Sentences with phrase «into question any of these policies»

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But there no question of any EU «boots on the ground» in Libya, which has become a main launching point for people traffickers since being plunged into chaos with two rival governments and a significant number of Islamic State militants, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said last week.

In an e-mail message Scott Sinclair, a director at the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, wrote that he suspects «these revelations call into question the validity of the distinction between foreign state - owned enterprises and private corporations underlying the recent changes to the Investment Canada Act.

Part of my rationale for speaking so strongly here is that Kevin called into question the integrity of the Tax Policy Center, a group staffed by highly respected former civil servants, by calling their work «scientifically indefensible» and «fiction».

That stable dynamic has now broken down, with Trump's surprise embrace of steel tariffs throwing much into question about the future of American trade policy.

The authors address these questions and provide a comprehensive overview of what an RMB clearing hub is and how it fits into existing developments in currency internationalization, policy reform in China, and the positioning of cities in a changing global economy.

Yet this isn't the first time in the present campaign that the Conservatives themselves have trespassed on traditional Bank of Canada terrain. On July 22 Joe Oliver publicly rejected the use of quantitative easing in Canada (the unconventional credit - expanding strategy that has been used successfully in the US, the UK, and now Europe) despite dimming economic projections here. Decisions about the use of QE should, in theory, be the purview of the central bank. Several economists publicly questioned Oliver's statement, noting that it throws into question the Bank's future decisions on monetary policy.

Powell has in the past expressed a view that Fed communication «should do more to emphasize the uncertainty that surrounds all economic forecasts, should downplay short - term tactical questions such as the timing of the next rate increase, and should focus the public's attention instead on the considerations that go into making policy across the range of plausible paths for the economy.»

Acknowledging this, however, would call into question the revelation vouchsafed to another of the new environmentalism's ideological allies, the population - control movement: namely, that people are a pollutant» a pernicious idea, born of the earlier progressivist eugenics movement and brought to a popular boil in the Sixties by evidence - light propagandists like Paul Ehrlich, that continues to affect U.S. foreign - aid policy to this day.

This year, Hillary Clinton has better policy proposals to help improve the lives of women, children, and families than Donald Trump, whose pro-life convictions are lukewarm at best, and whose mass deportation plan would rip hundreds of thousands of families apart, whose contempt for Latinos, Muslims, refugees and people with disabilities would further marginalized the «least of these» among us, and whose support for torture and targeting civilians in war call into question whether Christians who support him are truly pro-life or simply anti-abortion.

The first few moments I dimly recall, the thermometer being stuck into my mouth, the gray band being wrapped around my arm to take blood pressure, and the series of annoying questions being asked about my health insurance policy (which I thankfully reassured myself, even in that debilitated state, would very soon be a thing of the past).

, Ronald Dworkin asserts that «the level of indifference the nation now shows to the fate of its poor calls into question not only the justice of its fiscal policies but also their legitimacy.

Their argument is that, to put it in Lincoln's language, «if the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.»

At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.

The key shift was in the 1970s, when the Court veered away from strict interpretation of the original meaning of the Convention and adopted instead a policy of interpreting the Convention creatively and, through case law, extending its scope way beyond traditional ideas of political freedom into questions of economic and social policy.

But while the Conservative manifesto explicitly states the policy would be kept until 2020, increasing talk of an early general election calls into question whether it will remain a commitment for as long as many will have expected.

«By placing a substantial number of injuries into categories that presume little to no compensation, the Board has made a policy judgment that exceeds questions of medical improvements and worker healing.»

Her response that foreign policy took into account the military's security interests but is made on wider considerations of national interest raised the vital question of who defines «national interest» in Pakistan.

A draft of an audit being prepared by the Office of the New York State Comptroller calls into question the budget and spending policies of the City of Niagara Falls and warns of potentially dire financial circumstances for the Cataract City unless officials there «take immediate steps» to get their financial house in order.

A draft of an audit being prepared by the state comptroller calls into question the budget and spending policies of the City of Niagara Falls and warns of potentially dire financial circumstances for the Cataract City unless its officials «take immediate steps» to get their financial house in order.

Questions - future of the euro, House of Lords size, council tax freeze in Wales Debate - changing world of employment Debate - government policies on family budgets Short debate - transforming water from source of conflict into basis for cooperation in Middle East

And once again, there were different iterations of the same quote offered in response to questions about the policy issues baked into the spending plan.

That will lead some MPs to question the wisdom of bringing the former Cabinet minister back into such a prominent position as an economic policy spokesman.

The revelation, which surfaced late last night, calls into question the impartiality of the taxpayer - funded broadcaster as it is believed that Mrs Blair, nicknamed «the wicked witch» by some, implied in 1985 that she wasn't overly fond of all of Margaret Thatcher's policies.

The conference's deputy leader, Sen. Mike Gianaris, meanwhile, is among the lawmakers questioning Cuomo's use of inserting major policy measures into his $ 142 billion spending plan by tying them to appropriations bills.

A day after one of his aides got into a heated argument with a TV reporter over his refusal to take questions on homelessness, de Blasio insisted his administration had an open door policy with both the press and the public.

Much of the early debate about Britain's coming in - out referendum on the European Union has concerned the operation of these rules: the wording of the question on the ballot paper, campaign spending limits and the extent to which David Cameron and his ministers should go into policy - purdah in the final weeks.

Those questions should include whether the Lib Dems are happy to accept the economic policy of parties they go into coalition with.

The parliamentary party has a clear collective mandate as the official opposition, partly on the basis of a manifesto with clear commitments to Nato and the EU plus renewal of Trident, all policies now put into question by Corbyn's leadership campaign.

Indeed, even if he had asked for a donation - which he hotly denies - that would not have been against the law... If there is to be an inquiry, it should be into the far more serious question of whether Peter Mandelson allowed his friendship with Mr Deripaska to influence EU policy on aluminium tariffs?

For one, contractors raise the question of whether the policy is legal: The 30 percent requirement does not appear in state law, but is strongly encouraged by Cuomo's Executive Chamber to be put into bids for contracts.

The quality and equity aspect of the Free Senior High School policy that was rolled out amid fanfare is being called into question, even in the nation's capital, Accra, with the dire infrastructure situation students of the La Presbyterian SHS are enduring on a daily basis.

It was predictable timing that Ruth Kelly published her white paper on «city regions» two weeks ago, as Labour rush (yet again), into another disastrous policy to avoid answering the West Lothian question before they get booted out of office.

The prime minister went into a standard denunciation of Labour's economic policies which she said were not «kind» or «fair» to anybody - but the questions about Windrush were far from over as an SNP MP, Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable and a furious Yvette Cooper kept up the pressure on her (see below)

«Moreover, we are concerned that establishing a practice of aggressive inquiry into the professional histories of scientists whose findings may bear on policy in ways that some find unpalatable could well have a chilling effect on the willingness of scientists to conduct research that intersects with policy - relevant scientific questions.»

Engagement with members of Congress, for example, is most powerful when scientists transform scientific findings into real - life stories that use facts to demonstrate how a policy prescription will either hurt or improve the lives of constituents, the two said during the webinar, which drew more than 1,700 participants and nearly 300 questions.

«We looked into the question of whether — and if so, to what extent — the public's attitude to climate policy and the risks of climate change can be influenced,» explains Thomas Bernauer, professor of political science at ETH Zurich.

«This kind of behavior calls into question sugar industry - funded studies as a reliable source of information for public policy making.»

That being said, the inquiry into misconduct should proceed according to the standard policies at the researchers» institution, with the media being notified only if the parties in question are indeed deemed guilty of research fraud.

Whether we're talking about free speech on Usenet, the policy questions of legitimate marketing and com - mercial activity conducted over email, or the desirable but spam - ish mes - sages that trip the filters and disappear, there is always friction not around the most egregious case (no one argues for Leo Kuvayev's «\ / 1@gR / - \» messages) but at the blurry places where spam threatens to blend into acceptable use, and fighting one might have a deleterious effect on the other.

Though the verdict was based on a technicality related to the scope of the term «product of nature,» Plomer argues the verdict «calls into question patent policies which put the rights of organizations motivated by the pursuit of profit above the public interest and rights to equal and free access to open science.»

It similarly raises, then drops, a discussion of what the privatization of the military means for the future of American foreign policy as the question of whether or not Brian is father to Tracy's oldest child comes into and falls out of play.

By the end of the film, especially as we look at today's headlines, it calls into question our policy of not helping others in need when they need it most.

Wrapped up in this statement are the ambiguities of meaning, the unclear translation into policies, and the inherent questions about analytical underpinnings that have persisted.

Some of these are the same people who have made once - esoteric educational questions — like school discipline, collegiate Title IX policies governing due process, school choice, teacher evaluation, and determination of testing subgroups — into hero's journeys defined by bitter battles between those fighting «for the kids» (their side) and the forces of malice (the other side).

«These results call into question the fixed and formulaic approach to teacher evaluation that's being promoted in a lot of states right now,» said Morgan Polikoff, one of the study's authors, in a video that explains his paper, «Instructional Alignment as a Measure of Teaching Quality,» published online in Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis on May 13, 2014.

The confidence in Newpoint expressed by Pine Springs Prep's board members, one of whom is Rep. Paul Stam's policy analyst, Gregg Sinders, was enough to persuade the CSAB to recommend them for a fall 2016 opening, along with Cape Fear Preparatory in New Hanover County — in spite of concerns raised by external reviewers peppered throughout the schools» applications that called into question the feasibility and probable success of the two proposed charters.

Wallace's approach is to develop insights into important questions that, if answered, could help strengthen practices and policies within the foundation's fields of interest.

Seeking insight into some of the most challenging questions on race and equity still left unanswered in America, a bus full of community college faculty and education leaders, including Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) participants, embarked on a civil rights bus tour in late November.

Decisions on policy matters that may be opposed by a new government must be postponed until after the election, calling into question the ability of the Department for Education (DfE) to sign funding agreements or land contracts for new free schools until after June 8, especially given Labour's opposition to the programme.

Online learning can call into question our institutions» beliefs, structures, policies, and, even more, the fundamental mission of the organization.