Sentences with phrase «legislation on all levels of government»

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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).

Last Thursday, the Office of Financial Research (OFR), part of the Federal boondoggle created under the Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation in 2010 to foster the illusion that the government was reining in risk on Wall Street, released a new study showing almost unfathomable levels of systemic and interconnected risk among the too - big - to - fail banks that cratered the U.S. financial system in 2008 and has left our economy still struggling to right itself.

«As well, ISDS puts a serious chill on the ability of governments at all levels to enact legislation and public policies that protect the health and well - being of citizens or promote sustainable development.

It is unliveable at the level of society: hence, in Britain we have a government that lauds the freedom of the individual (and it should be noted in passing, but noted very well, that our present generation of politicians rarely talk of the «human person» or just of the «person», but usually of the «individual») but which has brought in some of the most draconian legislation in Europe designed to control what people say and do on certain issues so that society can proceed in its life as a unity and not just as a mere collection of individuals.

As with legislation at every level of government, successful utilization of the power of the permit depends not so much on concerned citizens committed to making youth sports in their local community safer (although they are, of course, important) as on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push for enactment, in other words, to serve as «safety champions.»

The Mission is to bring progressive Democrats together to register, mobilize and educate voters on candidates, elections, legislation, policy on the city, state and national level of government.

More fundamentally, the Committee observes that while the Review implicitly assumes that «only a rigid, cut - and - dried rule would be sufficient because leaving scope for flexibility or the exercise of judgement on the part of the House of Lords would be undesirable», the Review simultaneously says that the Lords should trust the Government to ensure that, in the future, Bills contain «an appropriate level of detail» so as to guard against constitutionally improper reliance upon secondary legislation.

It would also be politically savvy, causing chaos for the Tories by making it virtually impossible for the Coalition to get its legislation through, given the level of dissent on the government benches.

Emergency legislation will be rushed through Parliament and a Government - appointed arbitration panel will decide on a fair level of compensation for Northern Rock's shareholders when the move is made, although this is likely to pave the way for a legal fight if investors are unhappy with what is offered.

Even if New York lawmakers agreed on a new primary date for all levels of government, the Cusick legislation would not address lumping in a third primary: the presidential primary.

This means «regulations, legislative comments or proposed legislation, and other policy statements or actions that have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.»

We interpret this legislation to be an example of government tampering with personal rights and property; these are issues that should be addressed on a community level, according to the specific needs of the community.

Fundraising for People Tree Foundation While the People Tree Foundation is not the government legislation that is so badly needed in the fashion industry it is a promising body which has great ambitions to work at every level of Fairtrade fashion to facilitate its growth concentrating as much on environmental justice as social justice.

It provides lessons learned on the institutionalisation of city region food policies and programmes; provisioning of national and legal frameworks embedding city region food systems in broader legislation, on strengthening of coordination and collaboration across horizontal and vertical government levels, and on design of specific programmes and policies for sustainable city region food systems.

On the other hand, the effort of world governments to pass legislation to cut carbon to pre-industrial levels can not proceed without the consent of the governed and historical reconstructions from paleoclimatological models have indeed proven persuasive and effective at winning the hearts and minds of the populace.

Of course, the UK government has a commitment to remaining engaged with and complying with EU legislation while the UK remains a member so, for the immediate future at least, financial firms across the continent will be operating on a level playing field, under the same regulations.

He was also a guest lecturer or instructor at Toronto's esteemed post-secondary institutions including Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and the University of Toronto, and was becoming known to various levels of government, agencies, and organizations for his willingness to participate on committees responsible for reviewing legislation, such as developing Ontario's Securities Act in the 1960s.

On the municipal level, the Toronto Board of Health has adopted a report which included a request to the federal government to immediately decriminalize the possession of recreational cannabis for personal use until legislation to legalize and regulate cannabis comes into force.

Following the introduction of the Canada's Cannabis Act earlier this year, provincial governments have been scrambling to determine the effect on legislation at their level of government.

The failure to pass any gun reform legislation on both a federal and state level is not just a failure on the part of the government to its children but a violation of their human rights.

Our advice and perspective is sought by all levels of government and the judiciary on issues relating to legislation and the administration of criminal justice.

There would appear to be, at the very least at the moral and political level, a positive responsibility on governments to safeguard and protect Indigenous land rights against discriminatory acts or legislation as a matter of trust.

Given that this is a shared jurisdiction, both levels of government, that is the federal as well as the provincial and territorial, have been working together for some time to improve the legislation on family law and the family justice system.