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The head of the local humane society is lauding the province for passing stringent new animal cruelty legislation and calling on the federal government to toughen its laws as well.
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A leader of the House of Representatives yesterday pushed for a review of the government procurement law in the light of the controversy stirred by the alleged diversion of P728-million fertilizer funds at the Department of Agriculture (DA) to the administration’s campaign kitty in the 2004 national elections.
More... New legislation changes rules for rent increases (Regina Leader-Post)Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:49:00 GMT
Landlords will soon be required to give tenants at least six months notice before they boost the rent, under legislation introduced Tuesday by the Saskatchewan Party government.
More... Hungary OKs law setting limits to state spending (Lexington Herald-Leader)Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:51:37 GMT
Hungarian lawmakers approved a law Monday setting spending limits on the state budget. The so-called "ceiling law" says Hungary's state budget expenditures in 2009 cannot exceed 2008 levels and can increase in 2010 and 2011 only by half the level of the previous year's rate of economic growth. The new legislation also sets up a three-member Budget Council to advise the government on ...
More... Nuclear law 'an erosion of rights' (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:22:00 GMT
Hearings investigating whether a Howard government law forcing a waste dump on the Northern Territory should be repealed have finished in Alice Springs .
More... Ontario Must Amend Law to Let Farm Workers Unionize, Court Says (Bloomberg)Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:21:55 GMT
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Ontario, Canada's most populous province, must change its labor law and give farm workers more freedom to join unions because the current legislation is unconstitutional, the province's highest court ruled.
More... U.S. automakers plead for government help, to little avail (International Herald Tribune)Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:11:14 GMT
The heads of the Big Three automakers asked for emergency government aid to stave off potential collapse, but it appeared they had not persuaded enough lawmakers to move quickly on a bailout.
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