Sentences with phrase «issue in the election wave»

Immigration was the most highly mentioned issue in the pre-election wave in April, but the economy re-emerged as the most important issue in the election wave.

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In looking at parliamentary activity since the last election, issues concerning the wave of media acquisitions over the last year and a half were barely mentioned.

For example, in the latter days of the 2011 election campaign, as Jack Layton's orange wave was gathering momentum, Harper and then - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty jumped all over Mr. Layton for allegedly violating the sacrosanct principle of central bank independence. Layton had responded to a reporter's question about interest rates, indicating it would be better for Canada's economy if they stayed low. Harper and Flaherty denounced this statement violently, calling it a «rookie mistake» that threatened the independence of the Bank. Layton quickly issued a clarification confirming that he, too, accepted the doctrine of central bank independence.

There are no shortage of issues that I hope will be the focus of debate in this election (urban sprawl, inner city schools, regional amalgamation, and others that I plan to write about over the next six months), but the one issue that may have the potential to create a major wave is the Katz Group «s desire to have the City of Edmonton to fund $ 400,000,000 for a new downtown arena.

In the wake of waves of criticism, Facebook continues to institute more changes to its platform — including new stringent rules for those placing issue - based ads — in an effort to thwart future election interferencIn the wake of waves of criticism, Facebook continues to institute more changes to its platform — including new stringent rules for those placing issue - based ads — in an effort to thwart future election interferencin an effort to thwart future election interference.

The allegations have surfaced in historically «red» House districts that turned «blue» during the Democratic waves of 2006 and 2008, with the election of Democrats who claimed to be moderate to conservative on issues like abortion.

Based on this coding, we find the following trends in which issues are cited as the most important across different waves of the British Election Study.

A potential raise for New York state lawmakers has become a campaign issue in this fall's elections, with many challengers saying lawmakers don't deserve more money following a wave of corruption arrests.

The Senate Democrats also issued a statement, saying a «blue wave» is sweeping the country, and that they fully expect to pick up enough Democratic seats in the November elections to take back the Senate.