Sentences with phrase «time the government steps»

It's about time the government steps in here.

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I was at a conference for technology CEOs a couple of years ago, and a former head of Canada's civil service said the government has done all of the policies right, and now it's time for the business community to step up.

Government isn't working as well as it once did so «it does fall, I think, not just on business but on all other areas of society to step up,» he tells New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin.

«It's costing too much time and it's costing too much time for the British government to step up their pace,» he said.

Western governments at the time undertook bold fiscal and monetary steps that averted what otherwise might have become debilitating financial panics.

The federal government failed to make its case that something about trading stocks and bonds and derivatives has changed so fundamentally in recent times that Ottawa must now step in.

As the federal government places a renewed emphasis on climate action, now is the time for B.C. to be articulating its next steps,» the team members» letter states.

Advocates of world government were at the time divided about the UN, some saying it was a step in the right direction, others pointing out that you don't leap a great chasm by taking one step at a time.

«7 Bennett gives as examples of middle axioms for our time the need of international collaboration in the United Nations, the maintenance of balance between free enterprise and government control of economic power, the removal of racial segregation in the churches and its progressive elimination in society.8 Provided such middle axioms are taken for what they are, as Christian «next steps» and not as a watered - down version of the full implications of the love commandment, they can be extremely helpful in the quest of a fuller justice as this is actuated by Christian love.

Also we believe that the time has come for the powers of the Supreme Court and all arms of government to be put in proper context and where it is found that it enables the semblance of arbitrariness, steps taken to protect the citizenry.

This time it could be worse - by taking the rare step of allowing the emergency debate on phone - hacking he made a power play against the government, which was desperate to avoid it.

Time to reject the ideological templates provided by the socialist left and the libertarian right and to embrace a new centre ground in which government steps up — and not back — to act on behalf of us all.

It's why when I stood on the steps of Number 10 for the first time as Prime Minister 84 days ago, I said that the Government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the rich and powerful, but by the interests of ordinary, working class people.

In accepting this responsibility on behalf of his colleagues, Speaker Heastie has stepped forward at an incredibly important time for New York as a whole, and I look forward to working with him to enact an aggressive agenda that ensures economic opportunity for all, improves and reforms our education system, ensures justice in perception and in reality, and restores trust in our government.»

«In a time when the American government is failing to do its job, responsible governments like New York State have to step up and find creative local funding sources to take care of basic tasks like running our subways and buses,» Raskin said.

An immediate step that the Government should take is to require full, detailed and comprehensive records to be kept of what work civil servants are undertaking while they are on facility time.

Clarifying this is the single most important step government could take to help the industry ride out these tough times.»

It's time now for city government to step up to the plate and commit resources to support the plan,» he said.

Time and time again I have stepped before the cameras to sincerely defend your reputation in the interests of the Labour Party and the Government as a whTime and time again I have stepped before the cameras to sincerely defend your reputation in the interests of the Labour Party and the Government as a whtime again I have stepped before the cameras to sincerely defend your reputation in the interests of the Labour Party and the Government as a whole.

«[T] he ethics agreement signals that we've taken another step in restoring the public's trust in their government,» then Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said at the time.

«But to get to that step in a relatively short period of time, it's going to be a real challenge for local government officials to get this done.»

The private sector is ready and willing to help strengthen the UK's fragile recovery - but it's time for the government to step up and help.

I would have no problem at all in the government stepping in, nationalising this industry for this period of time in order that this buyer can be found and we can secure the future of the industry for the longer term.»

«The step - change that is needed in relation to children's mental health will not be possible without recognition from Government that schools and other services need the time, resources and funding which ensure that no child has their life blighted by mental ill health.»

It is time for the government to step up and support the nation's young, as it is they who will be the future of the economy.

Perhaps the most significant step the administration took in respect of the producer price of cocoa was that the government raised the producer price of cocoa more than three times within two years.

«The challenge of feeding growing populations healthily while minimising environmental damage - particularly as food and fuel prices continue to rise - should remind governments that this is not a time to step away from tackling our food system,» he said.

New York State's email deletion policy is out of step with best practices in the Federal government, in other states like North Carolina and Massachusetts, with good government advocates, and even with the New York State Archives's own recommendations from 2010, which stated «Purging all emails after a defined time period is not an acceptable retention and disposition strategy.»

Public Advocate Letitia James says it's time to «heal the rift» between the two politicians for the sake of the city and the state — saying it was the first step, in her mind, to increasing diversity in the city's government and its contracting.

As a first step, the government would table a «time allocation motion» setting timer limits to debates — the normal practice, observed by all recent governments.

Keith Wright, a senior Assembly member from Harlem, said it was time for Silver to step down so government could be «free of distraction and the stink of scandal.»

At a time when there are signs that the new government in Iran is taking some tentative steps towards reducing tensions over its nuclear programme, the cost of military intervention seem to outweigh any potential benefits (of which there are few and far between at best).

The Welsh Liberal Democrats» plans for concessionary bus schemes for young people, students and part - time workers came a step closer to becoming a reality last night when the Welsh Government agreed to support the party's plans.

WASHINGTON — The sprawling agreement to boost government spending reached by Republicans and Democrats this month quietly included a step toward defusing what could be a financial time bomb for 1.5 million retirees and hundreds of companies in the industrial Midwest and the South.

Lawmakers and good government groups have knocked the last - minute flurry of budget activity before the April 1 deadline because it at times requires messages of necessity, a procedural step taken by the governor to move legislation to the floor of the Assembly and Senate more quickly to circumvent the required three - day «aging» process.

The key to winning support in the Senate, according to DeFrancisco, is easing up on state - mandated programs and costs to local governments while at the same time acknowledging that some communities have taken steps to curb costs and consolidate services.

A former government whip today called on Lord Mandelson to tell Gordon Brown it is time to step down as prime minister to save Labour's chances of winning this year's general election.

This isn't the first time local government has stepped in to assist the club.

The rules mark the first time the federal government has stepped in to enact protections to limit risks posed by a technology that has been both criticized for causing environmental harm and credited with making the nation one of the leading producers of oil and gas.

The global financial crisis could give the world two or three years of much - needed time to step up the fight to slow climate change the climate change advisor for the former federal government, Ross Garnaut, said.

Cabrera Times «A first step has been taken to lift the ban on therapeutic cloning in Canberra research laboratories after the ACT Government tabled legislation this week.»

At the same time, the single largest entity paying for healthcare continues to be the federal government, and providers accustomed to the traditional framework might be hesitant to risk stepping away from that system.

And what motivated his action (which got him indicted on charges of conspiracy, espionage, and theft of government documents) wasn't McNamara's lie — Ellsberg had witnessed McNamara lie time and again since the phony Tonkin Gulf crisis of 1964 — but rather the realization that Nixon, who'd just taken office, wasn't going to stop the war but rather step up the bombing and the killing.

It is time for the Government to step up and offer a fair deal for women teachers.»

It's about time he was asked to step down from the New Schools Network, which although technically a charity is to all intents and purposes a government agency which is wholly funded by a DfE contract and whose only role is to promote government policy around free schools.

«Individual schools can and should take steps to address workload but they can do nothing about the timing or the content of government reforms or the weight of accountability.

Many states have stepped forward with additional aid for school facilities, and for a brief time, the federal government offered a funding program.

It is time for the government to step up and offer a fair deal for women teachers.»

«We welcome the Government's decision to maintain free school lunches for children during term time - the next step must be to help families during the holidays.

Right around the time that Albert Shanker began promoting a new form of charter - supported schooling, the U.S. federal government took a substantial step toward supporting the educational rights of students with disabilities.