self-regulated
Adjective
Meaning
Regulated by one's self or by itself.
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In this Sept. 17, 2020, file photo, Sipekne’katik First Nation members head from the wharf in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia, after launching its own self-regulated fishery.
Since mid-September, when the Sipekne’katik First Nation launched its self-regulated moderate livelihood fishery, traps laid by Indigenous fishers have been repeatedly cut or damaged by non-Indigenous commercial fishermen.
We live in the USA now, most medicine here consists of a very aggressive symptom-management and treating numbers (markers of deceases), which is a good example of an attempt to micromanage something what should be self-regulated.
"We have self-regulated bodies in this province deciding who can practise each profession, and with what qualifications," notes Syverson.
Paul said he hopes to work with the assembly again in the future, but for now, Membertou will press ahead with its own self-regulated fishery plan, which should be ready in a couple of weeks.
He recognises the importance of a robust civil society, a strong opposition, free media self-regulated by a press council, shadow cabinets, and independent student unions and trade unions.