Sentences with phrase «provincial justice ministers»

Last fall, provincial justice ministers asked the federal government to consider increased penalties for impaired driving, particularly crimes involving repeat offenders, serious injury or death.

According to provincial justice ministers, legal aid used to be shared equally with the federal government.

Since the last World AIDS Day, the federal and provincial justice ministers have had a year to study and discuss this issue as people living with HIV languish in prisons under a regime that has been criticized by experts at home and abroad.

July 19, 2013 — «Lawyers who handle legal aid cases in British Columbia have put their protest on hold in an effort to get talks started with the new provincial justice minister after an 18 - month deadlock.»

«We have modernized this Act to be more helpful to families when they come to court to make decisions in the best interest of their children, often under very difficult circumstances,» provincial Justice Minister Diana Whalen told the Chronical Herald newspaper.

Not exact matches

Earlier this month, Saskatchewan's justice minister said his provincial government continues to have «grave» concerns about legalisation.

Bill 7: Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act introduced by Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley pushed forward the timelines to redraw the electoral boundaries before the provincial election in 2019, which could have an impact on the results of that election.

The letter from Federal Minister of Justice Kim Campbell to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Antonio Lamer, advising of the new honorific for provincial court judges.

Star alumni: Former Ontario Chief justice R. Roy McMurtry; Ontario Superior Court Justice Janet Wilson; former Tax Court of Canada justice J.A. Brulé; Larry Grossman, former Ontario provincial government cabinet minister and Ontario Conservative Party justice R. Roy McMurtry; Ontario Superior Court Justice Janet Wilson; former Tax Court of Canada justice J.A. Brulé; Larry Grossman, former Ontario provincial government cabinet minister and Ontario Conservative Party Justice Janet Wilson; former Tax Court of Canada justice J.A. Brulé; Larry Grossman, former Ontario provincial government cabinet minister and Ontario Conservative Party justice J.A. Brulé; Larry Grossman, former Ontario provincial government cabinet minister and Ontario Conservative Party leader.

It grieves me to know, however, and I think it grieves Chief Justice Howland and Chief Justice Evans that the provincial government of this Province has appointed a provincial Judge as a deputy minister while permitting him to retain his status as Judge.

October 17, 2014 — «Federal, provincial and territorial justice ministers were unable to reach a deal in meetings this week on increased funding from Ottawa for legal aid.

On that point, during the consultations I had with our provincial and territorial counterparts when I was minister of justice, at the time in 2005 the attorney general of Manitoba recommended that the surcharge be increased, as he put it, from 15 % to 20 %.

There is a longer pre-history in the sense that Trudeau first introduced the idea at a federal - provincial meeting of Justice ministers while he was Pearson's Minister of Justice.

In February, Nova Scotia Justice Minister Diana Whalen addressed the issue with reporters, saying the provincial government recognizes the problem and wants more diversity in the province's courts.

«That approach could include a more broadly representative and inclusive judicial advisory selection panel, where no political party has a majority (as the government now gives itself), parliamentarians as a whole are in the minority, and the provincial attorney general and provincial bar are represented, along with the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Judicial Conference; a protocol of consultation published by the minister of justice, setting out whom the minister intends to consult and with whom the advisory panel will meet; a public announcement by the minister of the criteria by which each candidate will be evaluated; and a final hearing at which the minister of justice — and not only the nominee — answers questions from parliamentarians, notably regarding how the nominee meets the established criteria,» he wrote then.

La Presse has reported that the opinion of Justice Québec lawyers is that the measures are contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-quebecoise/201309/13/01-4688955-charte-le-projet-pequiste-est-inconstitutionnel.php Revealingly, the provincial Minister of Justice has not denied this: http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-quebecoise/201309/13/01-4689119-la-charte-des-valeurs-inconstitutionnelle-st-arnaud-ninfirme-pas.php

The Central Authority in Canada, on the federal level, is the Attorney General for Canada, and the Central Authority on the provincial level, in Ontario is the Attorney General, the Ministry of the Attorney General or the Minister of Justice.

Saskatchewan's Realtors have sent a brief to Justice Minister Gordon Wyant asking the provincial government to require all properties found to be drug production sites to be registered centrally, and that the information be made available to the public.

Greg Steele of the REALTORS ® Association of Edmonton commends Justice Minister Jonathan Denis for accepting all 37 recommendations in the report, including those for provincial air quality standards — something for which Alberta REALTORS ® have been advocating for several years.