Sentences with phrase «progressive agenda of government»

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If the government is to honour its commitment to a progressive trade agenda, a Canada - China FTA must ensure that human rights, labour rights, Indigenous sovereignty and environmental sustainability are protected (and prioritized) rather than jeopardized by the expansion of investor rights.

Progressives will be expecting the government to deliver on its ambitious social agenda, and will note that this could be easily funded on the revenue side by implementing a modest corporate tax increase, by scaling back the so - called middle class tax cut, and by setting more ambitious targets for the promised Liberal review of tax loopholes for the most affluent.

This included circumscribing commitments covering cultural products, which was achieved through an exchange of side letters with the other parties, and reflecting elements of the progressive trade agenda of the Liberal Trudeau government, including through the change in the name of the agreement, a side letter eliciting strengthened labour commitments by Vietnam, and side letters acknowledging traditional knowledge.

In the first phase of Progressive reform, beginning in the closing decades of the nineteenth century, the revisionist agenda focused on populist political and social legislation, diverse formulas for economic redistribution, and the establishment of a tutelary national government.

As Keynes foresaw in the 1920s, the debate about progressive capitalism concerns the «agenda» and «non-agenda» of government.

Use the austerity agenda to re-engineer government towards a progressive state designed for the challenges of the 21st century.

Governor Cuomo's 2018 agenda builds on the promise of progressive government, advancing critical social & economic policies to improve the lives of NY'ers.

The purpose of our organization is to inspire and mobilize sustained political activism through the involvement of the people of Dutchess County, New York, in order to promote progressive agendas at all levels of government.

«We will push forward a pro-parks legislative and budget agenda in the City Council, which is part of what constituents voted for when they cast their ballot in favor of a progressive city government,» said Councilmember Levine in a statement.

ained political activism through the involvement of the people of Dutchess County, New York, in order to promote progressive agendas at all levels of government.

«There are many good candidates, but Dan is best positioned to unite us behind Bill's progressive agenda and ensure that the Council is an equal partner in government,» Councilman Rory Lancman, an ally of the Queens County Democratic Party, told Politicker.

In his own state of the city address Tuesday evening, Common Council Majority Leader Rennie Scott - Childress (D - Ward 3) offered up a ringing defense of Mayor Steve Noble's progressive «One Kingston» agenda and called on Kingstonians to embrace local government as a force for positive change and economic growth.

The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.

«We wish to advise the DSS to pay more attention to the growing insecurity in the country, instead of acting as an arm of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pursue the evil agenda of destabilizing the Fayose - led government.

«You look at the largest investment in public services since the second world war, the creation of whole new services like Sure Start, the minimum wage, progress on gay rights, changes on paternity leave, the right to join a union, even things that have been difficult that used to cause me problems in government like the Human Rights Act — that is a massive progressive agenda we have delivered.»

They understood, unlike today's Labour Party — that the progressive agenda of centre left parties can not be delivered by bankrupt Governments.

Williams is distributing the 17 - page agenda to the 50 other Council members, which outlines how the legislative branch of city government can build on the «progressive gains» of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who is term - limited.

Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams, one of eight City Council members who hopes to become the next speaker, has unveiled his agenda for continuing «progressive government,» which includes increasing members» powers, supporting women in office, and a «New Deal» agenda to support marginalized groups.

Conservatives are smart enough to question the 3.2 C warming proposition, which comes out of liberal - progressive academia, when the suggested solution involves government takeover of the private sector which is a liberal - progressive agenda.

But some of that popularity may also be based on the perception that the Trudeau government is a truly progressive government that is implementing a decidedly different agenda than the Harper government.