Sentences with phrase «nation built on»

Laying out the broad priorities of his term as Commissioner, Mr Gooda said the myriad of challenges faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples could only be overcome by an intergenerational commitment of the whole nation built on a foundation of good, healthy, robust relationships.

Scotland About Blog Situated within a vibrant Europe, Scotland is a progressive nation built on dynamism, creativity and the fabulous warmth of its people.

In a conversation with film director, Brian Redondo, artist Doreen Garner shares the motivation driving her sculptural practice: to educate viewers about suppressed racist histories embedded in the foundations of a nation built on slavery.

For a nation built on speed, America lacks a U.S.A. - made small sports car that could bring the sexy back to its Corolla - stuffed freeways.

«As a nation built on the principal of equality, we should recognize and welcome change that will build a stronger more cohesive military,» said Shalikashvili.

It is a nation built on secularism, altruism, and liberty.

As a Christian, in regards to the US being a Christian nation built on Christian principles... hogwash.

We're a nation built on the Separation of church and State.

But again correct me if I am wrong but wasn't this nation built on the idea that a break from the norm is good and constructive.

Nations built on a cult seldom survive in the long run.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Carr says the Liberals are returning to «co-operative federalism» and a hands - on approach: «It's not possible to consider major national projects and a nation building policy if you don't have all levels of governments talking to each other.»

A Stanford Business school professor, Sutton has built up a small cottage industry for himself by becoming the nation's go - to expert on, as he puts it, «a — holes.»

Political scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University argues the Liberals paid close attention to the many fumbles made by Harper's Tories on the energy file: failing to build solid relationships with First Nations, allowing environmental groups to seize the public - relations initiative, not asserting federal authority and handing provinces like B.C. and Quebec control of the political agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal review process.

Spanish Health Minister Dolors Montserrat, who originates from Catalonia, delivered a brief statement at the rally on Sunday: «Today is a very important day for all the Catalans and today we are going to put a stop to the independence, and we will... And we want to build for the Catalans and with all the rest of the Spanish people, this grand nation and this great democracy all together.»

The legendary B.C. development family saw their president of nearly 10 years, David Negrin, leave the company for a new opportunity — building and managing residential projects on the billion dollars» worth of land owned by the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil - Waututh First Nations.

According to a statement by the entity, «TiECon Dubai 2018 will be held under the «Year of Zayed» banner drawing on parallels between building a nation, building a sustainable entrepreneurship environment, and building successful companies.»

He said his administration is just getting started and «will work tirelessly to make good on our promise to the working people who built our Nation and deliver historic tax cuts and reforms — the rocket fuel our economy needs to soar higher than ever before.»

That plays into a bigger trend by some of the nation's largest food manufacturers to invest in newer brands that are built on the premise that plants are a great source of protein.

Steven C. Bullock: The pyramid is a sign of strength and survival and long - lasting, and that's showing that the new nation is going to survive and last a long time, and it's built on 13 different steps meaning the 13 new states, the 13 former colonies.

The sheer loony guts it takes to build an infrastructure of charging and battery - swapping stations on the nation's highways — you know, where the gas stations are — is breathtaking.

If that's not enough choice, the university also offers four courses in development: strategic leadership, First Nations, peace — building, and international business, with courses on government, business and sustainability marketing coming in 2011.

Over the next three years, it will focus on continuing to grow its massive user base, especially in developed nations, and over the next 10 years it will look to build new technology to get more people online and using Facebook through internet - beaming drones.

If the new administration is serious about its promises to restore manufacturing and fix the nation's trade deficits, it should naturally focus on helping to develop new technologies and products that we can build and export.

That's why we've built teams dedicated to working on election integrity and preventing governments from interfering in the elections of other nations.

The question now is whether Germany's auto industry — which is behind on the electric trend and has been upended by Volkswagen's emissions scandal — can build an e-vehicle that the nation's drivers actually want to buy, or whether the incentive will end up lining the pockets of foreign companies like Tesla and the Renault - Nissan Alliance.

India's foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment on Russia's ties with Pakistan, but has previously said that its own relations with Moscow have stood the test of time, and that the two nations are building up defense and energy relations, including collaboration on nuclear reactors in India.

Moreover, if Afghanistan really is a problem requiring the application of «all the elements of national power,» then it is a problem that exists on a nation - building scale, making killing more out of place.

On assignment in Iran for Fortune two years before, I had stumbled upon Halliburton (HAL), yet another Texas oil - services company, which was operating from a high - rise building in central Tehran, despite decades of U.S. sanctions and intense hostilities between the two nations.

The current federal government has certainly refocused and expanded its innovation policy toolkit, based on the theme of building a nation of innovators in the 2017 budget.

October 5, 2011 Mayor of Waterloo Announces Support for i - CANADA, «Intelligent Communities»: Canadian leaders focus on Building an Intelligent Nation Launch Event: First - ever comprehensive «GPS Locator» for Intelligent Communities

But «if anybody in Canada thinks they are going to get Donald to build a nation of windmills, and turn all America into a bicycle lane or a place for carbon taxes» — in that event, «if they are very, very polite, he'll give them a free ride on Trump Cruise Lines back to where they came from.»

«But more importantly, we aim to show the nation how a Midwest company — with a team not focused on a «quick exit,» but rather a laser focus on doing right by clients and building an enduring financial services brand — can move the needle on the retirement savings epidemic in this country.

We joined franchise industry leaders from the region, state and nation on the steps of the State Capitol building to raise awareness about the high unemployment issues our veterans face, and to discuss what we are doing with other franchise companies to support veterans and their careers.

Apartment List dug into U.S. Census data on building permits and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data on employment for metros and counties across the nation.

Ezra Klein: Also, to just build on that point a little bit, every Western European nation and also Canada and also Israel gets about... It's about half of what we pay, it's not as cheap as Singapore, but if we only managed to cut our costs in half, that would also be a big advance.

Our country's success is built on our openness to trade but we are also a nation of innovators — from Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best, the co-discoverers of insulin, to the Montreal researchers who helped develop the revolutionary HIV / AIDS treatment known as 3TC.

The Baltic nation of Estonia is securely storing the healthcare records for more than one million of its citizens on distributed databases, Japanese airline Peach Aviation recently became the third commercial carrier to accept cryptocurrency as payment for flights, while the musician Imogen Heap built her own blockchain to release a single directly to her fanbase.

The conventional image of the railway as a national project owes much to the appeal of Pierre Berton's books, which drew on its construction — with all the blood, sweat and scandal that went into it — as a metaphor for nation building, a physical extension of Confederation into western Canada.

Includes provisions that build on Canada's existing international commitments to fight corruption and reinforces a collective commitment to eliminating bribery and corruption in trade and investment in line with parties» commitment under the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and the domestic frameworks put in place by all TPP parties to criminalize bribery.

Matthew Farrow returns from a trip to Moscow to find far from building on its leadership position the government is considering scrapping policies other nations are now emulating

As the global economy became more complex in the second half of the 20th century, most nations eventually moved away from the gold standard, creating fiat currencies built on laws and trust in government.

Entire nations can be built on blockchain.»

According to Charles Mackay, «New houses were built in every direction, and an illusory prosperity shone over the land, and so dazzled the eyes of the whole nation, that none could see the dark cloud on the horizon announcing the storm that was too rapidly approaching.»

Taseko's revised application to build the Prosperity Mine without killing Fish Lake proves that First Nations, environmentalists, and concerned British Columbians were right to oppose the original project, and demonstrates how out of touch the B.C. Liberals are on environmental...

When someone calls that Imam one of the most evil people on the planet, when someone says he wants to build his center to train terrorists, when someone calls for amending the constitution to exclude Islam, when someone says our founding fathers wanted this to be a Christian nation and that they didn't want Muslims included, when Muslims are afraid to go out because they will be attacked, when Christian pastors are preaching against Muslims (as opposed to the belief in Islam), THAT is hatred.

They are found to be a very Rich & Powerful Groups and Mother of Groups that control lives of Millions... Now Finding Peace means that we should think on how to get those Master Keys or Super Master Keys of Super Powerful Groups that are to be gathered all in one Ring lock that works to getting them to work towards One Purpose only and that is on how to make Human Life better Globally and that by investing in them human populations worldwide not minding their Race or Faith or Political interests such will work towards Building Bridges between all Nations holding and calling one Message of Love and Sharing in some form of Brotherhood that works towards a Greener Planet Earth!?

Faith and Politics are one no matter how secular the country looks, there are still some plans that are built and made on the grounds of Survival or Prosperity of Faiths, Races both as over other Faiths, Races whether Nationally or Internationally, Such kind of those are found in every Land, Race, Faith & Nation.

Trump said American policy would now focus «not on nation - building but on killing terrorists».

They seem intent on destroying the US with unregulated immigration, pandering to those who do not belong here in the first place at the expense of the people who built this great nation.