Sentences with phrase «policy areas as»

So people have a hard time connecting compelling current concerns — such as widespread corruption, or non-competitive elections, or a need for major improvements in such fundamental policy areas as education — with the possibility for reform through state constitutional change.

He should be kept as far away from the policy area as possible.

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Dwayne Day, an American space historian, policy analyst and author, has previously written on Area 51, as well as the 1974 Skylab image flap.

The administration has other councils focused on other policy areas, such as developing a competitive income tax code and streamlining burdensome regulation.UTC strongly supports the goals of each of these advisory committees as a way of ensuring and enhancing America's growth in the decades to come.

While it's true that a good insurance policy can do much to reduce lawsuit worries and that many small, savvy businesses don't have debt problems, it's also true that businesses which face significant risks in either of these areas should probably organize themselves as a corporation or LLC.

The index measures 500 consumers» attitudes on future economic prospects, in areas such as personal finances, inflation, unemployment, government policies and interest rates.

So far Coady's work at Enbridge has been about conducting outreach around specific areas such as water stewardship and updating climate change policies.

A better policy focus on those areas has a better chance to dramatically alter poverty than the new math being peddled as scientific fact.

As Director General for Defence and Intelligence in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, he was the lead adviser on counter-proliferation and other defence policy and intelligence areas.

Biden has increasingly acted as Obama's wingman in all policy areas, and it's clear that Obama treasures his counsel.

Sessions» early words and actions are consistent with the tough - on - crime reputation the former federal prosecutor cultivated as an Alabama senator, and they foreshadow an unmistakable pivot in critical areas of civil rights, criminal justice and drug policy.

The Canadian economy benefitted from a recovery in the US and the emergence of China as a major global economy There is a lot at stake and Canada will not be immune to the consequences if policy makers in the EURO area and the U.S. fail to take decisive action.

The United States is pushing as policy division of the world into rival currency camps — the dollar area on the one hand, and the Russia - Chinese - Shanghai Cooperation Organization group on the other, especially now that the IMF has changed its rules.

The focus of my presentation was the emergence of homelessness in Canada as a pressing public policy area in the 1980s.

Both the findings from the poll and a series of anecdotal interviews conducted with Vancouver - area youth alongside the survey reveal that younger millennials in particular take a very pragmatic approach to engaging Asia, which may mean taking a step back from the values - driven foreign policy of previous eras and toward a recognition of the practical economic necessity of trading with countries such as China.

This area covers the impact of regulatory and other policies, such as taxes and subsidies and competition policy, on specific economic sectors (except those covered by the Institute's natural resources or financial services research), on consumers, and on the overall state of competition in Canada.

The latest example of this de facto policy is the refusal of Canada to grant a visa to one of the world's foremost experts in the area of food safety: Ethiopia's Dr. Tewolde Egziabher, often referred to as the father of the UN's Biosafety Protocol.

This area covers policies and regulations, such as prudential or consumer regulations, as well as technology and other competitive pressures affecting the financial services industry, financial markets and the financial system as a whole, and their ability to effectively perform their core economic functions.

Andrew Jackson, director of social and economic policy for the Canadian Labour Congress, agrees with Elizabeth Kelliher that the Canadian government should be making massive new investments in social housing, as well as many other areas of infrastructure.

As a result, energy policy is likely to represent an area where the United States and Germany will butt heads.

He joined the RBA as a junior economist in 1980 and in the 1990s he held senior policy advising positions in the economics and markets areas, and was closely involved in designing and establishing Australia's highly successful monetary policy framework in the early 1990s.

The term Great Firewall, then, should be seen as encompassing policy areas well beyond the extensive censorship system, to include forced technology transfer, forced partnership with Chinese partners, ever more sophisticated theft of intellectual property, demands that internet data be «secure and controllable,» legislation allowing government officials to demand access to software source code, and denial of access for major internet platform companies such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

Global monetary policy remains broadly accommodative — and in some areas more and more so — propelling equity markets ever higher and leaving a record amount of sovereign debt around the world (almost US$ 12 trillion by midyear) yielding at or below zero (source: Fitch Ratings, as of 6/29/2016).

Jim Harper is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, working to adapt law and policy to the information age in areas such as privacy, cybersecurity, telecommunications, intellectual property, counterterrorism, government transparency, and digital currency.

In trying to provide investors with information that «is not in the current stock price» and therefore giving them an «edge», many Wall Street, and independent investment research providers have begun focusing on such areas as «forensic» accounting, «channel checking», public policy analysis, «lie detection» on conference calls, data mining and «expert» networking.

Thus far in 2005, the dollar has risen back to around 1.30 against the euro, in part reflecting the fact that the US federal funds rate has now risen above the monetary policy rate in the euro area, as well as comments from European officials expressing concerns about the extent of the appreciation of the euro.

As with some other areas of policy, such as climate change and immigration, California's priorities in the area of international trade differ substantially from those of the Trump AdministratioAs with some other areas of policy, such as climate change and immigration, California's priorities in the area of international trade differ substantially from those of the Trump Administratioas climate change and immigration, California's priorities in the area of international trade differ substantially from those of the Trump Administration.

It will recommend areas to target additional policy actions — such as the province's industrial, transportation, and built - environment sectors.

All common areas, the condominium building's structure and many internal features, such as the roof, walls and elevators, are generally covered under an insurance policy purchased by the condo association or HOA.

As a member of the Global Positioning Strategy (GPS) Project Panel, I had the pleasure of working with a group of «next generation» leaders who are not the «usual suspects» in Canadian foreign policy, but who work in areas that connect deeply with international policy and Canada's place in the world.

As a Google AdWords advertiser, you should know everything there is to know about Google Policy and you should make the effort to stay up - to - date in this area on a monthly basis.

He praised the policy, but admitted that Labour's proposals to prioritise new - builds for first - time buyers living in area for three years was «difficult», as it could potentially penalise someone looking to move up the social ladder by purchasing a property in a new area.

«However, just as Jokowi has managed to win their support for passing important bills, it is not impossible for him to make his way to adopt a strict policy in the area of law and order.

There should be settlement policies and programs for moving excess populations to scantily populated areas such as Canada, Australia, the West of the United States, areas of Latin America — in addition to migration within existing national borders.

Demographic trends are forcing employers to take greater account of growing numbers of women and minorities in the workplace in such areas as recruitment, career development, employee benefits and family policy.

Without a doubt, economic vitality is hobbled by over-regulation in some areas, as well as ill - considered tax policies.

When Archbishop Antonio Mennini was appointed as papal nuncio in London, observers of the affairs of the English Church had a good look at his record, for clues to what his policy would be in one of the most important areas of a nuncio's work: making recommendations to the Congregation for Bishops and the Holy Father on who to appoint to dioceses which become vacant.

The effects of this policy are still very much seen today, as areas that used to be inside the red line are still occupied predominantly by people of color.

As I have said, economic policies are not in the Moral Majority's area of greatest interest.

Policy - making in media regulation, particularly in the U.S. and to a large extent also in Australia, proceeds generally by forming, or at least undergirding, political decisions on the same «objective» and «scientific» basis developed for less ambiguous areas such as public engineering, economics, and regulation of public safety.

Carrefour published its Sourcing Policy on Sustainable Palm Oil in 2014 which includes the RSPO standard and additional criteria such as protection of peat lands and high carbon stock areas.

US manufacturer Kraft Foods has announced a «fewer, bigger, better» policy, concentrating on crucial brands in key areas as the firm suffers from lagging performance.

A field trip throughout Sonoma County that included: an overview of the area's agricultural landscape and the challenges and opportunities the county faces amid shifting policies and demographic changes; a tour and tasting at Vella Cheese company as well as a demonstration of traditional cheesemaking by hand; a comparative tasting of heirloom tomatoes, stone fruits, and melons at Green String Farm, along with a tour hosted by Bob Cannard, famous for supplying Alice Waters and her restaurant, Chez Panisse; a tour, hops demonstration, and guided beer tasting at Carneros Brewing Company.

Core focus is on consumer issues, although mention is made of prioritising «competition and consumer issues in highly concentrated sectors, in particular in the supermarket and fuel sectors» (nothing new here) and the policy states that some areas are always regarded as a priority, including «cartel conduct and anti-competitive agreements, and the misuse of market power».

The following areas related to competition law and policy re listed as priorities:

Throughout the school year, each team works with a Challenge Success coach to design and implement positive changes in areas such as curriculum and assessment, homework policies, the daily school schedule, and health and wellness programs.

And that's what caught the interest of Sonya Ziaja, a San Francisco Bay Area attorney who blogs at numerous law and policy media outlets as well as her own, Shark.

Policy development in this and related areas needs to take into account that the education levels and workforce participation of these mothers are growing rapidly, as is motivation among both mothers and fathers to share the care of children more equally.

We have clarified the policy at our leisure centres to make it absolutely clear that someone breastfeeding should not be treated the same as someone who is eating and drinking in the swimming pool areas.

The District has set forth this policy as a means to control and ensure the proper and safe operation of UAS within designated flying areas.