Sentences with phrase «programs.the federal minister»

«I don't think you'll ever see us return to the Old MacDonald farm with pigs and chickens and cows like I grew up on,» Gerry Ritz, the new federal minister of agriculture once said.

Canadian Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains speaking in the House of Commons.

But conspicuously absent from the news conference announcing the deal last fall were any federal ministers to share in the joint credit.

Deluce has friends in high places: the former CEO of the Port Authority who helped him get Porter off the ground, Lisa Raitt, is now the federal minister of transport.

The state government is at odds with the Commonwealth over plans to shelve the second stage of the $ 1.7 billion Perth Freight Link, with the federal minister for cities saying today the funding agreement was for both stages of the project, not just stage 1.

Horváth said a polite «no, thank you,» sent the man the standard symbolic gift and went over his head, straight to the federal minister.

Federal minister of employment and social development Jason Kenney has declared his admiration for Germany's co-op system and made noises about emulating it here, but there has been no action or investment yet to accompany his endorsement.

They are being pressured by federal ministers to clear the backlog.

Horner said Alberta has tried to address some of Ottawa's complaints about the current system by pitching its own proposal — one that would create a new national enforcement agency as well as a national systemic risk committee made up of all 13 regulators and chaired by the federal minister.

On December 19, 2011, the federal Minister of Finance announced that the federal government had decided that, beginning in 2017 - 18 and through to 2023 - 24, the annual increase in the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) would be linked to a three - year moving average in nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The former federal minister is the perceived frontrunner to lead this new party fusing Alberta's Wildrose and Tory oppositions, but no matter which candidate succeeds, UCP will have a leader prone to jousting outside the provincial lines.

Former federal minister Jason Kenney is newly installed in the legislature as United Conservative opposition leader, and should he win, as widely expected, he says he would set the province on a more aggressive fiscal reordering, eliminating deficits one year more quickly.

They do so through programs, such as CEO Summit and 48 Hrs in the Valley, and consultation with corporate leaders and federal ministers to provide key insights so Canadians can build world class companies where we need them: in Canada.

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Historically, this has been the role of the federal minister of finance.

Now, so too has the academic who advised our federal minister of finance that it would be a smart idea to change the 40 - year - old rules that govern Canada's small businesses, with a mere 75 - day «consultation» process, in the dog days of summer.

CGCC members will also spend the day on Parliament Hill to meet with federal ministers and share their point of view on Canada's International Airports Policy.

Before the Northern Gateway review panel even commenced formal hearings in January 2012, the federal Minister of Natural Resources issued an open declaration that Canada needs more access to Asia - Pacific markets for resource exports.

I see that Colleague Kingston is unsure why the federal Minister of Health is frustrated at media coverage of her ministry's approach to the vein - centered Zamboni hypothesis about multiple sclerosis.

The federal ministers were in Bella Bella to see the damage, too.

On Friday, it was reported that French minister for the economy and finance Bruno Le Maire, French central bank governor François Villeroy de Galhau, German acting federal minister of finance Peter Altmaier, and Deutsche Bundesbank (German central bank) president Jens Weidmann sent a letter to Luis Caputo, secretary of finance for Argentina.

The former federal minister campaigned for eight months,...

The former federal minister campaigned for eight months, grabbed an unfamiliar delegate selection system by the lapels, and shook free 1,113 votes of 1,476 ballots cast at the weekend convention.

Currently, she serves as the Chair of the Canada Research Knowledge Network, Vice-Chair of Universities Canada and of the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities, as well as a member of the federal Minister of Industry's Science, Technology and Innovation Council.

Wolfgang Schauble has been the Federal Minister of Finance since 2009 and has recently resigned in order to do bigger and better things as Angela Merkel's new Speaker of the Bundestag.

In Germany 60 % of the Muslims are secular (according to a survey of the German Federal Minister of Interior from 2007, called «Muslime in Deutschland»).

Bhatti, who was Pakistan's Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs, was well known for campaigning against the nation's strict blasphemy law and lobbying for the rights of religious minorities.

But, the State Department noted, «Federal Minister for Minorities» Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti hosted several events to promote interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance, and took an active role in assisting victims of religiously motivated attacks on Christians and Ahmadis.»

On 16th October 1988, the Federal Minister for Justice announced the establishment of a National Committee on Violence, a joint Commonwealth - State initiative with a wide - ranging brief «to inquire into and report on violent crime and violence generally in Australian society (and) recommend preventive strategies.»

On 22nd August 1988, the Federal Minister for Transport and Communications directed the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal to hold an enquiry into «the portrayal, presentation and reporting of violence on television» and «the most appropriate method of ensuring that proper consideration is given by licensees to the suitability....

Last week, while announcing the permanent appointment of Brian Walsh as Chair of Wine Australia, the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce, said the organisation had identified key objectives, priorities and strategies for the next five years at a critical point for the wine sector.

Julia Klöckner (CDU), new Federal Minister of Agriculture and Food, is about to implement the announcements for sustainable agriculture.

The Federal Minister for Water and Environment, Tony Burke, has told The World Today he can see a way to address the major sticking points.

Neither the Federal Chancellor nor a Federal Minister may hold any other salaried office, or engage in any trade or profession, or belong to the management or, without the consent of the Bundestag, to the supervisory board of an enterprise conducted for profit.

The statement read: «The attention of the Federal Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige has been drawn to several media publications and statements signed by Mr. Didi Adodo on behalf of the association, the United Labour Congress, ULC, as its Secretary General.

How come one Iyiola Omisore got elected into the upper chamber of the National Assembly from behind prison bars while standing trial for complicity in the murder of Uncle Bola Ige, the Cicero, then serving Federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General?

Matthew Tawo Mbu was Federal Minister of Labour from 1953 - 54, being Nigeria's youngest minister ever at the age of 23.

Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the incumbent Federal Minister of Transportation.

The statement read in part, «The President believes that the late Ogbemudia, who had a distinguished career as a military officer, administrator and Federal Minister, has left an impressive legacy of hardwork, discipline and commitment to communal, state, regional and national development.

The Federal Minister for Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala has met with the Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal on the need to stop the...

From October 1998 until January 2001, she was also Federal Minister for Health.

This is an obvious reason why the federal minister for education and research, Edelgard Bulmahn, repeatedly states her strong interest in the liberalization of both residence and work - permit laws.

Edelgard Bulmahn, federal minister for education and research, announced the ambitious plan at a press conference last week in Berlin.

The federal minister for the environment, Greg Hunt, says a series of conditions on the development, including funding for programmes to support the health of the reef, will mean that the water quality will actually improve by 150 per cent.

Sir John Kendrew, EMBL's first Director General, greets the then German Federal Minister for Science and Education

Professor Terry Hughes, the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, which is headquartered at JCU, was awarded his second five - year Federation Fellowship by the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Research, Julie Bishop yesterday.

There isn't even a federal minister of education.

Federal Minister for School Education Peter Garrett announced the teacher training reforms today.

«We are very pleased about the attention of the Federal Minister, as she already has been introduced to the subject by our cooperation partners in Japan.»

The federal ministers told reporters after the meeting there had been no consensus, but Sousa and ministers from Prince Edward Island, Quebec and British Columbia all said Ottawa was the only voice against proceeding to consultations and study.