Ford Government Confers New Executive Powers on Mayors Prior to Municipal Elections

The legislation applies at the moment to the cities of Toronto and Ottawa but will be extended to other communities where the government feels the municipality is "committed to growth, committed to being able to get shovels in the ground, and you've got to be able to put that plan in place," said Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Steve Clark when discussing the legislation. [...] The organizations participating in the XXVI Seminar urged the governments of Puerto Rico and the United States to take action to stop the enormous suffering of the Puerto Rican people. [...] UN Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples The General Assembly, Mindful of the determination proclaimed by the peoples of the world in the Charter of the United Nations to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small and to promote social progress. [...] Any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. [...] All States shall observe faithfully and strictly the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the present Declaration on the basis of equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of all States, and respect for the sovereign rights of all peoples and their territorial integrity.