Sentences with phrase «by the cabinet as»

He was seen as imperious and intolerant by backbench opponents concerned at the threat to local postal services («he seemed to have lost touch» one commented after a meeting), and the plan was abandoned by the Cabinet as unlikely to pass the House of Commons, as the Major government's majority had dropped to 14 by then.

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NEW DELHI, May 2 - India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to help sugar mills by paying the cane farmers that supply them a subsidy for their produce, a government source said, as part of efforts to help a sector struggling with a glut.

As for the specific border crossing tunnels targeted by the Israeli military during the campaign: While the cabinet was not briefed on them until the operation was already underway, the IDF, Shin Bet and other security services were aware of them and the threat posed by them, she said.

Known as Mr. Fix - It by some of his cabinet colleagues, Kenney has pledged to bring in major reforms to the system, including beefing up the auditing powers of federal inspectors who are hunting down abusers.

According to a former cabinet minister who spoke on condition of anonymity, the ministers acted as a symbolic «rubber stamp» — the cabinet has no actual approval power — and accepted the plans presented to them by the military.

On July 27, Bennett admonished Gantz as he was speaking before the cabinet, telling him that military leaders should be like «galloping horses» that need to be restrained by the government, not like «lazy bulls,» which require prodding to take action.

Cabinet ministers have been at odds over policy, including citizenship laws, the national vote on same - sex marriage and competition reform, as well as being left out of the decision loop on a series of «captain's picks» by the prime minister.

A White House official pointed to trade as part of a «bigger picture» for the economy, with cabinet - level discussions described as «deliberative» and the President focused on doing right by American workers.

In his appearance before a parliamentary committee, Facebook Canada's public policy head Kevin Chan was questioned by New Democrat MP Charlie Angus on why he had yet to register as a lobbyist, given the fact he's met senior cabinet members, including Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

Nominees for ambassadorships and cabinet positions are grilled during background checks by IRS agents to ensure that they're not disguising personal expenses as tax - deductible business costs.

As the much - chattered about book Team of Rivals details, Lincoln made an asset out of personal animosity by inviting his enemies into his cabinet.

The Reuters story identifies the photos as being handout photos provided by the Japanese Cabinet Public Relations Office.

Our view: Full Senate should approve Mike Pompeo as secretary of state despite his hawkish outlook After more than two centuries, the list of cabinet nominees to be either rejected by the U.S. Senate or withdrawn from nomination is on the order of once...

By the time Lucien Bouchard and Paul Martin left cabinet and turned, in different ways, against the prime ministers who had made them stars, they had earned independent reputations as visionary leaders.

Canada's climate target — 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 — is described as our Paris target in national media and by the Trudeau cabinet.

When Summers returned to Washington, this time to the White House, as President Obama's top economic adviser, he prominently mentioned Zimmerman, by then a billionaire hedge fund proprietor, as among his kitchen cabinet of advisers.

The orders - in - council, the official notifications of decisions recommended by the federal cabinet, are numbered 2015 - 1264 and 2015 - 1265 and set out that, pursuant to subsection 7 (1) of the Official Residences Act, two individuals were appointed last week as special assistants at the Prime Minister's residence.

It is unclear whether Mr. Anders, who has the endorsement of senior cabinet minister Jason Kenney, will be approved by the Ottawa Tories as their candidate in this new riding.

As Stephen Carter penned on his Calgary Herald blog, Ms. Kennedy - Glans, a) wants a spot in Mr. Prentice's cabinet, and b) does not want to chance being challenged by a «star» PC candidate in the next election.

«Jobs» and «diversification» were key buzzwords used by NDP cabinet ministers this spring as they face an increase in unemployment and decrease in industry investment caused by the decline of the international price of oil.

We were told to expect big changes, that many «household names» would be dropped from cabinet, but as they enter their new jobs, Premier Alison Redford «s cabinet looks like one that should have been made by her main leadership opponent Gary Mar..

Immediately before entering elected politics, he served as executive assistant to cabinet minister Hugh Horner (father of current PC leadership candidate Doug Horner), who he later replaced as MLA for Barrhead in a closely fought 1979 by - election.

Today the Globe & Mail described Jim Prentice as «a former banker and high - ranking federal cabinet minister... highly respected by the country's business establishment».

An April 5 Associated Press story followed by a similar April 7 Washington Post story both asserted that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly was suffering from diminished clout in the White House, as a more confident President Trump feels comfortable taking matters directly to new hires like John Bolton and Larry Kudlow, chatting on the phone with outside advisers, and firing Cabinet secretaries over Kelly's objections.

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.

Premier John Horgan set the tone for gender equality in B.C. by appointing 11 women to his 22 - member cabinet, and on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, appointed Esquimalt - Metchosin MLA Mitzi Dean as Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity.

What that means in practice is the TPP agreement as currently structured and finalized can only come into force if it is ratified by the United States,» Ms. Freeland told reporters after a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill on Tuesday.

What can one say in the face of such a cabinet of marvels as «the startled cherry of his cigarette» (a Nazi about to be killed by a sniper), or a tool that «lathed the wrinkled lake,» or (my favorite) a line about stars on a river that lie scattered «like jacks tossed on linoleum»?

This is akin to learning how to make good cabinets by utilizing the techniques and tools a master craftsman has used, by copying one of the master's cabinets as exactly as possible.

By nature, the present President of America has that element in him — I should not be saying this but I am being inherently made to convey this as comment of exception for America and for Obama whose whole (Obama and his better half) stand as an extension through the ex Presidential candidate's Charisma Of the Secretary Hillary Clinton that President Obama's Charisma has selflessly absorbed for function in the cabinet gracefully for America and the world.That shows the humbleness of President Obama and maturity of Hillary Clinton of acceptance without a feeling of high and low of ego regarded as exceptional in Divinity.I was not supposed to make this comment and I have done so to urge the Republicans to accept their Light within of consensus through individual projections under control as Obama's gesture of bipartisanship that will come to address.In short, this comment is all about health and health care where economics alone does not come into the picture with a rigorous analysis on it but should also extend as leverage to the person in play (Obama) who is also selflessly poised with corrections on it over the infra structure of it that he has proposed for approval as ego of his working element as the executive public ally chosen as the President that had appealed to the public at large voting even putting behind able dleaers like McCain?George W Bush was the last to steer America into the Light over the past of America and that stands as the subtle truth even today as on date with Bill Clinton the ex President of America giving support through his excellent independent caliber for Obama ultimately to head the show of America that was time bound of its reality that sees no barriers and to which he accepted well in his individual capacity as the free lance ex President of America.

According to Politico, Romney said that his cabinet «would be dominated by people from the private sector, citing Meg Whitman of Hewlett - Packard as a model for female leaders he would like to surround himself with.»

By the sheer number of these cartoons, Robinson demonstrates that Burke was far more in the public eye than anyone of his day with the exception of the prime ministers and royalty - quite a feat for someone who never held Cabinet - level office and was never regarded as an insider.

Then he knows how to get into kneeling in the Mosque and shouting the stuff from the top of the Mosque (all - ie - all - ie in free Joey is a monkey) And he bows to all the Moslem kings and queens and princes and get snubbed by British Royalty as well as Russian cabinet members (so why is that?)

Isa explains how she stocks her pantry, her kitchen cabinets and then details specific beginner techniques (with step - by - step photos), such as how to butcher tofu and tempeh.

Victorian Liberal MP Sharman Stone has reignited a divisive debate within the Abbott government over assistance to struggling businesses, criticising members of cabinet who are resisting a request from SPC Ardmona (SPCA) for $ 50 million as motivated by free - market «dogma».

I may or may not be grabbing handfuls as I pass by the cabinet.

Its interesting to note that Ramsey who I believe had a pretty mediocre season last year with us appeared to play to his full potential in the euro's which means to me that he's either not surrounded by the right balance at Arsenal OR he want to be noticed to move on from us, and who could blame him really we all know that the manager and board have no will to ein the PL as they place thier profits far higfher than thier silverware cabinet and that Im sorry to say is a fact

On the topic of momentum, Liverpool's was blown to pieces during the week as they were held to a 0 - 0 draw by Portuguese side Braga at Anfield on Thursday as Kenny Dalglish's men were agonishingly eliminated from the Europa League 1 - 0 on aggregate, leaving supporters with that sick feeling of knowing a fifth season in a row will pass them by without a single piece of silverware entering their trophy cabinet.

These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.

It is also a great addition to our cabinet as we have been getting by with one Klean Kanteen.

We've chosen the Secure Home by Jessa Leona brand of sliding cabinet lock as our top pick.

The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation was registered in January 2006, and is run by a body of trustees chaired by Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, who, as Sir Robert Armstrong, was Heath's principal private secretary during his premiership (and was later Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet secretary for many years).

It claims that the proposals, which have yet to be approved by the cabinet, would involve a limited number of unskilled workers being offered the opportunity to work in jobs such as fruit picking, but no general right to a UK work permit.

In his address, Mr Reid took pains to praise his predecessors at the Home Office, in what will be seen as an attempt to heal the divisions he created in the cabinet by declaring the department «not fit for purpose» when he took over.

The new PM is not leaving responsibility for home affairs to the new team: so often frustrated as Home Secretary by Nick Clegg's chairmanship of the powerful Cabinet sub-committee on home affairs in coalition, she's now chairing it herself.

Presidents dismiss cabinet members if they perceive that they will stand to lose agency by maintaining an agency head as a member of their inner circle.

This is viewed as a brilliant idea by those in the Cabinet Office who are paid to come up with clever new ideas to help the deputy prime minister.

Only Boris Johnson is really banging the drum for a very different sort of Britain, but his position is largely based on rhetoric and tone — hamstrung as he is by his position in the Cabinet.

The accountability made possible by the net is often of the trivial, superficial sort (as with Emily Thornberry MP's resignation from cabinet for tweeting a picture of a van), while the major deceptions (over the NHS, foreign wars, tax havens) have not resulted in anyone being held to account.

Speaking on behalf of newly sworn - in cabinet members, the new Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Surajudeen Ajibola Bashir, described the delay in the constitution of the cabinet by Mr Governor as a sign of courage and commitment to good governance.