Sentences with phrase «conservatives were in government»

And when the Conservatives were in government in the 1990s, Dr Fox was a whip and later a Foreign Office minister.

The impact of this was also clearly demonstrated the last time the Conservatives were in government: even though the newer cohorts of Conservative MPs were then the most Eurosceptic in their attitudes, they were also the least likely to vote against the Maastricht Bill.

Labour is claiming that the NHS in England would become «unrecognisable» if the Conservatives are in government after the general election.

Not exact matches

While they applaud the Harper Conservatives» shift toward engaging China after the chilly relations of their first two years in office, experts including Dobson wonder whether the government is sufficiently prepared to tackle thorny issues ranging from intellectual property protection to government procurement.

In spite of a hazy policy climate in Canada — the Conservative government seems committed to a more restrictive policy on marijuana, not less — there is an ever more visible grey market in Canada catering to cannabis userIn spite of a hazy policy climate in Canada — the Conservative government seems committed to a more restrictive policy on marijuana, not less — there is an ever more visible grey market in Canada catering to cannabis userin Canada — the Conservative government seems committed to a more restrictive policy on marijuana, not less — there is an ever more visible grey market in Canada catering to cannabis userin Canada catering to cannabis users.

Trudeau is six months into his bid for the party leadership, and it shows as he briskly shakes every available hand in the room before alighting on his throne to expound on the Conservative government's fickle relationship with China.

They're happy with the Conservative government, and Jim Flaherty in particular.

Several different CPP expansion plans were developed by policy experts, but in December 2013 the Conservative government shut down any further discussion of expansion.

It's no question that six years after the Conservative government terminated the mandatory survey, Canadians are feeling left in the dark, statistically speaking.

Many in corporate America are still trying to work out how to deal with a new government that takes a more conservative stance on some social issues and has an anti-globalisation platform.

But as that occurred before the advent of the Tea Party, which was sparked in large part out of concern over the government's profligate spending, such an effort this time around would likely run into greater resistance, particularly from rank - and - file conservative House Republicans.

Being a conservative, I've always felt, was believing in limited government, economic freedom and individual responsibility.

FLAKE: Being a conservative is not just believing in limited government and economic freedom.

The Conservative MP, who has been responsible for digital industries in the UK since 2010, added that he was looking forward to supporting government from the backbenches.

While some observers see the plan as yet another way in which the provinces are pressuring the federal government to expand CPP, Ontario's opposition Progressive Conservatives have already condemned the program as a «job - killing payroll tax.»

Big - business leaders are fed up with the tactics of conservative Republicans, who instigated a partial closure of the Federal government and engaged in brinksmanship over the debt ceiling in a failed effort to stop the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

According to McGonigal, the government's conservative estimate is that over a roughly four - year period McKesson had failed to report tens of thousands of suspicious orders in those districts.

The 125 CEOs who participated in the survey were asked to compare a hypothetical majority government under Conservative leader Stephen Harper to one led by Liberal Stéphane Dion.

Separately, some conservative Republicans in Congress are hoping to thwart Obama's immigration action by tying it to a must - pass government spending bill, although the Republican leadership wants to avert a government shutdown over the issue.

As far as some Canadian CEOs are concerned, the voting public made the right decision in electing another Conservative federal government over a Liberal one, according to a web poll conducted by COMPAS Inc..

Since 2012, however, the bank's destiny has been uncertain as some conservative lawmakers have sought to make it an example of government waste and cronyism, in their own words.

«The Opposition» is the major first comedy show with a baked - in acknowledgement of the shift in the conservative - media landscape away from the dogmatic, small - government Reagan Republican.

That's because, rather than handing the capital over to any one of 17 government agencies with a finger in the innovation pie, or giving the money to the Business Development Bank of Canada, which deployed just $ 408 million of its $ 18.4 billion balance sheet to the venture capital industry, the Conservatives have decided to invest that money directly in entrepreneurs.

In my opinion, the overall content opens up several key points that the opposition should be able to hammer them on, reinforcing the potential negative perception that people have of the current Conservative government.

British manufacturing has been left in the margins for far too long and the dearth of investment in fixed capital is something that this Conservative government has absolutely no interest in, or no concept of.

The Conservative government's first efforts to pass it in the last parliament were frustrated by its Liberal Democrat coalition partners, but the bill has been revived in a slightly watered - down version since the Conservatives won a majority in May's general elections.

Although members of The People's Vote are quick to point out that they're asking for a different kind of vote, pro-Brexit leaders in the Conservative party, which controls the government, say the public doesn't want to vote on Brexit again.

«Although we expect that the Greek government will implement the required measures, the risk of early elections is increasing given the rising political cost to the government and its slim majority in the parliament... Early elections might bring a new and more reform - minded conservative government, but Greece's economy would be hit again by prolonged uncertainty, after having just started to record positive growth,» Moody's said.

Be it the Conservatives» call to cut $ 11 billion in government expenditures or the Liberals» plan to raise corporate taxes by 1.5 percentage points back to 2010 levels, these are issues of substance.

«It is the first time the Libertarian ticket will have more government experience than the Republican ticket, and that is astonishing,» says Stan Veuger, a resident scholar and economist at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.

Hoback suggested any review of the Canada's proposed legislation could be speedy because the original Trans - Pacific Partnership, which was signed in October 2015 by the previous Conservative government, has been heavily studied.

Singh, who has long stood in opposition to the project on the grounds that it was approved under what he calls flawed environmental assessment rules adopted by the previous Conservative government, said Wednesday the Trudeau government should, in tandem with B.C., ask the Supreme Court for a reference to resolve what he calls jurisdictional issues.

Yesterday in the Throne Speech, the Conservative government said it would commit to «continue to ensure that our natural resource sectors remain open to foreign investment when it is market - oriented and in the long - term interests of Canadians.»

The last time a Liberal government entered an election in the middle of a monetary policy tightening cycle was in 2006; that year, the Conservatives defeated them.

Outspoken in the world of conservative politics and public policy, the Koch brothers, who have a combined net worth of $ 95.8 billion, are advocates for smaller government and routinely fund political campaigns, although they took a step back during the 2016 election cycle.

With the Conservatives remaining mired in the Senate scandal and 56 % of Canadians in a year - end poll saying the government is doing a poor job, they'll want a fresh face to lead them into that race.

In contrast with Harper's Conservatives, Bouchard's PQ government was still riding high in the pollIn contrast with Harper's Conservatives, Bouchard's PQ government was still riding high in the pollin the polls.

Oliver's predecessor Jim Flaherty was also a supporter of a national regulator, and had championed the initiative since the Conservative government came to power in 2006.

It soon became clear, however, that implementing the various recommendations and agreements was being opposed by conservatives in the KMT, who feared these measures would dilute their party's control of the government, and by Nationalist generals, who objected to reducing the size of their armies.

And today, I am a fiscal conservative who believes strongly in free - market capitalism and small government.

Over the years, the Conservative government has thrown investors the occasional bone — the biggest being the introduction of the tax - free savings account in the 2008 budget — but since then it's done little more than tinker when it comes to helping the plight of Canadian savers.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Treasury Board President Tony Clement and International Trade Minister Ed Fast are expected to retain their portfolios, according to government sources, as the Conservatives work to eliminate the deficit, re-engineer the public service and conclude major trade agreements in time for the 2015 federal election.

Perhaps this is in response to this government's complete failure to live up to their Conservative fiscal ideology.

In that regard it is a pity that Conservative MPs on the ethics committee were apparently uninterested in hearing from Mr. Wright, but then there are still two questions on the order paper that the government side might deign to respond to before the House rises for the summeIn that regard it is a pity that Conservative MPs on the ethics committee were apparently uninterested in hearing from Mr. Wright, but then there are still two questions on the order paper that the government side might deign to respond to before the House rises for the summein hearing from Mr. Wright, but then there are still two questions on the order paper that the government side might deign to respond to before the House rises for the summer.

If the Conservatives hadn't touched the federal corporate tax rate when they took office in 2006 — if they'd kept it at 21 per cent instead of lowering it to 15 per cent — government revenues would be $ 13 billion higher, the Canadian Labour Congress argued in a paper last January.

Liberal and Conservative governments in the 1980s and 1990s, wanted their public servants to provide their best advice, regardless of whether that disagreed with the government; they wanted policy options costed; and, they were even willing to defend research in public.

Soon after the 2015 federal election, Prime Minister - designate Justin Trudeau affirmed that Canada was back as a «compassionate and constructive voice in the world» after a decade of Conservative governments.

In April, The New York Times» Amy Chozick, in an article titled «Conservative Koch Brothers Turning Focus to Newspapers,» reported that the billionaire industrialists» expressed interest in the Tribune Co. papers was part of a «three - pronged, 10 - year strategy to shift the country toward a smaller government with less regulation and taxes» — with the third prong being controlling media through media investmentIn April, The New York Times» Amy Chozick, in an article titled «Conservative Koch Brothers Turning Focus to Newspapers,» reported that the billionaire industrialists» expressed interest in the Tribune Co. papers was part of a «three - pronged, 10 - year strategy to shift the country toward a smaller government with less regulation and taxes» — with the third prong being controlling media through media investmentin an article titled «Conservative Koch Brothers Turning Focus to Newspapers,» reported that the billionaire industrialists» expressed interest in the Tribune Co. papers was part of a «three - pronged, 10 - year strategy to shift the country toward a smaller government with less regulation and taxes» — with the third prong being controlling media through media investmentin the Tribune Co. papers was part of a «three - pronged, 10 - year strategy to shift the country toward a smaller government with less regulation and taxes» — with the third prong being controlling media through media investments.

Although the new Conservatives are stuck in the low - to mid-20 per cent range in national polls, voter discontent and the prospect of a Liberal minority government have made Harper a force to be taken seriously.

Despite the fact that at least five of the judges involved in the two appeal court judgements were originally appointed to lower courts by Brian Mulroney's Conservative government, Harper insisted: «It was the government that decided to put the judges on the bench, the government that decided not to appeal, the government that decided to lose the case and the government that decided not to come back to Parliament.