Sentences with phrase «most citizens supporting»

If a citizen's vote translates directly to votes in parliament it doesn't matter which way you carve the seats, the party in power will be the one with the most citizens supporting it.
The thing i'll never understand about the NDP across this country is their lack of backbone when it comes to issues that most citizens support.

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There are a lot of facts that support that, of all the terrorist activities in this country since 9/11, most have been caused by American citizens radicalized by policies implemented by past administrations.
While we fully support and appreciate President Trump in his stated mission to protect U.S. citizens from harm, we are similarly concerned for the safety and protection of refugees — some of whom are Christian, most of whom are Muslim, and nearly all of whom come from the homeland of Jesus himself.
What Coons goes out of his way to avoid discussing is the principle, found in the First Amendment and most state constitutions, that government may not compel any citizen to support any religious institution, directly or indirectly.
Italians (75 %) and Germans (71 %) were most likely to support religious freedom, while French (52 %) and Polish (55 %) citizens were least likely.
Ben & Jerry's has teamed up with the International Rescue Committee to ask concerned citizens to contact European leaders and ask them to support legislation to help some of the world's most vulnerable people rebuild their lives in safety.
With the repatriation of all its citizens now impossible — particularly the most vocal opposition activists who left Rwanda in the post-1998 period and were thus unaffected (in theory) by the Clause's implementation — the Rwandan government shifted its approach to generously support a range of other initiatives and durable solutions in refugee - hosting states, for example the provision of passports to Rwandan refugees abroad from visiting delegations.
Some political liberals, appalled at the liberation of monied interests to spend immense amounts on elections, support a convention for the purpose of overruling the Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United that declared unconstitutional most imitations on campaign finance.
As expected, most of the Citizens Union - sponsored event focused on the candidates» reform agendas, with strong support from all for legalizing gay marriage, bipartisan redistricting and full public financing of campaigns.
The EU and Romania would both like to avoid Moldova turning into another island of instability in Europe's neighbourhood and this perhaps explains their desire to support the most powerful political parties and leaders within the country, even if this comes at the expense of citizens.
In U.S. history, the two most notable efforts to develop religious communities that served much of the role of the welfare state to its members that most developed countries provided through government to its citizens, have been the Roman Catholic Church, which has developed a large parallel education and health care system, and the Church of the Latter Day Saints, which uses tithes to finance a wide variety of services and economic supports for members of the Mormon community.
«This is a sad day for Citizens Union that it can not, in good conscience, support any of the candidates for mayor, including the incumbent, who has spent most of his tenure engulfed in troubling ethical issues that continue to swirl around him.
«This is a sad day for Citizens Union that it can not, in good conscience, support any of the candidates for Mayor, including the incumbent, who has spent most of his tenure engulfed in troubling ethical issues that continue to swirl around him,» said Citizens Union Chairman Randy Mastro.
Dylan Ratigan, a former MSNBC host who entered the race last week, wove comments about the «soul of the country» into his remarks, citing his work with Helical Holdings to help returning combat veterans — including the homeless — and how he attempted to reconcile those efforts with his mounting displeasure with the banking industry, which he said supports concentrating wealth at the top, not helping the country's most vulnerable citizens.
Osborne and Alford do what they love most, diving and publishing on novel methods of science education, including citizen science, where regular people gather data to support peer - reviewed science.
But many states offer meager financial support to their guardianship system, leaving some of the country's most vulnerable citizens without a guardian and in a perpetual limbo.
Though educators and the public will never agree on precisely what «citizen competence» demands of schooling, the best strategies for teaching reading, or the most appropriate curriculum for cultivating critical thinking or a sense of justice, most will agree that schools that teach or practice racism, deny boys and girls equal opportunities, or neglect mathematics do not merit public support.
This conflicts with one of the most dearly held principles of religious freedom — the government should not compel any citizen to furnish funds in support of a religion with which he or she disagrees, or even a religion with which he or she does agree.
Throughout her career, her work has focused on supporting understandings about how children learn so as to ensure that our youngest, most vulnerable citizens — especially those in historically underserved diverse urban communities — have access to high quality learning opportunities.
If the public did not support this program, far fewer cats would have been trapped because private citizens did most of the trapping.»
And it doesn't stop there... KVHS has a public spay neuter program to help reduce pet overpopulation in our community, we regularly conduct educational and outreach activities to teach citizens about our work and humane care for animals, and we have created programs to strengthen opportunities for our most vulnerable animals like feral cats and senior animals through ongoing support and fee waived or reduced adoptions.
Henry Hillman was one of Pittsburgh's most notable citizens — a businessman, investor, civic leader and philanthropist who spent much of his fortune supporting a wide range of projects in his home city through the family foundations which he established.
Most US citizens don't have the money and must travel distances to have the income necessary to support a home and a family unless you want to live in Urban Blight or unsafe public housing.
For instance, most cultures and religions support variations of the golden rule that holds that individuals should not be able to severely harm others because of economic self - interest, polluters should pay for harm that they caused, and nations should prevent their citizens from harming others beyond their boarders.
While past policies faced their own political and social resistance when originally proposed, most policymakers today retrospectively support the ideologies of past policies implemented to provide electricity for all U.S. citizens, decrease dependency on foreign energy resources, and protect human health and welfare and the environment.
Our most recent such event was the Great Legal Bake Off, an annual fundraising event organised by the Access To Justice Foundation and the Citizens Advice Bureau, and in this region, in conjunction with the Yorkshire Legal Support Trust.
Private practice lawyers passionately support their Legal Aid colleagues who are dedicated to bringing justice to Minnesota's most vulnerable citizens.
«Our increasingly connected world needs a financial system that supports the fast, free, and easy movement of money, one that empowers the most vulnerable and needy of our global citizens».
«Americans and most first world citizens know that when they swipe a card that their government will support the dollar or currency that is being spent but in places like Zimbabwe there are 100 trillion - dollar notes in circulation because the government of that country mismanaged their currency and left the people in dire circumstances,»
Some of the most important duties of a Community Liaison are delivering safety presentations in schools or community centers, consulting with citizens, helping with crime prevention, taking part in community meetings, and providing support to victims of crime.
Throughout her career, her work has focused on supporting understandings about how children learn so as to ensure that our youngest, most vulnerable citizens — especially those in historically underserved diverse urban communities — have access to high quality learning opportunities.
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