Sentences with phrase «term policy debate»
The structure of those benefit plans, and whether there are circumstances that might warrant assets for them, is a subject for legitimate long - term policy debate.
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More recently, Harper has tried to stake out the middle ground in the health care debate, advancing a policy that not only mimics the Liberals» stance, but goes beyond the governing party's plans in terms of expanding the publicly funded system.
With Hillary Clinton's tax proposals to encourage longer - term investing, the debate over whether American business is too fixated on the short term has moved from the dimly lit offices of earnest policy wonks into the klieg lights of U.S. primary season.
By STANDARD SHAEFER (Interview with Michael Hudson, author of Super Imperialism, Pluto Press, 2003) Now that even the LA Times has begun to show a modicum of willingness to discuss US foreign policy in terms of a potential imperialism, it has become clear that those on the right have avoided this debate so far only by sticking to the strictest, most out - dated notion of empire.
By correlating diverse boards with greater board effectiveness and the promotion of long - term value creation, the association's recommendation transcends public policy debates and moral imperatives.
The recent federal election featured something of a debate on fiscal policy, with the Liberals promising to run modest deficits for three years in order to stimulate a sagging economy and finance needed long - term investments in infrastructure and social programs.
Because Mr. Colson is prominent in this debate, it is important to point out where I think he is wrong, both in terms of policy and philosophy.
In America, we debate what to do about undocumented aliens, how many visas to allocate to highly skilled workers, and whether a long - term policy of favoring family reunification should remain in effect.
While this debate has provided fodder for policy wonks, it has not had much influence on Capitol Hill which seems poised to allow federal unemployment benefits to lapse without much of an alternative strategy for getting the long term jobless working again.
«It's a way for us to engage the argument around drug policy for folks who might not necessarily think in those terms, or be familiar with the larger debate, which is our whole interest — taking the debate beyond the field, especially during a national opioid crisis.»
Even today, the debates on Trump's policy towards North Korea, Iran and China are seen in largely strategic rather than humanitarian terms.
When foreign policy was mentioned it was more often than not an often vociferous and partisan debate around the UK's membership of the EU or on narrow terms around immigration or Islamic extremism.
Speaking in a Westminster Hall debate on Future UK Fisheries Policy last week, Mr Thomas said there were growing concerns amongst more than 160 members of the Newlyn - based Cornish Fish Producers Organisation (CFPO) about the terms of the UK Government's proposed implementation period for Brexit and its «potentially disastrous implications on the fishing industry.
As the party prepares to sign off on key policy points at its spring conference this weekend, an attempt will be made to seize the political agenda and set the terms of debate.
After Ed Miliband became leader of the Britain's opposition Labour Party in 2010, a debate over its policy began under the term «Blue Labour».
With little new education policy expected in the remainder of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term — and a quiet session on education concluding in Albany — the debate over traditional public schools versus charter schools has shifted to a new battleground: school safety.
Alluding to the current debate over national health care policy, Clegg's press release said the couple's newborn daughter «nearly died at birth and required multiple operations and long - term medical care.
«I think you'll find a debate that is more issue - oriented, which I think is probably good both in terms of foreign policy,» Higgins said.
From allowing Uber and Lyft outside of New York City to imposing term limits on lawmakers, the governor's budget includes many items that normally would be considered policy changes and debated and approved in the regular part of the session.
The continuing debate about policy within the Labour party is a «sign of strength» as the party attempts to renew itself in a third term of government, John Prescott said today.
While the Orange Bookers made huge advances in terms of both policy and power, it's pretty clear that they have not yet won the debate from within the Lib Dem Party.
Whether it is through pairing schemes, a short - term internship, or by embracing a new career full time, being a part of the policy debate is a fine, concrete way to have an impact on science.
This masks the trade - offs between short - and long - term policies at the heart of today's political and ethical debates.
In terms of how probable each of those is, there's a lot of debate, but in terms of actually making policy, you have to look at all possibilities and figure out possible actions you could take to limit the damage from climate change.
But the notion of paying teachers on the basis of their ability to improve test scores, often termed «merit pay,» while earnestly debated by education policy researchers, is strongly opposed by teachers unions and is a political nonstarter in many parts of the country.
So let's have the debate on moral or philosophical or policy - preference terms, rather than pretending that empirical evidence signals the proper outcome.
«Right now is a tense time in terms of Canadian refugee policy and there is a lot of rhetoric, but how often do you hear the voice of the refugee in the discourse and debates?»
«They've gone from the debate over NCLB in terms of the goals being unrealistic, to saying we're not going to require you to have goals at all,» said Charlie Barone, director of federal policy for Democrats for Education Reform.
Presenters such as Bill Ayers and Janet Miller engaged in conversation with Gloria Ladson - Billings (who also won AERA's Division B Lifetime Achievement Award this year) and Michelle Fine to explore the lessons of Maxine Greene and, to use Ayers» terms, articulate «a fresh and improved three «r's» — reimagine, resist, rebuild — a project to reimagine schooling from top to bottom, challenging the politics and policies that dominate so much of the educational debates, and leaning toward a possible world, a world that could be but is not yet.»
With little new education policy expected in the remainder of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term — and a quiet session on education concluding in Albany — the debate over traditional public schools versus charter schools has shifted to a new battleground: school safety.
There is no reason to delay the real debate about long - term funding and badly needed policy updates until we reach another crisis point, which could be May 2015 and at the beginning of the next construction season.»
Again, from a traditional publisher's perspective, there is no debate, at least not in terms of business policy.
Healthy Paws quickly covered the costs of all procedures in accordance with the terms of our policy without any hassle or debate.
* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)
Debate revolved around, inter alia: reference years used; whether to discuss these two concepts in a single bullet point, which, some said, would lead to confusion among policy makers; placement of text on temperature change; and use of the term «pre-industrial.»
M. Davis et al., «New England — Acadian Forests,» in Taylor H. Ricketts et al., eds., Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment (Washington, DC: Island Press, 1999); David R. Foster, «Harvard Forest: Addressing Major Issues in Policy Debates and in the Understanding of Ecosystem Process and Pattern,» LTER Network News: The Newsletter of the Long Term Ecological Network, spring / summer 1996; U.S. Forest Service, «2006 Forest Health Highlights,» various state sheets, at fhm.fs.fed.us, viewed 2 August 2007.
And finally I'm hoping to possibly have an impact on the policy dialogue in terms of throwing new ideas out and trying to open up the debate on both the science and the policy options.
The report also says that most of the benefits of climate mitigation policies in the short term will come in the form of public health co-benefits from reduced air pollution, suggesting that climate advocacy will be well served to move away from debates over climate science and apocalyptic doomsaying, instead focusing on the multiple benefits in the near term of moving toward cleaner energy sources.
The repeated use of the term «undeniable» by bloggers and activists commenting on the report is merely the latest attempt by the warmists to claim that there's nothing more to be said about climate policy — that the debate is over.
In its statement, the Global Climate Coalition said its reorganization was «part of a long - term initiative to refocus the public debate on climate policy to the issues at hand - namely, a policy contest between the unworkable Kyoto Protocol versus a more pragmatic and viable solution to the climate issue that relies on technology, innovation and American ingenuity.»
There was no public debate about the need or terms of such a policy.
Perhaps Neil was just doing his job «challenging» Davey, but in terms of a science and policy debate, Davey won the day by considering the full body of evidence.
This group, often termed climate change skeptics, contrarians, or deniers, has received large amounts of media attention and wields significant influence in the societal debate about climate change impacts and policy (7, 9 — 14).
This group, often termed climate change skeptics, contrarians, or deniers, has received large amounts of media attention and wields significant influence in the societal debate about climate change impacts and policy (7, 9 - 14).
To summarise (at the risk of oversimplifying), there are two main positions in this debate: Those who believe that public policy goals can only be taken into account within EU competition law to the extent that those goals can be measured in economic terms and contribute to maximizing consumer welfare (Amato, Odudu).
Considering further that s. 32 (1)(c) is one of the oldest and most important parts of Canadian public policy in the economic field, and that it mandates a partial rule of reason inquiry into the seriousness of the competitive effects of the agreement, Parliament has sufficiently delineated the area of risk and the terms of debate to meet the constitutional standard.»
He was debating whether to buy a 20 year term policy for $ 500K in coverage for $ 255.58 per month or a 10 Year term policy for $ 500k in coverage for $ 132.83 per month.
This will by no means solve the debate on a 1000000 whole life insurance policy vs a 1000000 term life insurance policy.
In this short article about buying multi million dollar life insurance policies, mostly we have avoided the debate about what type of life insurance to buy: Whole, Universal, or Term Life.
We are not going to debate the term vs. whole question here, because there is no need: from a strict cost perspective, term life is much cheaper than whole life, while offering almost as much protection as any permanent policy (except for the fact that it expires after a set number of years).