Sentences with phrase «serious policy interest»

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Like so much happening in provincial politics today, a serious debate about this policy will serve the broader national interest.

With the global economy «floating on an ocean of credit,» the current acceleration of credit via central bank policies will likely produce a positive rate of real economic growth this year for most developed countries, PIMCO chief Bill Gross writes in his latest monthly commentary, but «the structural distortions brought about by zero bound interest rates will limit that growth and induce serious risks in future years.»

In the realm of domestic policy, it is also necessary to notice that Reagan reduces taxes in favour of the rich, raises the rate of interest and crushes the unique serious strike the one of the air controllers that mars his term of office.

This is a serious enough policy question; certainly the military and police are interested both in estimating, (and perhaps at budget or election time mis - estimating), crowd sizes.

«The only thing we ask for other senators who might be interested, the one thing you have to do is say you're interested in governing, in being serious about legislating, putting aside party partisan differences and really putting policy over partisanship.

In an Oct. 17 letter to President Trump, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and dozens of prominent scientific and engineering societies said the president's Sept. 24 proclamation on visa and immigration policies poses «serious implications for diplomatic, humanitarian and national security interests in part because it weakens our U.S. science and engineering capacity.»

ISPRA, Italy — The landscape is familiar to science policy experts on both sides of the Atlantic: To address serious global problems and to take advantage of important future discoveries, they will have to work effectively with elected officials and members of the public who have complex and sometimes conflicting values and interests.

The policy will prohibit use of PayPal for the sale of e-books that contain child pornography, or e-books with text and obscene images of rape, bestiality or incest (as defined by the U.S. legal standard for obscenity: material that appeals to the prurient interest, depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value),» said Anuj Nayar, director of communications for the eBay - owned payment site.

The serious part of this debt orgy is that most of it's been taken out when interest rates were at historic lows and the world's biggest economy had a zero - rate policy.

Thus, older individuals who naturally have shorter life expectancies tend to have more valuable policies of greater interest to investors; similarly, individuals who are younger than 65 but have a serious illness (and therefore reduced life expectancy) may also have policies that qualify for sale.

We need to keep our eyes on big goals in energy policy, the serious dangers, and the common interests of the American people.

The climate science also sure is subject to severe political pressures from varying lobbyist groups, first and foremost the oil an coal interests which are huge financial powerhouses especially in the US Senate — a body which in reality dictates the whole global «climate policy» or rather the absence of any such — serious climate politicans round the globe in reality have — as we now have seen — no chance at all against the denying forces and their huge media apparatus, as long as the public don't see some very serious consequences of climate change, fx.

On the other hand if you just love climate research as a really interesting intellectual pursuit, that's when you've got an interest in shedding doubt on the reigning view that CO2 - induced climate change is a serious policy program, requiring action.

In the interests of remaining on topic, I'll just note (as many others have) that public policy decisions are driven by the information available, that on complex subjects we depend upon expert opinion, and that due to some rather serious efforts by «skeptics» there is a gap between the expert opinion and the public perception of the same.

«Russia's LUKoil has serious pull in the Czech Republic, and has cultivated ties with many leading politicians... Unlike Western firms, which lobby largely in their own interests, Russian state - controlled and private enterprises play an integral role in Kremlin foreign policy, and they're «undoubtedly influencing the behavior of various Czech political parties and politicians,» [former President Vaclav] Havel said in an interview.

The problem becomes really serious when those self - interested views tend to have disproportionate influence on the policy - makers and that is happening at the present time... particularly because there is not an effective countering of those kinds of views.»

It's an interesting study and one that policy - makers should pay attention to as the long - term effects of poor public health become more serious and financially burdensome, for both the Canadian government and individuals.

[17] There is no indication that the Commission made a serious effort (or, indeed, any effort at all) to obtain input from experts with respect to other «competing interests,» such as those of economic policy, human rights, competition, consumer affairs... [18] Without obtaining that input, it is difficult to understand how the Commission could take those interests into account in a meaningful way.

In the first academic study of the reformed QC appointments system, Dr Blackwell argues for serious policy debate about abolishing QC status since its existence does not appear to be in the interests of consumers or of justice.

(4) A relevant decision may not be taken except on imperative grounds of public security in respect of an EEA national who: (a) has resided in the UK for a continuous period of at least 10 years before the relevant decision; or... (5) Where a relevant decision is taken on grounds of public policy or public security it shall, in addition to complying with the preceding paragraphs of this regulation, be taken in accordance with the following principles --(a) the decision must comply with the principle of proportionality; (b) the decision must be based exclusively on the personal conduct of the person concerned; (c) the personal conduct of the person concerned must represent a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat affecting one of the fundamental interests of society; (d) matters isolated from the particulars of the case or which relate to considerations of general prevention do not justify the decision; and (e) a person's previous criminal convictions do not in themselves justify the decision.

[20] Departing from the open court principle, which in this case would entail restricting the public right of access to the reasons of the Court, should not be embraced lightly, and, as the Court policy provides, should generally only involve exceptions recognized by law, serious risks to privacy, and other important interests such as the administration of justice.

As well, Jeff's interest in law reform and public policy development led to his appointment as a counsel for George Adams in the public consultation he conducted for the Ontario Government concerning Ontario's Special Investigations Unit which investigates police action resulting in death or serious injury.

If you have a medical condition like Type 2 Diabetes, you can apply for no medical policies, but it is in your best interest to apply for a fully - underwritten plan when you have Type 1 Diabetes or other serious medical conditions.

They had a serious interest in policy.