Sentences with phrase «changing government thinking»

That also means changing government thinking and ensuring that funding is delivered in a stable, long - term way, so that we see real shifts in outcomes for our people.

Last week we launched our Green Gas for Britain report and started our campaign to change government thinking, on where Britain gets it gas.

Not exact matches

Seven in 10 Americans — including some of those who aren't sure whether climate change is actually happening — think it's a problem that the U.S. government should be working to address.

While he would have liked to have seen more investor - specific changes — «it's always nice to have more rather than less,» he says — he thinks it's unlikely we'll see any reductions in capital gain taxes or major increases in TFSA room until at least 2015, when the government says it can balance the budget by.

Globally dominant American tech companies have expressed concern that customers will go elsewhere if they think the U.S. government's reach extends to data centers all around the world without changes being made to the law.

«I don't think it will cost the government anything to change this law,» says Stoffer.

She thinks the situation is particularly grim in the United States — the country where the leadership industry was born but where «government and business are suffering from a near breakdown» in their capacity to effect change.

That's why the controversial proposals to dramatically change the taxation of private business in Canada are proving three things: tax literacy is alive and well in Canada, most people understand and value the incredible entrepreneurial spirit that drives the economic engine in this country, and the government thought these tax changes wouldn't be a big deal.

So far most of the government apps seem modest in scope (think: Mapping crime reports or finding out when the next train will come), but O'Reilly suggested that this is only the beginning and that the approach can work for big problems like rising health care costs, poorly performing schools, and climate change.

«I don't think it's a coincidence that this happened only after we had a change of government in Italy and Spain,» said Mr. Kirkegaard, the research fellow.

I think this show of bipartisanship sends a crystal - clear message to Americans, and to young entrepreneurs in particular: The U.S. government believes in our power to fundamentally change the economic course of this country.

«I think you would agree with me that encouraging businesses and individuals to change behaviour requires appropriate price signals,» a briefing note, which outlines «points to register» with the Alberta government, reads.

Ezra Klein: But this goes to something I think is hard for entrepreneurs, hard for the government, hard for anybody on either side of the aisle who wants to change anything, which is that people are very risk averse about their healthcare.

The election of a majority Liberal government not only saw high - profile changes in rhetoric — think, «Canada is back» — but also equally lauded announcements on accepting 25,000 refugees from Syria, international peacekeeping, or a bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, among others.

If you still need a reason to vote for a change in government on October 19th, think pensions.

As long as people are around ADM will remain profitable barring some sweeping government regulation change so I think they re a solid pick.

-- Member of Parliament David Yurdiga «The federal government thinks that it is acceptable to run a $ 30 billion deficit and spending billions on foreign aid and international climate change projects, as well as on newcomer settlement programs all the while cutting over $ 100 million from the three northern territories over the course of the next five years.

Phoebe Thompson, editor of Premier Youthwork Magazaine thinks a number of factors are behind the changes in teenage behavior, on Premier's «News Hour» programme, she said: «the government has taken to make smoking less appealing by covering packets and also putting the long term effects on there, and also the rise of contraception and better sex education probably has contributed to the lowering of teenage pregnancies».

I don't think the Pope was challenging governments to change philosophy, but is merely calling on his followers to re-prioritize their lives from money and material things to spiritual wealth.

Sam, Perhaps we'll start taking the money away from the free medical clinic we offer and give it to the government if the law changes — I suppose you believe all that you think you know with regards to the activities of churches.

I had it read by both the [Palestinian] Fatah organization and the Israeli government, and both of them gave me a list of corrections that they wanted changed, and gave me guidance about what they thought was right and wrong.

I thought that church and government were separate but apparently this man is trying to change that as well as everything else he was trying to cram down their throats.

Of course, Troeltsch still had to go through World War I, see his church changed, and serve in a revolutionary government before his last thought on social order was written.

Anyone hearing that São Paulo's government was considering a bill to introduce Meat Free Monday would be forgiven for thinking it was about to change the way it eats for ever.

OK, it makes sense to think about changes to child benefit as having a negative affect on women's support for the Government.

The government periodically asks thousands of teens and younger adults what they think about changes in U.S. family relationships.

I do think rather than criticize the government for making mothers feel guilty for feeding with artificial milk, society as a whole must make major changes in thinking and policy, so that more mothers and babies can actually avoid the use of artificial milk in the first place.

Populist leaders are successful because they sow distrust in current government policies / officials (think Obama's «change», «yes we can» or Trump's «drain the swamp» messages).

They changed their mind because they concluded that the impact of tax rises and spending cuts on economic growth — the fabled «fiscal multipliers» — has turned out to be a much bigger drag on growth than they, the Government or the OBR originally thought.

I do think both the media and the government itself can easily caricature «Old Labour» (the idea was to create a caricature) as if ideas of gradual change, appealing to broad coalitions had not been thought of pre-1945, in 1945, in the 1960s, etc..

The government thinking that we will all be happier and Brexit will be a great success by changing our passport is like the England football team opting to change its kit and thinking it will help them win the World Cup.

Though a majority of Joiners said in the poll that they thought Labour had learned the right lessons from its time in government, much of this is wishful thinking: in discussion, they struggle to think of any evidence that Labour has changed or learned, often insisting simply that «they must have done».

Those who have given the matter a little thought seem to assume that Scottish MPs will resign en masse on the date of independence: this might or might not trigger a change of government, depending on the party balance in the Commons.

«I think maybe times have changed with Trump and I think it opened up a new thinking on the part of many people as to what kind of government that they want serving them,» he said.

Speaking to a gathering at Anum in the Eastern region during the campaign tour of New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Nana Akufo - Addo, Mr Atta Akyea said the unbridled hardship brought on Ghanaians coupled with excessive borrowing under the Mahama administration is making people think of a change of government including members of the NDC.

When Marist last asked this question in February, 67 % thought major changes were needed, and 21 % reported minor changes would fix the problems in state government.

Joiners, who say they would vote Tory tomorrow despite not having done so last time (two thirds of them having come from the Liberal Democrats), think similarly but are more likely to prefer coalition government and to say they may change their mind again before the election.

The government caused «needless» public concern by failing to properly think through and consult on changes to inheritance tax on family trusts, peers have warned.

There is little reason to think much would change with a Miliband government, and that is his major problem.»

In a Buhari administration, let the true tenets of a presidential system of government become effective by demanding for major changes in management and institutional philosophy, that is, by making sure that new ways to administration are in place, as colonial thinking still shape our policy and institutional approaches.

«It would not have changed the fact that our water is contaminated, but I think it would have affected the way our local government addressed the issues as far as our communication with our residents,» Surdam said.

So why has this party — without a single seat in parliament — managed to change government and opposition policy on what many voters think to be the most important issue of the day?

Miner says one of the only silver linings of the recent fiscal crisis impacting government is that it gives governments the ability to think differently, and make changes to make government more efficient.

In April, 58 % of voters thought Governor Cuomo was positively changing state government.

With the low approval ratings of both the State Senate and Assembly, it's not surprising that voters think major changes are needed in the way things are done in state government in Albany.

The prospect of a Commons defeat forced the government to think again, so it rewrote the secondary legislation but changed nothing of substance.

'' «Our appeal is to all MPs of conscience: join us, vote against these unfair and unworkable changes and force the government to think again,» he told delegates at the Scottish Labour party's conference in Oban.

According to Siena, 5 percent thought government is less open on Cuomo's watch, and 46 percent say there has been no change.

«I think we would be in the wilderness for as much as 15 years because all the changes that the Conservative majority government would bring in would actually not be about fairness or equity or even sharing power, it would be about excluding the Labour party,» he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

First, fiscal discipline is fundamental to Labour's thinking and policy development, underpinning every proposal we make, every argument we advance — not only because our wider message will not be heard if people see us only as spenders, and not also as reformers — but also because we simply will not be able to deliver the changes we want to make in government if we do not have strong public finances.