Sentences with phrase «political leaders at all levels»

In an era when there is a $ 200 billion infrastructure gap just for Canadian municipalities but political leaders at all levels are convinced the public wants balanced budgets, where will the dollars come from?

They must work with students, parents, school staff, and political leaders at all levels.

Political leaders at all levels, in all parties, continually pledge to expand opportunity and close gaps caused by poverty and inequality.

GBM and Prof. Maathai campaigned against political and economic mismanagement, especially of public land and forests, and advocated for greater democratic space, accountability and integrity from political leaders at all levels.

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With these kinds of benefits on the table, political leaders at both the federal and provincial levels ought to be making CETA a «must do» in their policy platforms.

From recruiting many emerging Pro-Life leaders who have gained valuable knowledge and skills in political leadership on our provincial board to activating lifelong Pro-Life supporters at the grassroots level, helping them engage effectively in our last provincial election.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

The Labour leader attracted unusually high levels of criticism online during his interview for BBC Radio 4's The World At One programme, in which he refused to speculate on his party's performance in Thursday's local elections by declaring he is not interested in «political commentary».

With all the roll backs we see happening at the federal level the question is «do New York's leaders have the political will to lead by example and protect our air?

He contemplates how Labour leaders were heavily involved in the Churchill coalition government and may not have been aware of continuing political activity at the local level despite a so - called electoral truce.

But instead of engaging with minority communities at the grassroots level, mainstream political parties have instead focused on building relationships with community leaders.

The Summit, first held in 2008, will enable leaders of the continent to hold consultations with the Indian government at the highest political level and give a new thrust to the existing relations.

On Wednesday November 19, 2014, the leaders and members from the major New York City LGBT political clubs met jointly at the LGBT Center in Manhattan to discuss the results of the 2014 election, issues and strategies for the 2015 session in Albany, as well as issues on the national level for the 2015/2016 session of Congress and beyond.

The former minister explained that several meetings had been convened at the geo - political level where party leaders in Ibadan - Ibarapa, Ogbomoso and Oyo / Oke Ogun agreed on way forward.

Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democrat — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.

In a news story on Sunday and in an online database, Newsday showed that more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders from both parties have had at least one family member each working in local government at some point since 2015.

Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democratic — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.

The Board recommends a dedicated seat for science at an influential new world leaders» forum created to promote and monitor sustainable development — the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development — saying science needs to be engaged «formally in the HLPF as an advisor rather than an observer.»

April 20, 2018 - At European level, it has been understood that national academies can play a key role in assessing advances in science, stimulating dialogue with national populations and communicating with political leaders.

For improvement to work, leaders at each level must make school improvement a priority, and keep it a priority, even in changing political winds.

Ralph Smith, managing director of the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading, a collaborative effort of political, education, business and advocacy leaders to close the nation's literacy gap, said «We shouldn't be at all surprised by the NAEP scores... we can point to nothing substantial in terms of interventions or programs that would have made that number different.»

Had economic and political leaders taken efforts to stabilize stock prices at those levels, there would have been no Second Great Depression.

Unfortunately whilst certain political commentators / manipulators and leaders sow confusion about the issue of climate change and anthropogenic emissions, and also state that taking formal action would be «bad for our economy», the firm policy required at global / regional level, the correct signal to society / industry and the global action needed will not happen.

Desirous of building upon the commitment of leaders at the recent United Nations High - Level Summit on Climate Change in New York in addressing the needs of those countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change as well as other political commitments, including the AOSIS Declaration and the African Common Position,

The Forum connects those delivering change, working to increase the scale of impact and to provide a forum to gather the views of practitioners and leaders ahead of the High - Level Political Forum to be held at the UN in July.

But now is not the time to pat ourselves on the back, now is the time to roll up our sleeves and start implementing the agreement at all levels of government and ensure we have political leaders who will ensure these national commitments are scaled - up and fulfilled.

Atmospheric concentrations of carbon would stabilize at almost 600 parts per million, about 15 percent below what they would otherwise be but well above the 450 ppm level that scientists and political leaders have targeted as key to avoiding catastrophic climate change.

The event, endorsed by the COP23 Presidency and presided by World Water Council Honorary President Loïc Fauchon and H.E. Charafat Afilal, Secretary of State for Water and Environment of Morocco, brought high level participants, such as international experts and political leaders at the forefront of the debate on climate change and water, as well as several environmental ministers, including, Istiaque Ahmad, Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forests of Bangladesh and Sindra Sharma - Khushal, from the UNFCCC COP23 Presidency Team for Fiji.

Energy policy breaks down sharply along political lines at the national level, but the SolSmart program shows that solar energy can grow with help from state and local leaders.

As we look ahead to COP21 and beyond, we must hold leaders of all political parties and at all levels accountable for taking action to combat the largest threat the world has ever faced.

While our team works with clients in nearly all industries, all professions, and at all professional levels, our clients include thousands of top - caliber C - level executives, presidents, vice-presidents, directors, senior managers, political figures, government leaders, and celebrities working in both the public and private sector, in large corporate to small business settings around the world.

It was disseminated widely across Canada to political leaders at the federal and provincial / territorial levels, and to about 65,330 individuals, 265 organizations and 65 libraries of colleges and universities across Canada.

Our political leaders and regulators have been grappling with a very difficult question for some time now: How do we keep our interest rates at the stimulative levels that our broader economy still desperately needs while guarding against credit and housing bubbles?