Sentences with phrase «policy directors»

«That increase represents money the U.S. is just throwing away — that's crowding out the funding on everything from health care to the military,» says Marc Goldwein, the CRFB's senior policy director.

Amazon's expansion in organic products through Whole Foods bodes well for the sector, said Nate Lewis, farm policy director at OTA.

«Right now, it's really hard to get a firm handle on a total figure [for] what kind of economic activity the sharing economy encompasses in Canada,» notes Sunil Johal, policy director at the Mowat Centre, an Ontario - focused public policy think - tank at the University of Toronto's School of Public Policy and Governance.

«It's pretty clear that caring for children is a barrier for women entrepreneurs,» says Jason Wiens, policy director for the Kauffman Foundation, citing a study that looked at men and women who had a PhD in a scientific field.

«This new policy is further testament that consumers and companies are aligned in shifting the egg and pork industries away from confining animals in cages,» said Josh Balk, senior food policy director of the Humane Society of the United States, who has partnered with Dunkin' Donuts (DNKN) on the initiative.

«Extending the Choice Program is the right thing to do, but only as a stopgap measure until better solutions are developed and implemented,» said Dan Caldwell, policy director at CVA.

«For many years, the U.S. was the best place in the world to go start a company,» says Jason Wiens, a policy director at the Kauffman Foundation.

Given that our esteemed lawmakers can't seem to agree on anything these days, the entrepreneurship organization is a long way from being able to guarantee that such a measure will ever pass, but on the Hill's Congressional Blog recently, Kauffman's policy director Jason Wiens and Dane Stangler, the organization's vice president of research and policy, did make a strong case regarding why it should.

Dan Woynillowicz is Policy Director and Sarah Petrevan is Ontario Senior Policy Advisor at Clean Energy Canada, a program of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University.

«It's very politically acceptable to implement these linkage fees,» said David Garcia, the policy director at Terner and one of the co-authors.

The policy director of a Koch - backed activist group discusses his opposition to local governments giving tax breaks to Amazon.

McLaughlin, the former U.S. deputy chief technology officer and former public policy director for Google, said that platforms like Facebook have a single interest: They want to do whatever will maximize their market value.

In 2010, Russ Shay, the Alliance's public policy director, privately urged IRS officials to crack down on the syndicators through more aggressive action than individual audits — perhaps by issuing a public advisory.

Administration members who attended the signing included White House counsel Donald McGahn; chief of staff Reince Priebus; Jared Kushner, domestic policy director Andrew Bremberg; and National Economic Council director Director Gary Cohn.

This article was co-written by Clean Energy Canada policy director Dan Woynillowicz and originally appeared in the Vancouver Sun.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailVANCOUVER — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. government's Budget 2017 — September Update: «The B.C. government committed to decisive action to address climate change, and has begun delivering just that with today's budget update.

A pattern of insulin makers matching each others price increases «certainly indicates a market that isn't competitively healthy,» said David Balto, an antitrust lawyer and former Federal Trade Commission policy director.

Merran Smith is executive director and Dan Woynillowicz is policy director at Clean Energy Canada, a program of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University.

Clean Energy Canada's Policy Director, Dan Woynillowicz, joined Premier Notley on stage for the announcement.

EDMONTON — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the first round results of Alberta's Renewable Electricity Program:

VANCOUVER — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. government's Budget 2017 — September Update: «The B.C. government committed to decisive action to address climate change, and has begun delivering just that with today's budget update.

VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government's 2018 budget: «Today's budget announced support for implementing key pieces of the government's climate change and clean growth plan, including putting a price on carbon pollution and extending tax support for clean energy.

VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to B.C.'s 2018 budget: «Budgets are an opportunity to put your money where your mouth is, and the B.C. government has done just that with this provincial budget.

VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government's announcement regarding electricity regulations and a just transition for workers: «The regulations announced today mark important progress in implementing the federal government's commitment to cut carbon pollution, but equally important is recognizing that clean growth...

This article was co-authored by policy director Dan Woynillowicz and originally appeared in iPolitics.

VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. government's decision to complete the Site C dam: «This decision was clearly difficult for Premier Horgan and his government, and hopefully no future government finds itself in a situation like this.

Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government ’s

«This is a joke,» said Marc Goldwein, senior policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Canada is on the verge of an energy boom, and that boom will be all about clean energy, write Demerse and Woynillowicz, Senior Policy Advisor and Policy Director at Clean Energy Canada.

«' The standard of conduct the agency has articulated appears ambiguous at best,» Marcus Stanley, policy director at Americans for Financial Reform, said in a statement.

Besides Rhoades, an assistant professor at Alfred State College and SUNY College of Technology, the panel featured Knut Rostad, president of the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard and panel moderator; Harvey Pitt, Former SEC chairman; and Marcus Stanley, Policy Director of Americans for Financial Reform.

The discussion will be moderated by Clean Energy Canada's Policy Director, Dan Woynillowicz.

«We see these laws as a way for law enforcement and families to intervene before these mass tragedies occur,» said Elizabeth Avore, the legal and policy director at Everytown for Gun Safety.

CSPI's nutrition policy director Margo Wootan, called the latest McDonald's changes a step in the right direction.

However government restrictions on visas for skilled professionals outside the EU — capped at just 20,700 a year — are making it even harder for businesses already struggling to recruit the people they need, according to REC's policy director Tom Hadley.

Rachel Wolbers is the policy director at Engine, a nonprofit that supports the growth of technology entrepreneurship through economic research, policy analysis and advocacy on local and national issues.

While Pranesh Prakash, policy director at the Centre For Internet and Society, doesn't believe the government would actually summon Zuckerberg to India, he says, «One new concern that's valid across the world, where there are limitations put on freedom of expression during times of campaigning and elections, how do they translate online?

Daniel Schuman, policy director of Demand Progress, told HuffPost: «With today's action — taken behind closed doors and with no opportunity for public debate — the House now rolls back the clock to an era of corruption and decay.

«Attention turns yet again to Congress to try and move forward and hopefully work together to provide protection,» Ashley Feasley, a migration policy director for the USCCB, told Crux.

«What we've heard from the National Organic Program was that they're intending to finalize the rule by the end of the year,» said Nate Lewis, the Organic Trade Association's Farm Policy Director.

«We applaud ConAgra Foods tackling one of the most serious farm animal welfare problems,» stated Josh Balk, corporate policy director of farm animal protection for The HSUS.

«That shareholders of an iconic middle - America restaurant chain like Cracker Barrel have expressed support for getting pigs out of gestation crates is further evidence that these cruel cages» days are numbered,» said Matthew Prescott, food policy director for The HSUS.

Prior to joining OMRI, she served as the Policy Director for Pennsylvania Certified Organic (PCO), a USDA - accredited certification agency.

HSUS Food Policy Director Matthew Prescott said, «Quiznos was one of the first chains to begin using gestation crate - free pork and we applaud the company for now moving the ball forward for animals even more.

«The Humane Society of the United States applauds Arby's for closing its doors to pork producers that aren't eliminating gestation crates,» stated Josh Balk, corporate policy director of farm animal protection for The HSUS.

«We applaud Hillshire for moving to improve conditions for pigs in its supply chain,» stated Josh Balk, corporate policy director of farm animal protection for The HSUS.

«We applaud Bruegger's Bagels for its work to improve the lives of pigs in the pork industry,» stated Josh Balk, corporate policy director of farm animal protection for The HSUS.

«We welcome Williams Sausage's decision to work with its suppliers to eliminate gestation crates,» stated Josh Balk, corporate policy director of farm animal protection for The HSUS.

Josh Balk, senior food policy director for The HSUS said, «Dunkin's commitment to improve the lives of farm animals is taking another positive step.

USW policy director Ben Conner said the TPP agreement minus the US sent «another discouraging signal» to long - time customers in Japan.