Current Standings in the Senate, Parliament of Canada Here is the breakdown of Senate seats based on which prime minister appointed them. It should be noted that most independent or ISG senators were not originally appointed as such, but rather left their original party at some point during thei...
The Court of Appeal for Ontario in this cased determined that this type of distinction between the corporate trustee and its staff would contravene the clearly expressed will of Parliament as evidenced by the statutory language. To allow such would be to subvert the fundamental purpose of section...
The national government of Canada was set up by the Canadian Constitution of 1867—an act of the British parliament. However, in 1982, the constitution was amended to give Canada political independence from Great Britain, although the monarch still retains some executive powers. In addition, the ...
Victoria’s main attractions include the British Columbia Parliament Building and Craigdarroch Castle. Victoria is also full of gardens – notable green spaces include the Butchart Gardens, for which is the city is very proud, and the Abkhazi Gardens. Walking between the city’s landmarks is ce...
While speaking at MediaNama’sPrivacyNama conferencein 2023, Advocate Vrinda Bhandari added that the term will most likely be defined as broadly as Article 12 defines “state.” UnderArticle 12of the Indian Constitution, the State includes “the Government and Parliament of India and the Government...
Wind turbines dwarf everything around them -- most are equipped with 40-metre blades and stand as high as the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill. The trend is no longer just one or two stray turbines scattered amid farmers' fields, but rather dozens of them clustered together in major power-ge...
For the first time, the broad health issues, needs and concerns of LGBT+ people in Canada were taken up by the federal government’s Standing Committee on Health in 2019. The findings of their consultations with LGBT+ Canadians produced a report that at
While women’s political representation in Canada lags behind some G20 countries, it fares better than in the United States. Nearly a quarter of seats in Canada’s lower house of parliament are held by women, compared to 17 percent in the United States, according to data from the Inter-Par...