Sentences with phrase «government abdicate»

«While the federal government abdicates its responsibility on climate change, governors do not have the luxury of denying a scientific reality, and it is more important than ever for states to take collective, common sense action,» Governor Cuomo said.

«As the federal government abdicates its responsibility and ignores basic science, states across the nation are picking up the mantle of climate leadership,» said Governor Cuomo.

Not exact matches

Should the federal government continue to abdicate leadership in key policy issues of health care, pension reform, Aboriginal issues, education and research, and modernizing Canada's infrastructure?

The B.C. Liberals abdicated their responsibility and ignored the voices of B.C. communities, First Nations and businesses by handing over decision - making power for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project to the federal government.

Morse condemned Lee's comments, which failed to appreciate how Christians support the elderly and said it «feels to me that this government is once again going to abdicate its responsibility to older people».

The government's has abdicated its responsibility for the care and well - being of people; it is an assault upon the poor and the uninformed by governments that are being irresponsibly financed.

Could it be because more parents still have abdicated responsibility for teaching their kids good life habits to the government?

Could it be because so many parents have abdicated responsibility for feeding their kids to the government?

Unfortunately the Government is more concerned with placating its most extreme backbenchers than listening to businesses, whilst the Labour party continue to abdicate their responsibilities by giving the Government a blank cheque on Brexit.»

The ongoing violence in Syria is probably the most prominent example of this - the Assad regime desperately clings to power with no sign of abdicating and, according to the United Nations, 6,200 civilians have been killed by the army on the orders of the government.

The Liberal Democrat environment spokesman Steve Webb said: «The government can not just abdicate responsibility for fuel poverty.

The government here is not abdicating its responsibilities but rather creating new networks of services, utilizing more resources than before.

«We're obviously very concerned that the federal government seems to be abdicating its responsibility to address the threat of global climate change,» said Bradley M. Campbell, the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

At a time when the federal government has abdicated its leadership on climate change, New York will continue to do all that we can to ensure that current and future generations have a clean and safe environment in which to live and prosper.»

Part of the fanfare is due to the fact that the federal government has totally abdicated its responsibilities to create clear, effective, national standards to guide business.

The governor in a statement after the judge's decision said «At a time when the federal government has abdicated its leadership on climate change, [this ruling] ensures our progress will not be blocked or rolled back by fossil fuel interests and others seeking to maintain the status quo.»

Government has abdicated its important role to police the police.

«The federal government has abdicated responsibility to meet the most basic health care needs of vulnerable refugees and refugee claimants», said Audrey Macklin, Professor and Chair in Human Rights Law at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers.

As in New Orleans, the ACLU places the blame not on the public defender's office but on the county and state governments, which it says have abdicated their responsibilities under Gideon.

Among her other writings were Privy Council, Cabinet, and Ministry in Britain and Canada: A Story of Confusion, Attitudes in the Philadelphia Convention towards the British System of Government, Constitutional law — citing Canada's Constitution — problems and proposed solutions; If the queen were to abdicate: procedure under Canada's constitution; Ontario's courts, 1867 - 1987: conflicts and confusion; Parliament, the Executive and the Governor - General; Parliamentary privilege in Canada; Robert's Rules of Order: editions, reprints, and competitors; The Canada Act 1982 — some facts and comments; The Judiciary in Canada: the Third Branch of Government, and Defining Constitution of the Province — The Crux of the Manitoba Language Controversy.

The father abdicates all parental responsibility and then runs to Daddy Government to punish the recipient of his daughter's misbehavior.