Sentences with phrase «access to government services»

One respondent expressed concern that traditional owners not be forced to use their native title rights to gain access to these government services, like health and education, that are provided as of right to the rest of the community.

As reported in last year's Social Justice Report, OIPC had identified a key role for SRAs in achieving improved access to government services, including in urban locations:

Social Justice Report 2006: Chapter 2: The new arrangements for Indigenous affairs — facilitating Indigenous access to government services

The Larrakia have not had to and should not be expected to exchange their rights in land for access to government services.

In a landmark ruling released on January 26, 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found that the Canadian government is racially discriminating against 163,000 First Nations children and their families by providing flawed and inequitable child welfare services («FNCFS Program») and failing to implement Jordan's Principle to ensure equitable access to government services available to other children.

The ADA protects the disabled from discrimination in employment - related situations and in their access to government services.

Republican candidate for county executive Angie Carpenter said Tuesday she wants to reopen some offices at the Riverhead County Center in order to provide East End communities with closer access to government services.

The Israeli Population Registry Act serves a similar purpose: both Arabs and Jews are both citizens, but each is assigned a different nationality marked out in their identity cards in effect determining where they can live, their access to government services and how they are likely to be treated by them.

Not exact matches

«She saw that opportunity, and she was able to use government programs and services [to access international markets],» explains Chagger, whose job it is to ensure more of these small firms can find success.

In the U.K., the Post Office offers access to all sorts of government services through its retail stores.

I don't really see the conservative government advancing further the kind of spirit of the Canada Health Act in terms of expanding access to services and goods at a national level.

On Friday, a Moscow court ruled in an 18 - minute hearing to block the popular cloud - based messaging service following an extensive dispute around government access to messages.

It bars staff from discussing «all nonpublic information I learn of or gain access to in the course of my official duties in the service of the United States Government on White House staff,» including «communications. . .

The Irish Government's Cabinet has agreed that the digital age of consent for access to services without parental approval should be set at 13.

«We certainly applaud government's efforts on easing the burden of high housing costs and increasing access to child care, but in introducing a payroll tax to offset lost MSP premium revenues this Budget delivers another meaningful blow to small to medium employers, especially in the service and technology sectors,» adds Black.

Access to governmental services would be dramatically cheaper in this model, and would eventually outcompete traditional governments, according to Tempelhof.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

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Several analysts suggested that the government could shut down the company's Chinese search service entirely by blocking access to Google's mainland address, google.cn, or to its Hong Kong Web site, google.com.hk, though that had not happened as of Tuesday.

Through our many ecosystem partners and member investors, we offer networking opportunities, access to follow - on funding, business services to help you grow and access to government

Recently, the European investor also said that «migrants are often forced into lives of despair in their host communities because they can not gain access to financial, healthcare and government services.»

Because they are the only deep space communication service available to US - based space companies, access to NASA's DSN is prioritized to government - funded missions, or missions of national interest (as determined by NASA).

Although the government offered a generic commitment to «fair and equitable access,» internal e-mails reveal persistent concerns about the clinic: «there is not a clear distinction between insured and uninsured services.»

PENTICTON — New Democrat MLAs are holding a forum in Penticton to meet directly with seniors from the Okanagan area about the various concerns and issues that seniors are facing when accessing government programs, services, and supports.

Moving beyond laissez - faire, democratic governments have also formed safety nets for those who can not compete effectively, regulated workplaces to protect worker safety, and guaranteed universal access to education and health services.

The agreement has seriously compromised the chances for universal network access as national policies may be considered anti- competitive if governments intervene in the market to guarantee universal service.

The reason we even have a federal government is to provide services to those who do not have access to them in any other way.

This is characterized by competition for the marketplace which is open to anyone who can produce the goods and services, unhindered by government subsidy, monopoly, or other interference with competition.1 For a system actually to function as free enterprise capitalism there must be opportunity for individuals in the general populace to obtain education and also to obtain access to capital and resources for new ventures.

Government — if you want the poor to have access to services they can not afford — that's what federal social programs are for.

QFF has worked closely with the Queensland Government and its industry member organisations to ensure we have delivered a service that will help everyday farmers access the support that is available to them.

The government is also improving access to primary health services, strengthening maternal and perinatal death surveillance, and supplying more ambulances to transport patients to medical facilities.

The inequity experienced by pregnant women living in rural and remote locations forced to travel long distances to access maternity care, is raised as a failure of government to provide essential services to these communities [31 — 33] placing lives at risk.

A lack of information about which model is best needs to be rectified soon, the report said, adding that the government should consider using its nationalised banks to make sure access to their services is available through the network.

In the longer - term, Jobcentre Plus should become a cross departmental one - stop shop to access skills and careers advice, a CommunityLink to facilitate access to core government services (more details can be found in our report here.)

«Any time (former Senate Majority Leader) Joe Bruno was criticized, our members postage or printing allotment would be shut off; they denied us access to government websites (serviced by the same firm handling the Republicans» political websites); Senate Republicans even went so far as to force several of our members to operate without district office space for months at a time.»

By the special grace of God I used to be a politician, I'm one of the people that people in the National Assembly will not accept and because there is an urgent need for us to take Nigeria out of recession and Post can contribute huge amounts of money to the National coffers that will be distribute among the tasks of government and most importantly, Post can render what we call financial inclusion service, that's getting the people in rural areas, farmers, artisans who don't have access to normal bank services because Post offices are scattered all over the rural places.

Immigration minister Brandon Lewis said: «The government has been clear that our priority is to ensure that victims of this tragedy get the access they need to vital services, irrespective of immigration status.

A range of government support is on offer from our Access to Work service, which provides disabled people with support or adjustments they need in the workplace, to the Disability Confident scheme, which helps employers do more to recruit and retain disabled workers.

At present, with government corruption rife and the economy flagging, the subsidy was perhaps the only social service most people were able to access.

Some practical problems arising from the issues mentioned above in Iraq are: 1) the lack of security during and after displacement (between areas controlled by ISIS and the government controlled locations); and 2) the barriers to access basic services such as WASH, shelter, food, education, child protection and Gender Based Violence, among others.

«The government is committed to ensuring that customers have access to free and independent debt advice, and that the financial services industry pays their fair share to provide this advice,» a Treasury spokesperson says.

Organisations working among marginalised groups such as young people and unmarried women will be a particular focus for the scheme, which will also support agencies that lobby their governments for legislation and policies that support access to services.

He said successive Nigerian governments had, in partnership with development partners, contributed to efforts towards improving access to water supply and sanitation services.

But apart from this, the UK government of the day would probably want the agreement on future relations to proceed as smoothly as possible on from EU membership, without the dislocation of an interim period of trading with the EU under WTO terms, with UK exports being subject to the common external tariff, and unsatisfactory terms of access for UK services and in particular financial services.

«What is very clear is that without there being any hope of employment or access to further and higher education, underfunded schools and youth services, this Government is leaving a generation of young people with a very bleak future.»

Europe must stand for access to the whole range of sexual and reproductive services — including access to safe abortion when needed — here at home in Europe, and in partnership with other governments around the world.

At the same time, the government has deemed that discrimination for certain protected classes, race, gender, etc. is illegal so that everyone has the same access to goods and services.

Dr Martyn Thomas from the Institution of Engineering and Technology comments on government proposals to use legislation to force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to pornography.

«Ghana Statistical Service, which provides employment and other labour market data, suffers similar neglect, in terms of access to funds from Government of Ghana.

He said government is putting in place the necessary blocks, such as the issuance of a national ID Card, a National Digital Property Addressing System, and the use of a Tax Identification Number (TIN) to access key services.