Sentences with phrase «election issue in»

They also made the environmental law rollbacks an election issue in 2015 and led the Prime Minister to direct his cabinet ministers to undertake the review of four major federal environmental laws, processes and bodies: the Fisheries Act, Navigation Protection Act, environmental assessment processes and the National Energy Board.

The performance of the department charged with investigating claims of child abuse has become an election issue in the race for Erie County executive — and for good reason — Jim Heaney says in the latest video edition of Outrages & Insights.

Now, fracking is an election issue in New York state — finally!

The main election issue in this constituency was a # 60 million recovery package for Teesside set up to help the area recover from the mothballing of Redcar's Corus plant.

«We and many allies made Canada Post an election issue in 2015, and the Liberals were elected on a promise to restore door - to - door and to consult on a new vision for Canada Post,» says Mike Palecek, National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW).

Matthew McClearn suggested that didn't guarantee cabinet approval, however, since the pipeline could still become an election issue in 2015:

Reporter Paul Heaney takes a look at election issues in the south Wales valleys seat of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney.

Not exact matches

«Twitter is the most direct way to engage with the candidates and issues of this election and to participate in the live, public conversation around its key events,» said Adam Sharp, Twitter's head of news, government, and elections, in a statement.

The urban / rural divide isn't just an issue in presidential elections.

It's not just arrogant for newspapers to issue endorsements in elections - it may also be financially unwise.

Up until now, this issue has mostly been watercooler fodder, but with the Federal Reserve having raised rates in December and Donald Trump's election victory causing the 10 - year treasury yield to spike by 19 % since election day, many investors are now reducing their exposure to these rate - sensitive sectors.

He may choose to announce his decisions a month before that, using the issue to swing Republican votes in the upcoming Pennsylvania special congressional election.

If they succeed, their tax overhaul will immediately become the top policy issue in the 2018 congressional elections.

U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns that Moscow might use the firm's products to attack American computer networks, a particularly sensitive issue given allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia hacked and leaked emails of Democratic Party political groups to interfere in the 2016 presidential election campaign.

Facebook took out full - page advertisements in Wednesday's issues of the New York Times and Washington Post in an effort to defend itself as the company takes fire for its role in Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

And if Republicans block expansion even under a popular governor willing to work with them on the terms, then Democrats can use the issue to beat Virginia Republicans over the head again in the 2019 election.

Drug policy is one of the major issues in Mexico's July 1 presidential election.

Colin Barnett has moved to sideline water as a political issue as the state heads towards an election in 2013.

They also explain why, despite protectionism punching above its weight as an issue in presidential elections, there has been little movement on the issue in Congress over the years.

Hillary Clinton's dizzy spell on Sunday, followed by the revelation she has pneumonia, along with Trump's highly unusual and terse medical disclosure, have made this a central issue in the 2016 election.

These organizers would urge black voters not only to participate in the Blank - Out Campaign but also to draw attention to issues that extend beyond the current election cycle.

In early January, before Trump was sworn in, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill designed to go beyond the punishments already levied against Russia by the Obama administration and to demonstrate to Trump that forcefully responding to Moscow's election interference wasn't a partisan issuIn early January, before Trump was sworn in, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill designed to go beyond the punishments already levied against Russia by the Obama administration and to demonstrate to Trump that forcefully responding to Moscow's election interference wasn't a partisan issuin, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill designed to go beyond the punishments already levied against Russia by the Obama administration and to demonstrate to Trump that forcefully responding to Moscow's election interference wasn't a partisan issue.

The Times «attorney also argued that Trump's proximity to the nation's highest office, and the fact that Trump's past treatment of women has become a major talking point in the election, mean that the article in question addresses «an issue of national importance.»

The Cambridge Analytica issue was the reason Zuckerberg was on Capitol Hill, answering questions for the second time in two days about how the group - which has counted U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign among its clients - got hold of data on many millions of Facebook users.

From bakers to retailers and construction firms, more than a dozen of Mexico's biggest companies cited concerns over NAFTA and the election and issuing conservative guidance in recent weeks, despite economic data pointing to an uptick in Latin America's second - largest economy.

Despite the fact that Trump was widely viewed as having lost the recent debate with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, and that the election itself is just over a month away, the candidate chose to tweet not about the political issues in the campaign but about his dislike of former Miss Universe contestant Alicia Machado.

Some observers believe that the profusion of fake articles on Facebook helped sway the presidential election in favor of Trump, although others have argued that all this accomplished was to entrench the views that Trump voters already held about various issues.

Peder Holk Nielsen, CEO at Novozymes, discusses the EU election results in Denmark, where the far - right came out on top, and says that businesses would rather Europe «come together» on a number of issues.

And in the lame - duck Congressional session that will follow the election, the best anyone can hope for is a short - term deal that punts the issue into the new year.

However, Zuckerberg also said Facebook hasn't done enough to prevent harmful use of its own tools in regards to issues including fake news, election interference, hate speech and privacy concerns.

Romney's effective tax rate of 14 % became an issue in the 2012 presidential election.

Within hours of the presidential election, Washington politicians turned to the most urgent issue facing them: the fiscal cliff looming on Jan. 1, when more than $ 100 billion in automatic spending cuts and $ 500 billion of tax increases will be triggered.

After the sweeping Republican election victory on Nov. 9, 2016, transgender people «are concerned for their safety, survival and legal rights in the coming years,» said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who often works on transgender issues.

«I am hoping that once elections are out of the way, we will be able to solve these issues,» he added referring to the rights of EU citizens who already live in the U.K.

- One of the sturdiest rules for CEOs has long been to stay out of highly charged political issues, especially in election years.

«Brooke, I got my hands on this tape because I decided... to do real investigative journalism, because I was tired of watching how the news was reporting this issue,» Pollock said, before laying into the media for its handling of Donald Trump's candidacy and eventual victory in the 2016 election.

Those hoping for calm, political discourse on these issues should cheer the election of Alison Redford, who has been supportive of Alberta's participation in the national economy.

The impact of the new tax law is expected to be a major campaign issue this year, as Republicans battle Democrats for control of the House and Senate in the November election.

«We hear all of the time that we are a democracy, but the fact of the matter, even excluding the issue of Washington, D.C., not having elected representatives in the congress, is that, all of you know, increasingly, big money is buying elections,» he said.

The issue arose in the Republican primary debates, and reportedly resentment of the abuse was a major contributor to Hillary Clinton's loss of Florida in the general election in the 2016 US presidential race.

Obama altered an executive order he issued in April 2015 that allows the US to retaliate against cyberattacks to include those «interfering with or undermining election processes or institutions.»

And now that the time for revisionist history has arrived, and strategists no longer have to serve a political agenda and scare investors and traders into voting with their wallets, the research reports calling for precisely the outcome that we expected are coming in fast and furious, starting with none other than Goldman, whose chief strategist David Kostin issued a note overnight in which he says that «the equity market response to the election result will be limited» and adds that «our year - end 2016 price target for the S&P 500 remains 2100, roughly 2 % below the current level of 2140.»

As elections do, this one offered an opportunity to consider the major issues facing Canadians — while savouring the inevitable exploding cigars stuck in the craws of campaigners.

When you engage in the election through WE Decide 2016, your viewpoints on the issues will be brought directly to the candidates, the media, and the voters.

In the latest turn of the developing scandal around how Facebook's user data wound up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica — for use in the in development in psychographic profiles that may or may not have played a part in the election victory of Donald Trump — the company has taken the unusual step of suspending the account of the whistleblower who helped expose the issueIn the latest turn of the developing scandal around how Facebook's user data wound up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica — for use in the in development in psychographic profiles that may or may not have played a part in the election victory of Donald Trump — the company has taken the unusual step of suspending the account of the whistleblower who helped expose the issuein the hands of Cambridge Analytica — for use in the in development in psychographic profiles that may or may not have played a part in the election victory of Donald Trump — the company has taken the unusual step of suspending the account of the whistleblower who helped expose the issuein the in development in psychographic profiles that may or may not have played a part in the election victory of Donald Trump — the company has taken the unusual step of suspending the account of the whistleblower who helped expose the issuein development in psychographic profiles that may or may not have played a part in the election victory of Donald Trump — the company has taken the unusual step of suspending the account of the whistleblower who helped expose the issuein psychographic profiles that may or may not have played a part in the election victory of Donald Trump — the company has taken the unusual step of suspending the account of the whistleblower who helped expose the issuein the election victory of Donald Trump — the company has taken the unusual step of suspending the account of the whistleblower who helped expose the issues.

Coming of Age in the Asian Century: The Need for a National Conversation By Sarah Eaton, Post ‐ Graduate Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Political pundits tell us this federal election will be fought not over big ideas but along a narrow set of economic wedge issues.

Zuckerberg is facing 44 senators in a rare joint committee hearing to talk about how his company protects user data and deals with elections meddling, among other issues.

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group's David Zahn examines the issue of populism in Europe, including Dutch elections and a possible second Scottish referendum.