Sentences with phrase «sober second thought»

, read... think, when in fact, the correct (fiduciary - centric) approach is to encourage sober second thinking on the part of one's clients.

Some children are born sensible, with sober second thought a part of their nature.

Many an ill - considered email has been sent without that useful sober second thought.

This moment of sober second thought caused the executives» e-mail production to drop 54 %.

«This is not to conclude the engagement as ineffectual in furthering the collective interests; rather it invites a time for sober second thoughts and doses of pragmatism.»

It won't change or strengthen any laws around executive compensation but a recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal should have boards giving sober second thought to how they grant big bonuses and golden parachutes to top executives.

(Who among us hasn't sent out an email which, upon sober second thought, we wished we could retract?)

Meanwhile it looks doubtful that he will be awarded his doctoral degree (his advisor is on the case), or move across the country to the leading university that offered him an assistant professorship (where there are now sober second thoughts about the hire).

Furthermore, committee is where a good portion of the Senate's work is supposed to take place (i.e. sober second thought) and I believe that wholesale Senate reform will open a pandora's box.

The traditional bastion of sober second thought — our courts — are facing an all - out assault against judicial discretion with mandatory minimum sentences and the wholesale pillaging of the conditional sentence regime.

Clauses such as «subject to home inspection,» «subject to obtaining satisfactory financing,» and «subject to lawyer's approval» provide purchasers — who may have hastily submitted an offer — with an opportunity for sober second thought.

At press time, that number continues to grow by more than 1,000 emails each day, with individuals sharing their stories and impressing upon our elected officials that a sober second thought is needed to avoid far - reaching, negative consequences.

Alex Usher, one of Canada's most well - known post-secondary education pundits, has just written a blog post offering some sober second thought on Minister Kenney's recent enthusiasm for Germany's apprenticeship system.

It just gives me a sober second thought that any economic benefit we'd ever see from that pipeline would be wiped out in, what, three months?

Abolishing Canada's upper chamber of «sober second thought» will be hard, maybe even impossible.

Harper, of course, is having none of this sober second thinking, and is reportedly going to force the Senate to meet through the summer to pass the Bill.

OK, next step: the legislation goes to another body, a Senate, for consideration, reflection, informed discussion: the famous «sober second thought.»

Sober second thoughts, or knee - jerk political reflexes?

On sober second thought, I've reconsidered.

A new medical guideline published today suggests Canada's family physicians should take a sober second thought before prescribing medical cannabis to most patients.

Meanwhile, HarperCollins announced its «HarperCollins 360» global publishing program, which at first I thought was them taking a page from the music industry's post-Napster «360 deals «-- but no; on sober second thought it has nothing to do with those except for name.

Appraisals are notorious for undervaluing property, although Lancastle would argue that's not the case: «We are the sober second thought when it comes to the price of a home.»

Now that the excitement over the news that 2017 was one of the hottest years on record have died down, it is time for a sober second thought.

As to the «sober second thought» argument, that appears to me an obvious hold - over of 19th century elitist attitudes regarding expanding the franchise.

I differ a bit with Alex in that I do think the sober second thought remains a useful rationale.

It should instead let administrative judicial review be a matter of practice and the appropriate judicial attitude, one of respectful attention to any decision - maker's reasons for a particular decision, while recognizing that judges provide a sober second thought through judicial review, particularly on matters of legal interpretation.

For example, for the composition of Canada's Parliament, [1] in addition to the House of Commons, the Senate was added as a «chamber of sober second thought,» because, it is said, Canada's founding father and first prime minister, John A. Macdonald, was frequently not sober.

Want to know when a bill is out of committee, or has been sent to the Senate for a sober second thought?

If blogging replaces more traditional forms of academic discourse, we lose the «sober second thought» and in depth analysis that comes with researching and writing a peer reviewed paper.

We lack, as Billingsley describes, the sober second thought that these comments may one day come under the microscope if up for an appointment.

I am okay with an 8 - year term limit, but I believe that senators who are appointed would be best able to provide for «sober second thought» where elected officials may have overreached in pandering to populist demands.

A sober second thought on new music, cool records, and the people making their own culture.

«I'm glad a sober second thought can now take place on the privatization of Realtor.ca,» says Kay.

However, Carolyne, between the two of us (you and I) it is yourself who enjoys the distinction of having one of your REM letters pulled, upon a sober second thought by Jim Adair, because some of the content was so vile — in that, you attempted to leverage off of the defenseless to try and make your vengeful argument!

The Realtor is supposed to be like our Senate is «supposed» to be, being the «Chamber of Sober Second Thought».