Traduction de «Loi du 13 décembre 2002 sur l'Assemblée fédérale » (Français → Anglais) :

G. welcoming the new constitutional law of 13 December 2002 on the rights of national minorities, which provides a necessary and useful framework for regulating their status,

J. pointing out, further, that Parliament, in its resolution of 17 December 2002 on the typology of acts and the hierarchy of legislation in the European Union took the view that implementing powers should rest with the Commission and, within their respective territorial jurisdictions, the Member States; it also added, however, that the legislative authority constituted by the Council and Parliament may delegate to a specialist agency or self-regulating body the task of laying down certain technical measures to implement laws, that the procedure for the adoption and scrutiny of delegated regulations should differ depending on whether t ...[+++]he legislative authority confers responsibility for that task on the Commission or on a separate authority, a specialist agency or a self-regulating body, but that such a measure would be submitted to the two arms of the legislative authority in the same way as a Commission implementing measure (paragraphs 13, 16 and 17 of its resolution of 17 December 2002),

Despite the concerns of the Assembly of First Nations, of course, the minister tabled the bill, as described by the grand chief, on December 2, 2002, to create the First Nations Finance Authority, the First Nations Tax Commission, the First Nations Financial Management Board, and the First Nations Statistical Institute.

Whereas first nations have consistently experienced various forms of genocide historically and contemporary through the Government of Canada's legislation, regulations and political rhetoric; whereas the aboriginal and treaty rights of all first nations which are confirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act are being threatened by Canada's proposed suite of legislation; whereas the chiefs have acknowledged the grassroots appeal for direct involvement, direct action and other approaches; and whereas the empowerment of our people on the direct involvement and action by first nations at the local and regional levels is urgent and critical to protect our inherent and treaty rights; therefore, be it resolved the chiefs and ...[+++]assembly endorse the direct involvement and/or direct action by first nations people to address and demonstrate against the Government of Canada's political agenda to eliminate the first nations inherent and treaty rights by legislation, regulation and policies, and be it further resolved that the chiefs continue to implement the Assembly of First Nations Action Plan, the December 11, 2002, document regarding opposition to the INAC suite of legislation collectively, progressively and strategically.

On the 13 of December 2002, six days before the scheduled date for the appeal hearing pertaining to the so-called new facts submitted by the school boards to the Federal Court of Appeal, government attorneys made an offer to settle regarding the Quebec school board cases which were, at that time, pending before the TCC. However, the department reserved its position on the Ontario cases because, before deciding to approach the Ontario school board cases in the same way that it had approached those from Quebec, it wished to first examine the Ontario Education Act.

The Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities (CLNM), adopted on 13 December 2002, sets the domestic legal framework for minority rights in Croatia.