Sentences with phrase «debate on matters of»

An individual's reputation is not to be treated as regrettable but unavoidable road kill on the highway of public controversy, but nor should an overly solicitous regard for personal reputation be permitted to «chill» freewheeling debate on matters of public interest.

However, it is not intended to stifle debate on matters of public interest nor to compensate for every perceived slight or to quash contrary view points, no matter how ill - conceived.

-- «However, it is not intended to stifle debate on matters of public interest» — This seems to be the thrust of the Judges argument

Public debate on matters of importance is an essential element of a free and democratic society and lies at the heart of the Charter guarantee of freedom of expression.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

(d) to reduce the risk that participation by the public in debates on matters of public interest will be hampered by fear of legal action.

Moreover, confirmation of IMSI Catcher use is integral to meaningful debate on a matter of public interest in Canada while being equally essential to the proper exercise of Canadian privacy rights.»

Not exact matches

But for all of the attention and debate on the matter, we understand shockingly little about just how much of the market is foreign - owned and what affect that has, particularly on house prices.

There has been much debate about how blockchain could solve this problem, but a recent Newsweek report detailing the example of a home title being issued on the Ethereum blockchain showed a solution: It's only a matter of time, the article said, before government agencies start embracing blockchain as a valid alternative to existing title processes.

Tvert says it's «not really a matter of Republicans versus Democrats» because there are members of either party who are «more progressive» on the legalization debate than others, «but public attitudes are clearly shifting... and it's only a matter of time before that is reflected in laws nationwide.»

Michael Solomon, a tech talent manager whose company 10x represents freelance software engineers, said whether Uber was a black mark on a résumé was a matter of debate after the series of controversies.

Regulators need to put forward a unified definition of fiduciary duty so that investors and advisors can have a fully informed debate on the matter.

To return to the earlier parable, ideas do not much matter if they are held or being debated by men whose investment in them is as remote as that of the man high on the cliff who idly speculates about the options available to men threatened with drowning.

Now it takes little reflection to see that most major problems of ecclesial and political controversy have always been and will continue to be divergent and not convergent ones; accordingly, there is an especially vexing irony in the fact that those who want to find a «mainstream» position on the Big Issues are almost always those who are committed on other grounds to a pluralist or relativist stance in matters of public debate.

The CNN debate opened with discussions on economic issues, but later veered toward faith - based matters like the role of religion in candidates» decision making, abortion, gay marriage — and how the United States ought to treat Muslims living within its borders.

Given my rather public skepticism of the thesis that humans are causing any significant climate change, my friend Bob Benne, who is the director of the ethics center at Roanoke College, invited me down to Roanoke to debate Mr. Cizik on these matters.

No matter what side of the homosexual debate you fall on, we all know that $ 840,000 is a life - changing amount of money.

I'm not sure how the debate on homosexuality would turn out if defined that way, but I believe it would be more edifying than many recent discussions of these matters have been.

On this matter see my debate with Angus Kerr - Lawson in «Overheard in Seville» The Bulletin of the Santayana Society, 1 (1984).

The reviewer of two lenghthy volumes on the debates preceding the ratification of the U S Constitution reports on religious matters as these surfaced in the debates.

A second connection between quantum theory and the Greek concept of matter is profiled in the debate on the possible incompleteness of quantum mechanics.

This doesn't matter when we're trying to ignore a national debate on the color of a blue / gold dress, but it definitely matters when we're scrolling past stories of sexual violence as if they're any other social media moment — intimate, distant, easily discarded.

blah, blah, blah... waste your money on billboards, debate about what's real or myth, and who's right or wrong... i'm STILL a child of God... you can't shake my faith... all that matters to me is that I believe and trust in Him...

In the Sunna community it is a matter of debate whether the fourth source of authority, ijtihad, which means independent judgement, based on study and acknowledged expertise, is still open.

Also, it sort of invalidates your comment about feeling sorry for atheists when 1) you are also on this blog so you have about as much of a stake in this as any atheist here and 2) if agitating christian ranks only takes asking for proof and debating religion in a coherent matter, christian foundation must be pretty shaky indeed.

Listen I keep seeing bumper stickers like «you can't be both Catholic and pro-choice» these are not reflective of my faith, theser are slogans made for propaganda, I have 2 beautiful children and I have never been on a position where abortion could even play a part, but it is a legal option to the public at large; this being said even the bible calls for us to be good citizens, and to obey the law, I believe that this is a matter that belongs with the family and not the state; no matter how we criminalize abortion, they will not stop, but people will go under - ground and more fatalities will occur, I rather see the government placing incentives on more conseling for these expectant mothers and more outreach done at church levels, to reduce the debate to a single slogan is dangerous and will not accomplish the ultimately goal of preventing abortions my two humble cents

The fact is that it does not matter the article here on the Belief Blog, the debates between some of the Faithful and some of the Atheist are and will be the same article after article.

Edwards, in his Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England, has to defend them against their critics; and their value has long been matter of debate even within the revivalistic denominations.

To finish, religion and government should be completely separated, religion should be private and should not be discussed / debated to get more votes and they should stick to what really matters which is getting the economy back on track, getting people jobs, and getting corruption out of businesses / government.

It's a fine device, but hardly serves the cause of serious debate on these terribly difficult matters.

Christian the most two faced and fakes of all religion there is.people that like to rule everyone and judge no matter who u are or what u believe i myself is proud pagan.so go on with ur judge others cause that all u people know to do.and the companys just do ur bussiness.just leave the debate the ones in officess

How can we develop a moral stand on a debate that seems to be polarized by those who consider abortion simply a matter of private choice and those who support no legal abortions save those very rare ones necessary to save a mother's life?

The theses were of course at first a controversial technical matter, intended for debate, and intended no doubt to focus public attention on the undoubted abuses, theological and practical, involved in the preaching of the indulgences.

I believe, on the contrary, that it is a matter of the greatest importance to make clear the true implications of the negation of sexual difference and to debate publicly what is at stake rather than falling back on principles, such as equality, that flatter those who set themselves up as their standard bearers, even though the way these principles are invoked to justify the homosexual - marriage agenda does not stand up to critical scrutiny.

As a powerful member of the board put it in the midst of a debate about whether the president should be required to be Lutheran, «It is a matter of indifference to the board what the president does on his weekends.»

There are, of course, legitimate debates over the matters of war, the economy, anti-poverty efforts, etc., on which several contributors to that symposium offered left - leaning perspectives.

It seems, moreover, on the basis of public opinion polls, that this challenge is already accepted by a majority of our fellow citizens and thus the question of its establishment as a matter of law has not provoked a debate worthy of the momentous issues at stake.

He has already written on matters pertaining to faith in the whole debate surrounding the biological evolution of life on earth, especially in his latest book, Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe.

Throughout the ongoing debate over the definition of marriage, Right Wing bigots have cited the damage caused by hom.ose.xuality and hom.os.exual relationships in an attempt to justify legal discrimination against gays.The scientific evidence on the matter is out there.

I definitely recommend it no matter what side of the pointless debate you are on.

Whilst acknowledging that many questions remain unanswered in the debate between those who would advocate the use of stem cells taken from human embryos, and those experimenting on stem cells drawn from tissues of the adult human body, there is a lengthy discussion of the moral status of the human embryo as being a crucial matter in this regard.

The Food Matters Live conference began with a panel debate on The nutritional state of the nation: whose responsibility is it?

Fast - tracking, according to journalist Dave Johnson enables Congress to agree «to set aside its duties under Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution and vote on TPP within 90 days of it being signed, to severely limit discussion and debate, not to filibuster the agreement in the Senate and not to amend it not matter what problems turn up after the agreement is revealed».

Gavin Partington, Director General, British Soft Drinks Association shares some views from the soft drinks industry ahead of the panel debate at Food Matters Live on Tuesday, 17 November.

Continue the debate at Food Matters Live, with three days of free seminars on «Free - from, allergy and intolerance»

Ahead of the debate on Ending Childhood Obesity at Food Matters Live 2016, Alison Tedstone, Chief Nutritionist & Director of the Diet & Obesity Team at Public Health England, outlines how Public Health England will lead the reformulation programme set out in the Childhood Obesity Strategy.

This was the question at the core of a vigorous #freefromforum debate on 14th April at 11 am, hosted by Food Matters Live, and featuring two key voices and pioneers in the free - from arena — Founder of the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards, Michelle Berriedale - Johnson, and Head Chef at Summergrove Halls, Chris Bridge.

As part of our comment series from Food Matters Live 2014, Ruth Holroyd, freelance writer, reports from the conference debate about behaviour change that took place on 18 November 2014.

Meanwhile, former Man Utd goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel has had his say on the matter and has been much more critical of the situation at Anfield while speaking on the Sky Sports Debate show.

Wenger staying on is no longer a matter of opinion or debate, it's a fact he's finished.