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In 2014, Wells was the Senate sponsor of Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and other Acts and to provide for certain other measures - known as the Offshore Health and Safety Act. [16]
The agreement, known as the Atlantic Accord was criticized for being unfair to other provinces in the rest of Canada, [5] it was particularly criticized by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. Ontario was traditionally one of the Confederation's "have" provinces, while Newfoundland was a "have-not", this has changed in recent years. McGuinty argued ...
In 1984, the Supreme Court of Canada had ruled that the due to oil being located offshore Newfoundland it fell under federal jurisdiction. However, in 1985, Peckford negotiated the Atlantic Accord with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, the Accord gave the province equal say over offshore management and a large slice of all revenues. The Accord ...
During Trump’s first term, congressional Republicans passed the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act via budget reconciliation. Democrats did the same under former President Joe Biden with the 2021 ...
The Atlantic Accord is an agreement signed in 1985 between the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to manage offshore oil and gas resources adjacent to Newfoundland and Labrador. [1]
The tug of war between BlackRock and FDIC is the latest example of rising D.C. scrutiny of BlackRock, which oversees $11 trillion in assets. For years, the financial giant has been a target of GOP ...
With 10 Democrats voting in favor, allowing the bill to clear the Senate's 60-vote threshold to advance most legislation. The vote sets the stage for passage as soon as next week.
Bill Casey conducting an interview, 2018. Casey was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia.He was a car salesman and stockbroker before going into politics. He was first elected, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, to represent the riding of Cumberland—Colchester in the 1988 election.