Sentences with phrase «if governments act»

Any policies they develop and any innovations they engender are more likely to be transformational if these governments act together rather than in isolation.

The impacts to human civilisation can be reduced if our governments act with urgency and conviction.»

Not exact matches

They are made to silence the objections of organized labour and make the government of the day appear as if it's acting in the national interest.

By parallel, if you forbid a company from competing for government contracts for 10 years, those are 10 years during which they will engage in precisely zero instances of attempted bribery or other acts of corruption, at least with regard to bribery or corruption of Canadian officials.

I bring this up because this absence (or call it omission, if you like) underlies the staunch opposition of many conservative Republicans to the Affordable Care Act — and to previous government efforts to provide publicly funded health care and insurance coverage to their citizens going back to the passage of Medicare in 1965.

And third, if Carrier makes decisions that lead to financial distress as a result of acting on Trump's advice, the federal government will inevitably face pressures to provide Carrier with additional assistance.

«Instead of a watch list limited to actual, known terrorists, the government has built a vast system based on the unproven and flawed premise that it can predict if a person will commit a terrorist act in the future,» Hina Shamsi, the head of the ACLU's National Security Project, told The Intercept.

If you want feedback on your IPO plan before jumping in, consider taking advantage of new freedoms established by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which was enacted by the federal government in April 2012.

But if the government can prove its allegations, then it will have met the standard required in the Clayton Act: proof that the merger's effect «may be substantially to lessen competition.»

«The All Writs Act doesn't allow government to conscript a company into service if the company doesn't have the information... If the FBI is doing an investigation, it can't force the local locksmith to help it break into a house,» said Abdif the company doesn't have the information... If the FBI is doing an investigation, it can't force the local locksmith to help it break into a house,» said AbdIf the FBI is doing an investigation, it can't force the local locksmith to help it break into a house,» said Abdo.

These are the moments when government should act swiftly to craft legislation that could stop abusive behavior in the private sector, especially if legislators are interested in lowering the cost of healthcare across the board.

Armstrong's former teammate, Floyd Landis, originally brought the lawsuit in 2010 under a federal law, the False Claims Act, that lets whistle - blowers pursue fraud cases on behalf of the government, and obtain rewards if successful.

If the financial connection to China, a country whose government typically opposes transparency and political dissent, seems problematic, Hwang isn't concerned: «If anything, we are informing the public about upcoming changes in laws as well as the decision makers behind it, emboldening affected parties to act up and speak up if necessary,» he saiIf the financial connection to China, a country whose government typically opposes transparency and political dissent, seems problematic, Hwang isn't concerned: «If anything, we are informing the public about upcoming changes in laws as well as the decision makers behind it, emboldening affected parties to act up and speak up if necessary,» he saiIf anything, we are informing the public about upcoming changes in laws as well as the decision makers behind it, emboldening affected parties to act up and speak up if necessary,» he saiif necessary,» he said.

Not everyone will benefit: now that Republicans have swept the US government for the first time since 1928, it means Obamacare is over - just a matter of time - and Affordable Care Act - vulnerable stocks such as Universal Health Services, AmSurg and Mednax will likely plunge; on the other hand pure pharma stocks like MCK and ABC will benefit as rhetoric on drug pricing will diminish significantly, leading to more stable earnings if / when changes in drug pricing become more stable.

Sen. Pat Toomey (R - PA) last year asked the Government Accountability Office whether the CFPB's auto lending guidance might qualify as a rule for the purposes of the Congressional Review Act and, if so, be possible to roll back.

In its bid to block flows of diluted bitumen, the Horgan government is relying on a B.C. Environmental Management Act provision to regulate transport of harmful substances, and the province may be on shaky legal ground if it restricts one transportation mode and not another.

If a judge deems the British Columbia government is not doing enough to protect crucial habitat of the endangered spotted owl, he or she could order the federal environment minister to recommend an emergency protection order under the federal Species at Risk Act.

The provincial government filed a reference case Thursday in the B.C. Court of Appeal asking whether amendments it is proposing to the Environmental Management Act are valid and if they give the province the authority to control the shipment of heavy oils based on the impact spills could have on the environment, human health or communities.

If this wasn't enough to get environmentalist in an uproar the government then proposed changes to the income tax act that would require that that charities disclose foreign sources of funds and demonstrate that the organization satisfied the 10 per cent rule for political activities.

But Capitol Hill is also widely expected to take up an emergency «supplemental» funding bill that would send tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars to help begin to repair the Texas coast using the Federal Relief Act, which allows the federal government to steer emergency cash to state governments hit by natural disasters.

If you are the representative of an entity that owns common stock of the Company, you must present a government - issued photo identification, evidence that the entity has authorized you to act as its representative at the Annual Meeting, and, if the entity is a street name owner, proof of the entity's beneficial stock ownership as of the record datIf you are the representative of an entity that owns common stock of the Company, you must present a government - issued photo identification, evidence that the entity has authorized you to act as its representative at the Annual Meeting, and, if the entity is a street name owner, proof of the entity's beneficial stock ownership as of the record datif the entity is a street name owner, proof of the entity's beneficial stock ownership as of the record date.

That if the government was able to act as a price negotiator and get prices down, a lot of things would open up in how we design insurance, because people would not be so afraid of financial calamity.

But even with this Act in place, there is still the difficult question: if the government does respond to the next crisis, then what should it do?

A judge from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court has to give the FBI permission if it wants to spy on a US citizen it thinks might be working with a foreign government.

Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean announced that if his party forms government on May 5, he would introduce an Accountability Act as the new government's first bill in the Legislative Assembly.

If and when Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley introduces amendments to the timeline, the government should also change other sections in the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act that would create a more fair process of drawing electoral districts.

Under the Investment Canada Act, the federal government has the authority to review such acquisitions if there are reasonable grounds...

There is debate about whether the UK government should act to support the ailing steel industry, and how it should do this if it does intervene.

If the far right wants to act like they are more special than the rest of Americans than fine make all people married under the government go back and change the wording on their license to read Cilvil Union.

However, if the governments of the world fail to act in their behalf, He will hold those governments accountable.

If you actually believe the government's false version of 9/11 you would believe this was an act of hatred for democracy and freedom.

Moses also warned them first what would happen if they disobeyed it was there choice to repent or to act in there own strength.In regard to the last statement the Government justifys it by saying that it is the mother has the right to abort her children.

I do believe that the government has no place in determining if active pregnancy prevention should be paid for by an organization that opposes the act, but that's a separate argument from protecting a woman's health unless pregnancy itself is the risk to their well being.

So by stating that there must be a Christian presence in government you're kinda unconsciously outlining the mind controlling hypocrisy you're indoctrinated into, of early Byzantine cultists who subverted a good religion and plugged 2000 years of pagan rituals into a philosophy that was about love and created the most hypocritical, torturous, murderous, blasphemous, demonic and satanic era of human history, that would have made the devil himself, if he happens to be real, enthralled and delighted at the inhuman acts perpetrated by men who's skill lay only in great fornication and great defilements, that can only be possessed by those that truly revel in the pain and the blood of the innocent.

If the person did it because of his religion, well then that would mean something, but if the act was perpetrated because the person was angry with the governments stance on drone strikes, or the new budget, or maybe the person was against runnerIf the person did it because of his religion, well then that would mean something, but if the act was perpetrated because the person was angry with the governments stance on drone strikes, or the new budget, or maybe the person was against runnerif the act was perpetrated because the person was angry with the governments stance on drone strikes, or the new budget, or maybe the person was against runners.

For the mosque construction projections is has supported so far, the ADL's legal arguments revolve around the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, a 1990 law requiring government to show a compelling interest if it imposes land use regulations on houses of worship.

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

In the denomination to which I once belonged, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), more traditional pastors are beginning to wake up to the fact that, even if the civil government does exercise some restraint in compelling pastors to act against conscience, it is hardly the case that their denomination itself will.

[If a foreign government is your opponent, then you should first offer justice and peace, but if this is refused then defend yourself by force against force...] And in such a war it is a Christian act and an act of love confidently to kill, rob, and pillage the enemy, and to do everything that can injure him until one has conquered him according to the methods of war.If a foreign government is your opponent, then you should first offer justice and peace, but if this is refused then defend yourself by force against force...] And in such a war it is a Christian act and an act of love confidently to kill, rob, and pillage the enemy, and to do everything that can injure him until one has conquered him according to the methods of war.if this is refused then defend yourself by force against force...] And in such a war it is a Christian act and an act of love confidently to kill, rob, and pillage the enemy, and to do everything that can injure him until one has conquered him according to the methods of war.13

Meanwhile, Jack Anderson maintained that these same companies were being allowed to tone down, before its release, a government study which shows that oil spills have done great damage to the ocean.7 How can we act responsibly if we can't even find out what the facts are?

The new government drive will also aim to close off a loophole that means police can be powerless to act if they discover knives in someone's home.

is this not what these soldiers have been fighting and dying for «freedom» that's why we live in this country to have the freedom to live and have our own beliefs without the government telling us how we should live and act im proud of this soldier for standing up for his beliefs that's what he is fighting for if you holly rollers want forced religion then move to another country

Significant elements within the media continue to act as if they constituted a permanent and not - so - loyal opposition to the government of the day.

If the World Trade Organization penalized countries that imposed such a tariff, its nature would be exposed, and public opinion, acting through governments, might yet reduce its power or change its policies.

To take an extreme speculative possibility, the Arizona shooter, if mentally disturbed, may for all we know have had a delusion that Giffords was the leader of an elaborate secret government conspiracy against him, so that from his point of view, the shooting was an act of self - defense.

You're being purposeful obtuse if you think an individual acting under (and protected by) the auspices of an institution (a university, a government job, etc) is somehow separate from that institution when things go south.

If they were doing their job and holding their government to account you wouldn't need acts like this in the first place.

Real Madrid's array of talent isn't too shabby either and should Jose Mourinho's club get into a spot of financial bother, the Spanish government will act immediately and bail them out because they're that important to Spanish culture it's almost as if they're a political institution.

«The government is already looking at whether existing legislation in this area goes far enough... If it becomes clear that stronger criminal sanctions are needed then we will not hesitate to act.»

If the research becomes compelling enough, the federal government might need to act.