Sentences with phrase «called opposition day»

Past governments facing defeat in the Commons on so - called opposition day motions have tended to shift policy as a result.

Not exact matches

Opposition leaders have called for a protest on Thursday, the day the assembly is to be installed, raising the possibility of more clashes after four months of violent protests that have left as many as 120 people dead.

Instead of running ads, they would define Scheer more slowly, over time, with a series of forced choices in Parliament, through government motions, much as opposition parties usually seek to define governments (you'll note that «define» in Ottawa politics is almost always pejorative by implication) through clever use of their occasional opportunity to define a day's parliamentary debate through so - called «supply motions.»

Federal opposition deputy Conservative Lisa Raitt called it a terrible day for Canada and blamed Trudeau for not championing the nation - building project and the nation's energy sector.

Opposition leader missing on emergency vote The first day of session saw the NDP call for an emergency debate on emergency room waiting times which failed after Liberal leader David Swann and Lethbridge - East MLA Bridget Pastoor went AWOL.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein has countered in recent days will calls for votes on key liberal issues such as abortion rights and protections for transgender New Yorkers, inferring the bills still wouldn't pass amid opposition from lawmakers like Sen. Ruben Diaz, a socially conservative Democrat from the Bronx.

There is no legal, moral, financial or administrative justification for this policy against which he, Pensions Minister Webb, tabled an Early Day Motion (when in opposition) calling for the abolition of the iniquitous discriminatory Regulation Three.

A member of the National Communication Team of the main opposition National Democratic Congress, Abass Nurudeen has said that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo must apologize to the former President His Excellency John Dramani Mahama for calling him incompetent when during his opposition days.

It's the second such conference call in three days for the Democratic governor, who is trying to rally opposition to the federal tax overhaul because it curtails the deductibility of state and local taxes.

In the NPP's time in opposition, the Mahama administration in 2014, started what it called the progressive introduction of free secondary education after consultations with stakeholders, and this brand of free education was to start primarily with only day students.

The Prime Minister has called the blacklisting of workers by large construction firms «completely unacceptable» ahead of a Labour Opposition Day debate on the issue.

The reasons why Quick raided Green's Commons office nearly nine years ago can be traced back even further, to a day in 2006 when a young civil servant called Christopher Galley, working in Jacqui Smith's Home Office, was allegedly told by Green, then opposition immigration spokesman, to get «as much dirt on the Labour party, the Labour government, as possible».

The impeachment vote came a day after opposition parties signed an agreement with Yanukovych on a political settlement to form a unity government, call early elections and reform the constitution.

Haters of truth and sentimentalists will call for Oshekomes head, byt will foolishly turn blind eyes to the fact that he have outlaid a child who depends on the father or relative being the invigilator to pass exams will always fail the exam on the day his father or relation is not in the exams hall, that is the case of the EFCC and the FGN, they relied on the judiciary to help them rubbish their opposition or faces they do not like, and have always lost cases because their candidates in the judiciary were not assigned their cases and that is the same head of EFCC Magu that the president keep nominating for confirmation, even when reports indicted him, this recent looses have to confirm to doubting Thomas that Magu is just the best because he can do the dirty work for the APC and Buhari, not because he is the best in corruption fight, I wish there is a listening and discerning government in place back there in Nigeria, they would have known that there is a vacuum as far as EFCC is concerned and use the time to shop for a head that will deliver, it also confirms the fact that the «So called fight against corruption» Is a BIG lie and propaganda, just a wipe to flog opposition into their line, shame on the clapping members and the O yes members who will never hear any criticisms concerning Buhari or anything he does good or bad, bitter or sweet dem go swallow like that shaaaaa.

In a crass attempt to belittle the Tory MP's surprise opposition to «42 - days», he questioned Davis» «having late - night, hand - wringing, heart - melting phone calls with Shami Chakrabarti.»»

Then, two days before her expected start date for her new position, she got a phone call informing her that Scott Stringer had just received a copy of a video that shows Leslie standing and participating with me — her husband — at a peaceful demonstration that we held in opposition to same - sex marriage.

Coalition MPs are under a three - line whip to attend the opposition day debate on a Labour - authored motion that falls short of opposing higher fees, but calls for the white paper on the future of universities to properly explain the plans before the Commons votes on the fee cap.

On the ninth day of that fateful month, an angry opposition party called for the resignation of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (played by Ronald Pickup), believing the pacifist was the wrong leader for a country at war.

Jodie Wickens, an Opposition NDP politician who represents the area in the legislature, said she receives dozens of calls and emails every day from people affected by the tax.

The trend of series with more branches than a tree in need of some serious maintenance has continued to the modern day, with franchises like Final Fantasy (currently on its fourteenth main instalment) and Call of Duty (eight games in eight years) facing solid opposition from the community yet still continuing to dominate when sales figures come around.

Conscious of this fierce opposition from communities against the proliferation of coal - fired power plants on the continent, 350 Africa in collaboration with these same communities and regional partners is organising a Regional Day of Action called «Break Free from Fossil Fuels» on May 25.

In one of the day's first hints of potential controversy, though, Eroğlu also called building dams «an absolute necessity» for water - poor Turkey, though such projects face stiff opposition from environmentalists and preservationists.