Sentences with phrase «role in their government at»

Sunshine Week seeks to enlighten and empower people to play an active role in their government at all levels, and to give them access to information that makes their lives better and their communities stronger.

Not exact matches

That's why Andre Dua, who counsels local governments and schools in his role as a director at McKinsey & Company, says there's plenty of opportunity for disruption in education finance.

At the Republican National Convention, Sher Valenzuela stirs more controversy over the role of government in supporting small - business owners.

Changes to superannuation policy played a role in the significantly reduced majority for the Turnbull government at the July 2 election, but if you look a little deeper you find something far more interesting — the government can't afford its retirement policies, and some retired people can't afford to live.

That is because neither Clinton will occupy a prominent role in government in the immediate future — curtailing the willingness of at least some big donors to try and curry favor with the foundation by writing large checks.

The role of city governments in implementing the NUA was one of the big issues discussed at Habitat III.

At this stage, both of these parties need one another if they are to have a role in forming a government.

«The Chinese government played the role of an indispensable enabler,» said Minxin Pei, a professor at Claremont McKenna College in California who studies Chinese politics.

For the longest time, media outlets and governments have pointed the finger of blame at Bitcoin for its alleged role in terrorist funding.

International trade laws limit the type of help governments can provide to companies, but the role of the Chinese government is particularly opaque, said Mark Wu, a professor of law at Harvard and a former United States trade negotiator in the administration of President George W. Bush.

Acknowledging the presumed benefits of separating the roles, reports sponsored between 1992 and 2004 by national governments, major stock exchanges, or both in at least 16 countries outside of the United States have recommended splitting the functions.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the regioIn more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the regioin the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the regioin roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

While at times misinformed, such opposition reveals the diverging perspectives between federal and local governments on China's role in the Russian Far East.

But even that formulation suggests what is a basic misunderstanding at best and cynical contempt at worst for the role of government in the process of protecting Facebook's users.

«The tailings pond failure at Mount Polley Mine may be the worst industrial accident in B.C. I've seen in my lifetime and Premier Clark and the Liberal government need to be held accountable for their role in it,» said New Democrat leader John Horgan.

This comes at a time when the Obama administration is looking for ways to scale - down the government's role in the housing market.

National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye - kyun, who was present at the forum, reiterated the government's role in removing political uncertainties standing in the way of cryptocurrency adoption.

A myriad of factors may have led to his Stamos's departure from Yahoo, but if the U.S. government's role in compromising security had a significant effect, he could be confronting similar issues at Facebook.

Kevin's government service includes roles as an enforcement trial lawyer, as counsel to a commissioner at the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as a regulator at the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, and as counsel in the U.S. Senate.

While federal and provincial governments will continue to play an important role investing in infrastructure, they simply do not have the resources to meet the demand — pegged at somewhere in the neighbourhood of $ 500 - billion — without a large increase in tax revenues or drastic cuts to social programs.

He has developed a passion for helping small business owners through leveraging Canadian government funding, which he utilizes in his role as Marketing Analyst at Mentor Works.

«On behalf of the Government and all Canadians, I would like to thank Governor Carney for his work at the Bank of Canada and offer my best wishes in his future role at the Bank of England,» said Minister Flaherty.

Today, most participants in the debate about welfare reform» at least those outside the realms of the ACLU and the Children's Defense Fund» agree with Olasky that the government has not and can not offer this kind of effective compassion, and that consequently we must enlarge the role private charities play in the lives of the underclass.

Although I frequently find myself at odds with First Things over issues pertaining to economics and the role of government in public life, I usually find its critique of American social mores and ethics to be insightful and illuminating.

Faith has no role in government and if a particular site was built with public money, either you put all religious and non-religious symbols up or non at all!!

Since World War II, the churches» role in education at all levels has diminished, as the government has taken over.

With the critical issues facing us and the crossroads we are at CNN would do better to ask candidates to continue explaining the appropriate role they see for government in our lives.

The success of the East Asian economies» first Japan and more recently the other East Asian market economies» shows that there is a crucial governmental role in providing services such as widespread education and health care, which it is quite possible for governments to do successfully at a fairly low level of per capita income.

He became part of a conspiracy against Hitler at the highest levels of the German government, using his role as a civilian agent in military intelligence as a cover for ecumenical contacts that allowed the conspirators to make tentative overtures toward a peace settlement with the British government.

The government's decision to go after Gu seems at odds with the role the popular pastor played for years, when he welcomed foreign delegations — Franklin Graham preached at his church in 2008 — and praised the government's posture on religious freedom.

Honestly, it strikes me as odd that the government plays a role (at all) in marriage, but anyway...

Previously over more than two decades, Pablo had professional policy and management roles at different times in all three levels of government, industry, the tertiary education sector, and not - for - profit organisations.

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:

We can go back and forth all day about parenting philosophies, but at the end of the day, that whole «proper role of government» question boils down to this — if you want the government imposing upon the free interactions of others to serve your preferences, at the very least, it's incumbent upon you to prove that the government action (in this case the classroom environment) is the independent variable that deterministically thwarts your goals for your child.

The Liberal Democrats under your leadership are playing an essential role in ensuring that the coalition government reflects liberal values at home and abroad.

Patrick has spent ten years as a special adviser in various roles at the heart of British government, including 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, the Northern Ireland Office.

The SNP's new depute (it's a Scottish thing) leader Angus Robertson MP - elected today to replace Stewart Hosie - will play the central role in arguing at Westminster for Brexit to lead to a more powerful Scottish Government.

«While I hope this is the final end of Pedro Espada's role in government, we still need to take ahard look at how this situation arose, and the bad choices that were made that allowed him to lie, cheat and steal from the taxpayers for as long as he did.»

The role of the Cabinet office, the prime ministerial engine in Whitehall, has been looked at before, but in The Cabinet Office 1916 - 2016 The Birth of Modern Government (Biteback) Seldon, through trawling the archives and interviewing leading personalities, has written the best modern account.

Just as crucially as opening up a debate on the role of the private sector in education, the government must do a better job at getting a clear message across to the people who really matter.

The PM acknowledges that he neglected his relationship with his party at the start of government, yet there is still no one at the heart of No10 and Team Cameron whose role it is to nurture the troops in Westminster.

I strongly believe that it plays its own important role in making American government dysfunctional and effective governance, at least if that means adopting intelligent policy on basic challenges facing the polity, nearly impossible.

He moved on to other roles in local government, serving as Head of Environmental Health and Consumer Affairs at the Association of Metropolitan Authorities, later the Local Government Association, 1988 &government, serving as Head of Environmental Health and Consumer Affairs at the Association of Metropolitan Authorities, later the Local Government Association, 1988 &Government Association, 1988 — 97.

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 educatioIn 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 educatioin education.

In 2008, he was promoted to the role of Labour Chief Whip, and therefore Government Chief Whip and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen - at - Arms.

The policy which seeks to create at least one factory in each of the 216 districts in the country will be driven by the private sector, with the government playing facilitating and supervisory roles.

In addition to her role in local government, Supervisor Crane is also a registered nurse who is well respected at Rochester General HospitaIn addition to her role in local government, Supervisor Crane is also a registered nurse who is well respected at Rochester General Hospitain local government, Supervisor Crane is also a registered nurse who is well respected at Rochester General Hospital.

He is reinforcing this message by giving a leading role in his government to private businessmen while ceremonially keeping the unions at arm's length.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said he hoped Mr Burnham would continue his career at Westminster to enter government in 2020, but acknowledged the lure of the Greater Manchester role.

Labour's Scottish executive committee chairwoman Cathy Peattie said: «Our next deputy leader in Scotland will have a crucial role in supporting Richard Leonard as we seek to form a government at British and Scottish levels, to deliver an economy that works for the many, not the few.»