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Topic: List of Canadian Leaders of the Government in the Senate


  
  Leader of the Government in the Senate (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The government leader's counterpart on the Opposition benches is the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.
However, it is usually the case that the Leader of the Government in the Senate is the sole senator serving in Cabinet.
The government side in the Senate is the party that forms the government in the Canadian House of Commons.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leader_of_the_Government_in_the_Senate_(Canada)   (450 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Canadian Leaders of the Government in the Senate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The position's counterpart on the Senate's Opposition bench is the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.
In Canada, the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Senate is the leader of the largest party in the Senate that is not in government.
Leaders of the Government in the Senate prior to 1969
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Canadian-Leaders-of-the-Government-in-the-Senate   (5682 words)

  
 News from Agape Press
The main reason the Senate is likely to pass the homosexual marriage bill unchanged, the pro-family activist explains, is that the Canadian political system has resulted in a predominantly liberal legislative body in recent years.
Unlike the Senate in the United States, he notes, Canadian senators are appointed by the nation's chief executive.
And in the case of the current Senate, most of the lawmakers owe their seats to very liberal government leaders.
headlines.agapepress.org /archive/7/112005b.asp   (438 words)

  
 Gary Mauser & Dave Kopel on Canada & Gun Control on National Review Online
In an unprecedented move, the government was forced to withdraw the request when numerous Liberal backbenchers, criticizing their own government, threatened to vote no. Critics pointed out that the government was lying in its claim that the appropriation was money that had already been budgeted, rather than a supplemental appropriation.
Canadian MPs have much less freedom than do their peers in other parliamentary systems, for a Canadian MP can be easily removed by his party's leadership if he steps out of line.
Canadian senators are appointed by the prime minister.
www.nationalreview.com /kopel/kopel121202.asp   (2889 words)

  
 International Cooperative Information Center: Famous Co-op People through the Ages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Was regarded during these years as "Canadian equivalent to Robert Owen - a practical businessman with genuine concern for working people and commitment to social reform." COADY (Father/Monsignor) Moses Michael / 1882-1959 (Canada) Ordained to the priesthood in 1910.
Leader of co-ops in Spain - appointed to Chair of Cooperation at School of Social Studies in Madrid; a member of Spanish Inst.
Beloved by all his colleagues in Congress, Senator Paul Douglas said, "I have seen the eyes of hardened politicians moisten at the mention of Jerry's name, and I believe he is truly one of the saints of the earth".
www.wisc.edu /uwcc/icic/def-hist/history/famous.html   (12991 words)

  
 U.S. Threatens Trade Sanctions to Canada
The Senate also found that one in every three Canadian kids age 15 and 16 has smoked at least once in the past month, and that one and a half million Canadians have a criminal record because of what the Senate calls simple possession.
"To antagonize government leaders and grass roots leader because you insist on having a radical drug policy that we will not ignore in the long term, then its going to have adverse consequences and I hope we would be able to rectify it before it comes to blows," explains Maginnis.
As for the Canadian government, solicitor general Lawrence Macaulay did not respond when asked if Canada is being pressured by U.S. The organization for the reform of marijuana laws says the Americans have a habit of throwing their weight around to influence other country's drug laws.
www.medicalmarihuana.ca /meddling.html   (2351 words)

  
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Brother Maher, an Irish Canadian from New Brunswick, was the Superior of the Presentation Brothers in Canada and the first non-Jesuit principal of the prestigious Brebeuf College School in Toronto.
She also led the fight in the British Privy Council that declared that women were "persons" under Canadian law and could sit in the Senate.
O'Brien was the first president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1880 and painted beautiful Canadian landscapes, especially in the Rockies.
www.geocities.com /brebeufalumni/irishcanadianlist.html   (1704 words)

  
 CBC News: Same-sex legislation now law in Canada
The Liberal government responded to the first of those rulings — in Ontario in 2003 — by introducing legislation which was adopted last month in the House of Commons.
Senators rejected a Conservative motion stating the traditional definition of marriage is between a man and a woman, but that civil marriage is between two people.
B.C. Senator Gerry St. Germain, an outspoken critic of the bill, fears judges are determining policies that should be decided by conscience.
www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/07/20/samesex050720.html   (367 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com - Albert Mohler's Weblog
In passing this legislation, the Canadian Parliament added "sexual orientation" to the nation's laws criminalizing "hate speech." The end result is that the Bible may now be considered a form of criminalized hate literature and Christians who teach that homosexuality is sinful may face criminal charges.
Editorial opinion in Canadian newspapers has been mixed, but the threat to religious liberty is immediately clear when one listens to the arguments made by C-250's proponents.
During a recent debate, the Canadian attorney general refused to comment on whether or not the Bible is, in itself, hate speech.
www.crosswalk.com /news/weblogs/mohler?adate=5/24/2004#1264412   (1602 words)

  
 Hugh Hewitt
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid admitted on Friday he and fellow Democrats lack the votes to block President George W. Bush's nomination of conservative appeals judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Senator McCain said that on Sunday according to the Las Vegas Sun, and a number of his Congressional colleagues are saying similar things.
Canadian political leaders on Sunday made one last cross-country dash on the eve of an election expected to oust the ruling Liberals, move Canada to the right and improve ties with the United States.
www.hughhewitt.com   (12579 words)

  
 Obsidian Wings: Maher Arar
I wrote Senators Arlen Specter (the Chair) and Patrick Leahy (the ranking democrat) to thank them, and to urge them to hold more extensive hearings, so that we can fully debate all the issues raised by Guantanamo and come to considered conclusions.
As a result, the government has ordered the release of suspects such as Yaser Hamdi, a dual citizen of the United States and Saudi Arabia who was captured in Afghanistan and held for three years as an enemy combatant.
It is not always clear whether we are sending a suspect to a foreign government with some degree of CIA assistance or information-sharing in the interrogation, or sending a suspect to one of the secret U.S.-run prisons in foreign countries.
obsidianwings.blogs.com /obsidian_wings/maher_arar   (11945 words)

  
 History News Network
There is a name for a system of government that wages aggressive war, deceives its citizens, violates their rights, abuses power and breaks the law, rejects judicial and legislative checks on itself, claims power without limit, tortures prisoners and acts in secret.
It does have the drawback that such a government would seldom be able actually to take a decision, since the three groups disagree with one another vehemently on most issues.
It is half the Canadian Gross Domestic Product, 20 times what a Stephen Harper-led government would be spending on the Canadian military in 2010 and it is what the George W. Bush-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will have cost Americans some time in 2006.
hnn.us /articles/122.html   (6360 words)

  
 Slate Votes - At this magazine, it's Kerry by a landslide!
Great American leaders don't emphasize the negative in the world; they emphasize America's values, its history and its capacity for doing good works at home and abroad.
The leader of the free world should be both.
His Senate vote against the 1991 Gulf War demonstrates an instinctive aversion to the use of American force, even when it's clearly justified.
www.slate.com /id/2108714   (6059 words)

  
 Grasmick's U.S. Business Immigration News for Canadians
Seattle INS District Director Robert Coleman announced last week in a meeting of cross-border leaders that the Seattle District's policy would be to clearly advise TN applicant's whose applications are deemed deficient that they should withdraw their application and if they don't they will be placed in expedited removal.
However, the Canadian government is expected to pass a bill that will give the INS authorities the power to detain individuals at PFIs.
If the Canadian was admitted as an TN, TD or in another nonimmigrant category documented with an I-94 entry card, then great care must be given to analyzing the potential for penalties.
www.grasmick.com /whatsnew.htm   (6265 words)

  
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July 22, 1924: The Persian government apologizes for the death of U.S. Vice Consul Major Robert Imbrie, who was beaten to death by a mob in Teheran.
January 26, 2000: Leaders of the international Pagan community send a letter to Pope John Paul II calling for the inclusion of Pagans in the Vatican's upcoming millennial apology for the Inquisition.
The leaders acknowledge that their apology is largely motivated by Brian Victoria¹s 1997 book "Zen at War," which details the relationship between Zen leaders and the Japanese military in World War II.
www.upenn.edu /pnc/politicalapologies.html   (7418 words)

  
 Browse Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The contractor, who U.S. Attorney Jim Letten declined to identify for "security reasons," notified the government immediately after the suspects allegedly attempted to solicit bribes from him while he was working at a FEMA base camp in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans.
When I ran for the Senate, I said there would be times when I agreed with the President and times when I would not, but that I would always vote in the best interest of Arkansas.
While in Venezuela attending the World Social Forum, Sheehan learned that several Democratic Senators had announced their plans for a filibuster but that Senator Feinstein, who’s up for re-election in November, had stated she would vote against the nomination but not filibuster it.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/@government/browse   (5511 words)

  
 General Federal/National Links - Canadian Social Research Links
Local taxpayers footed more and more of the bill for local government spending from 1988 to 2003, as the municipalities in which they live are caught between providing current services to the community, contending with changing transfer revenue and building infrastructure.
The Policy Research Initiative's core mandate is to advance research on emerging horizontal issues that are highly relevant to the federal government's medium-term policy agenda, and to ensure the effective transfer of this knowledge to policy-makers.
Connecting Canadians - Connecting Canadians is the federal government's vision and plan to make Canada the most connected country in the world.
www.canadiansocialresearch.net /fed2.htm   (4647 words)

  
 canadiancomment
It will be interesting to see which countries are dragging their feet on this, although there will be some countries out there that you know will be on the list, some countries just don't have the will to make the terrorists mad for one reason or another.
Moving his companies headquarters offshore to avoid Canadian taxes is bad enough but to think over 50% of Canadians think he is suited to lead the country quite simply blows my mind away.
France's president, in a strong show of support for the visiting leader of China, has warned Taiwan that it will be committing a "grave error" that could destabilize that region by holding a referendum in March.
canadiancomment.blogspot.com /2004_01_01_canadiancomment_archive.html   (9664 words)

  
 Life Decisions International
Several individuals are circulating lists of alleged corporate supporters of pro-abortion groups, most of which are grossly outdated or flatly inaccurate.
Please be sure the list you use is from an organization you trust--one with a reputation for standing behind what it publishes without hesitation.
It is a look at the most recent Annual Report released by the Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada, which has changed its name to the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health.
www.fightpp.org   (621 words)

  
 Pen-Elayne on the Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Steve Gilliard observes, "It's now to the place where every word the government says about Iraq is either wrong or a lie." He also has some very interesting ruminations about gun control.
Lots to think about - I had no idea the NRA leadership was more of a problem than the organization itself, but they (like so many other groups) have been pretty much taken over by the wacko right so that kinda leaves level-headed debate in the dust.
Stevens is breaking any Senate rules, for, stunningly, there is no explicit ban on a senator's engaging in profitable dealings with businesses and individuals who benefit from the lawmaker's official actions."
elayneriggs.blogspot.com /2003_12_01_elayneriggs_archive.html   (4501 words)

  
 Aspects of Can
The Canadian Monarchy: Includes Sovereigns since 1867, Members of the Royal Family, Guidance notes for meeting Members of the Royal Family, Royal Anthem
The Senate: Cursor down the page to find out questions about the senate.
Governor General, the Senate, the Speaker, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet,
www.edselect.com /aspects_of_can.htm   (436 words)

  
 CFP 2004 / Computer Freedom & Privacy Conference
In the November 2002 issue of Discover Magazine she was named to its list of the 50 most important women in science.
She served as a clerk for Judge Raymond J. Dearie of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and was a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (Washington, D.C.) until the end of 2002, when she left that firm to enter the legal academy.
He has assisted governments, NGOs, and private sector actors to understand and analyze Internet and communications technologies; to reform their laws, policies, and regulations; and to foster favorable environments for local technology entrepreneurship.
www.cfp2004.org /program/speakers.html   (17893 words)

  
 News - The Mars Society
Among those meeting with Dr. Zubrin were Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), the Chairman of the Senate Space Subcommittee, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), the leading Democratic Party space advocate, aides to Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Representative Mark Udall (D-CO), and several other staffers.
In addition, Dr. Zubrin met with Presidential Science Advisor Dr. John Marburger and members of his staff, as well as with a representative of the White House Office of the President.
The publisher, Firefly Books, was kind enough to donate 30 copies to the Mars Society for this purpose, and every one of them was given out to someone powerful.
www.marssociety.org /news/2004/0212.asp   (727 words)

  
 Sites Blocked in China - Highlights
As detailed in the technical appendix, the overwhelming majority of listed sites were found to be blocked in their entirety.
The Calgary/Banff Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society works as part of the grassroots non-profit organization to preserve critical wilderness areas in public lands and national parks, focusing on southern Alberta.
MIT is devoted to the advancement of knowledge and education of students in areas that contribute to or prosper in an environment of science and technology.
cyber.law.harvard.edu /filtering/china/China-highlights.html   (5161 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Legislative branch
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (16-member body appointed by the governor general upon the advice of the prime minister and the opposition leader for five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (40 seats; members elected by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms)
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (an 11-member body appointed by the governor, the premier, and the opposition) and the House of Assembly (40 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader of the opposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2101.html   (11200 words)

  
 Federal Government Resources on the Web/Historic Documents
Government Views of the Rosenberg Spy Case (City College of New York)
Annotated of webliography of government reports, declassified documents and trial transcripts of the Rosenberg case
Lists country or territory, type of missile, year imported, and year withdrawn
www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/fedhis.html   (4562 words)

  
 The Petition Site - Authentic Petitions. Real Change.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Urge The Senate to Reject William Myers' Nomination to the Federal Bench
We endorse the National Day of Giving Petition to Senate of the United States of America.
Retract Resolution 137 of the Iraqi Governing Council to cancel family law relative to Iraqi women i
www.thepetitionsite.com /takeaction?categoryID=--   (4367 words)

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