Sentences with phrase «debates of any policy issue»

Education policy debates have been some of the most contentious and difficult debates of any policy issue.

Not exact matches

Obama offered no indication of whether he'll eventually issue a permit for the pipeline, whose construction has become a flashpoint in the U.S. debate about environmental policy and climate change.

What it might mean for entrepreneurs: Immigration policy is one of the country's most divisive issues right now, and the court's ruling underscores how important the debate remains.

In fact, many of the issues currently debated on both sides of the Atlantic have been highlighted in EU policy statements on China dating back several years.

Member support and involvement enables the Institute to respond nimbly to emerging policy debates, and get in front of the issues that will define Canada's future.

The Business Council of Canada regularly publishes reports and studies to inform and contribute to the debate on Canadian public policy issues.

We seem to spend the bulk of our time on the issues, debating endlessly the details of a candidate's policies on immigration, health care, foreign affairs or the economy.

There is no public debate on the issue of militarism; not even members of Congress effect policy here — except on trivia.

A class may deal with U.S. policy in Indochina, but unless this issue is placed in the context of worship or of debate or the budget, members are effectively educated to regard it as relatively unimportant.

Instead of working to achieve consensus on contested theological and moral issues, legislatively driven agendas are designed to end debates by reducing the issue to two sides and then enacting one side into church policy and ecclesiastical law.

As part of his LCA address, ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, addressed the recurring issue of national champions, claiming the current debate confuses the distinction between industrial and merger policy.

One of the major criticism leveled at Arsenal and Arsene Wenger's transfer policy on Monday night by Gary Neville was the same issue that a vast majority of us fans have been left frustrated by for many years, namely the Defensive Midfield debate.

THE death of a baby last week in Montreal has reignited the debate over one of the most emotional social policy issues in the province — midwifery.

A trio of senior ministers have demanded a full discussion on Britain's nuclear policy in the wake of the decision not to debate the issue at this year's Labour conference.

Rob is working with the Migration Observatory team to consider how the tone of the media debate affects migration policy decisions, and to consider how information gaps affect the way issues are discussed.

Not only that, but this issue should be one of the major policy questions that need to be put to all the candidates in the upcoming Labour leadership debate (as I have already pointed out on this site) as requested by Sunder (see What are the difficult questions the leadership candidates need to answer?).

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It is understood that his approach to and understanding of issues, superior contribution to debates on the floor of Parliament and ability to proffer alternative policies in the year made him stand out among his peers.

However, one policy debate that I have been very close to over the last few years, and one that illustrates how digital technology has changed our society and also how it creates new social contexts related to rights based issues, is that of access to pornography and sexual content online.

Eventually those patents were sold to an affiliate of Liberty Media for a hefty sum, allowing Samuels to use his windfall to run for office, flirt with running for office, and help shape the debate from the left by speaking out on issues and challenging candidates to adopt policies he advocates for.

And yet, the overwhelming focus of election coverage in UK newspapers has not been about European issues and policy debates, but on Nigel Farage's...

«Let's have the debates over various policy issues and at the end of the day, either approve pieces of legislation, or if they fail to achieve enough votes, then the bill ultimately fails, but in the final analysis, that's good government,» Valesky said.

Interpretations of the National Interest have been at the forefront of the debate in an entirely new way for the British, pitching referendum against parliamentary voting, domestic and against foreign policy issues, numerical majorities against political and economic arguments, elites against elites.

Voters» register debate transcends NDC, NPP — IEA The Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Jean Mensa has defended the policy think tank's decision to hold a debate on the country's voters» register, saying the institute has every right to discuss such national issues.

This debate took in not just political questions but issues of economic organization and public policy more broadly.

They also participate in a series of service projects and small group meetings with Congressman Rangel to explore and discuss different policy aspects on issues being debated in Congress.

Debates more about nuances of strategy than big issues of policy?

«I've watched the last two Labour party conferences and the debate, and it seems to me that trade unions have an agenda not to promote some of the policy issues, but merely to defeat the government, defeat the platform,» Lord Morris told GMTV.

Not a lot of time to debate issues that will have an effect on the future of Britain's foreign policy and the transatlantic alliance.

The 88 Rockland County students at the conference simulated the state government legislative process including the study of public issues, debate of public policy, writing of legislation and a mock law - making experience in state legislative chambers.

The 88 Rockland County students at the conference simulated the state government legislative process including the study of public issues, debate of public policy, writing of legislation and a -LSB-...]

The Welsh Liberal Democrats are calling on all parties in the National Assembly to support the Liberal Democrat policy of scrapping the Severn Bridge tolls when the bridges come back into public ownership, as they lead a debate on the issue today.

«When it comes to foreign policy, he had no answer at all,» Grimm told NY1 after the last debate, «After a year and a half of running for Congress, he should've studied up on the issues.»

We can quibble over policy and strategic details: the way in which the debate on immigration is following the welfare debate is becoming divorced from fact; the persistent failure of banking «reform» to get to the fundamental issues; and the possibility that the government's dearth of competence may be a weaker spot than their closeness to fat cat Britain.

«I think you'll find a debate that is more issue - oriented, which I think is probably good both in terms of foreign policy,» Higgins said.

As Cameron's circle intensify their preparations for Thursday's television debate, by issuing pleas at Tory HQ for fresh ideas, shadow ministers have told the leadership that their «big idea» is too vague and needs to be scrapped in favour of practical policies.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signaled today that the contentious issue of mayoral control over New York City public schools — along with several other major policy debates — will «more likely» be decided during the regular legislative session, after the state budget deadline of April 1.

Self - proclaimed GOP «dirty trickster» Roger Stone has been helping Donald Trump prep for tonight's debate by drafting policy memos on specific issues and engaging in general conversations about the art of debating on TV.

Mr Davis goes on to suggest some of the ways in which he would find savings; several, such as abolition of ID cards and abolition of regional government, are already party policy - but others are not and therefore act as a useful contribution to the debate on the issue of how to tighten the nation's belt:

Yes, there are issues surrounding the presidentialisation of British politics, and debates over whether they have any affect at all (2010's «Cleggmania» didn't stop the Lib Dems losing seats); but I believe that televised debates, when done properly, allow the public to get to grips with the key arguments and policy issues.

The three GOP candidates agreed on most issues in the debate, but tried to stand apart on some of the finer details of policy issues such as campaign finance reform.

Beyond Satisfactory: A New Teacher Evaluation System for New York Educators for Excellent (E4E), 2011 After five months of research and debate, E4E's Evaluation Policy Team issued this report detailing an evaluation framework for New York teachers based on what actual classroom teachers would recommend.

(CNN)- Mobster and crook references aside, the Illinois Senate debate between Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk covered substantive policy issues, from their positions on the bank bailouts to the effectiveness of the stimulus bill.

We made a point of trying to get away from the campaign to cover the choice: the 6 and 10 did a series on big issues, from airports to defence spending to social care, that weren't getting much play in the campaign; Newsnight interrogated the future of the NHS; Andrew Neil's series of Daily Politics debates analysed policy, department by department over two weeks; and, online, from Reality Check to constituency profiles, we scrutinised the detail.

Public Advocate Letitia James, a Democrat running for reelection, squared off against her Republican opponent, J.C. Polanco, in a friendly yet competitive debate on Monday that highlighted substantive differences, and some shared opinions, between the two candidates on a range of policy issues.

The Political Parties» Youth Debate Series will see the youth and female representatives of political parties in Ghana debating policies and issues in the run - up to the November 2016 elections.

Labour is seeking to exploit the government's weakness and press home the anti-austerity arguments made during the general election campaign by holding a series of debates on key social policy issues.

While it's fairly customary for both houses of the Legislature to honor various heroes and celebrities, it was striking to see the house come to standstill with less than two weeks left in the legislative session and a myriad of major policy issues not being given a moment of public debate.

Though a subject of debate for years in Albany, raising the age of criminal responsibility is among the side policy issues that, if resolved, could break other logjams this week.

The U.S. - Mexico border has been a topic of intense debate and will likely be a central policy issue in the first months of the Trump administration.