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MATTER GOVERNMENT POLICY [3 records]

Record 1 2015-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
CONT

In the British tradition, the defeat of a bill involving a matter of policy or a money bill is usually regarded as a vote of no confidence and thus results in the fall of the government.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
CONT

Selon la tradition britannique, un vote contre une mesure concernant une question de politique ou contre un projet de loi d'ordre financier devrait être considéré comme un vote de défiance et, de ce fait, entraîner la chute du gouvernement.

OBS

censure : sanction défavorable à l'égard de la politique d'un gouvernement, votée par une assemblée. Motion de censure.

OBS

Le terme «vote de blâme» a été relevé dans plusieurs sources pour désigner la même notion. Toutefois, «vote de blâme» n'est pas considéré comme un synonyme de «vote de censure».

Key term(s)
  • vote de méfiance
  • vote de non confiance

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
CONT

El gobierno hace efectiva la responsabilidad política del Consejo de Ministros, o de los ministros por separado, mediante el voto de censura o el rechazo de la cuestión de confianza. [...] El Consejo de Ministros o el ministro censurado debe renunciar.

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Record 2 2006-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • Administrative Law
CONT

Before the Government of Canada can enter into any international agreement, certain necessary policy approval and legal authorization must be sought and obtained.... The first step, to secure policy approval, normally takes the form of a Memorandum to Cabinet, signed by the minister or ministers having substantive responsibility for the subject matter of the proposed agreement, recommending its conclusion. The Secretary of State for External Affairs should either join in signing the Memorandum to the Cabinet, or concur in the recommendations. Where Cabinet has previously decided on the general policy guidelines to govern Canadian participation in international arrangements to be embodied in an international agreement and has approved a draft version of the agreement, a second Memorandum to Cabinet is not usually required if the only changes to the draft agreement in the interim are minor, when it is usually sufficient to obtain the agreement of the ministers most directly concerned.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Droit administratif
CONT

[...] le traité doit contenir un engagement ou des engagements. Aussi, les déclarations de principes ou les textes définissant les intentions de deux ou plusieurs États ou contenant simplement un projet de convention ne sont-ils pas des traités internationaux.

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
CONT

The Minister of the Environment has the discretion to require an E. I. A. if, in his opinion, the development will have a significant adverse environmental impact. E. I. A. 's are required, as a matter of government policy, on the following types of major projects : oilsands recovery schemes, coal mines, thermal or hydro power generation projects, refineries and petro-chemical plants, sour gas plants, transmission lines, pipelines, recreation complexes and water resource developments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
CONT

Le ministre de l'Environnement peut exiger une EIE s'il croit que l'exploitation en question aura des incidences néfastes considérables sur l'environnement. Le gouvernement a pour politique d'exiger une EIE pour les grands projets suivants : programmes d'utilisation des sables bitumineux, mines de charbon, centrales thermiques ou hydro-électriques, raffineries et usines pétrochimiques, usines de gaz acide, lignes de transport d'énergie, pipelines, lieux récréatifs et travaux relatifs aux ressources en eau.

Spanish

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