Sentences with phrase «other key ministers»

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As an opposition leader and especially as Prime Minister, Harper has shown a remarkable ability to shed and replace chiefs of staff, communications directors, and other key advisors.

Military politics The Edmonton Journal «s Graham Thomson recaps Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson's whirlwind tour of Afghanistan, noting his comments on the security situation, corruption and other issues mirrored the trip itself: «low - key, cautious and short,» not to mention, in contrast with his predecessor, «gaffe - free.»

Well, the key thing is not to blame others, to think that our crisis is all the fault of the minister / pastor / vicar / archdeacon / banjo leader / Pope / Patriarch of Constantinople, etc..

Agriculture Minister Cao Duc Phat and Vice Minister Le Quoc Doanh convened a multi-stakeholder effort to refine key elements of the strategy, which includes developing rice varieties with high export value, adopting advanced crop management techniques, and more intensive use of machines and other technologies in rice farming.

The Australian Beverages Council's Members in both WA and from other parts of Australia have expressed dismay at the lack of communication and consultation between the Minister's office and key industry players.

The Minister during his interaction with top editorial staff of the media houses informed them of achievements of the president in security, economic, war against corruption and other key sectors.

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo and Minister Finance Ken Ofori Atta are part of the Non-Deal Roadshow meetings with Ghana's bond holders, potential investors, US Government officials and other key stakeholders.

Theresa May, on the other hand, held fast to her public persona throughout, maintaining the image of a respected, experienced senior minister while those around her clamoured for the keys to Number 10.

He added that it is the Union's prayer that the incoming sector Minister will continue key projects started by the current administration such as the passage of the Creative Arts Scheme for the establishment of the Creative Arts Council among others.

openDemocracy has also uncovered new evidence that a number of other key figures in government — including Brexit ministers Steve Baker and Suella Fernandes — have remained active in the ERG after taking on government posts, and that the senior whip Chris Heaton - Harris has hosted meetings for them inside parliament.

Spades have yet to break the surface on key road and other building works due to over-cautious civil servants dragging their heels and ministers failing to smash their blocking techniques.

On the other side, exerting no less pressure, is the prime minister and some of his closest political advisors wanting an upbeat tone and promises to go on spending in key areas of public service provision.

This also adds to a growing list of conflicts of interest situations in which the Finance Minister seems to be entangled - the USD 2.25 billion bond, as well as the appointment of close relatives and his business associates to key positions at the Finance Ministry, the Bank of Ghana and a number of other state institutions.

The event brought together key dignitaries including the Upper East Regional Minister — Albert Abongo, His Excellency David Adenzi Kanga — Council of State Member, the President of the Regional House of Chiefs — Naba Sigri Bewong and a host of other officials from the headquarters of the Ghana Tourism Authority.

After the prime minister's announcement, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, the head of National Counter Terrorism Policing, said in a statement that «we are flexing our resources to increase police presence at key sites, such as transport and other crowded places, and we are reviewing key events over the coming weeks.»

For example, ministers should insist that UK companies publish the taxes they pay and other key indicators, in every country in which they work.

But the Prime Minister risks defeat on the Great Repeal Bill and other key Brexit bills because she only has a minority government.

Prime Minister Tony Blair, Home Secretary Charles Clarke, and other ministers and key officials from government and the emergency services attended a meeting in COBR.

For the Liberal Democrats and others, including a surprising number of Labour ministers, the key is an end to the first - past - the - post electoral system.

Agriculture Minister Cao Duc Phat and Vice Minister Le Quoc Doanh convened a multi-stakeholder effort to refine key elements of the strategy, which includes developing rice varieties with high export value, adopting advanced crop management techniques, and more intensive use of machines and other technologies in rice farming.

In the Open Ceremony of the World Education Forum 2015 on May 19 there were more than 100 government ministers, along with high - level government officials, Nobel Prize Laureates, heads of international and non-governmental organizations, academics, representatives of the private sector, researchers, youth leaders, media activists, and other key stakeholders.

On the opening day of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21), New Zealand Prime Minister John Key formally presented the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Communiqué to Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), on behalf of the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group and other supporters of the Communiqué.

Minister Birmingham has asked us to work with all states and territories and other key stakeholders to progress the work.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke at the event as well as other key political representatives.

It's the first big bank to lower the key rate beneath three per cent, a level that caused then - finance minister Jim Flaherty to publicly chide BMO in March 2013, saying that he disapproved of the rate and discouraged other big banks from following its lead.

Before Australia's July general election, The Australian newspaper reported that Liberal leader and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had met with Morgan and other directors of the key Liberal Party funding group, the Cormack Foundation.

One of the key criteria identified by the Prime Minister's Task Group on Emissions Trading was that any domestic system should be able to be integrated into other systems, including Europe's.

It is natural, then, that when last summer a number of cabinet ministers announced the review of four key federal environmental laws, West Coast Environmental Law — along with other lawyers, academics, environmental groups, Indigenous peoples and the general public — took a keen interest.

So the Prime Minister's words apply equally to legal aid as any other key public service.

The Office of Indigenous Policy Co-ordination (OIPC) is the key agency responsible for co-ordinating and driving the government's Indigenous policy at the national level; developing new ways of engaging with Indigenous people at the regional and local level; brokering relationships with other levels of government and the private sector; reporting on the performance of government programs and services for Indigenous people to inform policy review and development; managing and providing common services to the Indigenous Co-ordination Centre (ICC) network; and advising the Minister and Government on Indigenous issues.

The Ministerial Indigenous Roundtables are a key engagement mechanism between the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and other relevant state Ministers, the Australian Government and the mayors of Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities.