Sentences with phrase «governments refuse»

People around the world, especially the poorest, are already suffering from the changing climate, yet rich country governments refuse to quit dirty energy and embrace a clean renewable future.»

Boycott is a tactic which populations can use when governments refuse to act.

It's an interesting situation: the more governments refuse to borrow, the better borrowing becomes for them.

«The Harper government refused to increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), which would protect seniors from steep increases in housing, food and energy costs.

The federal government refused to state whether it endorses any measures in the report, while acknowledging the financial crunch facing the news industry.

The government refused, citing national security.

VICTORIA — After the Christy Clark government refused to take the issue of lead in the drinking water of North Coast communities seriously, B.C. New Democrat MLA for the North Coast, Jennifer Rice, initiated water testing in three social housing units...

«Patients and health care providers are the ones who will suffer most if the B.C. Liberal government refuses to include them in this review process.

Despite an arbitral award to the FGDCA in February of this year, the government refused to implement it until June, a full four months after the expiry of the mandatory 90 - day limit.

If the government refuses to go with a public inquiry then the next premier should direct the Auditor General to conduct a review of airplane usage for all MLAs and their staff from Sept 2012 to Mar 2014.

The Oil & Petrochemical Industries Workers Confederation agreed to end the walkout after the government refused to negotiate while labor was off the job.

In one case, both the City of St. Albert and the provincial government refused to verify the candidate financial disclosures or enforce them after complaints were made by members of the public.

New Democrats introduced bills calling for a similar position in 2007, 2011 and 2013, but the B.C. Liberal government refused to implement them.

Despite this, the Christy Clark government refuses to test drinking water in other schools and public buildings such as social housing.

VICTORIA — After the Christy Clark government refused to take the issue of lead in the drinking water of North Coast communities seriously, B.C. New Democrat MLA for the North Coast, Jennifer Rice, initiated water testing in three social housing units in her community.

The government refused.

No Western or European nation should recognize Islam as a legitimate religion, just as the German government refused to recognize Scientology as a legitimate religion.

When the government refuses to allow things like stem cell research and the many benefits that could come from it because it violates someone's religious beliefs, then I am against it.

Lord Pearson told Premier when he recently raised a question on the issue in the House of Lords the government refused to answer.

Not only do such actions represent a radical departure from past times in America, when government refused to legitimate ethnic - group rights and claims, but they also encourage a polarization rather than unification of our diverse population — a trend that can result only in the eventual creation of de jure ethnic and racial geographic enclaves and political parties, with the appointment and election of individuals mandated along racial, religious and ethnic lines.

For most of the past decade, deportation to Iraq was never a possibility because the Iraqi government refused to grant papers to repatriate deportees from the US.

however what happened in reality was that protesters raised the hammas» demands tenfold, the israeli government refused to initiate a military opperation to rescue gilad — which is the logical solution to this crisis (and the israelies had their chances during operation cast led and even afterwards... in fact, the israeli intelligence knew and still knows the exact location of shalit, but since the failure of the nahson vaxman rescue operation the israellie's government position on rescue operations changed dramatically.)

We could not believe their excuse: «We wanted to raise wages, but the government refused, as it would destabilize wages throughout the industry.»

Government refuse to talk about it.

Our stadium had been put hold due to a number of financial hold - ups, including the government refusing to subsidise any of the fees, but without any sponsorship deals whatsoever, we would most certainly have failed to build on our club's stature.

FD: You face a potential problem if the government refuses to allow companies to write off the purchase of sports tickets as a legitimate business expense.

The president of the French League has warned of a talent drain from clubs playing in Ligue 1 after the French government refused to exempt footballers from their new 75 per cent tax on annual earnings above $ 1million (# 848,862).

But, despite the clinical evidence, the government refuses to entertain them.

The federal government refused to grant immunity to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who has threatened to take the Fifth Amendment if called to testify at the political corruption trial of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The Attlee Government refused to join the European Coal and Steel Community on the grounds that it was «the blueprint for a federal state» which «the Durham miners would never wear».

The government refuses to engage with the detail of the backstop and because they don't discuss it, most political journalists don't discuss it either.

A survey for the High Pay Centre showed huge public support for action against executive pay, with two - thirds of people demanding worker representation on remuneration committees, a move the government refused to enforce last week despite official recommendations.

Russia does border China, but the Chinese government refused to except Gazprom's archaic higher gas prices years ago and has long since started developing their own rival pipelines, gas fields, advanced fracking technology, liquified gas technology, and China plans to import from the US.

Mr Adelegan Solomon, Vice-President, NLC, had on Wednesday vowed that no flight would land or take off from the airport if the Federal Government refuses to revert the pump price of petrol from N145 to N87 per litre.

Mr.Badu stated that should the government refuse to heed to their warnings, they will take another action.

This NDC Government refuses to accept the responsibility for the obvious mess of the financial loss caused to the state by its former boss and officers.

In short, if the UK government refused to acknowledge the mandate of the SNP to call a...

What was his response when the NPP government refused a direct request from Nananom of the area to reactivate the factory?

If the federal government refuses to act, we will work together to enact the important reforms families deserve, and I welcome these new states to our coalition.»

If the government refuses to pay, you sue them in an international arbitration tribunal.

The federal government refused to grant immunity to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who has threatened to take the Fifth Amendment if called to testify at the political corruption trial of former state Senate leader Dean Skelos, according to a transcript of proceedings Friday.

«It is appalling to see the federal government refuse to investigate these important civil rights complaints from transgender youth, who are valued members of our schools and communities across New York State.

And yet the government refuses to budge.

The government refuses to confirm or denies it possesses such weapons.

The AG has not stated that he intends to sue the DRBC if the federal government refuses to comply with NEPA, which it is required to do, but rather the appropriate involved federal agencies.»

Following heavy inflation, the TUC called on the Busia administration to raise salaries, a call the government refused to heed.

«Fifteen years ago the Liberal Democrats demanded a referendum on the Maastricht treaty which established the EU, but the Conservative government refused it.

Making good on his promise to step up where the federal government refused aid, Cuomo announced $ 16 million in assistance to flood - stricken individuals in the Mohawk Valley and other upstate counties battered by recent storms.

However, the government refused to say when it would bring forward the document, leading to calls from Labour for MPs and peers to have access to the information before parliament is asked to vote.

When Spyer died two years later due to complications from a heart condition and a 30 - year battle with multiple sclerosis, the US government refused to acknowledge the couple's marriage, forcing Windsor to pay more than $ 350,000 in federal taxes on Spyer's estate — fees that heterosexual widows are generally exempt from.