Sentences with phrase «needed public support»

Harteau did mention that though accountability was a must, officers deserved and needed public support.

«Access to drivers licenses for undocumented workers and raising the welfare grant above the poverty line are policies that all working people should support because most of us will need public support at some point in our lives,» said Hawkins.

In either case, he would need public support to win and then to watch his back as he upsets one special - interest apple cart after another.

While we shouldn't let governments and energy companies off the hook, they need public support and pressure to act.

However, we have to remember that the organization is underfunded and understaffed under our new legislation and it needs public support (and dollars) now more than ever.

Animal welfare organisations need public support for donations.

If climate change scientists want policies enacted based on climate change science, they need public support.

Not exact matches

He's also vice-chair of startup support organization Communitech and an increasingly public advocate for his sector's needs.

After all, if you don't sell the fact that your PR strategy is working, it's going to be hard to get the support you need to build on your public relations success.

The NDP and Greens will fight the pipeline by slowing down issues like permitting and whipping up public support, but they also need to move on the social issues.

As part of our pledge, we are leveraging various aspects of our business — from product development, to economic research, to public affairs and marketing support — to raise awareness about housing insecurity and create solutions to address the unique needs of our Community Partners and those who are housing vulnerable.

I like work flexibility because... I have a special needs child that I have to homeschool due to lack of public school support.

The authors note, however, that reducing education fees, increasing funding support for people with disabilities, and increasing public support for long term care are needed to help protect the most vulnerable populations during times of economic recovery.

The project hopes to start a national conversation about alternatives to private financing of public investment, and needs both research partners and financial support.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

In the 2008 federal election, Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion also tried but failed to convince the public of the need for a carbon tax, despite Canadians» support for action on climate change.

In the event of a public health crisis that resulted in a high rate of employee absenteeism, Schwab would focus available personnel on critical business functions that directly support client needs.

Negotiating such a deal will be challenging given the complexity of the issues at hand and the need to secure Canadian public support for closer economic ties.

Congress and the public also need to be fully informed about exactly what advertising support services the companies provided to individual candidates in the last election, and how that functioned.

The conclusions, backed by all 27 leaders including Ms Merkel, endorsed «short - term targeted measures to boost growth and support job creation» and the need to «balance productive public investment needs with fiscal discipline».

Trends, arguably, are important in public opinion, something Alberta political parties forget — or ignore — in their ongoing conversation about the level of public support for that pipeline across the Rockies to B.C.. However, that needs to be a topic for another day.

These costs primarily relate to establishing the company's own information technology systems and services, independent accounts payable functions and reorganization of existing human resources and information technology organizations to support the company's standalone public company needs.

The organization hopes to use new technologies as an instrument for attracting the attention of the world public to the existing humanitarian problems and the necessary material support for children in need.

I support the NDP government's decision continue investing in public services and much - needed public infrastructure projects rather than slashing - and - burning, as the opposition conservative would do.

The limitations of macroprudential policies reflect the potential for risks to emerge outside sectors subject to regulation, the potential for supervision and regulation to miss emerging risks, the uncertain efficacy of new macroprudential tools such as a countercyclical capital buffer, and the potential for such policy steps to be delayed or to lack public support.14 Given such limitations, adjustments in monetary policy may, at times, be needed to curb risks to financial stability.15

Providing much needed insight on Russia's global trading market and developments surrounding international sanctions, the conference will include contributions from Russia's leading corporates, financiers, insurers, public bodies and all supporting sectors involved in international trade finance.

The numbers revealed support for a trade agreement, but they also revealed some concerns the government will need to address if such an agreement is to receive public approval.

Support is growing, but there are public concerns the government will need to address.

These costs primarily relate to establishing the company's own information technology systems and services, independent accounts payable functions and the reorganization of existing human resources and information technology organizations to support the company's stand - alone public company needs.

But new taxes are not needed for a chartered, infrastructure public bank that will achieve profitability within two to three years and then use these profits to increase support for needed projects.

The CDP Hurricane Harvey Recovery Fund allows donors to give now to support recovery needs that continue long after the media and public have moved away from this disaster.

Since a large percentage of the public funds for Hurricane Harvey are geographically designated specifically to meet recovery needs of Houston and Harris County, it is also important to support recovery efforts throughout the entire region.

We need to be supporting the police and the first responders who have been utterly heroic and we need to be supporting the Government in this public inquiry.

Politically, we need to provide much better formation for those young Catholics who would aspire to a life of public service; we also need to enhance our support — including spiritual support — for those already embarked upon this noble vocation.

Hundreds of faculty signed a public statement of support, and dozens of letters arrived daily, reflecting a deeply felt need to be grateful for something at a time when, at least on the national scene, there were so few things one could be grateful for.

Whatever legal and public policy solutions are reached in the coming years, Christians need to find a social, political and religious way to secure the well - being of women and children, involve fathers in the lives of their children, and support gays and lesbians who want to establish committed relationships and receive the benefits and blessings that go with this commitment.

Now responsible and honest public relations are a necessary instrument in our complicated society, and there is no institution that does not need to make use of this instrument in order to communicate to the public the things it stands for and the reasons for supporting its work.

Overall, ecumenical campus ministry in public higher education — in the northeast at least — has some well - defined needs, the most critical being a constituency in each denomination that will support it, especially in terms of budgetary increases.

The religious institutions which formed such people and continued to claim their loyalty took public responsibility in this sense for granted, The churches preached a gospel which supported responsible lives without needing to draw their members deeply into esoteric spiritual disciplines or arcane theological issues.

«It is hard for me to believe that we need a piece of legislation on compromise when 92 % of the American public supports universal background checks,» Crebbin said.

But opposition to public support, direct or indirect, to any religious school did not satisfy a positive need for Protestants.

Finally, through private and public insurance, as well as by direct provision of services, those whose health, old age or youth prevent them from fully supporting themselves receive the help they need to live in dignity.

The «profamily» policies of the current administration are designed to take away public support from those who are most in need of social and medical services.

Beyond these things, a just society will require that an appropriate share of private wealth support the public needs of the whole society.

This kind of reasoned, argued, exemplified and Bible - supported moral illumination — not electioneering and lobbying — is what American public life needs from religion.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

In the same way that the energy industry today is mistakenly identified with «Big Oil» (Exxon, Chevron, et al.), when it is in fact conducted predominantly by smaller independent companies most readers will have never heard of, modern capitalism is not largely the purview of Apple and Walmart, but rather of small, privately owned businesses with less than one hundred employees providing services or products the public wants or needs in order to support the families of the owners and provide jobs for their workers.

The organic sector looks forward to continued collaboration with FDA to help create and support food safety systems, helpful guidance and research that meet the needs of organic farmers, consumers and public health regulators.

And finally, they are calling for public policies to support such food systems and food cultures, based firmly on the universal right to food and the satisfaction of basic human needs.

Funds are used to raise awareness about child hunger in the U.S.; create public - private partnerships that align kids with the resources they need; support nutrition programs like school breakfast and summer meals; and educate kids and their families on how to cook healthy meals with limited resources.