Sentences with phrase «government having the courage»

Or is there some reason why the idea is unworkable even if a government had the courage of its convictions and tried to introduce such a ceiling?

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Nonetheless, to ignore the absolute need for simplification and reform of the tax system, and the contribution it would make to a strengthening economy and a sustainable fiscal framework would represent a complete lack of «political leadership and courage» by the Minister of Finance and the government.

But the federal government lacks the courage to use the effective means the provinces have put in place to diminish their greenhouse gas emissions, like carbon taxes or carbon markets,» said Alain Brunel, Director of Energy and Climate for l'Association Québécoise de Lutte contre la Pollution Atmosphérique (AQLPA).

Previous Conservative and Labour governments have created serious problems, particularly for the millions in the private sector workforce, and it takes real political courage and conviction to take them on and bring about positive change.

President & CEO of the Long Island Association Kevin S. Law said, «Tough times calls for tough decisions and Governor Cuomo has shown courage and leadership with his proposed budget that lowers spending, does not propose new taxes and supports a property tax cap along with mandate relief to our schools and local governments.

They are the outworking of the increasing warmth and strength of relationships between the two sovereign governments of Britain and Ireland, the leadership and courage of Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers and the industriousness and commitment of all the parties in the Northern Ireland executive who have championed tolerance, mutual understanding and respect.

He had the courage to defy his party's left - leaning majority and take the Liberals into government for the first time since the Second World War.

How can we expect a president who admits to accepting a $ 100,000 gift from a foreign contractor who was awarded a government contract through the efforts of the President, to have the courage and desire to stop his Ministers and other officials from dipping their hands into the state coffers?»

The introduction of Firstbuy has shown the government is listening and it has made some of the right noises about planning and regulation too but it needs to have the courage to follow through and allow a free market and competition to govern housing and tackle the housing crisis.

What remains to be done by those Col. Ali referred to as reasons the APC government of Buhari has failed is for them to summon courage and return to where they were before they moved to the APC.»

He noted that the shortfall in oil has affected the Federal Government and put not less than 28 states under severe financial strain, adding that if not for the courage of the President and his team, the country could have gone totally bankrupt.

On planning, one of the great obstacles to growth that no government has had the courage to tackle, we are now shifting the balance from delay and objection towards development and expansion - and I know this is something that the BCC has been campaigning for this year.

William Powell AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Rural Affairs, has supported the Control of Horses (Wales) Bill in the Senedd this evening and called on the Welsh Government to go further and have the courage to address animal welfare issues across Wales.

Even if there never is, as the party's website puts it, «a Green government [that] will have the courage to pursue responsible solutions to our social, economic and environmental crises», it's not necessarily the case that the existence of a Green Party is irrelevant.

He added of the Labour government: «They have run out of time, they have run out of money, they have run out of ideas and as we have just seen they have run out of courage as well.»

It is fitting to remember that the NHS was created because the leaders of the post-war Labour government had the imagination and the courage to look beyond the period of austerity in which it was born.

It will take courage to say «no» to the many other progressive causes that our state government is involved in and that Californians have grown accustomed to having.

(Abbreviations for political parties: D = Democratic, R = Republican, C = Conservative, I = Independence, G = Green, WF = Working Families, Ref = Reform, SC = Strong Community, FN = Fenner Neighhbors, GG = Good Government, HL = High Line, C2 = Courage 2, CS = Common Sense, L = Liberty, OFA = One For All, PC = People's Choice, TFC = Time for Change)

To think that a group of people affiliated to a political party forming the government could muster the courage to put up this behavior in a court of law has never happened even under the democratic regimes perceived as nascent.

Amid speculation that David Cameron could try to galvanise the Tory rank - and - file by making the same promise in the run - up to the poll, McCluskey told Newsnight that he hopes Labour win the next election outright, but if not, and «they are the biggest party then my view is Ed should have the courage of his convictions and govern on a minority government.»

The movie's real courage, though — and the place where it requires courage from its viewers — is its unflinching portrait of what it was like to live with HIV in an era when treatment for the disease had no successful protocol, little government funding, and little recognition or support outside the gay community.

A common curriculum and assessment framework is one area in which there is a strong case for central direction, and I would encourage the government to muster the courage to put this in place.

Scott's courage and personal commitment to fight an entrenched local system of government and leadership that had grown too complacent and unresponsive to constituent concerns has been proven by his actions.

It takes courage for a government to serve notice to powerful offshore oil exploration companies that they're not welcome, but that's exactly what the Belize government has been doing throughout 2015.

Technocracy, Inc., realizes only too well that no political government on this Continent has either the courage or the structural facility to institute a Continental Health and Medical Service as proposed in the blueprint of The Technate of America, which includes in part, compulsory physical examinations of all citizens every six months; the application of preventative as well as curative medicine in diseases, etc..

David Suzuki isn't surprised the federal government approved the contentious Northern Gateway pipeline Tuesday, but he is surprised Prime Minister Stephen Harper didn't have the «courage» to announce the decision to Canadians.

Thanks to the courage of Professor Curry and others who exposed the «Hide the Decline» statement, the US Congress has started to question government funding for misleading information.

Senator Judith Troeth (had the courage to cross the floor and vote for the Rudd Government's Emissions Trading Scheme);

I am glad that finally, our leaders in the organized real estates have the courage to say, «we have had enough» to our government.

I am grateful to individuals such as Mike Montague and others who have the courage to stand against government intervention into private ownership and the free market and against those who would use the power of government to their own ends rather then competing fairly in the marketplace.