Sentences with phrase «at the role government»

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That's why Andre Dua, who counsels local governments and schools in his role as a director at McKinsey & Company, says there's plenty of opportunity for disruption in education finance.

At the Republican National Convention, Sher Valenzuela stirs more controversy over the role of government in supporting small - business owners.

Changes to superannuation policy played a role in the significantly reduced majority for the Turnbull government at the July 2 election, but if you look a little deeper you find something far more interesting — the government can't afford its retirement policies, and some retired people can't afford to live.

That is because neither Clinton will occupy a prominent role in government in the immediate future — curtailing the willingness of at least some big donors to try and curry favor with the foundation by writing large checks.

The role of city governments in implementing the NUA was one of the big issues discussed at Habitat III.

At this stage, both of these parties need one another if they are to have a role in forming a government.

«The Chinese government played the role of an indispensable enabler,» said Minxin Pei, a professor at Claremont McKenna College in California who studies Chinese politics.

Low interest rates and a resilient job market have certainly helped sustain consumer spending, and the tax rate changes that the government introduced at the beginning of the year may also be playing a role.

For the longest time, media outlets and governments have pointed the finger of blame at Bitcoin for its alleged role in terrorist funding.

International trade laws limit the type of help governments can provide to companies, but the role of the Chinese government is particularly opaque, said Mark Wu, a professor of law at Harvard and a former United States trade negotiator in the administration of President George W. Bush.

Acknowledging the presumed benefits of separating the roles, reports sponsored between 1992 and 2004 by national governments, major stock exchanges, or both in at least 16 countries outside of the United States have recommended splitting the functions.

There are at least six areas where Harper's disdain for the economic role of government does harm to Canada's economy.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

While at times misinformed, such opposition reveals the diverging perspectives between federal and local governments on China's role in the Russian Far East.

But even that formulation suggests what is a basic misunderstanding at best and cynical contempt at worst for the role of government in the process of protecting Facebook's users.

Canadian VCs and government - backed capital played a more active funding role for tech companies at seed, early and expansion stages of growth.

The trio of calls from government representatives asking for Zuckerberg to make an appearance himself to discuss the role of Facebook is notable not least because it is coming from so many places at once — a loud chorus that may well finally provide the pressure needed to see the executive come out from behind his status updates.

As crowdfunding accelerates at an unprecedented rate, it's impacting government policy, informing enterprise innovation and changing the role of financial institutions around the world.

«The tailings pond failure at Mount Polley Mine may be the worst industrial accident in B.C. I've seen in my lifetime and Premier Clark and the Liberal government need to be held accountable for their role in it,» said New Democrat leader John Horgan.

This comes at a time when the Obama administration is looking for ways to scale - down the government's role in the housing market.

«It's important to consider the government's role when it comes to the Internet of Value,» Karen Gifford, Special Advisor for Global Regulatory Affairs at Ripple Labs, said.

National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye - kyun, who was present at the forum, reiterated the government's role in removing political uncertainties standing in the way of cryptocurrency adoption.

A myriad of factors may have led to his Stamos's departure from Yahoo, but if the U.S. government's role in compromising security had a significant effect, he could be confronting similar issues at Facebook.

Kevin's government service includes roles as an enforcement trial lawyer, as counsel to a commissioner at the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as a regulator at the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, and as counsel in the U.S. Senate.

A big part of the organization's role is building and sustaining networks of partners and stakeholders from private industry, academia and governments, at home and abroad.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

While federal and provincial governments will continue to play an important role investing in infrastructure, they simply do not have the resources to meet the demand — pegged at somewhere in the neighbourhood of $ 500 - billion — without a large increase in tax revenues or drastic cuts to social programs.

He has developed a passion for helping small business owners through leveraging Canadian government funding, which he utilizes in his role as Marketing Analyst at Mentor Works.

«On behalf of the Government and all Canadians, I would like to thank Governor Carney for his work at the Bank of Canada and offer my best wishes in his future role at the Bank of England,» said Minister Flaherty.

Today, most participants in the debate about welfare reform» at least those outside the realms of the ACLU and the Children's Defense Fund» agree with Olasky that the government has not and can not offer this kind of effective compassion, and that consequently we must enlarge the role private charities play in the lives of the underclass.

Although I frequently find myself at odds with First Things over issues pertaining to economics and the role of government in public life, I usually find its critique of American social mores and ethics to be insightful and illuminating.

Faith has no role in government and if a particular site was built with public money, either you put all religious and non-religious symbols up or non at all!!

Since World War II, the churches» role in education at all levels has diminished, as the government has taken over.

With the critical issues facing us and the crossroads we are at CNN would do better to ask candidates to continue explaining the appropriate role they see for government in our lives.

The success of the East Asian economies» first Japan and more recently the other East Asian market economies» shows that there is a crucial governmental role in providing services such as widespread education and health care, which it is quite possible for governments to do successfully at a fairly low level of per capita income.

He became part of a conspiracy against Hitler at the highest levels of the German government, using his role as a civilian agent in military intelligence as a cover for ecumenical contacts that allowed the conspirators to make tentative overtures toward a peace settlement with the British government.

Also how grace and restoration shows the importance if upholding these roles of Gods the government of God started at creation.

The more that I looked at the death penalty the more I saw Pandora's box: It opens up a whole lot of other important issues like race and economic inequity and how the death penalty is applied — even things like the role of government.

The government's decision to go after Gu seems at odds with the role the popular pastor played for years, when he welcomed foreign delegations — Franklin Graham preached at his church in 2008 — and praised the government's posture on religious freedom.

Honestly, it strikes me as odd that the government plays a role (at all) in marriage, but anyway...

Then it's Senator Xenophon's turn to go on the attack (clearly feeling particularly aggressive toward Treasury), telling Treasury it is their role to «advise the government on competition issues» (at E8] and asking whether they give any thought to long term effects of conduct rather than short term benefits (he also seems to think the Treasury and ACCC are comprised of morons).

Though from a «principles» perspective I can at least recognize «national security» as a proper role for the government (though I often find the specific decisions to be quite objectionable, counterproductive, and unnecessary).

Previously over more than two decades, Pablo had professional policy and management roles at different times in all three levels of government, industry, the tertiary education sector, and not - for - profit organisations.

Stop bashing young dads — and support them to help their children The Fatherhood Institute calls on government - funded services aimed at supporting parents to identify and support young fathers as well as young mothers, rather than dismiss them as «feckless» and reduce their role to that of cash providers.

The Fatherhood Institute calls on government - funded services aimed at supporting parents to identify and support young fathers as well as young mothers, rather than dismiss them as «feckless» and reduce their role to that of cash providers.

But I do think there's a role for government at the macro level (where it already has great influence over our food) such as corn and soy subsidies, the National School Lunch Program (and the related use of surplus farm commodities), etc..

Block grants are a favorite tool of conservatives to shrink the role of the federal government and reduce the size of social programs, but as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities well articulated in a statement hastily released yesterday, block grants in the particular context of school food are very likely to put children's health and wellbeing at risk:

We can go back and forth all day about parenting philosophies, but at the end of the day, that whole «proper role of government» question boils down to this — if you want the government imposing upon the free interactions of others to serve your preferences, at the very least, it's incumbent upon you to prove that the government action (in this case the classroom environment) is the independent variable that deterministically thwarts your goals for your child.

It is an uncomfortable watch, given our government's role, but well worth it — British film making at its very best.

The Liberal Democrats under your leadership are playing an essential role in ensuring that the coalition government reflects liberal values at home and abroad.