Sentences with phrase «government act»

There is however a case for such bans — it rests on the duty of government acting in the name of public health to restrict smoking in order to protect smokers themselves.

This would make the federal government act like a local planning and zoning board, have crippling effects on our entire economy.

Don't act as if everything was fine before then and don't pretend government acted on its own.

In concepts with judicial review of government acts or a constitutional court, the judiciary is a direct check on government's power.

In 2007, the Western Australian Government acted to address some of this funding complexity.

The British government acted to demand that violence against women does not classify as a violation of human rights.

How many people have to die and how many lives have to be ruined to make government act?

Operating in foreign countries, especially in emerging markets, can expose your company to additional risks related to unpredictable foreign government acts or political events.

All men of affairs in business and government act on the basis of an implied doctrine of original sin.

If the federal government acts this year on a proposed 40 % national wage hike to over $ 10 an hour, look out above.

Appointed to cabinet in 2017, the Municipal Affairs Minister will oversee the implementation of the new City Charters and a reformed Municipal Government Act in 2018.

For all of 2012, the Group expects growth to be modest at 2.3 percent as a number of factors combine to constrain activity, including slow real disposable income growth, which should restrain household spending activity; a very small contribution from net exports; and continued fiscal contraction by the federal government, as well as ongoing cutbacks by state and local governments acting as a drag on growth during the year.

* More than half of all plants, a third of animals at risk - study * Rapid peak in greenhouse gas emissions could reduce impacts By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 12 (Reuters)- The habitats of many common plants and animals will shrink dramatically this century unless governments act quickly to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Sunday after studying 50,000 species around the world.

Climate change will lead to a «fortress world» in which the rich lock themselves away in gated communities and the poor must fend for themselves in shattered environments, unless governments act quickly to curb greenhouse gas emissions, according to the vice-president of the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC).

Indirect beneficial impacts occur when governments act effectively as market leaders.

OSLO (Reuters)- Some future impacts of climate change, such as more extremes of heat and sea level rise, are unavoidable even if governments act fast to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the World Bank said on Sunday.

Unleashing the Environmental Power of Municipalities Brenda Heenan Powell A new Municipal Government Act for Alberta could substantially boost the powers of municipalities to protect the environment.

«The US government acted as police force (identifying the foreign government's crime), prosecutor (making the legal arguments), jury (ruling on the evidence), and judge (sentencing the foreigner to US retaliatory punishment),» Chad Bown, a senior fellow at the pro-free trade Peterson Institute for International Economics, wrote in a memo about Section 301's history earlier in August.

This Coalition Government acted swiftly on taking office, set out a credible and steady plan to reduce our country's record deficit, and created an independent Office for Budget Responsibility to monitor it.

The Queensland Government acted decisively and for the first time turtles and dugongs were afforded protection under the Queensland Animal Care and Protection Act — a move praised by Indigenous communities in North Queensland.

The London Government Act 1963 provided for the abolition of the former counties of Middlesex and London, the absorption of parts of Kent, Essex and Surrey, and their replacement with the county of Greater London.

Some members of Parliament in United Kingdom (UK) have issued a warning that unless the UK government acts quickly in

The structured investment suggested by GCN offers five alternative debt and equity finance mechanisms that could be used either by developed country governments acting alone or in a new international climate fund.

This is protected by the European Court of Human Rights, and the Human Rights Act, which incorporates it into domestic law and allows courts in the UK to make sure local authorities and central government act in ways that protect people's rights.

This amendment to the Local Government Act stated that a local authority «shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality» or «promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship».

But the Harris and McGuinty governments have been very active in proposing catch - all, or portmanteau, or... choose your adjective... bills, under names such as the Red Tape Reduction Act, the Government Efficiency Act, or the Good Government Act.

CME: Ontario missed an opportunity to grow the economy and instead grew the deficit March 28, 2018 Toronto: Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) is pleased the Ontario government acted some of the priorities of the manufacturing s...

(if I take in consideration the comment made by phoog: How can the French government act (in any way) on a particular religion (and so, the people practicing it) while it has an obligation of neutrality towards its citizen?)

You probably don't need formal government act to stop enriching uranium or to allow inspectors in to facilities (although depending on the political setup, you might).

There has been devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but there is still suffocating over-centralisation in England, with local government acting merely as the delivery arm of central Government.

He says the UK government acted properly in the Iceland situation.

Comprising those with visual and hearing impairment, the graduates held placards some of which read «PWDs are hungry» «GES, we need our appointments» and Ghana government act now» amongst others.

An attorney for Sheldon Silver argued Thursday that the former New York state Assembly speaker's conviction on public - corruption charges should be reversed in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that narrowed the circumstances under which certain government acts could be considered evidence of a kickback scheme.

Democratic Assemblyman from Orange County James Skoufis introduced his Integrity in Government Act standing with a number of local elected officials.

He claimed that the Federal Government acting through the operatives of the SSS and other security agencies have frustrated the said order by barricading his apartment since the permission was granted.

These are all examples of how, just by changing the way county government acts, we were able to lay a foundation for a stronger, more connected, more unified Erie County.

Using effect to derive intent, the court concluded that incidental aid to religious institutions in the form of tuition relief to parents is tantamount to a purposeful government act to promote religion.

Phil Soper, the chief executive of Royal LePage Real Estate, said he thinks the new rules will impact homeowners, but believes the federal government acted prudently.

The Local Government Act provides very detailed regulation of Municipal taxation.

The Local Government Act gives the municipality the right to auction those properties with delinquent taxes to collect the taxes.

In what may have been the first official government act of Leftist McCarthyism in the sordid history of CAGW alarmism, «Gore suggested» says Findley, «that the professor had become the victim of Alzheimer's disease.»