Sentences with phrase «justice minister»

Last fall, provincial justice ministers asked the federal government to consider increased penalties for impaired driving, particularly crimes involving repeat offenders, serious injury or death.

As junior justice minister he will have to acquire new knowledge fairly quickly.

The long - time civil liberties defender has written books and papers on human rights and was appointed justice minister after the 2015 election.

Having held the seat since 1992, the feminist justice minister decided to step down long before the expenses scandal broke.

According to provincial justice ministers, legal aid used to be shared equally with the federal government.

«The cryptocurrency trading ban proposal introduced by Justice Minister Park Sang - ki was a suggestion made by the Justice Ministry on December 28 to bring speculation within the cryptocurrency market under control.

EDMONTON — The new federal justice minister says the Conservative government is considering changes to impaired driving legislation in the Criminal Code.

Other likely entrants are finance critic Lisa Raitt, foreign affairs critic Tony Clement and former justice minister Peter MacKay.

Arsenault was originally supposed to meet with former justice minister Rob Nicholson, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet shuffle earlier this month meant that meeting had to be cancelled.

Ministry of justice Minister of state - David Hanson Minister of state - Michael Wills Parliamentary under secretary of state - Bridget Prentice Parliamentary under secretary of state - Shahid Malik Parliamentary under secretary of state - Lord Bach Parliamentary under secretary of state - Maria Eagle (jointly with the government Equalities Office)

Lord Bach, the shadow justice minister in the House of Lords and former legal aid minister was clear: «I am not impressed by this delay.

Second, the proposal to ban cryptocurrency trading was made by Justice Minister Park Sang - ki on 28 December in order to counter speculations on the cryptocurrency market.

Julie Di Mambro, a spokeswoman for federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson, said Tuesday Ottawa's position remains the same.

A news release issued on June 17 on behalf of federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson - Raybould made public 15 appointments of either new judges or elevations of existing members of the bench.

The bills were introduced in the House of Commons on Thursday by Justice Minister Jody Wilson - Raybould, public safety minister Ralph Goodale, health minister Jane Philpott and foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland, with a press conference scheduled for later in the afternoon.

Former Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly warned he could «only see downsides» to a fixed date.

On 14 September, at a Politeia event featuring former Minister for Legal Aid Shailesh Vara, the Liberal Democrat former Justice Minister Lord McNally intervened from the audience to say that «bandying about the term «access to justice» is really quite fraudulent» and criticised legal aid lawyers for «looking like 1970s trade unionists» when protesting outside the Ministry of Justice.

While he was prohibited from even broaching the subject with prospective firms until after he formally finished as justice minister in October, it wasn't long before his phone started to ring.

In dramatic scenes in the Commons, Tory rebels shouted «too late» as justice minister Dominic Raab outlined his concession and Government whips buzzed around the chamber in an attempt to win over rebel MPs.

Shadow justice minister Andy Slaughter, who led the debate against Grayling last week, told Politics.co.uk:

She is Canada's first aboriginal justice minister who has already changed the course of much litigation under the previous Conservative government.

Quebec Justice Minister recently tabled Bill 62, An Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality and, in particular, to provide a framework for religious accommodation requests in certain bodies fostering respect for religious neutrality of the state and aimed in particular to frame requests for religious accommodations in certain organizations.

For example, in January 2018 the South Korean justice minister said the government might ban cryptocurrency trading on domestic exchanges.

Turner did serve as Justice Minister for almost four years (July 1968 — January 1972).

Couples should avoid confrontational courtroom battles and use mediation as more free sessions will be funded by Government, Family Justice Minister Simon Hughes has announced.

In the same survey, one - time Tory grassroots favourite Boris Johnson is down to 7.5 % - just below justice minister Dominic Raab.

Isabelle Marier St - Onge, a spokesperson for Quebec Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée, defends the government's actions and investments and says the government is already working to deal with every issue the Barreau raises.

The same day, she spoke with Justice Minister Peter MacKay to flag the potential issue.

In a statement from Justice Minister Suzanne Anton, released following the decisions, she said she was pleased to see the court agree with the province's arguments in both cases and that the court did not introduced any new concerns with the immediate roadside prohibition law.

Those efforts got a big boost in early December when Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée tabled bill 168.

When Justice Minister Park Sang - ki originally hinted at «preparing to enact a special law to ban virtual currency trading through the exchange and to close the exchange,» Bitcoin reacted sharply, dropping by some $ 3500 over the past week.

«It was evitable the government could not proceed with their hated and illegal residence test after the judgement from the high court,» shadow justice minister Andy Slaughter said.

In his last act as a member of Parliament, former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler introduced a private members» bill that would allow judges to impose a fair and appropriate sentence, notwithstanding mandatory minimums.

«They do not need to fear that they will be caught by the criminal law,» said justice minister Bridget Prentice.

Family justice minister Lord McNally has pledged an extra # 10 million towards helping people bring their marriage to an end using mediation.

According to a CTV Saskatoon report on Justice Minister Gordon Wyant's account of the amendment, «previously transgender people were implicitly protected under the code.

«I was just so pissed off,» Avvy Yao - Yao Go, a well - known social justice activist and lawyer, wrote in the Toronto Star after Justice Minister Peter MacKay made comments at a recent Ontario Bar Association meeting that women and visible minorities aren't applying for judge jobs and that's why they're under - represented on the bench.

Home secretary Jacqui Smith is among those invited to a summit on gun control proposed by Scottish justice minister Kenny MacAskill today.

New justice minister tackles tough justice questions on day it is revealed that there is a # 130m black hole in the MoJ

Not even a memo from Justice Minister Abubakar Malami recommending her reinstatement and campaigns by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), were enough to assuage the high and mighty on all the entreaties on the plight of the incorruptible woman.

Michael Keenan, the Australian Justice Minister stated during a parliamentary speech back in August while the bill got originally drafted that business houses trading digital assets for fiat currency or vice versa need to get themselves registered with AUSTRAC.

His comments mirrored those of justice minister Jack Straw, who said the pre-Budget report could be used to delay the hike.

Recent episodes in this dialogue can more accurately be called a public argument, as with Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin's unprecedented public letter last fall chastising then justice minister Vic Toews for changing his judge - choosing advisory committees.

Tensions within the coalition about plans to cap housing benefit were raised yesterday in a standoff between Mr Clegg and shadow justice minister Chris Bryant.

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.

Reuters reported Justice minister Park Sang - ki said the government is preparing a bill to ban cryptocurrency trading on domestic exchanges.

On the same day, the current justice minister introduced legislation to scrub the Criminal Code of the last remnant of Canada's restrictions on abortion.

In a news conference this lunchtime Scottish justice minister Kenny MacAskill confirmed his decision to free Abdelbaset al - Megrahi, who is suffering from terminal prostate cancer and has an estimated three months to live.