Sentences with phrase «government bill»

While the powers of the executive were being reduced the power of parliament would be increased by improving the procedures for parliamentary scrutiny of government bills and the opportunities for debate.
It is true that private member's bills do not always get the same level of scrutiny as government bills before they are introduced.
In theory, the second party could be in total, public, opposition to any other government bill.
Then the provincial government bills the federal government for Indian students whose education has already been paid for by taxes in the same way as other children's education.
The aim would be to give MPs far more time to force debates and meaningful votes, while ensuring there was enough time for the debate of government bills.
The House of Lords currently has six government Bills in play, two of which are described as «Lords starters»: Crime & Courts, and Justice & Security.
Proof of that is the recent and sudden resignation of Shawn Atleo as the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, over disagreement among the chiefs about moving forward on government bill aimed at reforming aboriginal education.
October 18, 2016 - CCGG's Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in the Wall Street Journal with regard to majority voting being included as a proposed amendment to the Canada Business Corporations Act in federal government Bill C - 25.
September 30, 2016 - CCGG Executive Director was quoted in the National Post and The Globe and Mail with regard to majority voting being included as a proposed amendment to the Canada Business Corporations Act in federal government Bill C - 25.
But as we summarised in our report reformers originally wanted the committees to deal with government bills as well as general inquiries.
In 1987 he voted to keep Clause 28 of the local government bill which banned authorities from «promoting homosexuality» and was re-elected in 2005 with a majority of 11,776.
Instead, on 2 December 1987 in committee, Conservative MP David Wilshire proposed an amendment to the new Local Government Bill, as not yet passed, debated as Clause 27 and later as Clause 28, intended to be equivalent to the Earl of Halsbury's Bill.
A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: «Mr Finnie's proposals are not a Scottish Government Bill, however we will ensure the proposals become law.
Asked after his speech whether he plans on helping the Senate Dems, Cuomo replied: «We'll discuss political decisions in the political season, but we are now in the government season and we're trying to get government bills passed.»
«We're trying to get government bills passed
As of June 21, 2017, the S&P Japan Sovereign Bond Index tracks 302 bonds with a total market value of JPY 922 trillion, while the S&P Japan Government Bill Index measures the performance of 24 treasury bills with a market value of JPY 83 trillion.
I move that Bill 54 be moved onto the Order Paper under Government Bills and Orders.
But some First Nations groups have been critical of Atleo for supporting a Conservative government bill aimed at reforming aboriginal education.
The new government bills were rejected by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), which concluded that the proposed changes were «not acceptable» in a 10 November letter to Croatia's science minister, Radovan Fuchs.
Ontario Government Releases Good Government Bill That Includes Positive Changes for Charities», Charitable Thoughts, Ontario Bar Association, 2009
Sources: House Government Bill C - 23; Preclearance Act S.C. 1999; Government of Canada news release; Government of Canada summary
Kenney's United Conservatives must also enter 2019 with some sort of coherent environmental policy to underpin the new leader's pledge to make his first government bill a repeal of Notley's carbon tax.
In their November 2016 paper entitled «Applying a Systematic Investment Process to Distributive Portfolios: A 150 Year Study Demonstrating Enhanced Outcomes Through Trend Following», Jon Robinson, Brandon Langley, David Childs, Joe Crawford and Ira Ross compare retirement portfolio performances for variations of the following three strategies that may hold a broad stock market index, a 10 - year government bond index or cash (3 - month government bills) in the U.S., UK or Japan:
The question is whether there would be a short - term drop in revenue and what current government bills the NPP shall drop in the event of such a short - term drop.
The proposed UK government bill, which would make it more difficult to call strikes, has drawn criticism from across the Holyrood chamber.
They want the introduction of a Welsh government bill to pave the way for an independent exams regulator.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights, which scrutinises government Bills for human rights compatibility, highlighted the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill, the Modern Slavery Bill, and the Serious Crime Bill as «likely to raise particularly significant human rights issues».
In terms of drafting, there are public servants who draft Government bills.
The Committee, which rarely considers Government Bills before they are published, considers the issues likely to be raised by the Bill to be exceptional, for which exceptional scrutiny measures will be required.
The directive from the PMO first came in 2012 to then justice minister Rob Nicholson and was being worked on by Justice lawyers as Harper sat down with First Nation leaders Jan. 11, 2013 to discuss controversial government bills, sources told APTN.
There are now fifteen considered and well - written comments on Yosie Saint - Cyr's post on April 1: «Quebec Government Bill Upholds Gender Equality and Secularism.»
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«As far back as 2004 — in the middle of high profile Fathers4Justice protests — then Conservative family spokeswoman Theresa May said * that within the «first month of a Tory government a bill would be drawn up giving a presumption of co-parenting and a right for both parents to be involved in bringing up their children where couples separate.»
September 30, 2016 - CCGG Executive Director was quoted in the National Post and The Globe and Mail with regard to majority voting being included as a proposed amendment to the Canada Business Corporations Act in federal government Bill C - 25.
This website states: Government bills in the Commons are numbered from 2 - 200, and private member's bills are numbered 201 and above.
In practice, the privileges of the Official Opposition go far further, for example through frontbenchers» established right to speak at the start and end of most debates, and to intervene during oral question times (including Prime Minister's Questions), plus an expectation that the Speaker will select important opposition amendments for debate at report stage of government bills.
(Animal Defenders International Press Release) Animal protection organisations with a long history of campaigning against animal circuses have welcomed publication of the Scottish Government Bill to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland, along with proposals to review performing animal regulations.
Only a couple of weeks ago, Simon Thomas stated that he believed the Welsh Government's Local Government bill was «taking the p*ss», yet today his party looks set to allow the bill to pass despite it not being changed.
The spokesman added that Cameron had approached Norman to make clear his commitment to Lords reform and correct the impression that Downing street would take a soft line on rebels, whereas in fact he wanted his party's MPs to observe the three - line whip ordering them to vote in favour, as with any other government bill.
October 18, 2016 - CCGG's Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in the Wall Street Journal with regard to majority voting being included as a proposed amendment to the Canada Business Corporations Act in federal government Bill C - 25.
The bill is unlikely to pass, as the Senate has pledged to reject any government bill that puts the act in jeopardy.
We will ensure accounting consistency among the Estimates and the Public Accounts; provide costing analysis for each government bill; restore the requirement that government borrowing plans receive Parliamentary approval; end the inappropriate use of omnibus legislation; and we will ensure the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) is truly independent, properly funded, and answerable only, and directly, to Parliament.
If any PC members were to vote against a government bill, it may fail.
A Canadian subsidiary of Equifax Inc. is lobbying Ontario politicians to pump the brakes on a government bill — proposed after the massive data breach at the Atlanta - based company last year — that could provide consumers stronger controls over information held by it and other credit - reporting agencies.
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