Sentences with phrase «public policy debates on»

So now, we as association executives must focus our attention, and that of our staff, on the task of engaging our members like never before in these epic public policy debates on the horizon.

The importance of early interventions that target caregiving is underscored by studies demonstrating high cost - effectiveness through greatly enhanced long - term outcomes.41 Furthermore, children who receive more nurturing caregiving may also be protected from exposure to stressful life events, suggesting this central target may have positive ramifications on brain development.42 Considering these issues, study findings are relevant to the public policy debate on the importance of early preschool programs for young children living in poverty.

As the national peak body for the early childhood sector, ECA is a regular, and trusted, contributor to the public policy debate on early childhood education and care, health, family policy and immigration as well other policy areas affecting children.

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Wheeler's change of heart on net neutrality follows a protracted public comment period, in one of the most intensely debated policy moves of the FCC's history.

Theoretically, these are meant to be local policy experiments, and the data gleaned from them should ostensibly inform public debate on health policy.

And on the basis of catching this questionable fish May claims: «This is indeed historic... We are a party whose ideas and policies are now in the mainstream of the public debate.»

As the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus, with some recent studies and popular media coverage pointing to investors from Asia as one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy required?

The Business Council of Canada regularly publishes reports and studies to inform and contribute to the debate on Canadian public policy issues.

Uhlmann of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., has put together a remarkable range of information and arguments bearing on continuing debates about the end, and ending, of life.

There are highly partisan policy debates in which I have gladly joined on the conservative side — on federal enterprise zones, on a youth opportunity wage, on educational vouchers for low - income students, on stimulating ownership among responsible public - housing tenants, on requiring work from able - bodied welfare recipients, on dealing sternly with those who violently brutalize their neighbors.

On most of the questions of public policy we debate today ¯ even many important ones ¯ there is no Catholic position.

Today, these values shape the public debate and policy of most industrialized countries and have been imposed on many others through the structural adjustment required by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

There is no public debate on the issue of militarism; not even members of Congress effect policy here — except on trivia.

These convictions posit the necessity — before a church lobby can exist, before the mobilization of opinion behind specific policies can be achieved — to create a process for broadening and deepening public debate on urgent questions.

There is public debate about policy, and so on.

That's why the public policy debate has largely moved on from taxes and bans.

The sphere of debate on public policy should not be consigned to elected politicians.

By shedding light on public preferences, the research will contribute to an important debate about the effects of corruption and insecurity on public legitimacy and will provide policy - makers with rigorous evidence.

This blog series aims to inform public and policy debate on the role of public assets in our political economy.

«I have always lived my life with dignity, integrity and honesty; and I can say without hesitation that I brought those same characteristics everyday when I proposed bills, passed legislation, debated public policy, and fought tooth and nail to protect western New York on the floor of the New York State Senate for the past 38 years.»

Building on workshops co-hosted by Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations, the New Economics Foundation and Positive Money, the blog series aims to inform policy and public debate on the potential of public assets.

Kerem Öktem deconstructed attitudes to the Arab world in Turkey, by presenting a critical reading of Turkish public debates and the potentially counterrevolutionary policies of the ruling party in Turkey on the Egyptian revolution.

In the major debates of the past two or three years, the Orange Book tendency has whittled away at broadly centre - left policies on, for example, public spending, income - tax rates and the role of local government in education.

Nowhere is this more apparent than the Welfare debate — a catalogue of Labour surrenders based on one fundamental misconception: That public policy can or should be based on «fairness».

However, there is near - unanimity on the ends to be achieved in this area of public policy, and intense, often bitter, debate on how to get there.

Congestion pricing has died multiple deaths in public policy debates, most recently 10 years ago when the Assembly declined to take a vote on a plan backed by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The topic for this week's debate, moderated by host Grant Reeher, concerns public policy questions that bear on the city's future.

«We are not at all opposed to having a public policy discussion or debate about creating another alternative but what we don't want to do is simply sit on the sidelines and have that discussion for another year, or two years or three years,» he said.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats are calling on all parties in the National Assembly to support the Liberal Democrat policy of scrapping the Severn Bridge tolls when the bridges come back into public ownership, as they lead a debate on the issue today.

With little new education policy expected in the remainder of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term — and a quiet session on education concluding in Albany — the debate over traditional public schools versus charter schools has shifted to a new battleground: school safety.

On an equally serious point, some of the anti-hunting groups are charities, which are supposed to base their policies and public statements on firm evidence, something that has clearly not happened in the hunting debatOn an equally serious point, some of the anti-hunting groups are charities, which are supposed to base their policies and public statements on firm evidence, something that has clearly not happened in the hunting debaton firm evidence, something that has clearly not happened in the hunting debate.

The Fabian Society would be delighted to offer Tim Worstall a platform to debate with the Robin Hood tax campaigners on this important public policy debate.

Notes to Editors The report, «How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer», by Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani Hessari, Cécile Knai and Elisabete Weiderpass, will be published online in Drug and Alcohol Review at 22:00 6 September 2017 The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote and informed debate on alcohol's impact on society.

From the color of lights on an iconic building to a $ 15 minimum wage to a family - leave policy he signed into law without public debate, Cuomo's control of New York is unlike anything seen in recent times.

In their previous debate, the two men frequently traded barbs and expressed exasperation during heated exchanges on police policy and public safety.

Similar to the debate on fracking, public opposition to the gas port became part of a larger discussion about New York State's energy policy and how the state should respond to climate change.

Public Advocate Letitia James, a Democrat running for reelection, squared off against her Republican opponent, J.C. Polanco, in a friendly yet competitive debate on Monday that highlighted substantive differences, and some shared opinions, between the two candidates on a range of policy issues.

On its website, Hilltop touts its network of public affairs professionals [helping] our clients inject their voices into local policy debates.

For policy wonks, university administrators and those who followed the Dearing report debate, the need for much more money for universities may have been old news - but it was not on the public radar.

Conservatives MPs have camped out for four days in parliament to force a debate on radical right - wing policies, including a ban on the burka in public, the privatisation of the BBC and bringing back the death penalty.

focused public attention on important potential impacts of science and technology on society by their responsible participation in public policy debates; or

Still, a systematic vetting of policy options, with recognized experts and the public commenting and debating, will vastly improve on our current policy performance, in which we often fly blind or hand the controls over to narrow interests and viewpoints.

All of the reports on genome editing call for robust public debate, but the simple fact is that embryo research has proven highly divisive and resistant to consensus, and it is far from clear how to know when there is enough thoughtful deliberation to make policy choices.

Monckton's father - in - law is Lord Lawson of Blaby (Nigel Lawson, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer), who has contributed many times to the public debate on climate change, most recently in a speech to the Centre for Policy Studies, in which he drew parallels between climate researchers and Islamic fundamentalists.

Fellows will have the opportunity to work at public interest organizations at the forefront of debates on broadband and access policy, content regulation, copyright and trademark reform, consumer privacy, open government, and more.

The report expands on a similar guide the department released last year in the midst of public debate over the University of Michigan's admissions policies.

The discussion will be contextualized by the global scenary of solid waste management and the implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals, focusing the question of solid waste and social development as priorities on the debate of cooperation for development and public policies for the next 15 years.

Legal challenges to a state's legislative and executive policies on public education necessarily implicate separation - of - powers concerns about the courts» abilities to answer political questions and resolve policy debates.

It is hardly surprising that the apparent exhaustion of the education - reform consensus has been accompanied by exhaustion on the part of the American public (whose children have been caught in the middle of the debate), not to mention many policy elites and politicians.

The debate on school choice is about more than just opposing vouchers and our efforts center on supporting policy that strengthens public schools.