Sentences with phrase «job as a minister»

Ellen's final ministerial job as Minister of Education was cut short by her untimely death in 1947 but not before, against strong opposition, initiating the raising of the school leaving age to 15.

As does Harriet Harman: «We're all getting on with the job as ministers in the government which Gordon Brown leads.

«We're all getting on with the job as ministers in the government which Gordon Brown leads.

«I am doing my job as minister honestly.

«The fact that I don't have a job as a minister and continue to work as a lawyer, mostly when parliament is not sitting and I am not engaged on constituency duties, enables me to keep a foot in the real world — though, I accept, a well paid one.»

The Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman has been given his first ministerial job as Minister for Life Sciences jointly in the Department for Health and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

She has a part - time job as a minister's wife.

Not exact matches

Its finance minister already decried the budget as «economic sabotage» — particularly plans to remove job - training grants from provincial control.

Freeland, a former journalist who would have been used to obfuscation in her old job, has become rather good at it in her new life as a cabinet minister.

As Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg said in a statement, the reefs provide at $ 6.4 billion a year and 64,000 jobs to the Australian economy — numbers that may underestimate the reefs» value.

And Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sparked accusations of xenophobia over anti-immigration comments and a poster campaign with slogans such as «If you come to Hungary, you can not take Hungarians» jobs.»

«As the Prime Minister said today, we remain confident that the U.S. administration understands that tariffs would hurt American jobs as much as they would Canadian jobs,» said Adam Austen, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Chrystia FreelanAs the Prime Minister said today, we remain confident that the U.S. administration understands that tariffs would hurt American jobs as much as they would Canadian jobs,» said Adam Austen, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Chrystia Freelanas much as they would Canadian jobs,» said Adam Austen, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Chrystia Freelanas they would Canadian jobs,» said Adam Austen, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Several investment banks have signalled will move thousands of jobs away from the UK as a result of the prime minister's decision to pursue a clean break from the EU.

But if Brexit succeeds, «he'd have to step down as Prime Minister, and the job would go to someone from the «leave» camp, probably former London mayor Boris Johnson,» says Raoul Ruparel, co-director of Open Europe, a London think tank that's neutral on the issue.

Fitzgerald said last week that she did not recall receiving an email in May 2015 that detailed an attempt to discredit a police whistleblower whose allegations of widespread misconduct in the force cost her predecessor his job as justice minister.

As John Manley, president of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and former deputy prime minister, noted in a speech last fall on «Canada's Decade of Opportunity,» much of what the protesters fought for — from higher taxes on the rich to more jobs to reining in of banks — has already been achieved here.

On a range of questions — such as whether Harper is doing a good job, is representing the «values» of people, and should run again in the 2015 election, the prime minister has support levels among Canadians that exceed 40 per cent.

Mr. Flaherty, who has served as Finance Minister since the Conservatives first took office in 2006, had publicly declared that he wants to keep his job, though he has been battling a painful skin condition for months.

MaRS clients are making breakthroughs in areas such as healthcare and clean technology that will help improve people's everyday lives and generate high - paying, high - value jobs,» says Reza Moridi, Minister of Research, Innovation and Science for the Province of Ontario.

«My job as a prime minister and our job as a government is to bring everyone together and say we're all getting what we want — in that we are moving forward to protect the environment and grow the economy at the same time, and that doesn't have to be divisive,» he said.

Most Canadians believe that we can build a stronger economy by taking action to cut carbon pollution — and they see it as one of the prime minister's jobs to deliver that clean growth by investing in clean energy.»

What Gerstein told the world Saturday afternoon is that the Prime Minister gets to keep his job so long as his message — his policies, stances, decisions — moves Conservative activists to send cheques.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau unveiled the Liberals» second budget Wednesday, billing it as a long - term plan to lead job growth and give Canadians the «confidence and optimism» to «adapt and prosper in the face of change.»

Its response Wednesday, in a statement from Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's spokesman Adam Austen was: «As we stated at the conclusion of the first round of talks, we are committed to upgrading NAFTA and establishing 21st century standards supporting middle class jobs to the benefit of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.»

Under Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau's plan, the PQ seeks to create jobs, avoid tax hikes, further exploit Quebec's natural resources and rein in government spending, such as pushing for «fair» agreements with physicians and public - sector workers during upcoming contract negotiations.

The great thing about this arrangement is that no matter how you feel about the prime minister of the day, you can be loyal to the Crown, as embodied by whomever the prime minister has appointed to the job.

Moreover, in Europe, Italy's new Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has taken a different tack than his French neighbors by acknowledging that sustainable growth does not come from government spending programs but rather from policies such as labor market flexibility, job training and simplification of Italy's archaic civil justice system.

Now, after stints as environment minister and government House leader, Baird has the job his friends say he long coveted: foreign minister for a Prime Minister who increasingly sees foreign affairs as an area where this government can makeminister and government House leader, Baird has the job his friends say he long coveted: foreign minister for a Prime Minister who increasingly sees foreign affairs as an area where this government can makeminister for a Prime Minister who increasingly sees foreign affairs as an area where this government can makeMinister who increasingly sees foreign affairs as an area where this government can make a mark.

«The Liberal Party of Canada strongly supports free trade, as this is how we open markets to Canadian goods and services, grow Canadian businesses, create good - paying jobs and provide choice and lower prices to Canadian consumers,» says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

This total includes job cuts announced by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in Budget 2012 as well as job losses from previous budget cuts.

The newspaper said the prime minister's team had held talks with both Unilever and Kraft Heinz to see what the implications of its plans were for jobs, research and development, as well as for Unilever's headquarters and operations in Britain.

Consistent with Finance Minister Flaherty's view that there is no such thing as a «bad job», unemployed workers will no longer be allowed to hold out for a «good employer.»

I don't see a problem with an atheist as president, we have an atheist prime minister and the government still functions superficially a mormon in the top job should be no real problem except would you really like to have a president who wears secret underwear?

Christians should burn their copies of the NT for the 2000 year old con job that has been perpetuated on them by popes, bishops, priests, ministers and evangelicals such as Osteen.

This IS WORK, it is taxing, it is hard, you have to be called, and yes it is worth it, but let's empower and enable ministers by not adding more of a financial burden on minsters on top of that to go out and work a full time job as well.

It is not immediately clear who will succeed Mr Sharif, however his brother Shehbaz, who is chief minister of Punjab province, is seen as a strong contender for the job.

The minister had Googled my great - grandfather's name, and apparently my own name had popped up, along with the text of a speech I had given in Tokyo a few years earlier just after leaving my job as a top official of an international organization in Paris.

Fudge was fired from his publishing job when he refused to recant his views on hell, but has found opportunities to minister in Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Adventist, Episcopal and nondenominational churches as well as in Independent Christian Churches and numerous varieties of Churches of Christ.

Part of my job, as a minister in The United Church of Canada is to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ (and Jesus» Good News, at least as expressed in scripture, has something to do with God).

Part of my job, as a minister in The United Church of Canada is to celebrate the sacraments of baptism (in the name of the Trinity, in fact, we still have to use the traditional trinitarian formula, even if we wish we could do otherwise) and communion.

A former prime minister of India once defined his job as «managing contradictions»; this onerous task, as much moral as political, has remained the responsibility of ruling elites in democratic India.

It sounds like you're saying a minister of the word should not do his job as described by God in Scripture.

Perhaps few people will mind the words, but many will emit cries of dismay as the minister turns those words into action by picking up a lucrative part - time job, for instance, or disappearing two days a week to continue a honeymoon with his spouse, or getting into politics because he finds it refreshing, or buying a lot in the woods and building his own house.

If as a pastor you have not had an opportunity to learn either kind of skill, you have several options: Arrange to get the training you need (perhaps your church will provide a sabbatical leave); or ask your church to employ a «minister of group life and lay training» (with academic and clinical training in pastoral care and counseling); or employ a part - time pastoral counselor or accredited chaplain supervisor to coordinate lay training; or simply find a competent supervisor in your community and get your own on - the - job training as a trainer by having him or her coach you as you do lay training.

Minister of Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand food retail is in the interest of both consumers and farmers as it will bring down food inflation, create more jobs and lead to rapid infrastructure development.

The minister designated «Australia's ambassador for jobs», Andrew Robb, wants to boost the profits of foreign investors as a key to striking muchdelayed free - trade deals with countries such as China, Japan and South Korea and tapping into $ 150 billion of potential foreign investment.

The cruel irony of the prime minister welcoming the president of China just as steel jobs are cut - partly due to Chinese steel dumping - will not be lost on the UK's steelworkers and their families.

It would be the job of the diplomats to advise the Israeli Prime Minister if there were any topics that should not be discussed, as they were ultra vires of the Romanian PM.

James Wharton, who shot to fame when he tried to pilot the first EU referendum bill from the backbenches, lost his Stockton South seat and his job as an international development minister on 8 June.

The second wave of enterprise zones has been announced by ministers, as part of a bid to create 30,000 new jobs by 2015.