankshin, where about 8,000 students were issued with different certificates obtained from the institution.
Apart from meeting the constitutional requirement that a minister be appointed from each of the 36 states, the two zones are sparsely represented in the Federal Government.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, on Wednesday, said regardless of the federal government's effort to end the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country, queues might not disappear from filling stations until about two months.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, has reiterated Federal Government's commitment to bring back all stranded Nigerians from Libya.
The delegation comprises Faleke, former ministers, former ambassadors and federal legislators from the state.
«That you, Bala A. Mohammed, while being the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, sometime in 2014 in Abuja within the Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory did accept gratification of a house worth N550, 000,000 (Five Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) only situated at No. 2599 & 2600 Cadastral Zone A04 Asokoro District, Abuja from Aso Savings & Loans Plc as reward for performing your official duties and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18 (b) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 and punishable under Section 18 (d) of the same Act.»