• The paper said that relations between the federal government and Tatarstan have been aggravated mainly by Moscow's desire to abandon its 1994 power-sharing treaty with the republic. (rferl.org)
  • Its reasoning, the paper said, is based largely on its disagreement with provisions in the treaty regarding Tatar sovereignty and citizenship. (rferl.org)
  • In their letter to the president, the lawmakers wrote, "The U.S. government has specific trust and treaty responsibilities to American Indians and Alaska Natives, responsibilities that all federal agencies share equally. (indianz.com)
  • President Biden's relationship with Native Americans is built on respect for tribal sovereignty and self-governance, honoring federal trust and treaty responsibilities, and conducting regular, meaningful and robust consultation with tribal nations. (govexec.com)
  • This 12-month process to reconsider restoring federal wolf protections enables wolf hunts to continue across the country without the consent of tribal nations, in violation of treaty rights, and thus silences our voices and ignores our input as hunters decimate the species. (govexec.com)
  • It was evident that the unicameral government adopted under the Articles of Confederation and recognized by Great Britain in the 1783 Treaty of Paris was collapsing. (famousamericans.net)
  • Aside from the Council, there is other formal mechanism for consultation between the States and the federal government with respect to treaty making. (mainstreamweekly.net)
  • yet it has a special bearing in our federal set-up juxtaposed as it is against the present phenomenon of parliamentarisation of the treaty making issue. (mainstreamweekly.net)
  • USET SPF asserts that grants of rights-of-way across Tribal Nation lands require federal approval due to the federal government's trust and treaty obligations to Tribal Nations and, therefore, the state of New York had no authority to negotiate this easement in 1954. (usetinc.org)
  • Treaty violation, however, does not nullify their legality, and Native American tribes to this day still live under the laws and restrictions that have controlled their sovereignty for hundreds of years. (lu.se)
  • The southern tribes' [Penobscot and Passamaquoddy's] broadest claim is that their inherent sovereignty remains intact and therefore state regulatory power over their lands is exceedingly limited. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • Such unsubstantiated allegations seek to shift the focus from Khalistani terrorists and extremists, who have been provided shelter in Canada and continue to threaten India's sovereignty and territorial integrity. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Kosovo, in coordination with international partners, is more determined than ever to protect its territorial integrity," the Pristina government said. (arabnews.com)
  • Since the 1970s, the federal government has gradually transferred decision-making powers to the territorial governments. (gc.ca)
  • The myth of territorial sovereignty and the Brexit fiasco. (lu.se)
  • First, Richard Briffault reminds us that, at least as a formal matter, American federalism is based on a theory of dual sovereignty' - that is, both the states and the national government exercise sovereign authority simultaneously over their respective spheres of competence, and equally important for our purposes here, there is considerable overlap between the spheres of competence of the two levels of government. (columbia.edu)
  • Consequently, the American Federalism is a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and the power of the states. (exampleessays.com)
  • This type of arrangement is also related to the Dual Federalism ideology which is a model of federalism that looks both the national and the state government as co-equal sovereign powers. (exampleessays.com)
  • It is a case that marked a precedent to the actual Federalism government. (exampleessays.com)
  • American Government , Page number 51) Historically there were two views about federalism in the United States by the framers of the constitution. (exampleessays.com)
  • They decided that a federal government based on federalism would be the government for their new country. (exampleessays.com)
  • Equalization policy is a key component of modern Canadian fiscal federalism: federal government revenues are used to mitigate the consequences of fiscal disparities among provinces. (irpp.org)
  • The basis of fiscal federalism more generally, as Ronald Watts notes, is the "redistribution of revenue" between central and constituent unit governments. (irpp.org)
  • The Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs provides critical support to the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the federal government's trust responsibility and government-to-government relationship with Indian tribes," said Hoeven. (senate.gov)
  • City staff recognize the importance of respecting and honoring Tribal sovereignty and self-determination and conduct ongoing government-to-government consultations with Tribal Representatives appointed by federally recognized Tribal Nations that have consulted with the city since the late 1990s, share Memorandums of Understanding with the city and have historic and enduring connections to the Boulder Valley. (bouldercolorado.gov)
  • Ms. Sweeney is a capable, proven leader and a powerful advocate for Native American self-determination and tribal sovereignty. (senate.gov)
  • This case involves critical matters of self-determination important to all amici, and their Tribal nation members have a strong interest in making use of the crucial relief funds intended to help Tribal governments respond to COVID-19. (usetinc.org)
  • Given the change of government in January 2006 and time that has lapsed since those initial discussions, the Minister appointed me to take a fresh and unbiased look at this important issue for the political and economic self-determination of this young territory. (gc.ca)
  • To be clear, a premier who is talking about sovereignty and pointing to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), which refers to the right to self-determination, should not be using the same transactional agreements as the former BC Liberal government that expressly did not believe in Indigenous sovereignty. (cheknews.ca)
  • How can Premier Horgan say he is advancing sovereignty and self-determination and have such a clause in an agreement, especially one that was just signed in 2021 - 18 months after DRIPA was passed. (cheknews.ca)
  • Following a rapid increase in the price of oil between 1979 and 1980, the government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introduced the National Energy Program (NEP), which intended to increase Canadian ownership in the oil industry, increase Canada's oil self-sufficiency and redistribute the wealth generated by oil production towards the federal government. (wikipedia.org)
  • On Monday afternoon, Trudeau told the House of Commons in a rare statement on a matter of national security that Canadian intelligence agencies were investigating 'credible allegations' that agents of the Indian government were involved in the June death of prominent Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in B.C. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Asked on his way in to a Tuesday morning cabinet meeting why the Canadian government went public with this allegation, Trudeau said since the summer officials had been working closely with intelligence agencies to 'make sure that we had solid grounding in understanding what was going on. (ctvnews.ca)
  • The opposition parties were quick to unite in shock and dismay over this alleged affront to Canadian sovereignty, but on Tuesday Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told reporters that he thinks Trudeau needs to provide more information on the matter to the public. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Trudeau pointed to the modernization of Norad and upgrading the string of satellites in the North as areas where the government can work with Inuit and provide new economic opportunities. (timescolonist.com)
  • In mid-March 2016, just before the unveiling of the federal budget, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall requested that the Trudeau government send back the money his province had contributed to equalization in order to help Saskatchewan through an enduring downturn in the oil industry. (irpp.org)
  • The principles of meaningful government-to-government consultation. (indianz.com)
  • If the administration is committed to the principles of tribal sovereignty, it will pause the wolf hunts until consultation occurs. (govexec.com)
  • The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit research and educational institute that advances the principles of free markets and limited government. (mackinac.org)
  • His avid support of states' rights principles threatens the millions of Fourth Circuit residents who may need to rely upon federal civil rights laws for protection against discrimination. (civilrights.org)
  • The court just decided to eject the principles of federal Indian law in Maine. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • While under pressure from separatists, the Tatar government in 1993 refused to hold elections to the Federation Council or the State Duma, and also refused to let its residents vote in a referendum on the adoption of the Russian Constitution. (rferl.org)
  • Sovereignty for Native peoples has existed since time immemorial, pre-dating the U.S. Constitution. (bouldercolorado.gov)
  • Federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Nations are sovereign governments, and their special relationship with the United States is recognized under the Constitution of the United States, treaties, statutes, Executive Orders and court decisions. (bouldercolorado.gov)
  • India is a federal parliamentary democracy, with a bicameral Parliament, which bears striking resemblance to the Canadian Constitution. (mainstreamweekly.net)
  • Schedule Seven of the Constitution contains the Union List, the State List, and the Concurrent List, each of which set out the matters in respect of which the relevant federal Parliament and State Legislatures can legislate. (mainstreamweekly.net)
  • Any discussion in the federal realm of the Indian Constitution is incomplete without getting an insight into the States' role. (mainstreamweekly.net)
  • Of course, our federal constitution as interpreted by the courts makes it abundantly clear that in cases of conflict - or really almost anytime the national government declares it to be so - federal, that is national law is supreme, and trumps contrary state law. (columbia.edu)
  • However, in dozens of these cases concerning civil rights and criminal justice, Judge Boyle has been reversed for failing to follow precedent or for too narrowly construing the Constitution or federal laws protecting individual rights and liberties. (civilrights.org)
  • A decade had passed after operating under the articles of the Confederation when the framers of the Constitution realize that the states had too much power over their citizens, as a result they created a form of government that balances the powers of the states and the central government, with the central government in charge of the important decisions. (exampleessays.com)
  • In the American Constitution there are stipulated powers of what the national government can do, anything that is not specify in this clauses, can be handled by the states governments. (exampleessays.com)
  • American Government , Page number 66) "Also, the constitution confers certain po. (exampleessays.com)
  • America is a federal republic in which the president, Congress, and federal courts share the national government's powers as stipulated by the constitution. (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • These relationships are based on the U.S. Constitution, treaties, Supreme Court decisions, federal laws, and Executive Orders. (cdc.gov)
  • If you keep up with E Hana Kakou, the Grassroot Institute's regular program on ThinkTech Hawaii, you may have seen the recent interview with Leon Siu, a well-known Native Hawaiian Sovereignty activist. (grassrootinstitute.org)
  • It directly addresses a question that might have occurred to you on reading the very first sentence of this article: Why is the Grassroot Institute sharing time with the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement? (grassrootinstitute.org)
  • There are really two different categories that can be used to describe current efforts to advocate for Native Hawaiian sovereignty. (grassrootinstitute.org)
  • First, there are the efforts by the state and federal government to create a semi-autonomous Native Hawaiian nation. (grassrootinstitute.org)
  • This category includes the Akaka Bill, the Native Hawaiian Roll, possible action from the Department of the Interior, and any similar government action to create a tribal entity for Native Hawaiians. (grassrootinstitute.org)
  • That second category (of which Leon Siu is a representative) refers to the Native Hawaiian activists who reject the authority of the state and federal government and affirm the continued sovereignty of the Hawaiian kingdom. (grassrootinstitute.org)
  • Made up of a number of groups, it is not a monolithic entity, but they do share a desire to see the recognition of a sovereign Hawaiian nation. (grassrootinstitute.org)
  • In fact, they explicitly reject government efforts to create a Native Hawaiian tribal entity. (grassrootinstitute.org)
  • Already, the Hawaiian sovereignty group, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, a precursor of the Native Hawaiian government, takes tax revenues once used to fund the state school system. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • The passage of Senator Akaka's bill will mean Hawaii will have city, county, state, Native Hawaiian and US federal governments to content with - sound like paradise alright, a paradise for career politicians, bureaucrats and victimizers. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • The premiers found common ground on topics including strengthening strategic infrastructure and trade corridors, climate adaptation and action, immigration, labour shortages, labour mobility and Arctic sovereignty, Eby said. (globalnews.ca)
  • He also said having Canada and Inuit aligned in this way "significantly enhances Arctic sovereignty. (timescolonist.com)
  • We are at a time of reflection around how we ensure Canada's continued sovereignty in the Arctic," he said, adding that in the past, that would have been done through a military lens. (timescolonist.com)
  • The program was extremely unpopular in the west, where most of Canada's oil is produced, due to the perception that the national government was implementing unfair revenue sharing. (wikipedia.org)
  • B.C. Premier David Eby shared with the media topics discussed by Canada's premiers at the Western Premiers conference in Whistler, B.C. on Tuesday. (globalnews.ca)
  • Canada's western premiers say they want swift action on bail reform and a fairer share of federal investments in economic and infrastructure projects, following a tĂŞte-Ă -tĂŞte in Whistler , B.C. on Tuesday. (globalnews.ca)
  • The November 1974 Canadian federal budget terminated the deduction of provincial natural resources royalties from federal tax. (wikipedia.org)
  • Her key promise was to pass the Alberta Sovereignty Act that would let the provincial government opt out of enforcing federal legislation it deemed not to be in the province's interests. (theconversation.com)
  • These are responsibilities that are usually discharged by provincial governments. (gc.ca)
  • consistent with its commitment to the devolution of provincial-type responsibilities to northern governments, the Government of Canada will, within a year, begin devolution negotiations with Nunavut. (gc.ca)
  • For decades Pacheedaht and other Indigenous Nations toiled, negotiating modern treaties in good faith with the Provincial and Federal Crown governments. (cheknews.ca)
  • Smith made the comments a day after she introduced her first bill as Alberta's new premier, fulfilling a promise she made in the recent United Conservative Party leadership campaign to bring in legislation granting Alberta the power to reject federal laws and policies deemed to be interfering in provincial jurisdiction. (stettlerindependent.com)
  • They would also be given the power to direct any provincial agency, municipality, school board, health region or municipal police force and others to not enforce federal laws. (stettlerindependent.com)
  • This can only be accomplished by engaging in meaningful, robust, and - given the nature of this pandemic crisis - rapid government-to-government consultation. (indianz.com)
  • The administration has ignored Indigenous leaders' demands for consultation on federal wolf protections. (govexec.com)
  • One of the key concerns of Indian Country has always been meaningful consultation between the federal government and sovereign Indian nations. (govexec.com)
  • President Biden acknowledged this responsibility in his January 26th " Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation to Nation Relationships , " which mandated that federal agencies engage in tribal consultation, signalling to Indiginous leaders that the federal government would respect our nations' sovereignty. (govexec.com)
  • As the letter states, "to avoid rendering President Biden's commitment and promise to Indian Country meaningless, and to put a hold on the continued slaughter of the gray wolf, we demand that you immediately grant the emergency relisting petition to give the federal government the chance to follow precedent and engage in consultation with tribes. (govexec.com)
  • The agreement that the Province of British Columbia signed with Pacheedaht First Nation on February 17, 2021, is a Forest and Range Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement. (cheknews.ca)
  • All Hawaii needs is another government with more bureaucracy and cost. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • And other times in this Crown-Inuit relationship, there are days where we create systemic change across the bureaucracy and across federal departments. (timescolonist.com)
  • USET SPF's amicus curiae brief supports the Seneca Nation of Indians in their claims against the state of New York that federal law was violated in 1954 when the state acquired an easement for a 300-acre parcel of the Nation's restricted fee lands. (usetinc.org)
  • The move comes after Morrison revealed last week that the nation's government, businesses and political organisations were under attack from a sophisticated "state-based" hacker . (theregister.com)
  • The federal government's top priority is protecting our nation's economy, national security and sovereignty. (theregister.com)
  • Some Western Canadians argue that Quebec receives undue attention from the rest of the country due to concerns about its desire to secede from Canada or obtain sovereignty-association. (wikipedia.org)
  • Whether in code or en clair, the president will tell Britons that UK membership of the EU is right for Britain, right for Europe and right for America. (gulfnews.com)
  • Almost two-and-a-half centuries ago, the American colonists rose up and violently asserted the principle that they - and they alone - should determine the government of America and not George III or his ministers. (gulfnews.com)
  • An example of such a government would be early America under the Articles of Confederation. (exampleessays.com)
  • As would have to be expected there are a number of problems that have arisen due to the role of federal government in modern America. (exampleessays.com)
  • According to my report from the meeting of the city of Edinburg I found the following elements associated with the American politics and the form of governance employed throughout America from the federal government to the state governments and even through to the local governments in the cities and various counties, townships, municipalities, districts, and special districts in different states. (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • Additionally, Indian Tribes are reporting severe coronavirus-related economic impacts on their Tribally-owned businesses and assets, which provide their sole source of government revenue as Tribes do not have a tax base like state or local governments. (indianz.com)
  • Given these developments and past issues accessing federal resources for the Zika, Ebola, H1N1, and SARS outbreaks, Tribes and urban Indian health organizations are concerned that federal COVID-19 response efforts and resources will not reach them. (indianz.com)
  • We believe that it breaks down the trust responsibility relationship between the tribes and the federal government, in this case, the EPA, which has that trust responsibility with the tribes. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • But the tribes never waived their sovereignty and immunity, and the act doesn't explicitly say that they did, argued attorney Doug Luckerman, who represents several Northeastern nations. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • The whole concept that there's a three-legged stool of authority between the state, the tribes and the federal government has vanished. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • It's become a two-legged stool - that if the federal government delegates authority to the state, which is what Congress did because the state doesn't have any original authority to deal with tribes, what this court is saying is once that happens there is no third leg," Luckerman said. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • It therefore channeled these particular funds to tribes with which the United States has a government-to-government relationship, and that have a uniquely governmental responsibility for the welfare of their Tribal members. (usetinc.org)
  • As America's colonizers aggressively moved West in the name of Manifest Destiny, tribes were forcibly moved, and their dealings with the federal government ratified in hundreds of treaties. (lu.se)
  • The publication of a text so carefully constructed with legally non-binding terms and saturated with use of the passive voice was, to many Native Americans, unsurprising in the context of dealings between Native American tribes and the Federal Government. (lu.se)
  • There are unique legal and political relationships between the federal government and Indian tribes. (cdc.gov)
  • These treaties, laws, orders, and decisions provide authority to the federal government for Indian affairs with federally recognized tribes. (cdc.gov)
  • Public health professionals must be aware that federally recognized tribes may prefer to work with federal agencies, and state-recognized tribes may prefer to work with state agencies [ SAMHSA 2009 ]. (cdc.gov)
  • The initiative has funded tribes, shared information nationally, and supported a learning cohort, resulting in pioneering work to protect health from climate hazards. (cdc.gov)
  • The Bald Mountain Wildfire is shown in the Grande Prairie Forest Area on May 12, 2023 in this handout image provided by the government of Alberta. (theconversation.com)
  • In modern democracies, these functions broadly correspond to legislative, executive and juridical functions performed by the three vital organs of the government, the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. (exoticindiaart.com)
  • The bill also states that before cabinet can act using such extraordinary powers, the legislature would first have to pass a special resolution that spelled out the nature of the federal harm and the recommended remedies. (stettlerindependent.com)
  • Administrative law professor Martin Olszynski, who has written on the sovereignty bill since Smith first proposed it in the spring, said if the government truly wanted to make sure cabinet had to directly and explicitly follow the wishes of the legislature, it should have made that clear in the bill - but it didn't. (stettlerindependent.com)
  • Power is separated into the three arms of government that is the judiciary, the executive, and the legislature (HierarchyStructure). (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • In a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in December 2021, the state of Oklahoma noted tribal governments reported filing charges in almost 7,000 criminal cases in the preceding 14 months as of October 2021. (ocpathink.org)
  • You have half-almost half-of an American state now, at least as to this category of crimes, under the exclusive criminal jurisdiction of the federal government. (ocpathink.org)
  • The court claims the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 (and its accompanying implementation act) removed all their sovereignty and immunity except when it comes to matters such as choosing leaders and determining membership. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • We don't believe the most recent one is a positive step, but the damage it might do could be reduced if state lawmakers were provided with more clarity, and with more freedom to use these federal dollars in ways that make a state's business climate and fiscal picture stronger. (mackinac.org)
  • The authors analyze the factual realities and practical limitations, as well as the legal underpinnings, of the "fiscal constitutions" of three federal systems: the United States, Germany, and the European Union. (columbia.edu)
  • Professor Briffault goes on to point out, quite accurately in my view, that at least with respect to the spending side of the fiscal equation, formal dual sovereignty is often accompanied in fact by an informal division of authority and both vertical and horizontal policy coordination. (columbia.edu)
  • In most federal systems, the central government is allocated substantial taxation powers as a way to mitigate fiscal competition among the constituent units and to draw on "the administrative advantages of centralizing certain kinds of revenue levying and tax collection. (irpp.org)
  • Federal government revenues as a percentage of total government revenues before intergovernmental transfers provide a perspective on fiscal centralization in federal systems (table 1). (irpp.org)
  • This indicator suggests that Canada is, from a fiscal perspective, one of the most fiscally decentralized federations in the world, with the federal government collecting just over 40 percent of total government revenues. (irpp.org)
  • Although, they practice the Cooperative model where both, the State and the Central government share concurrent powers such as taxes and the military. (exampleessays.com)
  • In the case now before the court, Oklahoma v. Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta , the state of Oklahoma has asked the court to declare that state government has concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by non-Indians against Indian victims on the reservation lands impacted by McGirt . (ocpathink.org)
  • Because tribal governments cannot prosecute non-Indians who victimize Indians, the state of Oklahoma argues there is no infringement on tribal sovereignty if Oklahoma government is given concurrent jurisdiction in those cases. (ocpathink.org)
  • Last month, when President Biden met with tribal leaders at the Tribal Nations Summit, he spoke of his commitment to Indigenous rights and tribal sovereignty. (govexec.com)
  • Because our cultures and ways of life are tied to the land we now share, tribal nations must be included in any decision-making process that impacts our collective environment. (govexec.com)
  • The Penobscot and Passamaquoddy, both riverine and coastal Peoples, say their authority as sovereign nations takes precedence over state jurisdiction, and that regardless of what the Indian Claims Settlement Act says, both Nations have never actually forfeited their sovereignty. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • City governments form a vital part of local governance across the nations since most people live in the cities. (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • So it is on the face of it a bit peculiar that US government officials should believe that Britain must remain within the European Union (EU) - a system in which democracy is increasingly undermined. (gulfnews.com)
  • The legislation also places severe restrictions on policy choices state and local officials might otherwise have with their share of federal largess. (mackinac.org)
  • As long as top Russian officials shield the perpetrators of the Tiergarten murder, the federal government must not shy away from sanctions. (rt.com)
  • Initial informal and exploratory devolution discussions took place between federal officials, the GN and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (' NTI ') in 2005. (gc.ca)
  • A recent document provided to Congress by the U.S. Department of Justice conceded the vast majority of crimes referred to federal officials in eastern Oklahoma are going unprosecuted and citizen safety may be negatively impacted. (ocpathink.org)
  • But officials said that indicated a huge share of criminals were avoiding prosecution thanks to McGirt . (ocpathink.org)
  • According to Roy Romanow, this move kicked off the "resource war", a confrontation between Pierre Trudeau's federal government and the prairie Provinces over the control and revenues from natural resources extraction and energy production. (wikipedia.org)
  • rather, it is financed from the general revenues of the federal government - and, therefore, by all Canadian taxpayers - which means Ottawa does not "take" equalization money from the provinces, as Wall suggested. (irpp.org)
  • explain, "[i]n all federations, there is an imbalance between the revenues and expenditures of central [federal] governments and constituent units, and every central government transfers funds to the constituent units. (irpp.org)
  • The CARES Act is landmark legislation that provides critical relief to Tribal governments impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. (indianz.com)
  • The federal government drafted new bail reform legislation this spring, but that initiative never made it past its first reading, meaning the earliest it could be considered is next fall, Eby said. (globalnews.ca)
  • This was followed by a commitment to pass legislation requiring the Alberta government to hold a referendum before introducing any tax increase. (theconversation.com)
  • The system of governance furthermore focuses on different functions at a different level of governments. (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • Some communities have found novel ways to engage in Indigenous stewardship via formal recognition of ICCAs through collaborative management agreements with various governmental authorities, both state and federal, as well as with large landowners. (ecologyandsociety.org)
  • The Abbott Government clearly wants to do nothing to support renewable energy and has broken its pre-election promise to maintain a 41,000 gigawatt-hour Renewable Energy Target. (environmentvictoria.org.au)
  • Instead, she appointed former federal Reform Party leader Preston Manning to lead a panel to make recommendations about the issue after the election. (theconversation.com)
  • We are concerned that, if broadly implemented, the Act will in fact undermine state sovereignty by handing over to the federal government the states' sovereign right to create state budgets, tax structures, and taxation levels that are accountable to their citizens. (mackinac.org)
  • Implementation of the CARES Act will require many federal agencies within DOI, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Treasury, the Small Business Administration, and others to work directly with Indian Country on implementation of complicated new authorities and deployment of critical funding. (indianz.com)
  • Simultaneously, the government recognizes that an exclusive focus on fossil fuels would exacerbate local air pollution and further threaten India's climate security. (brookings.edu)
  • President Biden's $1.9 trillion spending blowout, the American Rescue Plan Act, gives $350 billion to state and local units of government to address COVID-19-related revenue shortfalls or new costs. (mackinac.org)
  • Federal bailouts and stimulus payments to state and local units of government can do more harm than good. (mackinac.org)
  • A tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. (taxfoundation.org)
  • Then, white Southerners (and a fair share of white Northerners) questioned the legitimacy of black suffrage, viciously lampooned the behavior of new black officeholders and mobilized to murder and drive off local black leaders. (obamaconspiracy.org)
  • Early in American history, local governments and the states had most of it. (exampleessays.com)
  • The United States is comprised of 89500 local governments. (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • The purpose of the local governments is to serve the needs of people including housing, health care, transportation, education, and security directly (Vile). (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • In this paper, I will focus on discussing what the local meeting of Edinburg city government tells us about American politics. (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • The local government is active in the provision of such platforms for the women in the city of Edinburg. (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • The federal and state governments deal with the most important issues concerning the entire nation whereas the local governments are mandated with the task of ensuring that the needs of Americans are provided for at lowest levels. (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • The federal government deals with issues of national importance while the local governments focus on the small picture encompassing their specific counties, townships, cities, or districts. (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • Circular cities: exploring local government strategies to facilitate a circular economy. (lu.se)
  • In his twenty years on the bench, Judge Boyle has promoted "states' rights" at the expense of federal authority to protect civil rights. (civilrights.org)
  • Based on the drastic decrease in state-court prosecutions, however, the State estimates that the federal and tribal governments should be prosecuting over 18,000 crimes per year-leaving an alarming gap," the state's brief noted. (ocpathink.org)
  • In 2009, the United States Federal Government issued an "acknowledgement and apology," acknowledging a "long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies" in its dealings with Native Americans (Congress.gov). (lu.se)
  • Iraq's former oil minister, Thamir Ghadhban, who still advises the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on energy issues, told a US audience Friday that Iraq planned to nearly triple oil production over the next eight years, from the present 2.2 million barrels a day to six million barrels per day. (wsws.org)
  • Issues of state sovereignty and federal distribution of power are called into question. (mainstreamweekly.net)
  • I was asked to provide the Minister with objective advice outlining the issues and to ascertain the likelihood of productive, constructive and successful devolution negotiations between the federal government, the GN and NTI . (gc.ca)
  • Dialogue and debate are integral to a free society and we welcome and encourage you to share your views on the issues of the day. (stettlerindependent.com)
  • Alternatively, the confederal system consists in a league of independent states, in which the central government created by the league has only limited powers over states. (exampleessays.com)
  • The constitutional division of taxation powers between the federal and constituent unit governments varies greatly across federal systems. (irpp.org)
  • Statements such as Wall's and McGuinty's can resonate fairly strongly with the public, as happened when, in December 2004, then Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams took on the federal government over what he felt was the unfair treatment of his province through equalization. (irpp.org)
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government hit back early Tuesday, denying any involvement in any act of violence on Canadian soil and announcing it would be reciprocally expelling a senior Canadian diplomat out of concern for interference in internal affairs. (ctvnews.ca)
  • There was overwhelming opposition to federal involvement in the nation-building process, and the Independence movement was part of it. (grassrootinstitute.org)
  • Allegations of Government of India's involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated. (ctvnews.ca)
  • A 40-year-old man, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, was shot by a suspect identified as a Russian citizen, Vadim K. The attacker failed to flee the scene and was arrested after the killing.The charge contains "serious allegations" about the Russian authorities' involvement in the murder, a German government spokesperson said. (rt.com)
  • As he stated, "I understand the equalization formula is not likely to change anytime soon…But the federal government could recognize that the formula is flawed by providing Saskatchewan with new economic stimulus funding at least equal to the amount they are taking in equalization. (irpp.org)
  • So seeing the federal government is prepared to make those kinds of investments in eastern Canada, is fantastic, and we support those kinds of investments. (globalnews.ca)
  • Her Sovereignty Act morphed into the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act , with the title change and certain provisions designed to reassure Albertans that Smith was not intent on taking Alberta out of Canada. (theconversation.com)
  • We urge the Government of Canada to take prompt and effective legal action against all anti-India elements operating from their soil. (ctvnews.ca)
  • They are not necessarily the opinions or views of the Government of Canada. (gc.ca)
  • The Government of Canada and the Government of Nunavut would like to reach an agreement on devolution as quickly as possible, and have set a goal of reaching a final agreement by December 2008. (gc.ca)
  • The bill, titled the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, would give Smith's cabinet the power to decide which federal laws, programs and policies - or potential federal initiatives - are unconstitutional and need to be challenged. (stettlerindependent.com)
  • Multilateral trading agreements like WTO, with commitments in goods, services, intellectual property and dispute settlement, have reduced the power of the national government. (mainstreamweekly.net)
  • Nonetheless, the states retain an important residual and more or less autonomous role in many areas where they have not been preempted, or have been only partially preempted by the national government. (columbia.edu)
  • But in the realm of taxation, I submit that dual sovereignty remains the best description of the relationship between the national government and the states. (columbia.edu)
  • and both states and the national government impose excise taxes on such items as motor fuels, alcohol, and tobacco products. (columbia.edu)
  • Neither the state government nor the national government should interfere in the other's sphere. (exampleessays.com)
  • American Government, Page number 55) However, since the founding, the balance of power between the national government and the states has shifted over time. (exampleessays.com)
  • For instance, despite a very loud outcry from Indian Country, the administration ignored Indigenous leaders' demands to be meaningfully consulted on federal wolf protections. (govexec.com)
  • The prime minister would not comment on whether India is co-operating, saying the Indian government 'will be able to speak for itself. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Congress allocated the funds at issue here to Tribal governments by cross-referencing an "Indian tribe" definition that precludes any entity other than a federally recognized Indian tribe from its practical application. (usetinc.org)
  • Officer James Saylor, then a Crow Tribal highway safety agent acting pursuant to a federal contract, investigated the Respondent after finding him parked on rural U.S. Highway 212 on the Crow Indian Reservation, and observing his blood-shot eyes, several firearms, drug paraphernalia and a toddler in the vehicle. (usetinc.org)
  • Officer Saylor's investigation uncovered more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, a violation of both federal and Tribal law occurring within the Crow Indian Reservation. (usetinc.org)
  • At the end of November 2006, the Honourable Jim Prentice, Federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians (the 'Minister') appointed me as his Senior Ministerial Representative for Nunavut devolution. (gc.ca)
  • Subject only to a few relatively narrow exceptions, there are no restraints on either the levels or the subjects of taxation at either level of government. (columbia.edu)
  • The result in fact is substantial overlap between federal and state taxation. (columbia.edu)
  • Affordable and reliable energy remains a high priority for the Modi government, without which growth will continue to be sluggish. (brookings.edu)
  • In my opinion those three great departments of sovereignty should be forever separated, and so distributed as to serve as checks on each other. (famousamericans.net)
  • Within each arm, there are departments with various titles held by different persons who perform different tasks within the government. (homeworkmarkets.com)
  • Smith pivoted from her populist playbook to the traditional stance of Alberta conservative governments: an alluring combination of well-funded public services and low taxes. (theconversation.com)
  • 1 Made during the 2016 Saskatchewan electoral campaign, Premier Wall's remarks point to long-standing frustrations about the functioning of the federal equalization program in wealthier provinces such as Alberta that do not receive equalization payments. (irpp.org)
  • Smith defended the bill after it was introduced Tuesday, saying Alberta has tried less confrontational measures to no effect and that the federal government needs "a push. (stettlerindependent.com)
  • Federal authorities even considered solving the issue militarily, the paper wrote, adding that the sides in the current dispute have likely accepted that a confrontation is inevitable. (rferl.org)
  • For its part, federal authorities are putting pressure on Tatarstan through a planned 'oil-quality bank,' an idea that Tatarstan has vigorously opposed, the paper wrote. (rferl.org)
  • The special legal status of Tribal Governments requires official relations with federal agencies to be conducted on a government-to-government basis. (bouldercolorado.gov)
  • Specifically, I analyze Indonesia's use of the international legal principle of sovereignty and its appeal to rules on the protection of biological and genetic resources found in the Convention on Biological Diversity. (cdc.gov)
  • The Bill effectively transfers decisions with respect to servicing foreign debt from the domain of the federal government to that of the State Bank. (brecorder.com)
  • We actually share some important common goals with the Sovereignty activists. (grassrootinstitute.org)
  • With the rise of Nepal as a democratic republic with a federal polity and as an important neighbour to be dealt with, the voice of the North-Eastern States have to be factored in while dealing with security and defence ties with Nepal by the Union Government. (mainstreamweekly.net)
  • Regardless of this, is the Central Government the entity in charge of making the important decisions. (exampleessays.com)
  • Two important concepts to keep in mind when considering community engagement with tribal communities are tribal sovereignty and cultural competence. (cdc.gov)
  • We run electoral activities asking political parties their stance on Free Software, and we share good practices from public entities which already use Free Software. (fsfe.org)