Sentences with phrase «of sober second thought»

The Realtor is supposed to be like our Senate is «supposed» to be, being the «Chamber of Sober Second Thought».

For example, for the composition of Canada's Parliament, [1] in addition to the House of Commons, the Senate was added as a «chamber of sober second thought,» because, it is said, Canada's founding father and first prime minister, John A. Macdonald, was frequently not sober.

The traditional bastion of sober second thought — our courts — are facing an all - out assault against judicial discretion with mandatory minimum sentences and the wholesale pillaging of the conditional sentence regime.

This moment of sober second thought caused the executives» e-mail production to drop 54 %.

Harper, of course, is having none of this sober second thinking, and is reportedly going to force the Senate to meet through the summer to pass the Bill.

Not exact matches

Abolishing Canada's upper chamber of «sober second thought» will be hard, maybe even impossible.

Some children are born sensible, with sober second thought a part of their nature.

It should instead let administrative judicial review be a matter of practice and the appropriate judicial attitude, one of respectful attention to any decision - maker's reasons for a particular decision, while recognizing that judges provide a sober second thought through judicial review, particularly on matters of legal interpretation.

It won't change or strengthen any laws around executive compensation but a recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal should have boards giving sober second thought to how they grant big bonuses and golden parachutes to top executives.

After throat - clearing describing the Senate's roles as a legislative chamber of «sober second thought,» and one in which both the regions of Canada and minorities, not well represented in the House of Commons, could have a voice, the substantive part of the Court's opinion begins with a discussion of the nature of the Canadian constitution and constitutional amendment.

«I'm glad a sober second thought can now take place on the privatization of Realtor.ca,» says Kay.

However, Carolyne, between the two of us (you and I) it is yourself who enjoys the distinction of having one of your REM letters pulled, upon a sober second thought by Jim Adair, because some of the content was so vile — in that, you attempted to leverage off of the defenseless to try and make your vengeful argument!

That he succeeded in scaring so many Realtors into putting themselves into a position of further liabilty by dropping the SPIS is unfathomable — thanks to thinkers like Stan the issue is resurfacing and second sober thoughts appear to be prevailing.