Doctors
say the changes disproportionately impact their field, as physicians will see their contributions to pension funds rise more than other public sector employees.
But critics, including the University of Ottawa's Michael Wolfson and Susan Eng, vice-president of advocacy at CARP,
say the changes disproportionately affect the most vulnerable Canadians.
Not exact matches
According to today's Globe, the government
says that the major target of pending
changes to EI is frequent claimants, who are
disproportionately to be found in the high unemployment regions.
«We have a moral obligation to our children and future generations to reduce the severe impacts of climate
change like rising sea levels, which will
disproportionately impact coastal communities in Massachusetts,»
said EPA Administrator McCarthy.
Miner
said she
changed her mind after Katko voted for a Republican overhaul of the tax code that she fears will
disproportionately harm working poor and middle - class residents of Syracuse and Central New York.
With climate
change expected to bring higher waters and harsher winds, those already struggling will bear the brunt
disproportionately,
said East Boston community activist Neenah Estrella - Luna.
Some observers
say the
change to spending - based programs is a logical development following the hotel industry's lead, but others see it as the latest step in a class warfare where airlines
disproportionately cater to big spenders at the expense everyone else.
Power producers
say that the timetable is too stringent and that such a
change would
disproportionately hurt the Midwest, where most of the power is generated by older coal - fired plants that are targets of the legislation.
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN Commissioner for Human Rights,
said, «Climate
change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century,» and, «People who are marginalized or poor, women, and indigenous communities are being
disproportionately affected by climate impacts.»
Ken Anderson, the company's executive vice president and general manager,
said in statement, «Significant
changes in the regulatory climate and economy impact development projects and have
disproportionately affected the near - term outlook for coal - based resources.
In a 2011 interview with Fox News, Bush
said, «It is not unanimous among scientists that [climate
change] is
disproportionately manmade.
Fiona Armstrong, executive director of CAHA,
said: «We know Indigenous people are and will be
disproportionately affected by the health impacts of climate
change.
But the administration hasn't
said how the new brackets would correspond with incomes, and didn't provide concrete details about what deductions would be erased — raising concerns that the
changes could
disproportionately advantage the wealthy.