Sentences with phrase «policy involved public»

The second most significant policy involved public benefit funds allotted for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs.

Not exact matches

When business folks do engage on public policy, it tends to directly involve their bottom line, like the recent feud between the big telecommunication companies and Harper over foreign ownership rules.

They can't vote in this year's federal election, and they aren't allowed to contribute funds to federal political campaigns, but most Canadians would probably be surprised how heavily involved Canadian corporations are in the public policy realm.

We believe that your new government has provided Canada with the opportunity to effect real change in public policy, including as it involves crowdfunding.

«By being involved at all levels of government, she helps advance the public policy agenda for retailers, their employees and customers in her community.»

The firm provides advice to public and private sector groups involved in municipal, environmental, aboriginal, intergovernmental or international public policy.

If interpreted expansively they can involve huge areas of life and put numerous public policy decisions in the hands of judges.

Matters of «public policy» have been seen as largely instrumental, involving the effective use of means.

Christianity Today online editor Sarah Pulliam Bailey spoke with Rubio about his diverse faith background, how his faith influences his policy positions, and why Christians should be involved in the public square.

They've been involved in influencing public policy for almost 2,000 years.

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.

It prescinds, however, from the substance of the moral questions involved» the rightness or wrongness of slavery or legalized abortion and euthanasia as a matter of public policy.

Economistic thinkers typically support this opposition, but as long as the issues are fought out within the nation, public opinion can support policies that involve some short - term economic losses for the sake of long - term environmental gains.

In the area of foreign policy we are thrust into wars and involved in dozens of interventions, military and otherwise, into the affairs of foreign nations without the consent of either Congress or the public.

On every question about economic or political decisions, from general influence on public policy to specific influence on the minimum wage, between 75 percent and 85 percent of African - Americans said that religion should be involved.

The public - policy recommendations include providing state - supported marriage and family education, developing a «family - friendly» workplace, and moving toward a modified «fault» divorce law in cases involving dependent children.

We'll see it in «anti-bullying» policies that turn public schools into indoctrination centers on matters of human sexuality; centers that teach that there's no permanent truth involved in words like «male» and «female.»

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

At the very least, as Amy Black points out in «For the Sake of the Children» (a 1995 contribution to the Crossroads Monograph Series on Faith and Public Policy), there are public - justice issues invPublic Policy), there are public - justice issues invpublic - justice issues involved.

Grocery Manufacturers Association The voice of the $ 500 billion food processing industry on scientific and public policy issues involving food safety, food security, nutrition, technical and regulatory matters and consumer affairs worldwide.

the Peoples Food Plan, Australia's first «crowd - sourced» food policy text, which involved over 600 people participating in 40 public forums throughout the country from September to December 2012.

For the protection of members and all those involved in the management of registered and insured cycling events, British Cycling provides through its public liability insurance policy, an indemnity, limited to # 15 million (3) for legal liabilities arising from claims made against an event organiser, official or participant1 that involves either bodily injury or property damage to a third party.

A desire to become more involved in the public policy and advocacy side of school nutrition provided Droszcz with that motivation.

Views are particularly polarised in the United States, with interventions and costs of hospital births escalating and midwives involved with home births being denied the ability to be lead professionals in hospital, with admitting and discharge privileges.5 Although several Canadian medical societies6 7 and the American Public Health Association8 have adopted policies promoting or acknowledging the viability of home births, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists continues to oppose it.9 Studies on home birth have been criticised if they have been too small to accurately assess perinatal mortality, unable to distinguish planned from unplanned home births accurately, or retrospective with the potential of bias from selective reporting.

We unify evidence, policy and practice by working collaboratively across a large network of organisations involving governments, public services, the voluntary sector and families.

In his book The Myth of the First Three Years, Bauer is mostly skeptical of public policy that focuses on «educating» children, which often involves taking children from their families and placing them in a «more stimulating» environment in the first three years of life.

Therefore, the target audience includes national and local public health policy - makers, implementers and managers of maternal and child health programmes, health care facility managers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), professional societies involved in the planning and management of maternal and child health services, health care professionals (including nurses, midwives, general medical practitioners and obstetricians) and academic staff involved in training health care professionals.

He added further changes to the law would be introduced next year which would require the public sector to involve disabled people at every step of their policy - making processes.

Ryan is also actively involved in connecting his research to issues of public policy, complementing academic study with positions in policy, diplomacy, microfinance, and development.

In the advocacy world, most outreach efforts involve one or more of three basic goals: trying to affect government legislation and / or regulation, trying to build a base of supporters for long - term fundraising and / or grassroots action, and trying to influence the broader public policy discussion.

Our modus operandi shall involve rigorous and extensive research into development models, public policy and other areas of our national economy.

Lord Mandelson and Lord Myners both declare senior roles at an organisation involved in shaping public policy and regulation on behalf of third - party clients here in the UK.

Fifteen hundred pages of emails from Rosen released by City Hall the night before Thanksgiving show that he was deeply involved in city policy, weighing in on decisions regarding universal pre-K and consulting with one of the mayor's top aides, Emma Wolfe, on how to handle public relations issues.

«'' Job creation is multi sectoral, it is not limited to one ministry; not limited to the public service alone and the private sector is involved and this policy seeks to capture the relevant affected persons and people that will apply this so that we can fight unemployment and under employment.»

«There's another class of bills that involve whole groups of employees by classification or category,» said E.J. McMahon, the president of the Empire Center for Public Policy.

If you are interested in lobbying local elected officials for policy changes that effect our neighborhood (congestion pricing, affordable housing, public school improvements), getting involved in the local community board, or participating in our club's efforts to elect progressive judges, this is the committee for you.

Fernández is just a semester away from getting his Associate's Degree in engineering, and he's also been involved in public policy.

Interfaith dialogue is at the core of the Centre's work and involves actively promoting conversations among Nigeria's faith communities, as well as between leaders in faith and public policy.

The public was demanding more, we were told, assuming away the significant number of people who voted for UKIP simply to get one over on the establishment parties or who may have voted on an aspect of UKIPs policy that doesn't involve the EU.

Two town employees already perform public information duties, but Saladino said Nevin also will be a top policy aide and involved in day - to - day decision - making on a range of issues, including trimming the town budget.

I know this is so Pollyanna, but I love the public getting involved and these agencies listening, because what often happens in public policy decision - making is what I call the «dad» approach of decision making.

On Saturday, Theatre for an Oppressed NYC hosts three workshops starting at 11 a.m., including «legislative theatre» on how to participate in the legislative process; «participatory budgeting,» where participants can learn to get involved in spending public money in their neighborhoods; and «Take Action: from Ideas to Public Policy,» learn how ideas become law in NYC, and how to can help the policy ideas becompublic money in their neighborhoods; and «Take Action: from Ideas to Public Policy,» learn how ideas become law in NYC, and how to can help the policy ideas becomPublic Policy,» learn how ideas become law in NYC, and how to can help the policy ideas becomPolicy,» learn how ideas become law in NYC, and how to can help the policy ideas becompolicy ideas become law.

Part of the answer to that involves stripping out all the excuses about a «fabricated» antisemitism issue, media smears, ignorant voters and Blairites etc before looking at what's left — the party's policies, presentation, public image and leadership.

Elected officials, gubernatorial appointees, municipal managers, department heads, chief fiscal officers, judges, and several other policy - makers convicted of a felony, involving the breach of public trust, would all be subject to forfeiture of pension benefits.

«And I've always been involved with public policy in my community.»

As written, the amendment would allow a judge to reduce or revoke the public pension of any elected official, state official appointed by the governor, judge or certain employees involved in policy making who is convicted of a felony related to their duties.

Scientific societies such as AAAS, the world's largest general scientific organization, provides scientists resources for communicating with lawmakers and the public and getting involved in policy, Holt said, pointing to the AAAS» Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, the Science & Technology Policy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technpublic and getting involved in policy, Holt said, pointing to the AAAS» Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, the Science & Technology Policy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technpolicy, Holt said, pointing to the AAAS» Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, the Science & Technology Policy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and TechnPolicy Fellowships, the Science & Technology Policy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and TechnPolicy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and TechnPublic Engagement with Science and Technology.

«Scientists are involved with the Internet and develop innovations that affect how the Internet is used,» said Darcy Gentleman, manager of public policy communications at the American Chemical Society, after the talk.

In March, advocate general Yves Bot issued a preliminary judgment limiting patents involving embryonic stem cells, on the basis that they «would be contrary to ethics and public policy» (see «European Court of Justice rejects stem - cell patents»).

The big employers of nontraditional chemists include all the science companies — chemical companies, biotech companies, pharmaceutical companies — but also law firms, companies involved in public policy, and companies involved in manufacturing or information technology.