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  2. Firearms regulation in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Firearms are federally regulated in Canada through the Firearms Act, the Criminal Code, and the Canadian Firearms Program, a program operated within the RCMP.Regulation is largely about licensing and registration of firearms, including air guns with a muzzle velocity of more than 500 ft/s or 150 m/s and muzzle energy greater than 4.2 ft⋅lb or 5.7 J. [1]

  3. Public Service of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Prior to introduction of responsible government in 1848, the Province of Canada, then a British colonial possession lacked an organized civil service. [5] Positions in the colonial administration were then largely filled through patronage, with appointments almost exclusively controlled by the sitting governor, often under the advisement of members of the ruling Family Compact, who would ...

  4. Pierre Poilievre - Wikipedia

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    Poilievre was born on June 3, 1979, [5] in Calgary, Alberta, to 16-year-old high school student Jacqueline Farrell, whose mother had recently died. [3] [6] [7] Farrell, who is of Irish-Canadian paternal descent, had planned to name him Jeff – a name he is still occasionally referred to by during adulthood – had she not placed him for adoption.

  5. Admission to practice law - Wikipedia

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    An Act of Sederunt is a form of subordinate legislation passed by the Court of Session, and the powers to regulate admission to practice as an advocate is set by Section 120 of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010, which states: [183] 120 Regulation of the Faculty (1) The Court of Session is responsible— (a) for—

  6. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of such interventions is to assist the court and to attempt to influence the court to render a decision favourable to the legal interests of the group. A further approach to the Charter, taken by the courts, is the dialogue principle, which involves greater participation by elected governments. This approach involves governments ...

  7. 4′33″ - Wikipedia

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    4′33″ challenges, or rather exploits to a radical extent, the social regiments of the modern concert life etiquette, experimenting on unsuspecting concert-goers to prove an important point. First, the choice of a prestigious venue and the social status of the composer and the performers automatically heightens audience's expectations for ...

  8. Alberta New Democratic Party - Wikipedia

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    The party sits on the centre-left [4] of the political spectrum and is a provincial Alberta affiliate of the federal New Democratic Party. The successor to the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the even earlier Alberta wing of the Canadian Labour Party and the United Farmers of Alberta. From the mid-1980s to 2004 ...

  9. Quran - Wikipedia

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    The effectiveness of such a form is evident for instance in Sura 81, and there can be no doubt that these passages impressed the conscience of the hearers. Frequently a change of rhyme from one set of verses to another signals a change in the subject of discussion. Later sections also preserve this form but the style is more expository. [217] [218]