Sentences with phrase «sweeping powers under»

Along with the explicit powers under the Criminal Code, police had sweeping powers under Common Law to deal with people at the G20.

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Trudeau's Liberal Party under a former leader swept to power in 1993 and won three subsequent elections — all of them while interest rates were stable or falling and the economy was relatively strong.

When things like this happen in our churches, we must expose them and stand up for the truth rather than sweep them under the carpet to protect those in power.

Cuomo used his authority under state law to appoint a panel with sweeping subpoena powers only after the Legislature refused to pass his anti-corruption bills.

«The power of influence and media that is being projected through the «MeToo» campaign on Twitter is exposing how widespread this phenomenon is, and makes clear that it won't be swept under the rug anymore.»

In most cases, such political crimes are swept under the carpet, as the culprits are often protected by the party in power.

Labour promised to reform the House of Lords when it came to power in 1997, and under the House of Lords Act 1999 swept away the majority of the hereditary peers and replaced them with political nominees.

Under his plan ministers would be able to start using sweeping Henry VIII powers (powers to amend primary legislation using secondary legislation) following a simple, binary vote.

We are calling on INEC and all the powers that be not to sweep this matter under the carpet.

But, following cross-party agreement that Scotland should be handed sweeping new powers, party leaders are now under intense pressure to bar Scottish MPs from voting on purely English matters at Westminster.

Even though harassment is now illegal, high - powered bosses are still getting away with it, causing physical, mental, and emotional ramifications that can't just be swept under the rug.

Jason Bourne's escapades have thrown multiple CIA operations out in the open and the shadowy powers are frantically trying to sweep them under the rug before either Congress or the press start asking questions.

Voters won't know they will be granting sweeping new powers to take away schools from local control and place them under state jurisdiction as the ballot language is vague, only asking if the state should intervene in failing schools.

In fact it loves to slide around, the in - built gentle understeer easily swept away under power... Throttle response is excellent and although the «torque fill» can't always mask the heavily turbocharged nature of the engine, the P1 is so easy to drive right on the limit.

It's easy to get swept along by this prototype because it gives so much feedback — the steering wriggling and writhing around under power, weight ebbing and flowing with the road and your progress through any corner, and the engine providing really accurate response all the way from 3500 to 6000rpm.

The standard power tailgate with programmable opening - height adjustment can feature an available hands - free opening function, where the tailgate releases and raises or closes after you sweep your foot under the rear bumper.

Indeed, we may see a new Renaissance of Games Journalism that could sweep away all gamers under the might of our collective brain power.

Prosecuting a company that distributes electricity and has birds fly in to its power lines is certainly frowned upon, and instead should be swept under the rug to avoid the acknowledgment of any violations made by a church of climatology - approved energy generation facility.

Courts could be given powers to recognise wills in cases where the legal requirements haven't been followed but the deceased's intentions are clear, under sweeping reforms proposed by the Law Commission.

This means an individual whose rights have been violated — say, at the hands of CSIS agents utilizing their sweeping new disruption powers under Bill C - 51 — must challenge the law in court and win in order for the law to be struck down and their rights restored.

In Today's Toronto Star, Anna Martin writes about the Public Works Protection Act and the sweeping powers given to police under an obscure piece of legislation.

We may not say it, but any time we delay a tough conversation or sweep our observations under a rug, we're denying the power of conflict.