Sentences with phrase «good old government»

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The Fraser Institute is calling on the federal government to further tighten Old Age Security eligibility rules in an effort to «to better target lower and middle - income seniors.»

While tales of old are no substitute for new victories and a lack of focus on the American market is a concern, manufacturers did quite well — especially given that we have a government devoted to balancing the budget.

Canadian retirees can receive government support through the Old Age Security (OAS) pensions as well as through the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), yet 48 % of those surveyed did not know with a high degree of confidence how much of their current income will be replaced by their CPP or OAS benefits.

Printing money to finance government expenditure is a very well trodden path which is as old as money itself: persistent monetisation causes inflation.

Former PC MLAs Thomas Lukaszuk, Doug Griffiths, Teresa Woo - Paw, and Stephen Khan and current Independent PC MLA Richard Starke have been mentioned as potential candidates, though bringing in former politicians associated with an unpopular old government might not be the best strategy for the newly rebranded party.

Since being elected, however, and particularly since joining Cabinet, I am increasingly convinced that elements of this 43 - year old government are simply unable to make the changes needed to achieve that dream of a better Alberta.

Ms. Kennedy - Glans infamously left the PC caucus days before Ms. Redford's resignation, saying that she was «increasingly convinced that elements of this 43 - year old government are simply unable to make the changes needed to achieve that dream of a better Alberta.»

To a notable degree even yet, the unmodernized Indian's life is corporate, and the individual exists only in his tribal relationships and functions, so that when the Government, even with good intentions, has tried to serve the Indian on a different basis, taking him away from home for education, discouraging old folk - ways as heathenish, assuming individualistic thinking in his treatment, the result has commonly been the disintegration of the Indian's life.

The war between right and wrong, good and evil, the old self and new self in Christ rages on, and so to look for instructions and fulfillment on how to live better lives is like looking to a country in the midst of civil war for instructions on how to set up a functioning government.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

Lastly, I can't wait till the «nation of Islam» penetrates into our government and social life, then all of you so called «liberals» will wish the good old christian values come back!!

Old - fashioned laissez - faire in its pure form has fewer proponents today, but it is still conventional, among experts as well as in common discourse, to speak of «the economy» as an entity as though it were quite separate from government and society.

A new white paper from FRAC reviews the latest research from academic, government, and other sources on the harmful impacts of poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition on the health and well - being of children, adults, and older adults.

Many old hands with a variety of scars on their backs would argue that this is what central government has needed for a good while: 150,000 volts on a targeted basis.

«Or do we revert to an old - style, «government - knows - best» culture championed by the most leftwing Labour leader for a generation?»

Furthermore, any large government program often fails to achieve the stated aims due to the real aims being different (see above) or due to good old fashioned ineptness or being a boondoggle to begin with.

The research by Professor Christina Victor of Brunel University, found very few, at best five to ten per cent of the older people within these communities who were interviewed received any form of formal care, apart from health services, from the wider community or government.

As to the latter, to take an extreme case, if a new type of government comes to power, and in the course of it two drunks in a bar have an argument about whether the new government is better than the old and they throw a couple of punches, and that is the only violence, would you say that that means it failed the «no violence» test?

BB: Because Old Man Eavis [Michael Eavis, Glastonbury founder] rang me up just before Christmas and said: «Hey, we might have a Tory government next time we do the Festival, better get LeftField sorted out.»

Neither old party may be able to govern alone again: better government comes from coalitions.

The National Vice-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (South - East), Chief Emma Eneukwu, and a former governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, have slammed former President Goodluck Jonathan over his claim that his government had good economic programmes.

Liberal commentator Olly Grender said it was old fashioned to suggest that the best decision - making came as the result of a majority government.

«Proponents of business as usual - roadblocks to reform, reluctant to accept the need to change and modernise, wedded to the old orthodoxies - argue that the best government can do is to stand aside and leave it to the market,» Mr Umunna will say.

The five month - old Akufo - Addo government has severally come under severe rebuke from well - meaning Ghanaians, including some of government's known backers as a result of some «strange» decisions of the President and, actions and / or, inactions of some appointees and activities of the ruling party's vigilante groups.

This news came as a surprise to many Lib Dems, both in government and out, not least because Carmichael was popular in his party as their whip, and, according to a former spad, was capable of a «good bollocking», Mike Moore (who he's replacing) is generally regarded to have done a good job in negotiations on the Scottish Independence referendum, and the 66 - year - old Don Foster not being the most obvious option for chief whip.

Bob Fredericks: «(B) efore his fall from grace, the Lower East Side native, who never moved out of the old neighborhood, consistently frustrated governors, Big Apple mayors and reform - minded good - government groups with his power plays and mercurial ways.»

Vince Cable, the Business Secretary (who, in the words of one senior Labour politician who knows him well, is «semi-detached» from the government), is doing his best impression of Walter Matthau in Grumpy Old Men.

This two week old video is from a forum held on April 25, 2013 by the Good Government Regular Democratic Club.

Despite the Government extolling the virtues of people working longer, older teachers, particularly women, feel under - valued and are often pressurised to leave their jobs well before their pension age, the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has heard today.

And he still speaks of the good old Conservative values of a low - tax, low - fat government.

To the fevered consternation of editorial boards and good government groups, Albany is going ahead with redistricting in «the same old way.»

But before his fall from grace, the Lower East Side native, who never moved out of the old neighborhood, consistently frustrated governors, Big Apple mayors and reform - minded good - government groups with his power plays and mercurial ways.

A former chief of staff to Nick Clegg - as well as an ex-press officer for Britain in Europe and for the Cairngorms National Park - 38 - year - old Alexander's success or failure at the Treasury could impact on the Deputy Prime Minister's ability to shape the future of this government.

He said the government was supplying cocoa farmers with new seedlings for them to replace old cocoa trees as well as agro-chemical and fertilizers to increase the yield of the farmers.

Unlike many, I do not argue against having a number of old Etonians in government per se - if they are the best people for the job!

The agenda for New York's six - month legislative session promises big debates over the cost of higher education, government ethics and Uber's proposal to expand into upstate cities like Buffalo and Syracuse, as well as a bill that would «Raise the Age» — therein ending the state's practice of prosecuting 16 - and 17 - year - olds as adults.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday extended his condolences to the Ogbemudia family as well as the government and people of Edo State on the death of a former governor of the defunct Midwest region and old Bendel State, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia.

Two decades - old pieces of legislation — the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947 — give the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management responsibility for minerals leasing on more than 550 million acres of federally owned public lands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal government.

Regardless of the implications of that old quip «close enough for government work,» the standards of science and work ethic compare well with those of academia and industry.

The limited government records in the U.S. suggest that the rate of head injuries among 12 - to 17 - year - olds, as well as older boxers, is about 3 for every 1,000 participants.

The panel has, however, already submitted their own suggestions to the government well ahead of their due date, one of which, according to the Toronto Sun, «suggested Canadians 18 and older should be allowed to buy recreational cannabis through storefront and mail - order sales.»

Iam a good old red blooded 100 % government inspected grade AAA all man.

While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face - to - face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with — a woman whose Friends good webinars added below about the illegal status of statutory policies and illegal corporate governments!

2018-04-07 12:56 While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face - to - face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with — a woman whose Friends good webinars added below about the illegal status of statutory policies and illegal corporate governments!

While working on a report for school, 12 - year - old Joey Naylor (Cameron Bright) asks his dad, «Why is the American government the best government in the world?»

Apart from an infiltration of the Ministry of Magic, where the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), his Death Eaters, and other power - hungry bureaucrats (including Harry's old foe Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton), who fits in quite well as an inquisitor) have taken over the government, printing propaganda pamphlets of the impurity of half - blood and muggle - born witches and wizards, the three are alone.

The old saying about how it's never a good idea to watch the sausage being made applies to government as well, it seems.

With the help of the Canadian government as well a pair of old guard Hollywood stalwarts, the mission's success and failure ultimately hinged on everyone's ability to sell this ludicrous tall tale as one of utmost reality.

«Please tell us your best guess for this question: A 2012 government survey ranked the math skills of 15 - year - olds in 34 industrialized countries.

The concerns were raised the day after official Scottish Government figures revealed that fewer than half of 13 and 14 - year - old Scottish pupils can write well, while the proportion who are functionally illiterate has more than doubled.