Sentences with phrase «led by the liberal»

The 125 CEOs who participated in the survey were asked to compare a hypothetical majority government under Conservative leader Stephen Harper to one led by Liberal Stéphane Dion.

Canadian Members of Parliament and Senators, led by Liberal MP Bob Nault, recently completed a trade and cultural visit to Taiwan.

Gordon Brown had resisted calls, led by the Liberal Democrat's, for a period of temporary nationalisation, but today appeared to accept this may be necessary.

And of course, it's no coincidence that the one major department that didn't try to stop any loosening of power from Whitehall is the Energy department - led by a Liberal Democrat Secretary of State

Led by the liberal supporters of Bernie Sanders, left - leaning Democrats are organizing to drive Cuomo from office as he runs for re-election in 2018.

The project got its start under the previous government, led by the Liberal Democratic Party.

The subject of the seminars, led by a liberal - arts faculty member and one from the college of education, is the teaching style used by the liberal - arts instructor.

In 1975 the federal government, led by Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, introduced an amendment to the Criminal Code that changed the procedure for appeal from a summary conviction proceeding.

Not exact matches

«In the tough economic times ahead, we need a Conservative majority led by Harper to make the difficult decisions without the inevitable bickering from the Liberals and NDP,» wrote one CEO.

The commanding lead held last week by Prime Minister John Howard and the Liberal Party was not all froth and bubble, according to the latest results from the Miss Maud's Coffee Bean poll.

Clark may be challenged by the embarrassment of being defeated by the upstart human rights lawyer and having to lead her party from the visitor's gallery until some Liberal stalwart steps down to create a byelection opportunity for her in a safe seat.

The current Liberal government, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is approaching two years in office, and with a relatively new Minister of Immigration and a swathe of new approaches within the department, now is as good a time as any to reflect on how this government is faring on immigration.

But as NISA's website notes, Australia's government is in caretaker mode pending the outcome of the July 2 federal election, in which a Liberal / National coalition led by Turnbull faces the Labor party led by Bill Shorten.

Liberals have led the way by introducing numerous bills and motions in Parliament to raise the bar on transparency and accountability in government.

In the days after the shooting, conservative blogs picked up a narrative later promoted by everyone from Limbaugh to Laura Ingraham that Broward had adopted a bleeding - heart disciplinary program because of a liberal, Obama - led effort to keep crime statistics down and criminals in schools.

Since then the ruling BC Liberal party received a vote of non-confidence and the BC NDP, led by John Horgan as premier, has taken power.

On December 1, 2008, the Liberal Party of Canada, the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois officially signed an agreement to defeat the Conservative minority government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The Liberals, still led by former Tory MLA Raj Sherman, are still adjusting to their new role as the third - party in the Assembly after being bumped out of Official Opposition by the Wildrose.

«The Liberal government has done more harm than good to B.C.'s mining industry, from cuts leading to disasters to failing on the promise to open eight mines and expand nine by 2015,» said Conroy.

It is suspected that Dr. Percy would have been appointed as Finance Minister if the Liberals, led by Laurence Decore, had won the 1993 election.

A new coalition government led by Chancellor Merkel still seemed the most likely outcome, although negotiations between the various parties looked set to take some time, mainly due to the difficulties of accommodating the opposing views of the junior partners in the proposed coalition, the economically liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Greens.

Mr. Ceci supported the Liberal Party when it was led by Kevin Taft and endorsed Mr. Swann when he ran for the party's leadership in 2008.

After a divisive PC leadership race and a surprise win in the Calgary - Elbow by - election, it looked as if the Liberals led by Edmonton MLA Kevin Taft were about to build significant gains after their Calgary breakthrough in the 2004 election.

I had been a supporter of the Liberal Party led by Kevin Taft in the 2000s and was part of the group that tried to build the Alberta Party before the 2012 election.

«Alberta Liberals are, once again, leading the way on this very important issue by being an impetus for change.»

Klein declared «miracle on the Prairies» on election night in 1993, after he secured the Alberta Progressive Conservative dynasty's seventh straight majority despite a bruising provincial deficit and a strong challenge (and erstwhile poll lead) by the Alberta Liberals.

So instead of recommending Jaume, I'll turn you to what is, so far, a pretty solid recent collection on Tocqueville, which I know contains one particularly rich essay, «Tocquevillean Thoughts on Higher Education in the Middle East,» by Joshua Mitchell, a leading participant in ongoing efforts to introduce genuine liberal arts education to the Arab world, in Quatar and Iraq specifically.

Wolin has described how the liberal discontent with all forms of political authority led to a fascination with the idea that economic society could be a «self - adjusting order,» a «network of activities carried on by actors who knew no principle of authority.»

This is a rude blow to the dangerous optimism promoted by liberal ideology, according to which the famous «invisible hand» is there to ensure that markets lead to a harmonious economic order, from which everyone would benefit.

And classical music has been driven out by rock music, whose explicit sexual themes lead to rebellion against parental authority and to ruin of the youthful imagination, making «it very difficult for them to have a passionate relationship to the art and thought that are the substance of liberal education» (p. 79).

By taking the lead in pushing the (phony) contraception issue and the (real) abortion issue, Udall didn't just define himself as someone who is a social liberal.

The leading figures of liberal Catholicism were people deeply and permanently rooted in the Catholic tradition who were, nevertheless, also deeply at home in cultures shaped by the Enlightenment.

The point I am leading up to is that for many laymen the gospel of liberal social activism offered to them by many pastors, denominational headquarters, and ecumenical leaders has not come as good news.

Belief in a God who is all love and no wrath, all grace and no justice, all forgiveness and no condemnation is idolatry (worship of a false god invented by men), and it inevitably leads to universalism - which, of course, is what many liberal churches have been preaching for generations.

Having seen where the vaunted liberal pride in human independence and self - salvation had led theology, Barth was convinced that only by absolutizing the grasping, seizing management of God could human presumption and pride be curbed.

A Catholic science professor I know was recently hired by a leading Catholic liberal arts college.

That same story assessed that the leading theology of the already liberal - leaning city was replaced by a reverence for humanism.

It's considered pretty liberal by most evangelicals because they refuse to put doctrine above relationship and are anti-creedal (which leads to some churches being open and affirming, women pastors, etc.).

But I had always identified with the party's Cold War liberals, uncompromising Truman - Kennedy anti-Communists led by the likes of Henry Jackson, Hubert Humphrey, and Pat Moynihan.

Liberals inclined to minimize the significance of a leftward inclination among the media elite might test themselves on the point by asking how they would react if the situation were reversed — if, in fact, the world taken for granted by the nation's leading reporters and news executives tilted to the right rather than the left.

It might lead us to offer a contrasting vision of a politics informed by a slain lamb whom we claim rules the cosmos, whose rule encourages us to participate in God's peacemaking between Americans and Chinese or North Koreans, between Israelis and Palestinians, between pastors and parishioners, between liberals and conservatives, between humanity and the rest of God's creation.

But Reed, who formerly led the Christian Coalition, charges that the controversy around calls for abortion bans without exceptions for rape or incest --- he says anti-abortion activists generally support abortions to save a mother's life - has been blown out of proportion by Democrats and liberals who want to paint the GOP as extremist.

• God may yet lead us anew where liberals and conservatives can disrupt the shrillness long enough to admit that variously we are frightened by alternative patterns of sexuality.

Pope John Paul clearly did (think of his trust in Cardinal Sodano and all that led to, including his support for Fr Maciel and his appointment - on the advice of nuncios appointed by Sodano - of a whole raft of weak and liberal bishops most of whom are still in place and still weakening the Church).

Fbook is a culturally liberal organization led by a dude who people see as possibly running as Dem for Prez down the road (GOP mad), 2.

The review, brought forward by Lord Prescott, Liberal Democrat London mayoral candidate Brian Paddick and Labour MP Chris Bryant led to a concession by the Met that its original 2006 investigation into phone - hacking had fallen short.

A National Obesity Forum campaign, backed by a parliamentary reception and early day motion, has cross-party support, led by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative), Rt Hon. Kevin Barron (Labour), and Dr John Pugh (Liberal Democrats).

Meanwhile, the left was angered yesterday when Cuomo said he doesn't want to raise taxes in the final budget deal — a signal that he's standing firmly against the push, led by Assembly Democrats and their liberal allies, to not merely extend, but also expand, the millionaires tax.

Hashtag hijacks are nothing new (liberals and conservatives do it to each other all the time), but this one was prominent enough that it attracted media attention and led to claims that Obama has lost his online mojo (something helped by the fact that Attackwatch.com's design is harsh on the eyes and on the campaign's potential opponents — not exactly happy - friendly - hopey Obama» 08).

Liberals are placing an increasing amount of pressure on the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference in the state Senate, which is narrowly led by Senate Republicans.