Sentences with phrase «government embarked»

Shortly thereafter, following a report from Nicholas Davin, a Member of Parliament from Regina, Saskatchewan, the government embarked upon a program of creating church - run, off - reserve, industrial boarding schools.

Two decades after the government embarked on Doi Moi, its fitful liberalization program, Vietnam's economy is finally expanding at a rapid clip, helped by the country's recent accession to the WTO.

Following disappointing Pisa tests in 2009 the Welsh government embarked on a series of changes to raise standards and performance.

And so, beginning with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the federal government embarked on a series of major efforts to improve education for disadvantaged children that culminated in 2002 with the No Child Left Behind Act.

Soon after, states and the federal government embarked on an historic era of high school reform.

Meanwhile, the U.S. government embarked on a plan to link the nation's metro areas via interstate highways, further encouraging car travel.

He also said the first President of Ghana, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, suffered similar attacks by the opposition when his government embarked on massive infrastructural development at the time.

Alli maintained that the state government embarked on the action in order to boost its purse for the completion of various ongoing infrastructural projects across the state.

Seeking to attract corporations and workers, its previous government embarked on ambitious tax cuts.

«So as the new government embarks on its one district, one factory, all we have said is they should look to the things that have happened to the previous factories, right from the Nkrumah days, up until now... and to fix those problems before we embark on such journeys.»

«Umuahia, the state capital, is being transformed, with the state government embarking on many developmental projects.

The President also denied allegations that his government embarks on witch - hunts in the fight against graft.

Following the crash of 2008 governments embarked on bailout and stimulus programs that were vaguely Keynesian but were poorly targeted and created an immense debt overhang that persists.

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At the time of the takeover the Canadian government and foreign buyer embark on a whitewashing exercise to make the deal palatable to Canadians.

After receiving a $ 10 - billion bailout from the Dutch government in 2008, ING embarked on a fire sale of foreign divisions and «noncore» assets that continues today.

The rising rate of unemployment and low opportunities create jobs embarked the journey of Government of India to work on skill development after the 2014 General Elections.

Actual note from HSBC to clients Friday: «It's become an uncomfortable reality to the market — post the Conservative (party) conference — that the UK will embark on a «hard Brexit»... The currency is now the de facto official opposition to the government's policies.»

So — and, yes, many find this a shocking project for a libertarian to embark upon — he founded Palantir, which would provide data - mining services to government intelligence agencies, but services that were, he insists, maximally unintrusive and traceable.

The previous Harper government shares some responsibility for what the Trudeau government is embarking on now.

A key factor is that financial shocks lead to secular reflation, which is to say that governments typically embark on inflationary measures such as public spending to stimulate the economy.

Since Russia banned the Telegram messaging app, the government has embarked on a campaign of hitting itself in the face.

Instead, Premier Christy Clark is embarking on a fascinating series of tactical retreats that might not only decide the fate of the pipeline and the next government in B.C., but also the fates of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and maybe, too, of Trudeau.

The budget announced that the government would embark on a comprehensive one - year «Strategic and Operating Review» across all government departments.

If we compare operating spending by municipalities to GDP, which is a broad measure of ability to pay, it remains within historical averages of close to 3 % of GDP.  In 2012, operating spending by all municipalities in Canada amounted to just 3.1 % of GDP, the same that it was twenty years ago, and down from the 3.3 % reached in 2009 during the depths of the recession.  This ratio was higher during the recession because GDP had dropped and governments sensibly embarked on stimulus spending to prevent a depression. This was before their misguided adventures in austerity (which presumably the CFIB supports, but have caused devastation to small businesses in countries elsewhere).

The federal government is about to embark on nationwide antiracism consultations.

The entire nation embarked on a campaign in the first fifteen years of the twentieth century to control rapacious business, to clean up government, to democratize more fully our political institutions, to protect labor with better hours and pay, safer working conditions, and anti-child-labor laws.

Now, with this platform in place, the government is embarking on ambitious plan to grow industry output by 30 % by 2020.

As we embark on EU exit negotiations the government has said it wants to protect and enhance the rights people have at work.

The federal government recently embarked on a public awareness campaign promoting breast - feeding as a means of protecting infants from everything from colds to obesity.

«Rather than embark on another consultation, the government needs to take this opportunity to lower it.»

He said the report came at a time when the State Government was in dire need of space for developmental projects that would improve the socio - economic wellbeing of its residents in line with the realities of present times, adding that such projects, when embarked upon, would help to reflate the economy and improve the GDP of the State.

The governor also accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of embarking on a witch - hunt of the contractors handling the state's projects in order to frustrate his government and prepare the ground for the All Progressives Congress» return.

Local government health workers also embarked on erection of tents, immunisation of children, and administration of drugs to those requiring medical attention.

Government spokespersons, Npp spokespersons and the President himself made certain reckless statements which showed clearly that the Akufo - Addo administration was going to embark on massive witch hunt, harassment, intimidation of activists of the NDC.

«Tomorrow, armed with the provisions of the Education and Adoption Bill, the Government will use these statements as the justification to ride roughshod over the views of parents and local communities and embark on a programme of academisation.

On the other hand, it seems likely that the prospect of being rescued in this way provides an incentive to migrants to embark on journeys that are visibly unsafe, and that where states have broken the link between rescue and access to their territory — as the Australian government has done by adopting a policy whereby migrant boats are either towed back to their point of embarkation, or else their occupants are assessed in offshore detention centres, with those qualifying for refugee status placed in third countries — the stream of boats rapidly dries up, and with it the loss of life.

Spitzer was, not surprisingly, furious, and he embarked on what he called an «Unfinished Business» tour, calling out local senators in their home districts, and urging «everyone who cares about good government to call their state senator and urge him or her to get back to work.»

Back in 2001, during Chancellor Schroeder's time, a Social Democrat - Green Party coalition government put their heads (and money) together to embark upon procuring the Euro Hawk, a variant of the US - developed Global Hawk, a spy drone, built by the American company Northrop Grumman [1].

Although the Employment and Labor Relations Minister admitted to challenges in the management of the national economy, he said that has not discouraged President Mahama and the NDC government from embarking on developmental projects that will change the lives of Ghanaians.

He believes it is for this reason they have resorted to piling undue pressure on the government to get them jobs or the embark on violent protestations.

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSSAG) has warned that it will embark on an industrial action if the government does not release funds for the payment of outstanding allowances within six days.

This is currently happening in Lagos, Nigeria, where the State governor, Babatunde Fashola, has embarked on an ambitious set of policies designed to improve public services provided by his government and infrastructure of one of the most populous cities on the continent.

Whatever actions embarked on by government has a direct impact on our lives.

The NDC youth wing has served notice to embark on a protest against what they call lawless attacks by New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters on former government officials, and some citizens working in government institutions.

«We are the only state in Nigeria that has made this accomplishment and we are the only government to embark on 101 km walk called endurance trek within six years of governance in the whole Africa.

, which makes explicit the amputation - not - cure intent towards the welfare state that many in the the Government are embarking upon.

«Yet scandalously, rather than embarking on a strategy to tackle poverty and inequality, it now appears the Government plans to change the definition of child poverty in an attempt to mask the terrible toll its policies are taking on our children and young people.

«We have made the records because no government in Nigeria has ever embarked on endurance trek with such long distance of kilometre as we did.

In line with the Ministry's goal of increasing the penetration of renewable energy in the energy mix and the promotion of distributed solar power for government and public buildings, the Ministry will embark on an MDA Solar Rooftop Programme dubbed «Government Goes Solar» to reduce Government's expenditure on government and public buildings, the Ministry will embark on an MDA Solar Rooftop Programme dubbed «Government Goes Solar» to reduce Government's expenditure on Government Goes Solar» to reduce Government's expenditure on Government's expenditure on utilities.

A year after the coalition government was formed I embarked upon a research exercise which I called Project Blueprint.