Sentences with phrase «very public issues»

There had been some very public issues with some lawyers and others taking advantage of the process and profiting at the expense of IAP claimants.

For all the ways in which the subject matter apparently touches on very public issues (the economy of the land, LGBT rights, post-Brexit attitudes), in essence the film is absolutely intimate and personal, shaped by marvellously believable performances and ultimately achieving a heart - rending authenticity.

Not exact matches

Sexual harassment has been an issue that the company dealt with for years, but it took the very public firing of its CEO for American Apparel to address the issue.

Abigail Bozarth, a spokeswoman for AstraZeneca, said «AstraZeneca believes it is important to engage with policymakers, key partners, and the public — across all states in the United States — about the very challenging issues we face as we all work to strengthen our nation's health care system.»

The use of sexist language in the public sphere is poised to become a very big — and long overdue — issue in coming months.

«She's opened up the issue to public discussion and Yelp therefore is within its right to respond presenting its side of that very issue,» he says, adding that the tweet brings up issues of company culture.

«If there are some very big volatile issues and the public gets hurt in any sense, I think that could cause a chill to this market without question,»» Dudas said.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

Given the lack of coordination with the industry on this very difficult issue, serious concerns will remain until the reproposal is made public.»

As Mr. Mowat described it, it is critical to separate overlying vision (which is inherently emotional) and the complex technical structure (which is very complex) of Alberta's natural resource royalties when trying to have a public discussion about the issue.

So, we're asked as a corporation to take public stance on very complicated issues.

Congressman Adam Smith (D - WA) will be joining us to discuss some of the very exciting state and federal public policy issues being bandied about both in Olympia and on Capital Hill in Washington D.C..

-- We think the Nordic public sector issuers» position paper is a very effective document for lowering the barriers to issue green bonds.

Commitment and consistency are a very powerful forces that kick in with particularly strong force when people do things like making a public statement about something like a stock price or a political issue.

Local B.C. Liberal MLAs dismissed concerns raised by doctors, local representatives and the public from the very start, and instead of listening to the community and ordering a full environmental assessment of the creosote incinerator, their government issued permits and announced taxpayer - funded grants for the company.

Will the public witness of Christians be harmed by the way we speak about the very serious issue of violence against women?

Phyllis Chessler wrote a very interesting book about how wrong public perceptions are about this issue.

Serious inquiry supports civility in public life, inquisition damages it, and whatever reservations some might have about his positions on particular issues, these essays show Michnik to be very much a mainstay of that civility.

edited by Steven M. Avella and Elizabeth McKeown Orbis, 375 pp., $ 50 A very useful book that brings together Catholic documents addressing issues of public life from the American founding to the present.

Church pronouncements and responses to this issue have projected the message of a self - interested, defensive, and suspect institution, messages that are read and understood very accurately by the general public.

In more than 30 years of pastoring and dealing with pastors, I have observed that often when a public figure, secular or religious, shouts out in anger about or against a particular subject, it's usually a sign of the inner turmoil of the person crying out around that very issue.

But the same surveys would reveal portions of the public, comparably large, recoiling from the very people who are inclined to force a public discussion of the issue.

Also, considering the ongoing custody issues over my son, I try to remain very ambiguous in public forums regarding the existence of a relationship and / or a partner and any interactions... so I really have nothing to add in that respect either.

However, he added: «He did, as he himself acknowledged, not handle that whole issue very well at reconciling his own personal faith with his public positions on gay rights and other issues.

Even if you want to lay to one side the very valid concerns about the porn industry's links with human trafficking, or the connections between hard - core pornography use and sexual violence, there's a strong argument that this is, in fact, a public health issue.

so in that sense he is right, but he is also very wrong for how he choose to make his issue known to the public.

A while back the NCCB issued a splendid statement, Living the Gospel of Life, which was very specific about the responsibility of Catholic politicians and others in the public arena.

I believe she is refering to the very Vocal Churches and Christians who have for 30 years been hollaring and screamin about the issues of prayer in public schools abortions and the anti- gay verbage we been hearing for so long... nearly every day somthing is beign said on these issues you must be mr. van winkle..

At the very least, as Amy Black points out in «For the Sake of the Children» (a 1995 contribution to the Crossroads Monograph Series on Faith and Public Policy), there are public - justice issues invPublic Policy), there are public - justice issues invpublic - justice issues involved.

Very few object to denominations speaking out on public issues, and most (80 per cent) agree with most of their own church body's positions in this field.

The very public airing of the reason for Saatchi and Lawson's relationship breakdown has had one benefit: it has raised awareness of an issue that may have been quietly slipping us by for far too long.

I also have a degree in exercise physiology and am very aware of health issues plaguing the public.

The ubiquity, popularity, and marketing power of McDonald's can go a very long way in introducing these issues to the general public.

I think some very interesting points have been raised, specifically 1) the public relations issue Mixon might create for the Vikings.

Of course, I am for equal opportunity and equal rights when it comes to legal and public - sphere issues, but the fact is, from 0 - 5, especially with regard to breastfeeding, a mother plays a key role that is very different from a father.

I was just watching Michelle Duggar of 18 kids and Counting breastfeed on a parade float... no one had an issue with that very public feed!

For example, there are certainly societal issues with breastfeeding toddlers in public (or even in private), but it can be very beneficial for the child's emotional development and can engender tender feelings for a mother.

She was successfully treated but the sleep issues and separation anxiety stayed around for a while... We live in a state of Australia that promotes a very strong public health message about the risks of co-sleeping, which is particularly disseminated through its maternal - child health nurses.

It's also possible that the public would care, as the Scots cared very much about highly technical issues last autumn, if only the political parties would stop repeating platitudes about the last 100 years (which actually aren't even true).

Question: How is being from the private sector to public sector which you have done very well from how you articulated issues?

Donohue has been very outspoken during this budget battle, issuing some memorable zingers directed at Gov. David Paterson in response to the governor's efforts to get the public employee unions to agree to concessions such as furloughs or a wage freeze that he says would help close the budget deficit.

NARPO believe that very few members of the public fully understand many of the issues around policing changes.

And a public with access to an essentially infinite amount of information about candidates, campaigns and issues can arrive at opinions on our own, thank you very much.

There are very few specific «English» issues when it comes to public spending.

Unite head of health, Rachael Maskell, said: «The intemperate tone of these MPs» language is to be deplored when a member of the public is concerned over the very sensitive issue of their future health prospects.

There has been a lot of finger pointing involved with this issue — especially as the subject of preserving emails and making them public has become a very hot topic, thanks to the controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a private server based in her Westchester County home to conduct public business while she was secretary of state.

Even if they are wrong, the idea that a court can declare that someone's public statements about a controversial political issue are lies and punish them with criminal penalties strikes at the very heart of democracy.

I think David Cameron did make one quite bad misjudgment over Maria Miller and that is not to realise that the public is still very, very angry indeed at the expenses issue, which our poll underlines tonight.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is approaching a public health issue in the New York Orthodox Jewish community very sensitively.

An indication of the importance accorded to the issue among the public is that, when asked which constitutional issues should be prioritised, the «way that England should be governed now that Scotland has a parliament and Wales an Assembly» emerged in a very clear second place.