Sentences with phrase «serious policy discussion»

The switch once the fight has shifted from adoption to implementation creates the impression that these folks make whatever argument they think will help them prevail in the current debate rather than relying on principle, evidence, and intellectually serious policy discussion.

And the problem is also not limited to the fact that degrading policy discourse with this gibberish undermines the credibility of future attempts at serious policy discussion.

Anybody expecting a serious policy discussion — even with Bill Gates, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, and film maker Davis Guggenheim as guests — was sorely disappointed, though some people may have been fooled.

Mulcair, who until recently had mostly ignored the Liberal leader, has gone so far as to compare Trudeau to short - lived prime minister Kim Campbell, who once infamously said elections weren't the time for serious policy discussions.

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Better still, Jacobson's blueprint started to inform policy discussions, with serious people taking the idea of 100 percent renewables pretty seriously.

Daniel Schwanen, the Toronto - based C. D. Howe Institute's resident expert on trade and international policy, says one possibility is that negotiators will quickly prioritize a short list of topics truly up for serious discussion.

In 1959 it was suggested that «there remain three principles of democratic procedure to which free church polity must give serious thought» — that is, free discussion, no exclusion from national office except on the basis of creed or ability, and legislation and policy - making executed in accord with methods of representative government (Authority and Power in the Free Church Tradition, by P. M. Harrison [Southern Illinois University Press, 1971], p. 162).

«We are always happy to have a serious discussion about what constitutes sound public policy for the state of New York, but this sounds like a P.R. stunt,» said Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif.

It is time for the Governor and state legislature to have a serious discussion on the issue and reassess failed gun control policies.

There are serious public policy issues regarding juvenile justice that need meaningful public debate and labor - management discussion, which have been dismissed or ignored under the current administration.»

A spokesman for the GOP says while they are «always happy to have a serious discussion about what constitutes sound public policy for the state of New York».

«This is good and helps build the environment in which we can have a serious discussion about the pros, any cons, and certainly about [policy] actions.»

In summary the projections of the IPCC — Met office models and all the impact studies (especially the Stern report) which derive from them are based on specifically structurally flawed and inherently useless models.They deserve no place in any serious discussion of future climate trends and represent an enormous waste of time and money.As a basis for public policy their forecasts are grossly in error and therefore worse than useless.For further discussion and an estimate of the coming cooling see http://climatesense-norpag.blogspot.com

All that does not leave much space for serious discussion of the issues in any specific policy arena, education or otherwise.

Serious discussion of policies or programs rarely occurs without taking into account the local union contract and the position of union officers and member teachers.

One would expect more serious discussion of a matter that removes so many children from the formal learning environment for what have often been minor infractions, but the Board was easily satisfied with a promise and a few weeks of using changed policies.

I do believe that there needs to be a serious discussion on immigration policies in the USA.

That mandate is unlikely to change, says David Victor, one of the lead authors of the policy discussion in the April IPCC report and the head writer of one of the papers published Thursday in Science, called «Getting Serious About Categorizing Countries.»

there are uncertainties about some details, and discussion about consequences and policy, but there is no serious scientific debate about whether the earth is warming and the cause is human co2 emissions.»

Instead of a serious discussion of tax policy and its effect on business growth, the media goes after Joe as if his private life is newsworthy.

If we are serious about efficiently and meaningfully encouraging justice and rehabilitation in our domestic courts, it is past time to engage in a mature discussion about the failures of our existing policies while being open to real change.

San Bruno, CA About Blog Since its founding in 1922, Foreign Affairs has been the leading forum for serious discussion of American foreign policy and global affairs.

This chapter has provided a discussion about the overall water environment in Australia, the priorities for water for both non-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples, and the need for serious consideration of participation, engagement, inclusion and outcomes for Indigenous peoples in the area of water policy.

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