Sentences with phrase «with federal ministers»

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.

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.

Former Minster McLellan concluded that «the ultimate decision - making authority in criminal conviction review should remain with the federal Minister of Justice, who is accountable to Parliament and the people of Canada.»

In 2012 after marching on Parliament Hill with other mothers, Swinson met and spoke with the federal Minister of Justice.

Not exact matches

«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.

Faced with a potential strike by the airline's machinists union and a lockout of its pilots, federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt referred both disputes to the CIRB on March 8, then introduced back - to - work legislation four days later.

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks with the press after a meeting with Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa and Toronto Mayor John Tory in April 2017.

We've been waiting on a federal digital strategy for years now, with Industry Minister Christian Paradis's latest promise stating that one will be forthcoming by the end of this year.

The French ideas about turning the euro zone into a virtual federal state, with its own finance minister, budget, and executive and legislative authorities will probably be among the key talking points in a reform program that is supposed to lead to a tightly integrated economic and political union.

Later this month, Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts for the country's finance ministers summit.

This month, Canada's federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau requested a meeting with his Ontario counterpart, Charles Sousa, and Toronto Mayor John Tory to discuss the «dramatic house price increases.»

Thirteen months later, with Canadians staring at a $ 56 - billion crater in the government's finances, the minister got testy with reporters who were asking for his response to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Office that predicted a federal deficit of nearly $ 20 billion in 2013 - 14.

For starters, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has promised to fight the federal deficit, expected to reach $ 56 billion by fiscal year - end, with «fiscal discipline» instead of tax increases.

FEDERAL Small Business Minister Nick Sherry is asking small business operators to respond to an options paper to identify gaps in the way small businesses resolve disputes with other businesses.

CSA general secretary Peter Montopoli says he has been in contact with staff in the office of Minister of State (Sport) Bal Gosal to discuss the CSA's plans; Gosal says he's had no official contact yet, but that the federal government is open to the possibility of a bid.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who ran a projected $ 56 - billion federal deficit last year, recently softened his stance on stimulus along with his deadline to get back to balance, but even little trims hurt.

A joint federal - provincial report on pension reform will be released in December, when federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty meets with his provincial counterparts in Whitehorse.

While the pipelines have become intertwined with the Conservatives» «Economic Action Plan» (their branding of the federal budget), Oliver's natural resources file isn't the only thing that makes him suitable for the position of finance minister.

Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, a low - profile minister with a high - impact portfolio, must hammer out huge bilateral deals with all the provinces for their slices of $ 33 billion in federal funds for ribbon - cutting - worthy projects like big public transit expMinister Amarjeet Sohi, a low - profile minister with a high - impact portfolio, must hammer out huge bilateral deals with all the provinces for their slices of $ 33 billion in federal funds for ribbon - cutting - worthy projects like big public transit expminister with a high - impact portfolio, must hammer out huge bilateral deals with all the provinces for their slices of $ 33 billion in federal funds for ribbon - cutting - worthy projects like big public transit expansions.

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.

At a federal - provincial finance ministers» meeting in December 2012, the Finance Minister announced that, starting in 2017 - 18, the rate of growth in the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) would be reduced from 6 per cent per year to grow in line with a three - year moving average in nominal GDP, with a funding guarantee to grow by at least three per cent per year.

In 2016, the Far East Federal District's trade with China amounted to $ 6 billion, accounting for 25 percent of its foreign trade volumes.47 In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.50

On June 6 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty reintroduced his spring federal budget, which was never passed in the rush to an election, with a key twist: Flaherty added a measure to phase out the $ 2 - per - vote subsidy to political parties by 2015 - 16.

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.

A meeting of federal and sports ministers is to be held on Friday, with the lottery understood to be one of the agenda items.

He would become the longest - serving leader of a major political party in Canadian history and the only Prime Minister to win four consecutive federal elections by backing up his pledge of real change with real action.

If you want to understand why the federal government has clocked deficits in every single year since the 2008/09 financial crisis, save one (2015), and why there won't be another black - ink budget until at least the mid-2020s, look at the pre-budget picture with Finance Minister Bill Morneau where he changes his shoes.

In December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was hopeful a deal with Bombardier could be reached before the spring federal budget, adding that all countries, including Brazil, help their aerospace sectors.

Or, in Traversian: «The trend line from Pierre Trudeau to Stephen Harper has been steady: Influence over the amorphous, frustratingly horizontal federal machinery concentrates power in the Prime Minister's Office where issues that matter are managed with command - and - control authority.»

Senators — who began work on this report with the endorsement of the federal finance minister — recommend the government delay implementing any proposed changes for at least a year so that private corporations have the time to understand the impact these will have on their business.

«Minister Stone has a great opportunity to meet with our new federal government and correct a longstanding imbalance,» Holman said.

Matt Pascuzzo, spokesman for federal Employment Minister Patty Hajdu, said the government will ensure Canadians» health and safety are protected as it works with provinces and territories on measures addressing impairment at work.

Exploring the possibility of establishing formal structures, like a federal «Minister for Asia», to support Canada's relationship with Asia

For example, Health Minister Jane Philpott will sit down with her provincial counterparts immediately after the retreat to discuss a new federal funding formula.

Talk to your minister, Abby counsels a 14 - year - old deeply in love with a 50 - something married man serving serious time in a federal penitentiary....

In the federal employment anti-discrimination laws, a specific exception exists for religious bodies that discriminate on the basis of religion, and a couple of years ago, in the Hosanna - Tabor case, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution allows religious bodies to discriminate with respect to the employment of ministers.

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.»

This year, two outstanding projects shared the OWA Grand Prix and the 30,000 Euro prize money: State Prime Minister Shri Pawan Chamling from India who managed to convert the Indian federal state, Sikkim, together with 65,000 farmers, to organic agriculture in only twelve years; and the United World Colleges (UWC) from Freiburg / Germany and Pune / India with their social and sustainable educational programs that correspond remarkably well with the OWA goals.

Certainly we can justify that one given that it is how the federal finance minister views the WA National Party leader's dangerous dalliance with low - brow retail politics.

But the arrangement comes as Australia's major supermarkets are accused of undercutting suppliers, with federal Small Business Minister Bruce Billson on Wednesday adding to the suggestions.

He unveiled the Smithfield factory with his mother, Jeanne Pratt, and wife Claudine Revere, NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell and federal shadow minister for industry Sophie Mirabella.

With Queensland on the cusp of joining the world's elite band of LNG exporters, federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has voiced confidence that the construction cost pressures that could impede further growth of exports are on the wane, but insisted gas would also remain an important fuel for domestic users.

The voluntary system had been two and a half years in the making and had been approved by the forum of state, federal and New Zealand ministers with oversight of food.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Chief Lai Mohammed has commenced Media tour in United States of America to keep the international community abreast with the successes recorded by President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government in Nigeria.

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar Saturday said, with the newly inaugurated ministers that constitutes President Muhammadu Buhari's Federal cabinet, «greater confidence is likely to be reposed in our economy by investors both local and foreign.»

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has begun contempt proceedings against the Federal Government, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney - General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and Alhaji Ahmed Idris Accountant - General of the Federation «for failing to comply with the judgment ordering publication of the spending of recovered stolen funds since return of democracy in 1999.»

These focus on timing — possibly delaying the referendum beyond the prime minister's deadline of the end of 2017 to ensure that the renegotiations do not clash with the French presidential and the German federal elections in May and the late summer of that year.

The Honourable Minister of Labour, Senator Chris Ngige has serve a note of warning to labour unions in the country to stop threatening the Federal Government with warning strikes.

Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said this during a chat with State House correspondents after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

«The minister assured all Nigerians that the federal government health facilities will be open and render services to the people while the government continues to dialogue with the resident doctors to return to work.