Sentences with phrase «as challenges for government»

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The emergence of Facebook as a battleground for government - sponsored propaganda has become a major challenge for the social network's corporate image.

This would be a good time for your government to advise Canadians on what it sees as the economic and fiscal challenges facing the country.

«Privacy concerns» have been used by the Canadian government as a powerful pretext for inaction or silence and this should be challenged and denounced.

«The PBM industry is known for «business as usual» and has been challenged to bring real value to plan sponsors (health plans, ACO's, FFS government programs, self - funded groups).

That petition challenges a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that, as the Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, and a group of law professors explained in a supporting amicus brief, exacerbates a «system» already «stacked in favor of the government.»

The upcoming budget should contain a detailed analysis and discussion of the structural challenges facing Canada over the long term — not only for the federal government but for Canada as a whole.

It's viewed better as a group of people, group of members who come together with a common goal and agenda, and a common sort of direction for how they want to help Bitcoin grow, help promote Bitcoin, in the face of challenges and push - backs from governments and other aspects of society.

It's a fairly interesting challenge that Wynne is making, having a provincial government coming out against federal legislation in this sense, but as the province has the duty to enforce the Criminal Code, her asking for options so publicly is an interesting case.

This work included representing two First Nations in a successful legal challenge to the federal government's approval of Northern Gateway, as well as advocating for a strong federal oil tanker ban law on BC's north coast.

Rather than scrap Nafta's arbitration tribunals, regarded by some free - trade critics as secretive bodies that give private corporations unbridled power to challenge foreign governments outside the court system, the letter proposed to «maintain and seek to improve procedures» for settling disputes.

In 2013, the federal government continued, as in the past, to show its ideological arrogance; its unwillingness to confront major economic challenges; its disdain for Parliament; its aversion to openness and transparency; its rejection of a federal role in working with the provinces to strengthen the Federation; and its inability to adopt evidence based policy.

Earlier this year, bosses named the roll out of Universal Credit as a key factor fuelling the growing demand for foodbank use - a claim the Government challenged, saying it was unfair to attribute the trend to a single issue.

When the NGOs are challenged as to who are «the people» whom they represent, a conventional response is that their goals are the goals the people would choose for themselves if conservative governments and transnational corporations did not hide from them what is good for them, and good for the world.

«In addition, as the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change works with the state government to deliver democratic dividends, we urge it to also assist in addressing the challenges to rule of law posed by these arrests and prosecutions, encouraging respect for press freedom and advocating for protection and justice for targeted communities in southern Kaduna.»

When government officials begin to say such things, as ours clearly have, then that is the time for challenge, because when a government does that, it is beginning to play God over our lives, and the taste of such identification is a very heady thing.

It is possible that she believes it is illegitimate for religion to challenge the legitimacy of the government, just as it would be illegitimate for religion to challenge the liberal definition of the university.

We also partner with other research organisations to ensure the best capability is brought to bear on a problem, such as leading a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded project involving institutions around the world to develop self - reproducing hybrid crops for African farmers or working with the University of Queensland and Queensland State Government researchers to solve challenges faced by the Northern Australian beef industry.

The challenges for the pouch in this industry are manifold, primarily encompassing consumer quality expectations and etiquette in wine, technical compatibility with product content (for example in beer) and even in some cases government policy being against economy products and packaging in an effort to reduce alcohol consumption, such as in Turkey.

The company believes that by collaborating with customers, governments, NGOs, and thought leaders we can help find solutions to such global challenges as providing enough healthy food for people everywhere, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment.

The challenge for frozen food brands, and indeed government, is to better educate consumers as to the health and sustainability benefits of frozen food to overcome negative perceptions, and drive greater usage of the freezer to reduce food waste.

3) Establish an annual White House Online Safety Summit bringing together leaders in government, industry, NGOs, education and scientists to address the concerns and challenges, particularly for children and young people online, as well as to highlight best practices and the many positive benefits of our digital lives.

The Deputy Head of Macroeconomic Research Unit, Ministry of Finance, Dr. Millicent deGraft - Johnson who spoke on the governments short to medium - term development programme said it was aimed at providing opportunities for growth and job creation through the private sector, and had developed concrete reform actions to tackle key challenges to private investment such as ensuring macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability, improving the ease of doing business and enhancing access to affordable and long - term financing and de-risking instruments.

Patrick Roach said: «As the number and diversity of providers in education is unlikely to decrease, the government must face up to the implications of a system which has the potential to become highly fragmented and recognise that the challenge of ensuring equity for all children and young people will be greater and require new arrangements for system governance.

Undoubtedly, the Brexit government has a lot on its plate, so every initiative has to justify its place: the legislative log - jam is much anticipated and will begin with the Great Repeal Act, but just as challenging is likely to be securing time for the secondary legislation to pass regulations even for matters that have already had their bills enacted.

As I saw for myself in government, our agencies are extraordinarily smart at finding new covert technological solutions to new challenges.

The party that brought you AG Andrew Cuomo's upstate RV tour is now launching «Road to a 1000 Democratic Ideas», described in a press release as «new statewide effort to reach out to everyday New Yorkers for their ideas for improving New York government and solving the serious challenge facing the state.»

As part of measures to address the on - going power supply challenges, Finance Minister Seth Terkper told Parliament last week when he presented the 2016 budget that government was working on the 220MW Kpone Thermal Power Project which he said is on course and expected to be commissioned for operations before the end of the year.

Similarly, the idea about inheritance must be challenged, as a brave Labour government would have done last year when the Tories proposed raising the threshold for inheritance tax (see the Fabian pamphlet, «How to Defend Inheritance Tax»).

As we all know, thanks to whistleblowers like Snowden, and subsequent legal challenges from Liberty and others, our government has been practising — and investing time and vast resources — in mass surveillance methods for years.

Trump is restoring some travel and economic restrictions on Cuba that were lifted as part of the Obama administration's historic easing, and challenging the communist government of Raul Castro to negotiate a better deal for Cubans and Cuban - Americans.

The lawsuits are the latest legal challenges against oil companies over climate change and come as the firms are searching for new business models amid pressure by governments and consumers for cleaner energy.

Bringing these lessons together will be a big challenge for government and industry alike over the coming months, as the Treasury reports on its own consultation into the use of PFI.

The Focus E15 campaign has been on the front line of this battle for the past two years and while we congratulate Mr Corbyn on his new position, until he challenges the actions of Labour - run councils as well as government policy, we remain sceptical.

ALBANY — Actress and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon challenged state lawmakers to raise taxes and include more school aid as part of the emerging state budget, and attacked Gov. Andrew Cuomo for being a «bully» to women, journalists, his colleagues in government and children.

As the below shows, the challenges this poses for politicians - both in government and in opposition - are acute...

Conference commits the National Executive to working with the TUC to challenge, using all appropriate means, including industrial action, any attempt by the Government, in response to and as a remedy for economic difficulties or recession, to worsen pension provisions for teachers or other public sector workers.

«I challenge him (Omisore) and any other member of the opposition to come out and tell the whole world what they did to support the state while PDP as a political party was in government for seven and a half years.

«Her 14 years experience in government, including nearly four years as President of Rochester City Council, have prepared her well for the challenges and the opportunities ahead.

The unions challenged the Finance Ministry's decision to use Pension Alliance Trust as a sole trustee of the second - tier pension scheme for all employees on government's payroll.

But as the Rt Hon Member for Leigh has rightly highlighted, governments then and since have simply not done enough to challenge publicly the unjust and untrue narrative that sought to blame the fans.

By putting aside vested interests and collaborating, the industry can rise to the Government's challenge for joined - up sectors to develop «sector plans» as part of the Industrial Strategy, and tackle the opportunities and challenges brought by Brexit for the benefit of the construction supply chain.

While Raynsford is willing to challenge what he sees as some of the big shortcomings of modern government, Substance Not Spin is also peppered with praise for the civil servants he worked alongside.

After Superstorm Sandy, Irene and Lee, the New York State as we know it faces a different reality, we had more storms this year in the central part of the state and for government officials it is and entirely new challenge.

Shadow Welsh Secretary, Owen Smith, has described the PISA results for Wales as «disappointing» but says that «the Welsh Labour Government has already recognised the scale of the challenge we face and has put in place the measures required to turn things around.»

The party will then face many of the same challenges as the current government: an ageing population; straining public services; high migration from poorer EU states; persistent inequality; and the economic and fiscal overhang of the worst crisis for 80 years.

The John Mahama surrogates or faction in the NDC continue their attacks on my person and character any - time I assert my birth - right as a citizen of Ghana to challenge the Mills, and Mahama Governments on what I perceive to be actions and conduct undermining or that have undermined the 1992 Constitution, for being inconsistent with or in contravention of the Constitution.

As we debate this government's proposals for the NHS, we must learn the lessons of the past and properly address the challenges of the future.

Citing this as an important reason for government to embark on the repair of several federal roads in the region and across the country, the Vice President expressed government readiness to intervene in addressing this national challenge for traders and commuters in the interest of the nation's economic development.

SSSS» implementation had been very challenging for the Mills government but the Mills government had braved all odds and started its implementation in 2010, with the NPP which was in opposition at the time, condemning the NDC government as incompetent over implementation challenges with the SSSS.

«This coming year is going to be one of the most challenging years for the trade union movement - and public sector trade unions in particular - as the coalition government seeks to make the public sector and its workforce pay for the crisis, through cuts to jobs, services, pay and pensions.