Sentences with phrase «speak up to their governments»

We need people to speak up to their governments — U.S. and Canadian — and hold them accountable.»

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Speaking of which, if the government believes the market is dramatically mis - pricing the future price of oil, should they not be buying up oil futures to provide windfall profits to taxpayers?

If the financial connection to China, a country whose government typically opposes transparency and political dissent, seems problematic, Hwang isn't concerned: «If anything, we are informing the public about upcoming changes in laws as well as the decision makers behind it, emboldening affected parties to act up and speak up if necessary,» he said.

«I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I'm responsible for what happens on our platform» Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted after days of the public and government officials waiting for him to speak up about the Cambridge Analytica scandal since it broke Friday.

A lobbyist on behalf of Equifax Canada has signed up to speak with the province's Minister of Government and Consumer Services and all 107 members of the provincial parliament at...

If enough of us speak up we can convince the Alberta government to put public funds where they belong.

Victoria Prentis, Conservative MP for Oxford North, was speaking as the war reaches a climax, with reports up to 100,000 people remain trapped in the city of Aleppo after the Syrian government, backed by Russia, virtually recaptured it on Tuesday.

We are called to be light and salt, and one way to do this is to stand up and speak out FOR BIBLICAL VALUES and against sin... yes, of course we should be preaching / teaching / living God's «theology of marriage» in our own marriages...... but God has clearly defined marriage as between one man and one woman, and therefore, when our government says it's otherwise, we should be light and salt and speak up, and vote accordingly.

Other churches are marching, organizing protests, standing with the powerless, lobbying their governments, speaking up and using their voices to amplify the oppressed.

Sometimes it's been writing letters to government about human trafficking, speaking up in a dozen small ways.

Christians living in better circumstances, however, need to take up the cause of their suffering brethren: they need to educate themselves about what is happening, spread the news, ask their own religious leaders to speak out, support reputable organizations that are working for religious freedom, and appeal to their political leaders to do far more in their contacts with key diplomats and oppressive governments.

We have been trying to solve every ill of society as though society were made up of regenerate men to whom we had an obligation to speak with Christian advice... Thus the government may try to legislate Christian behavior, but it soon finds that men remain unchanged.

Finally, when a local government official rebuffed our program's request for an educational site, on the grounds that we should know development has top priority in Botswana, I realized that I had to speak up.

If it is a crime to speak up for and defend President Jonathan and key members of his government after he has left office they should just say so.

I spoke to a contact who admitted that he and one other guy, also now working for the government, came up with the idea of the campaign over a drink while they were reading a story about Labour's policy in the Guardian.

But guitarist and vocalist Robin Campbell added: «We support Jeremy Corbyn because he is the only one willing to speak up for working people, who have been badly treated by successive governments, including new labour, in recent decades.

Speaking with reporters, Cuomo defended the attention he's given to Puerto Rico following last year's storm, saying the federal government failed to pick up the slack.

But speaking in an interview with Kasapa News» Akwasi Nsiah, the care taker in Mr Adams» house who happened to be his cousin, Nana Kofi Adams said some government officials brought back one pick up and a Landcruiser but he asked them to send the cars to the Tema regional Police command where he has lodged an official complaint.

This approach seems more palatable for not only the English (and French) speaking North, but also for the Latin American governments who have a lot more than organised crime to clean up at home.

Molinaro, according to Langworthy, spoke about the problems that Albany has inflicted on local governments and how state mandates are driving up local property taxes.

In 2012 he was a little less enthusiastic, speaking of how FOI can «occasionally fur up the arteries of government» and by 2015 he was referring to it as just another «buggeration factor» alongside judicial review and Health and Safety laws.

«I need all of you to speak to every elected official in Albany and urge them to step up and to urge the governor of the state of New York and the state Legislature to work with the city government, to work with the mayor, to work with my office, to work with the City Council to provide more resources to come up with more innovative plans and proposals to address the crisis of affordable housing in the city of New York,» she added.

According to Whitehall sources Downing Street «just love putting a northern woman up on television to speak for the government».

Speaking to Citi News, the Adaklu MP said the Akufo - Addo government should «come up with evidence... I find this continuous statement very unfortunate and of course, some of them are total lies.

Speaking at Tarkwa in the Western Region during the National Democratic Congress» Unity Walk, Mr. Mahama urged the government to start a national dialogue and set up a stakeholder conference on the Free SHS policy to save the programme.

Maverick politician, Kennedy Agyapong has cautioned the current National Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to dare contest for reelection if they fail to rise up and speak against current happenings in the party and government.

Cuomo, speaking with reporters afterward, put the responsibility back on local governments and schools, saying it's up to them to cut back.

It is a sad reflection of the Prime Minister's misjudgement of the crisis in Gaza that this capable Minister has felt the need to leave the Government Labour has consistently opposed the Israeli incursion into Gaza and has repeatedly urged the Prime Minister to speak up and to speak out against the horrific loss of life witnessed in recent weeks, but he has so far failed to do so.

It should focus on speaking up for jobs and workers» rights under threat, and on challenging any attempt to use the referendum result to introduce a more right - wing Tory government by the backdoor.

The vice-president who went on several trouble - shooting missions to the Niger Delta spoke at the Presidential Villa while chairing an inter-ministerial follow - up meeting with relevant government ministries, departments and agencies involved in the Niger Delta.

The publication also alleged that the Defence Ministry source spoke on condition of anonymity because the issue is sensitive, saying the hijackers have given the government 31 days to free Kanu or they will blow up the ship along with its crew.

«Hypothetically speaking on a clean continuing resolution opening up our government — if there's absolutely no one on the other side of the aisle that wants to talk, negotiate or compromise at all, that's unacceptable and I blame the Republicans and the Democrats for being in this particular position,» he said.

Speaking at the G7 summit in Germany, Cameron said everyone in government had signed up to his plans as set out in the Conservative manifesto, adding: ««The government isn't neutral in this.»

«The avoidable massacre and silence of the Federal Government over what took place in Benue, Taraba and Southern Kaduna is a wakeup call to all Nigerians to stand up and speak the truth like our former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.

Speaking on the chances of the former ruling PDP returning to power in 2019 and the emergence of Third Force, Geroge said Nigerians were already fed up with the current government led by the APC.

«It should focus on speaking up for jobs and workers» rights under threat, and on challenging any attempt to use the referendum result to introduce a more right - wing Tory government by the back door.

«Time and time again I speak to people who are fed up of having the same Labour Government over the last 17 years failing to get the basics right on our public services.

Those things remain and we still need voices to stand up, speak out and challenge state government to do better for New Yorkers regardless of age, race, faith, ability or income.

Davidson continued to speak for various government departments with authority and without slip - ups, and when Denham decided in 1991 to retire, Davidson, one of only two names in the frame for the job, was regarded as a safe pair of hands.

«We will not stand idly by while the federal government targets middle and working class New Yorkers — we must speak up now, mobilize to stop these devastating cuts and stand up for our New York values.»

Mr. Bagbin who was speaking in Tamale at the campaign launch of the Tamale South Constituency played up the infrastructure built by the NDC government and appealed to the electorate to reject the elephant party because it symbolizes destruction.

According to the State's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, who spoke after he received a 10 - Man Committee's report set up to review communiqué issued at the end of the summit, he pledged that Lagosians would soon feel the positive impact of the policy implementation of the State Government on justice administration.

«It is Labour that speaks with more urgency than its rivals on social justice, standing up to predatory capitalism, on investment for growth, on reforming and strengthening the public realm, Britain's place in Europe and international development — and which has a record in government that it can be more proud of than it sometimes lets on.

Speaking to the president of the foundation, Mr. Adomako Fred Williams he said that the foundation is made up of young Ghanaians who believe that bringing together the little energies of all the people in various areas where schools in bad conditions not conducive for learning can help compliment the efforts of Central government in our quest to win the war against «schools under trees» as a nation.Ghanapoliticsonline.com

Speaking on Eyewitness News after government had stopped the unapproved payment, Mr. Agbodza said the Transport Ministry must immediately set up a committee to probe the...

Kiri, speaking on the theme, «Restoration», at the 51st annual convention of the church, in Kaduna, on Sunday, noted that innocent Nigerians had suffered enough in the hands of herdsmen, stressing that the Federal Government should wake up to its responsibility and secure Nigeria.

Speaking on Eyewitness News, John Jinapor said the fuel price increase is an indication of the government's failure to keep up with...

Speaking to the BBC, Mr Clegg defended the role his party had played in the coalition government, saying that «difficult things» had to be done to «clean up the mess left behind» by Labour.

A cross section of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe, Bauchi, Maiduguri and Damaturu, said that unlike in the past, they were now convinced that government was poised to living up to its responsibility of ensuring the safety of lives and property.

Speaking to Attiku, he disclosed that the idea of the interim Government did not come up during their long conversation with the president adding that he had already retired to his master bed room when he was called upon because of the arrival of the president who was already in his living room.