Sentences with phrase «seen as a demotion»

While relinquishing the chair role could be seen as a demotion caused by conflict with his party's leadership, it likely means that Fildebrandt, a former director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and aggressive critic of the NDP, can now play a more active and vocal role on the committee.

While this move could easily be seen as a demotion, Mr. Hughes, a trusted confident of Ms. Redford's, will have an important role in repairing the provincial government's strained relationship with its municipal leaders — both in the large cities and rural municipalities.

The insider's knowledge of the core could make him an attractive candidate as the city rushes to adopt the curriculum, but some observers say it could be hard to convince King to drop his role as state commissioner to take what could be seen as a demotion.

Becoming leader of the Commons after being foreign secretary is normally seen as a demotion, but, by ensuring Hague remains as first secretary of state, Cameron is signalling that Hague will still be a very senior member of the government.

A lower job for Laws would be seen as a demotion, and might also be unfair on the existing Lib Dem who was pushed aside.

Hirokazu Kore - eda is the heavy - hitter of the group, returning to Cannes after last year's competition entry Our Little Sister in what some see as a demotion of sorts.

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The shuffle was seen as a stunning demotion for Premier Klein's most powerful cabinet minister.

But, I don't necessarily see anything in the statement that «he wants to play, and he will play» as necessitating transfer, that he wouldn't play except as a quarterback or that the demotion is a fait accompli.

Baez whiffed on his opportunity as well as every other pitch thrown to him in 2014, so while it's surprising to see him back in Triple - A, he earned the demotion.

In what must surely be seen as a significant demotion, secretary of state for education, Michael Gove, has been moved to become chief whip in David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle.

Out of the shadow cabinet's heavy hitters, Andy Burnham is untouchable at health, Chuka Umunna is seen as having done a good job maintaining Labour's strained links with business, and any lateral move for Yvette Cooper would have been viewed as a demotion, enraging Ed Balls and his supporters.

Relinquishing tenure, which is not a guarantee of a job but rather a guarantee of a third party hearing in the event of demotion or dismissal, is not favored among educators, who see it as one of very few important protections for teachers in North Carolina.