Sentences with phrase «liberal critics who»
The measure is seen as considerably bad optics as lawmakers did not take up a minimum wage increase in this year's budget — a fact that hasn't escape liberal critics who had pushed for the wage hike.
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The fact Canadian troops could end up supporting counter-terror operations nonetheless came as a shock to NDP defence critic Randall Garrison, who blasted the Liberals for not telling Canadians more about the Mali mission.
«Don McRae needs to answer to his constituents, many of whom strongly support the protection of farmland, whether or not he stands with British Columbian farmers, or if he sides with B.C. Liberal MLA Bill Bennett who wants to destroy the Agricultural Land Reserve,» said New Democrat agriculture critic Nicholas Simons, who noted that McRae is himself a former agriculture minister.
«What we're doing today is putting in place a very serious process and effort to address — in a sophisticated, smart way — how we can secure real prosperity for the Canadian middle class going forward,» said Freeland, who will co-chair the council with Liberal finance critic Scott Brison.
The Death of God movement was part of a tradition of liberal Protestantism that sought to turn critics of Christianity into allies who could help midwife a fuller realization of the essence of faith.
Prophets are almost always rejected — by conservatives and liberals, by the pious and the rebellious, by their faithful critics and by the ones who once followed them.
She is also a powerful polemicist: an acerbic social critic who pulls no punches in her articles in Commentary and the Wall Street Journal and her 1992 book If I Am Not for Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews.
The second critic of the liberal quest who must concern us is Martin Kähler, whose work Der sogennante historische Jesus und der geschichtliche, biblische Christus (ET The So - called Historical Jesus and the Historic, Biblical Christ) was practically ignored at the time of its publication in 1892, but has since been recognized as a major contribution to the discussion.
If the liberal Justices are guilty of partiality and hypocrisy in Hill, isn't the same true of their critics who have, in the past, sharply criticized the Justices for usurping legislative authority and substituting their personal preferences for the contrary judgments of the people's elected representatives?
Enter Cuomo on Thursday, who has been loathe to comment publicly on the internal power dynamics of the Senate, where the eight - member IDC and Senate Republicans have been allied, much to the chagrin of liberal critics.
He said: «Of course, many defenders of Tim will argue that his position on these issues is perfectly liberal, and that it is his critics who are failing to be «liberal», by not respecting his Christian views.
«Anyone who has seen my page knows there is not a more intense critic of Republican policies than I am,» wrote former Assemblyman John Longville, a liberal Democrat who represented San Bernardino County.
Liberal Democrats were delighted the bill had made the Queen's speech, but were scathing about Conservative critics who claimed constitutional reform was a diversion.
Scozzafava, who maintains she is not as liberal as her critics claim, endorsed the Democrat in the race who ultimately went on to victory - the first time a Democrat won in that district in over 100 years.
Critics such as Lord Lester, the Liberal Democrat peer who introduced the idea of registering civil partnerships in a private member's bill two years ago, shared the government's dismay.
Bob Chase, NEA's high - profile president who stepped down in summer 2002 after two terms, was seen by some critics as advocating too liberal an agenda.
Liberal critic John McCallum has criticized the proposal as inadequate, pointing out that it affects only the relatively small percentage of workers who are in federally regulated industries and those working for Crown corporations, saying it would likely lead to a downgrade in pension benefits overall.
Critics of NYT columnist and blogger Paul Krugman know that the economist — who won his Nobel award for work on international trade — has a habit of carelessly repeating the «facts» on environmental issues put out by his liberal colleagues.