Sentences with phrase «major federal government policy»

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75, the federal government also introduced virtually all of the major policy innovations that make up Canada's system of social programs: Canada - wide Medicare, universal pensions, the modern unemployment insurance system, and cost - sharing with the provinces for higher education and welfare.

At that time, economists feared a major recession, which historically had followed major wars, and the Federal government intended to be ready for resumption of the New Deal's fiscal policy of massive, albeit feckless, spending to create full employment.

The major challenge for the federal government in the budget expected this month is to maintain its commitment to progressive social and economic policies in the context of a major shift to the political right in the United States.

In 2013, the federal government continued, as in the past, to show its ideological arrogance; its unwillingness to confront major economic challenges; its disdain for Parliament; its aversion to openness and transparency; its rejection of a federal role in working with the provinces to strengthen the Federation; and its inability to adopt evidence based policy.

A report on the commodity program published by Public Voice asserts that firmly entrenched dairy policies are a major impediment to the federal governments's goal of providing children with school lunches that meet U.S. dietary guidelines.

The Federal Government is mulling a major policy shift to Nigeria's tertiary education system that would see graduates go for an extra year of studies in...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would sue the federal government over the just - passed tax bill, proposed major changes to the state's criminal justice system and introduced a suite of policies to combat sexual harassment in his annual State of the State address on Wednesday.

The position of the Federal Government is that in view of the fact that Cameroon has been a major key player in the war against insurgency and the involvement of Cameroon in fighting for the stability of Nigeria, it will be out of the foreign policy context of Nigeria to abandon Cameroon and the acting president directed me — and I have communicated appropriately that if the only vote that will come to Hayatou will be from Nigeria, Nigeria should stand with Hayatou.»

• Only 19 % supports the federal government holding schools accountable for what students learn, a major premise underlying both the Bush and Obama education policies.

As policymakers begin work on a major overhaul to the federal tax code, which could include eliminating or changing the deduction, and amid widespread concern about rising student debt levels, leaders should bear in mind that altering the provision would have implications for higher education and tax policy across levels of government.

A major infrastructural change to our transportation sector is needed, and that change must come from the federal government through direct, targeted policy aimed at eliminating our use of hydrocarbon fuel in cars, trucks, and airplanes.

Bernie Fraser, the chairman of the independent climate change authority, which the Abbott government intends to abolish, is a softly spoken former governor of the reserve bank and former secretary of the federal treasury, not known for simplistic assessments of major policy discussions.

This policy is for those people who are in relatively good health and don't have any major issues recorded with any federal or state government database, pharmacy records or with the Medical Information Bureau (MIB Group).

Health reform is on the agenda in Canberra with the Federal Government in the process of developing the 2017/18 Federal Budget and Labor signalling a major review of its policies via its Hea... Read more

Health reform is on the agenda in Canberra with the Federal Government in the process of developing the 2017/18 Federal Budget and Labor signalling a major review of its policies via its Health Policy Summit, to be held tomorrow.