Sentences with phrase «over government decision»

It also places a question mark over Government decisions to scale - back funding for research in this area.
The great transformation will require that «The world citizenry agree to... surrender spontaneous and persistent desires» — i.e., citizens will need to accept that their lifestyles are unsustainable and collectively accept the need for government to make decisions on their behalf, without the public having a veto over government decisions that could «impede the transition to a sustainable society.»

Not exact matches

A war erupted inside the Labour Party, the government's official opposition, over leader Corbyn's decision to make the party's parliamentarians vote in favour of May triggering Article 50.
Boeing had taken Denmark to court over a lack of access to documents used in the government's decision to buy the Lockheed Martin jets.
The Brazilian government holds a so - called golden share in Embraer, giving it veto power over strategic decisions involving military programs and any change in its controlling interest.
As far as some Canadian CEOs are concerned, the voting public made the right decision in electing another Conservative federal government over a Liberal one, according to a web poll conducted by COMPAS Inc..
The decision to take a year - long maternity leave can lower a women's income over her lifetime, even if government and employer programs maintain a steady income during that leave.
The deal would maintain the government's so - called golden share in Embraer, a former state enterprise, giving it veto power over certain strategic decisions, including Boeing's current push for a tie - up.
British politicians aren't exactly known as paragons of good decision - making right now, so Canadian regulators and the federal government may want to do the opposite of anything that's happening over there.
People who want to work have become dependent on government assistance — as evidenced by the huge battle over the decision to not extend benefits to the long - term unemployed.
Over the weekend, Horgan's government announced it will challenge that decision in the Federal Court.
Catalonia has talked of separation from Spain since the founding of Estat Català — a political movement which began in 1922 - and throughout the 36 - year dictatorship of Franco, however, the resurgence of the pro-secession movement over the past few years is due primarily to Spain's economic woes, a 2010 constitutional court decision to lessen Catalonia's sovereignty, and a distrust of Madrid or the centralized Spanish government.
In Egypt, the Sisi government will have a chance to discuss the recent U.S. decision to suspend some of Egypt's military aid package because of Washington's concerns over civil liberties.
The Republican - led Congress has struggled immensely over the past eight months, and the party now faces further division as they return and urgently need to raise the debt ceiling to avoid a government shutdown, pass an aid package for Hurricane Harvey — some of which is expected to be tied to the raise of the debt ceiling — and now reach a decision on DACA.
Such approaches could be designed to be revenue - neutral over the business cycle; they also could avoid past debates over fiscal stimulus by separating decisions on countercyclical policy from longer - run decisions about the appropriate role of the government and tax system.
There was so much outrage over the Liberal government's visa denial — some African delegates purportedly threatened a demonstration — that the decision was eventually reversed but so late in the day that Dr. Tewolde was only able to attend last day of the three day conference.
B.C. and Atlantic Canada are evenly divided over whose say should be final, while a majority in Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan say the federal government should have final say, given the wider impact of these decisions outside of the focus provinces.
The Liberal government is bracing for a battle in the House of Commons over its decision to close tax loopholes affecting small business
Thursday's decision will save employers and employees $ 1.2 billion next year over what they would have paid under the planned hike, the government calculates.
Trouble over Lotte's decision to allow the Korean government to use a golf course for missile defense threatens Korean businesses that operate in the mainland.
I suppose coming just a few days before Christmas, a dispute over federal health transfers can become a new sort of Canadian holiday tradition given it has happened before with the December 2011 unilateral transfer decision announced by the federal government.
The B.C. Liberals abdicated their responsibility and ignored the voices of B.C. communities, First Nations and businesses by handing over decision - making power for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project to the federal government.
Lavish handouts and well - paid government jobs for GCC citizens could soon be history as Gulf countries grapple with fundamental decisions over the direction of their respective economies.
The decision to not release detailed documents could signal a desire for the government to shift away from the public quarterly budget updates, which are meaningless in terms of fiscal planning due to the province's dependence on fluctuating natural resource commodity prices and have become little more than public relations exercises for the government over the past two decades.
New Democrats have said from the beginning that Christy Clark should not have signed over decision making power on B.C. projects to the federal government for the Enbridge project and Kinder Morgan expansion project.
The European Union's competition authorities announced a major tax ruling against Apple's tax dealings with the Irish government on Tuesday, a decision that will likely increase trans - Atlantic tension over how some of the world's largest companies pay taxes on their global operations.
The feedback would inform government decisions over what to include — or avoid — as the Liberals prepare their policy agenda for 2017.
Legislating a new urban resource extraction policy, which requires mandatory consultation with urban municipalities before approving energy development projects within their boundaries, ensures licences are compatible with municipal development plans, and grants municipal governments veto power over the final licencing decision.
Then again, services like CarAmigo can expand all over the European Union as well, yet Belgian government officials have created their own set of rules without waiting for the EU's decision.
The decision comes at the conclusion of 30 hours of trial over the past few weeks and about a month after the government suspended Jehovah's Witnesses activities in March.
Catholic News Agency: Domino's founder sues over contraception mandate Tom Monaghan, the founder and former owner of Domino's Pizza, is suing the federal government over a controversial mandate that requires him to violate his Catholic faith in his business decisions.
Back in the nineteenth century, the Supreme Court explained that churches have authority over their internal decision - making because «All who unite themselves to such a body do so with an implied consent to this government
Since World War II, and especially since 1980, the involvement of national governments in decisions about trade, has been reduced, turning these over to transnational coroporations.
Arguments over government spending delayed decisions on the American Jobs Act, the debt ceiling and the deficit reduction.
South Korea, for instance, lost 7.5 trillion won (US$ 6.8 billion) because of China's decision to boycott South Korea's tourism industry over the Korean government's decision to install a US anti-missile system last year, according to the country's National Assembly Budget Office.
Tensions are already high in the government over the issue, which follows the decision late last year to not give General Motors Holden any more assistance.
«But instead of a government thinking that they need to take over and make decisions according to some politician or politician's wife's priorities — just leave us alone.
Capturing a terrain is easy (Update: yesterday, 8/5/2014, a high ranking IDF officer noted that they could take over entire Gaza in 10 days if the government made that decision).
As the investigation went on, it turned out that Choi not only exerted influence over Park during her presidential campaign, but also, since Park's inauguration, interfered with many major and minor presidential decisions, including appointing senior government officials and revising the contents of Park's speeches.
Legal challenges to the government's consultation, concerns over the hybrid nature of the legislation (this means it takes much longer to work its way through parliament) and the coalition's decision to split the legislation into two parts are worrying interested spectators — like Labour's Eagle.
«There is no question of government making any decisions centrally over the future of grammar schools.
Nicola Sturgeon's decision to join the court case over the government's handling of Brexit is expected to delay the verdict on whether Theresa May can trigger Article 50 without consulting parliament.
Speculation has been rife over the reasons behind the last - minute delay in signing a contract with EDF, with May's government keen to play down rumours that the decision was down to fears of Chinese control over national infrastructure.
The government is investing more than # 61 billion over the 5 years to 2020 - 21 and has already taken big decisions on transformational projects like HS2 and announced our preference for a new runway at Heathrow.
Some two Ghanaians subsequently sued government over the decision.
Former Deputy Finance Minister, Casiel Ato Forson wants the government to open up to the taxpayer regarding its decision to take over the liabilities of the two banks.
Specifically, these modern tribunes would be entitled to veto one piece of congressional legislation, one executive order and one Supreme Court decision; to call one national referendum, over any issue they wish (only two - thirds votes of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives may render the statute unconstitutional); and to initiate impeachment proceedings against one Federal official from each of the three branches of government during their term of office.
Unite, Britain's biggest union, has called the UK government's decision to sack over 1,000 disabled workers at Remploy «Barbaric».
Cuomo was miffed over the City of Newburgh's decision to put the state on notice of a civil lawsuit of its contaminated water in Washington Lake, saying the focus should be on the polluters, most notably, the federal government.
Pressure is mounting on the government to make swift and decisive decisions over areas of major transport policy
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