Sentences with phrase «government over its legislation»

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre has attacked the government over its legislation to streamline the accounting process, arguing it lacks legal enforceability on how Ottawa spends «this $ 7 billion no - strings - attached Liberal slush fund.»

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The state government will introduce legislation into parliament tomorrow designed to finalise the long - running Bell Group legal case, in which the Insurance Commission of WA and other creditors are fighting over a $ 1.7 billion payout.

Meanwhile, marijuana remains illegal on the federal level, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recently taken steps that would allow federal prosecutors in states where weed is legal to decide whether to prosecute people over marijuana sales in a development that could threaten the burgeoning industry (or, at the very least, spur litigation from some of the states in question looking to keep the federal government from interfering with statewide legislation).

Slowing the bill down, even a little, to satisfy some members could hamper its chances, given the looming deadlines ahead for Congress over government funding, immigration legislation, and more.

A call for comment over the summer from both Industry Canada and the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission (enforcement of the law is shared by the CRTC, Competition Bureau, and Privacy Commissioner of Canada) generated dozens of responses, most of which begin by congratulating the government on passing anti-spam legislation and then proceeded to urge significant amendments.

Just this month, West Coast joined over 40 other organizations to send an open letter to the BC government supporting their commitment to introduce anti-SLAPP legislation in BC.

Given what we've all had to put up with from the Harper Conservatives over the last near - decade — cutbacks, anti-union legislation, contempt for the valuable work our members do — my own views about the current government are well - known.

By: Henry Lazenby 30th April 2018 Canadian miners are voicing frustration and concern over the federal government's removal of a Senate amendment relating to final offer arbitration (FOA), and with its modification of an amendment giving the Canada Transportation Agency own - motion power, in Bill C - 49 — legislation that amends the... →

The government says that proposed legislation, Bill 8, could require credit - reporting agencies to give consumers free online access to their current credit score at least twice a year and to disclose information in a credit report about any scores that were given to third parties over the past 12 months.

EDMONTON — In response to PC legislation claiming to increase government accountability, NDP Leader Rachel Notley called for a series of changes that would effectively protect Albertans from several forms of inappropriate behavior demonstrated by the PCs over the last several years.

The Conservative government's omnibus legislation is at the heart of the protests and Ashton says much time is being spent explaining it — mostly over Facebook.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

First of all, the government has responded to justifiable public concern over the years with the enactment of legislation governing child labor, minimum wage, health and safety conditions, overtime pay, and other labor practices.

This government has failed in that process by leaving stakeholders with less than two months - a large portion of which was over Christmas - to make submissions regarding legislation that substantially affects their lives.

The industry has engaged with the AMA, Governments and regulators around the country informing them of the voluntary marketing and promotion restrictions it has implemented over and above existing legislation.

He continued: «What we have learnt over the last few days is that when it comes to regulation and legislation there is one law for government and another one for everyone else.

Those over 65 want the government to abandon the legislation by 56 % to 29 %.

Legal challenges to the government's consultation, concerns over the hybrid nature of the legislation (this means it takes much longer to work its way through parliament) and the coalition's decision to split the legislation into two parts are worrying interested spectators — like Labour's Eagle.

Specifically, these modern tribunes would be entitled to veto one piece of congressional legislation, one executive order and one Supreme Court decision; to call one national referendum, over any issue they wish (only two - thirds votes of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives may render the statute unconstitutional); and to initiate impeachment proceedings against one Federal official from each of the three branches of government during their term of office.

We want a government that values all individuals and reflects this in policy and legislation and which does not privilege the demands of religious people over the needs and rights of others.

Well, that is what the government has been saying for over a year while various requests under freedom of information legislation have come in.

These new metro mayors are being introduced in England as part of the Government's devolution agenda, which allows for combined authorities to take on more functions, over and above those they were allowed to take on under previous legislation.

«Let's have the debates over various policy issues and at the end of the day, either approve pieces of legislation, or if they fail to achieve enough votes, then the bill ultimately fails, but in the final analysis, that's good government,» Valesky said.

That has meant that May's government has been repeatedly defeated over the EU withdrawal bill, with peers inflicting 15 defeats on issues such as the customs union, the Irish border and removing the precise date of Brexit — 29 March 2019 — from the legislation.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's The World at One, David Anderson QC, the government's independent reviewer of terror legislation, said the «real issue» was that people were communicating not over the telephone, but over the internet, using service providers based in the United States.

Also at 11 a.m., leading government watchdog groups call on the state Legislature and governor to pass legislation that strengthens independent oversight over state contracting and a Database of Deals to ensure fair and transparent contract awards, outside state Senate chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

The question will be to what extent the government should be prepared to clear the decks of everything else in order to possibly deal with a lengthy and very complex war of attrition over this particular piece of legislation.»

Not just New Labour's overwhelming desire to amass all sorts of information about the individual and New Labour's managerial model of how to govern but also, in particular, a steady shift away from «justice» and towards «control»: towards the arbitrary, unconstrained use of power through the regular invocation of states of exception (terror legislation and Iceland is in this category); the creation of catch - all legislation whose operational interpretation is at the whim of the police (photography, questioning individual police officers); government attempts to constrain the judiciary through tick - the - box sentencing guidelines, and at an individual level examples such as David Milliband's quite disgraceful prevarication over torture allegations.

Here's a quick overview of the key battlegrounds being fought over as the government prepares its final legislation for parliament.

This «Great Repeal Bill», as it was originally called, is supposed to incorporate all EU legislation into UK law in one lump, after which the government will decide over a period of time which parts to keep, change or remove.

Over the remaining months of my term it is my intention to devote my energy to working with my colleagues in government to pass the critical legislation that is needed to ensure that our State maintains critical services, and protects the quality of life for New Yorkers.»

Grayling will take on responsibility for the Government's constitutional reforms including the further devolution of powers to Scotland and legislation to give English MPs a veto over England - only laws at Westminster.

Sen. Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat, told colleagues that the legislation contains too much «gray area» over who is defined as an employee and fails to clarify how investigations of sexual harassment in the executive and legislative branches of state government will be conducted.

Businesses, being businesses, will invest these massive amounts of money because the politicians, being beholden to them for their positions, and for lucrative «revolving door» lobbying or consulting positions, post-office, will pass measures that pay back those businesses many times over through legislation and direct government spending that favors those contributors.

General the Lord David Ramsbotham, a former chief inspector of prisons whose campaigns have forced the government to make numerous changes to legislation, said he had argued with Nick Clegg over the issue.

Amid rising clamor for an international boycott or official IOC protest of the Sochi Olympics, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said Thursday that foreign governments, sports federations and athletes should «calm down» over the new legislation.

The end of day adjournment debate is undertaken after all the other usual business of the House — Departmental questions, Private Member's Bills, government legislation, and Dennis Skinner roaring about «posh boys» — is over.

NYRA would be returned to private hands, though with a tiny leash from the state government that has controlled its operations over the past four years, according to legislation proposed June 8 by Cuomo.

«Over the last seven years, I have made capping and cutting property taxes a main priority, passing the first - ever 2 percent property tax cap, and legislation forcing local governments to propose shared - services plans to lower local property taxes, but Faso and Collins are seeking to reverse that,» Cuomo said.

Over half of members of parliament's upper House said they believed the government's legislation should «not proceed», a poll by ComRes for the Coalition for Marriage group found.

Terzungwe Samuel Ali and Shimakyaa Iorkyase, President General and Secretary of Mdzough U Tiv, in a press statement in Kaduna said, «In their quest to resist the anti-open grazing legislation already operational in Benue State and take over the State as threatened on 23rd October 2017 and reported by the Leadership Newspaper of 24th October, 2017, on 1st of January 2018 at about 10:00 am, Fulani Herdsmen mindlessly attacked peaceful and harmless Church Goers in Gaambe - Tiev, Ayilamo and Turan in Logo Local Government Area.

This is legislation brought forward by a government which actually gives Parliament more power over the executive.

He offered himself up for national TV interviews after a mass shooting at an Oregon community college, challenging his fellow Democrats (before walking it back) to threaten a government shutdown over gun control legislation.

Trump complicated negotiations over end - of - year spending legislation by rejecting the possibility of including immigration protections — setting up a likely clash with Democrats that could lead to a government shutdown.

«The fight is over this real estate program, but really it comes to something deeper, which is that the forever - fraught relationship between de Blasio and Cuomo — and indeed the fraught relationship between any mayor of New York City and any governor of New York really is at a low point with just nine days left in Albany's legislation session and with several items on the mayor's agenda sitting in Albany's lap,» Jimmy Vielkind, who covers the state government for Capital New York, told WCBS 880.

MPs given greater power over secondary legislation, with peers defeating the government on scrutiny of statutory instruments.

ALBANY, NY (05/13/2008)(readMedia)-- CSEA today ripped the Empire Center and the New York State Association of Counties for their attempts to mislead the media and the public over legislation to protect local government retirees» health care benefits.

The Government today announced it would not legislate to stop the Lords having a veto over secondary legislation as recommended by Tory peer Lord Strathclyde.

But rather than admitting that the proposals were unpopular, appeared to resile on Tory campaign pledges in 2015, and that the legislative means for securing them was ill - planned, the government responded with a review into the powers of the Lords over secondary legislation.

Following the House of Lords» refusal to allow the government to enact secondary legislation during the row over tax credits cuts last year, the government set up the Strathclyde Review, which suggested reforms which could alter the balance between the government and the two houses of parliament.