Sentences with phrase «justice minister peter»

By: Farrah Rajan Justice Minister Peter Mackay claims that women are not applying to be judges because it may take them away from time with their children.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay said in a statement that the government will review the decision to determine «next steps towards protecting Canadians from gun crime and ensuring that our laws remain responsive.»

Neither Justice Minister Peter MacKay nor Mr. Harper has said anything to disavow this sentiment.

Last September, in response to the John Howard Society's report Justice Minister Peter Mackay said that he intended to look at the issue:

«Unfortunately, due to some breaches in the integrity and the confidentiality of the last process, we decided we had to use an alternative method, which included direct and broad consultation,» Justice Minister Peter MacKay told reporters on Thursday.

The bill was later introduced to Parliament in April 2014 under current Justice Minister Peter MacKay.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay and Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said the government is reviewing the decision.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay is set to announce his resignation on Friday, the second shock departure from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet this year, just months ahead of a tough election for the governing Conservatives.

Taking a break from runs to daycare and swimming lessons for his young son, former Conservative justice minister Peter MacKay was reflecting on law, politics, and life at the crossroads.

«This is an ongoing issue and discussion with respect to the amount and the support and the distribution of federal funding for legal aid,» said Justice Minister Peter MacKay, who called the discussions constructive and «very frank.»

A «concerned» Justice Minister Peter MacKay said «we are exploring all possible options to ensure the criminal law continues to address the significant harms that flow from prostitution to communities, those engaged in prostitution, and vulnerable persons.»

In a June 2014 reply sent to the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, in which then - justice minister Peter MacKay indicated he was too busy to meet with the organization, he stated that merit was his «overriding consideration» in judicial appointments.

On Dec. 11, Justice Minister Peter MacKay bestowed 2014 QC designation on seven lawyers for careers that demonstrate leadership in their professional lives, raise the esteem of the legal profession, and make outstanding contributions to the development of law.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay announced a number appointments March 7, including the controversial elevation of former Conservative cabinet minister Vic Toews to the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba.

In an e-mailed statement, a spokeswoman for Justice Minister Peter MacKay said: «Our government is providing significant resources to respond to increased caseloads in the provinces of Alberta and Quebec.»

Justice Minister Peter MacKay's Victims Bill of Rights could overhaul role of victims, loved ones in plea bargains, justice process generally, The Globe and Mail

Now, Justice Minister Peter Mackay has introduced Bill C - 36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, which the Conservative government believes will meet the challenge.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay announced the move during a speech at the University of Calgary's law faculty on Friday.

Heading into pre-Canada Day celebrations Justice Minister Peter MacKay announced 39 new judges on June 26 for courts across the country including Nunavut, Quebec (14), Manitoba (4), British Columbia (2), Ontario (8), Alberta (3), the Federal Court (4), Federal Court of Appeal (2) and the Tax Court.

The appointment process includes broad consultations with prominent members of the legal community,» said Clarissa Lamb, spokeswoman for Justice Minister Peter MacKay.

How does federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay respond?

On Oct. 2, Justice Minister Peter MacKay announced the appointment of a slew of new judges across the country.

Nearly a dozen lawyers have become judges in the past week, after Justice Minister Peter MacKay made a series of judicial appointments across Canada.

This past December's round of judicial appointments by Justice Minister Peter MacKay has put the issue of judicial diversity squarely back in the spotlight.

«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.

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

But Justice Minister Peter MacKay's statement Wednesday signalled the issue is still on the government's radar — at a time when the opposition parties are pushing decriminalization or full legalization.

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

Just this month, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the Harper government is giving serious thought to more lenient pot laws that would allow cops to ticket anyone caught with small amounts of pot instead of laying charges.

Not exact matches

The Reverend Peter J. Gomes, a black minister of the American Baptist Church and longtime Harvard chaplain, wrote in the Boston Globe: «When lawyers, the courts, and the media all seem complicit in the cycle of vengeance and blood and no closure short of decapitation seems acceptable, then we have reason to worry about the climate for justice, mercy, and charity; and Salem in 1692 seems not so far removed in moral climate from Boston in 2002.»

Gordon Brown (prime minister) Jack Straw (justice secretary) Alistair Darling (chancellor) Hilary Benn (environment secretary) Harriet Harman (leader of the Commons) David Miliband (foreign secretary) Douglas Alexander (transport secretary) Lord Mandelson (business secretary and first secretary of state) Alan Johnson (home secretary) John Denham (communities secretary) Shaun Woodward (Northern Ireland secretary) Baroness Royall (leader of the Lords) Jim Murphy (Scotland secretary) Peter Hain (Wales secretary) Michael Wills (justice minister) Nick Brown (Commons chief whip) Lord Bassam (Lords chief whip)

* Alistair Darling, Chancellor; Alan Johnson; Home Secretary; David Miliband, Foreign Secretary; Lord Mandelson, Business Secretary; Bob Ainsworth, Defence Secretary; Yvette Cooper, Department of Work and Pensions; Ed Balls, Children's Secretary; John Denham, Communities Secretary; Andy Burnham, Culture Secretary; Peter Hain, Welsh Secretary; Douglas Alexander, International Development Secretary; Hilary Benn, Environment Secretary; Lord Adonis, Transport Secretary; Ben Bradshaw, Culture Secretary; Harriet Harman, Leader of the House of Commons; Jack Straw, Justice Secretary; Ed Miliband, Energy Secretary; Shaun Woodward, Northern Ireland Secretary; Baroness Royall, Leader of the House of Lords; Tessa Jowell, Cabinet Office Minister; Jim Murphy, Scottish Secretary; Liam Byrne, Chief Secretary to the Treasury;

An Abuja High Court in Maitama, presided over by Justice Peter Affen, on Wednesday adjourned sitting till Monday to decide if the former Minister of state...

Aidan Gillen, Peter Coonan, Stuart Carolan, Laurence Kinlan, Barry Keoghan and Johnny Ward from the hit TV show took on the SARI All - Stars Soccer team including Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, former Dublin star Jason Sherlock, Irish women's rugby team members Marie Louise Reilly and Jenny Murphy, Ireland U-21 manager Noel King as well as former Nigerian internationals James Igwilo and Zuby Ufoh.

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This is because Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Peter MacKay not only failed to defend the Supreme Court, he actively participated in the drive by smearing of the Chief Justice of Canada.

On December 12, 2014, the federal Minister of Justice, Peter MacKay, announced the reappointment of the Honourable C. Michael Ryer as a judge to the Federal Court of Appeal.

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Even Canada's minister of justice and attorney general, Peter MacKay, sitting gamely at the head table, joined in.

The Minister of Justice, Peter MacKay has already stated that his government will try to do precisely that.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced a «smart cabinet shuffle» in moving people like Peter MacKay into senior posts like the minister of Justice, according to a TorontoMinister Stephen Harper has announced a «smart cabinet shuffle» in moving people like Peter MacKay into senior posts like the minister of Justice, according to a Torontominister of Justice, according to a Toronto lawyer.

The letter was sent to Don Head, Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada, The Hon. Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety, and The Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.