Sentences with phrase «on public interest standing»

In September 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada significantly changed the law on public interest standing.

However, the law remains archaic in its classification of animals as property and the procedural roadblocks to filing proceedings based on a public interest standing.

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The participating public interest NGOs bring particular value - added to the gBICS through their firm stand on the need to avoid or adequately manage conflicts of interest.The influence of the baby food industry in research, the medical profession and in policy - setting is pervasive, both through direct sponsorship and through Public - Private for profit Partnerships (PPpublic interest NGOs bring particular value - added to the gBICS through their firm stand on the need to avoid or adequately manage conflicts of interest.The influence of the baby food industry in research, the medical profession and in policy - setting is pervasive, both through direct sponsorship and through Public - Private for profit Partnerships (PPPublic - Private for profit Partnerships (PPfpPs).

«They're separate issues, and they should stand on their own merits,» the New York Public Interest Research Group's Blair Horner said.

«And as long as we have useful tools who purport to be Republicans, like Dean Skelos, Bob Turner, and a swath of other who are not willing to stand up for principles, but who would rather knuckle under to the most extreme demands of far - left Democrats, Public Service Unions and well - funded special interests in exchange for job security, and who could not lead a one - car funeral on an abandoned stretch of the Thruway, idiots like me — Andrew Cuomo — will continue to roll over the legislature, the taxpayers, the bondholders, and the rest of New York's victims with nary so much as an objection.»

With a British election looming, an exhibition on BSE stands as an awful warning to politicians who put business interests before public trust

Here, an open day for citizens and business interests in Port Henry — stetsons, grizzled frontier types, a «chantoosie» on the band stand — confirms Alaska's husky public image.

How they operate and make business decisions must stand up to public scrutiny on any conflict of interest potential.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

In October 2010 the BC Court of Appeal decided to allow the appeal on «public interest standing».

West Coast LEAF intervened in the distinct matter of «public interest standing» being denied to these women through their representative organization — to argue that such organizations ought to be able to bring forward important constitutional cases on behalf of the many women who do not have effective access to the justice system on their own.

If nothing else, the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service offers a host of resources for attorneys including events, training, publications, and links to local legal aid agencies for attorneys interested in helping out in their state.

Minister Konaté wants this conference to take place every year — a gathering at which to reflect on standing up for the public interest and better serving the citizens of Mali.

Both the first instance judge and the majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal dismissed most of the applicants» requests, without considering the merits of the application, based on abuse of process and lack of public interest standing.

Canadian refugee law has gone through radical changes recently, and the new public interest standing test will better allow CARL to challenge the constitutionality of the new laws on behalf of refugee claimants.

He was recently removed from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, which he used to chair, and his motion to cut MLA pay by 5 percent received zero interest from the governing New Democratic Party or the official opposition UCP.

On January 15, 2008, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) criticized Industry Canada's comments regarding a report on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) conducted by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information and EthicOn January 15, 2008, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) criticized Industry Canada's comments regarding a report on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) conducted by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information and Ethicon the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) conducted by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information and Ethicon Access to Information and Ethics.

As recently pointed out in Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 640, the protection attaching to freedom of expression is not limited to the «traditional media», but is enjoyed by «everyone» (in the words of s. 2 (b) of the Charter) who chooses to exercise his or her freedom of expression on matters of public interest whether by blogging, tweeting, standing on a street corner

The CLA Standing Committee on Intellectual Property and Public Access — International Trade Treaties Working Group has two documents that should be of interest to SLAWers: their report on the WTO / TRIPS agreement, which concludes that the agreement is not especially hostile to balanced domestic copyright legislation, and advises so - called «user groups» and other advocating for balance to confront claims that «international agreements» require extension of ownership domain.

The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service unanimously approved the creation of a national virtual legal advice clinic ABA Free Legal Answers.If your state is interested in participating in the national model, please contact Samantha Sanchez, Director of Training, Compliance, & Technology, for more information.

Most importantly, the decision gives the green light for collectives of marginalized people to work together on major challenges via public interest standing.

Ecojustice and its clients regularly rely on «public interest standing» to go to court to protect the environment and hold to account those who violate environmental laws.

In order to bring a court case challenging a law or government decision, an applicant must be granted «standing» either because they are personally effected by the outcome of the case or because they are well situated to bring a case on a matter of legitimate public interest.

On Jan. 19, 2012, Ecojustice appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in an important case dealing with Canada's «public interest standing» test.