1. Diversifying Procurement Market Share
The Canadian government implemented the federal Procurement
Strategy for Aboriginal Business ( PSAB ) in 1996, aiming
to increase the number of Aboriginal businesses participating in
procurement processes. Since its inception, the PASB program has
awarded more than $3.3 billion in contracts to Aboriginal
businesses.
1 Under the PSAB, contracts that serve
primarily Indigenous populations or that are subject to a land
claim agreement must be set aside for bids from Aboriginal
businesses only.
2 Further, the federal government
encourages Public Works and Government Services Canada
( PWGSC ) to set aside additional contracts under the
PSAB.
This article considers what constitutes an eligible Aboriginal
On January 9, 2021, the
Rules on Counteracting Unjustified
Extra-Territorial Application of Foreign Legislation and Other
Measures (
Rules ), are hereby
promulgated by Ministry of Commerce of the People s Republic of
China (
MOFCOM ) and shall be effective
as of the date of the promulgation.
These Rules apply to situations where the extra-territorial
application of foreign legislation and other measures, in violation
of international law and the basic principles of international
relations, unjustifiably prohibits or restricts the citizens, legal
persons or other organizations of China from engaging in normal
economic, trade and related activities with a third State (or
region) or its citizens, legal persons or other organizations.
Background
On 15 December 2020, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)
directed that all phone Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) should
be registered with valid National Identification Numbers (NINs)
failing which such SIMs will be blocked. The National
Identification Management Commission ( NIMC or Commission ) confirmed that the NIN registration applied
to all Nigerians and legal residents in Nigeria as provided under
the NIMC Act of 2007. Section 5 of the NIMC Act of 2007 empowers
NIMC to create a national database, harmonise existing ones and
register eligible persons.
In line with this, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has
indicated that its database will be harmonised with the NIMC s
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With the amendments in the Turkish citizenship laws enacted on
September 19, Turkish government reduced the minimum limit of
required investments for foreign investors to acquire Turkish
citizenship. The thresholds of the different investment categories
for acquiring citizenship dropped to one fourth or one sixth of the
previous minimum investment limits, however, any investment made
before 19.09.2018 was excluded from the scope of those
amendments.
Accordingly;
real estate has been lowered from
USD
1,000,000 to USD 250,000. The investment cannot be sold
for a period of 3 years. Any type of real estate (apartments,