Sentences with phrase «reduced role of government»

«The Libertarian Party is built on a reduced role of government, to try to get them out of your wallet and out of your bedroom,» Hannon said.

Some Christians have strongly favored reducing the role of government and putting pressure on the recipients of aid to take more responsibility for themselves.

It was to remove tariff barriers, lower wages, and in general reduce the role of government in the society.

There are different arguments for vouchers, such as that they would give parents more choice, reduce the role of government in education, enable parents to transmit values and religion to their children, and deliver cost - effective education.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately the Fraser Institute interprets federal budget history from its desire to reduce significantly the size and role of the federal government.

The Harper government has dismantled one of the world's top aquatic and fishery libraries as part of its agenda to reduce government as well as limit the role of environmental science in policy decision - making.

Arguably his signature achievement is to have radically reduced the fiscal capacity of the federal government, and with it, the broader role of government in advancing the economic and social welfare of Canadians.

When there's a need in the course of such obstruction for government servants, whether Democratic or Republican, to be «verbally abused» and «reduced to tears,» that's of course not Barry's role, no more than it was back in his Cook County days.

Hence, those who turn to economists for guidance in policy formation, are encouraged to reduce government interference in markets and the role of national borders in restricting the market.

Indeed, the role of government has been so reduced that the World Bank held a conference a few years ago to consider what tasks remained to it.

Tirado mentioned to Food Processing Technology that it is not just the government's or the producer's responsibility to reduce meat consumption but consumers also have a role to play: «We all, collectively, can send a strong signal to our governments with our food choices: what we eat is one of the most powerful tools we have to protect our planet, our families and our health.»

Stop bashing young dads — and support them to help their children The Fatherhood Institute calls on government - funded services aimed at supporting parents to identify and support young fathers as well as young mothers, rather than dismiss them as «feckless» and reduce their role to that of cash providers.

The Fatherhood Institute calls on government - funded services aimed at supporting parents to identify and support young fathers as well as young mothers, rather than dismiss them as «feckless» and reduce their role to that of cash providers.

Block grants are a favorite tool of conservatives to shrink the role of the federal government and reduce the size of social programs, but as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities well articulated in a statement hastily released yesterday, block grants in the particular context of school food are very likely to put children's health and wellbeing at risk:

The federal government plays a vital role in the success of these programs: providing reimbursements for each meal served, ensuring equal access to free and reduced price meals for students in need and administering national nutrition standards.

Then in the Local Government Act 2000 the idea of a Leader and Cabinet system was introduced, with committees reduced to the role «scrutiny».

As The Washington Post recently reported, «the Trump administration is reducing the role of the federal government in fighting discrimination and protecting minorities by cutting budgets, dissolving programs and appointing officials

«As an ardent supporter of reducing gun violence and a strong believer in government's ability to play a role in that mission, however, I'm disappointed that President Obama did not urge us to look at our nation's gun laws, as he did in his speech about the Tucson massacre earlier this month.

«We must put pressure on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to do everything within their power to make the codes of practice statutory, fight for their role so that it is not further reduced and we should continue to expose this Coalition Government's weakness in tackling prejudice and discrimination and their blatant lack of care for vulnerable groups.»

Government should be taking more of a role in helping people to retrain between jobs or to work in new industries to reduce the impact of new technology.

An earlier plan to sell was scrapped in 2014 by Vince Cable, in his role as business secretary in the coalition government, after he said the move would not achieve its stated aim of reducing government debt.

He, however, expressed displeasure that the opposition PDP had so far failed to play the role of a constructive critic of government but had instead reduced itself to an attack dog of every government's pronouncement.

Wright argues, in common with other MPs, that the expenses scandal and lack of respect for parliament stemmed partly from the fact that the role of MPs trying to hold the government to account had been reduced to one of «heckling a steamroller».

As a self - proclaimed «climate leader» the UK government has a critical role to play in closing the «emissions gap» — the gap between the current global trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions and the actions necessary to limit warming to 1.5 ˚C and «well below» 2 ˚C (and hence reduce the risks of disaster), they write.

This is a timely development, as cash strapped western governments reduce the amount of money they dedicate to international aid, and consumers show signs that they increasingly expect the brands they buy from to be ethically conscious, the changing funding environment around NGOs will make the role of businesses in achieving the goals fundamental.

The new Internet Safety Strategy aims to look at how Britain can become «the safest place in the world to be online» by examining the responsibilities of companies operating online, the technical solutions to reduce current risks, and the role of the government in online safety.

In the current re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, many in Congress are eager to reduce the role of the federal government in education and restore power to states.

«The federal government has a unique role to play, mainly in reducing the cost of capital for them to acquire these buildings,» Christy Wolfe, senior policy adviser at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, told The 74.

Those debates may have dissipated a bit with the newly passed Every Student Succeeds Act that reduces the role of the federal government in requiring test score accountability in teacher evaluations.

The federal government plays a vital role in the success of these programs: providing reimbursements for each meal served, ensuring equal access to free and reduced price meals for students in need and administering national nutrition standards.

Introduced by education committee chair Rep. John Kline (R - MN), the Student Success Act (H.R. 5) would significantly reduce the role of the federal government in education by moving spending and accountability decisions to state and local authorities.

Will the reduced role of local authorities in educational provision and the increasing role of a «middle tier» between schools and government present critical challenges in this respect in the future?

Urban notes that the industry «should be more resilient going forward» because of the important changes applied to the industry today — including the enhanced capital, operational, and risk standards and highlights the broad agreement among parties studying GSE reform for the need to reduce the government's footprint and increase the role of private capital.

The FHFA plan to lower conforming loan limits is in line with the Obama administration's long - term goal of reducing government's role and having private capital take the lead in the mortgage market.

My re-regulation would be to reduce the Federal Government's role in the credit markets, but then, I am walking out of step, and realize that is not what is going to happen.

Over the previous decade, the government has largely reduced the role of private banks in student loans while the federal government essentially picked up the slack.

The U.S. Congress has recently considered proposals to reduce the U.S. government's role in the mortgage market and to wind down or restructure the operations of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

A federal budget document issued by the Trump administration has proposed the elimination of the tourism marketing as the president seeks to reduce the role of the federal government.

The study finds governments have moved beyond their traditional role of providing oversight for voluntary offsetting programs to now performing services ranging from the certification of projects and development of methodologies that reduce greenhouse emissions — to registering offsets and educating buyers.

The main role of government regulation is to reduce systemic risk.

In May 2016, as part of the Government's role in implementing the AQMS, the Government published, non-regulatory pollution control instruments to reduce emissions from the iron and steel, and aluminum industries.

The Quality Assurance Standard (QAS) was initiated as part of a wider government - led strategy to persuade individuals and organisations to reduce their carbon emissions, and understand the role carbon offsetting plays.

WWF: Corporate leadership is moving to match climate science; now we need governments to do their part (Gothenburg, Sweden, 7 May, 2015): WWF's flag ship business programme Climate Savers is marking 15 years of corporate leadership in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by introducing a new measuring standard, reflecting the global shift in the role of business in fighting climate... Read More»

«Every level of government, every business and every consumer can play a role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

CCC's Sandee Recabar expounded on climate policies for local governments and the role of the Commission in support of them, as well as gave examples of subnational contributions given emerging directions of nationally determined contributions or efforts by each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

The Department of Energy can use its role as the research and development arm of the federal government to improve the effectiveness and reduce the costs of emissions measurement and control technologies, such as methane isotope analyzers, infrared cameras, and portable compressors.

Everyone has an important role to play in reducing water waste, but the influence of governments and policymakers shouldn't be ignored.

The statement emphasized that 50 — 80 per cent of the actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to keep global temperatures below 2 degrees centigrade will happen at the subnational level, and called on world leaders to formally recognize this significant role of subnational governments.

However as reducing immigration played such a large role in the recent Leave campaign it is likely the Government will attempt to restrict free movement of people in its negotiations with the EU.

Clutch of firms win roles as the Dutch government seeks to reduce its stake in the bank, which was bailed out in 2008