But tax experts warn that it wouldn't be easy because all of those tax breaks are important to powerful interest groups. |
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The interest groups behind it were northern industrialists who wanted to feed their private greed at public expense. |
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No matter how learned and disinterested those special interest groups may be, I know which society I would prefer to live in. |
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It was identity politics, the politics of the special interest groups, of the disadvantaged groups. |
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I instinctively like empowering political interest groups, which despite their flaws do articulate important substantive visions. |
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Professional values also symbolize the democratic processes that key interest groups in the enterprise expect. |
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But any effective effort at doing this is likely to be a non-starter with one of the most powerful Democratic interest groups. |
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It's interest groups that have gone public and have learned to excite public apprehensions and public opposition. |
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Common interest groups, involving intergroup contact, should be central to Government policy to build bridges between divided communities. |
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The law bans soft money, unrestricted donations to political parties from corporations and other interest groups. |
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There are many streets bearing his name, and more than one has caused vociferous opposition from some interest groups. |
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It says less about the logic of reform than about the poverty of a debate that's strangled by interest groups and ideology on both sides. |
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High taxes enrich the corrupt politicians and their special interest groups. |
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The effect of this was to marginalize all advocacy groups and interest groups that were not corporate. |
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Their primary concern is with tax cuts for the wealthy and appeasing radical right wing interest groups. |
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Her analysis demonstrates how off-cycle elections reduce voter turnout and amplify the power of organized interest groups. |
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Before 1974, the State was based on corporative bodies representing different interest groups. |
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When presidents make crisis decisions, they do not consult interest groups. |
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As this newspaper does its daily job, treading between different interest groups, our main concern is to freely report what happens on our patch. |
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Public interest groups and the press insist that campaign donors supposedly only give money to politicians to bribe them. |
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No dissent is tolerated and concerned citizens who are vocal are considered special interest groups. |
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The plan was met by hostility from internet rights activists, poiticians, internet users, internet service providers and interest groups alike. |
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If so-called public interest groups or non-profit corporations are accepting corporate money, lay it on the table. |
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This is mainly a fund-raising gimmick for a couple of right of center interest groups. |
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Signatures of interest groups who have credibility in the state can be a definite asset. |
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Public interest groups denounced the move, and legislators retightened some of the rules. |
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You have interest groups lined up on both sides, all making a case that they are on the side of consumers. |
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The Minister for Health, Micheal Martin, will pitch the proposals to a huge range of interest groups and representative bodies. |
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The truthteller only enters politics when he aligns himself with political or interest groups. |
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Their policies have to deal with the real world of interest groups, elections and media distortion. |
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Domestic politics would be purged of interest groups vying for preferential treatment. |
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We want our industry to work proactively with other interest groups and government. |
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To establish special interest groups and clubs to meet the needs of the young people. |
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But some political analysts give him only until April as prime minister, citing turf wars between rival interest groups. |
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Dominant interest groups emerge at some stage to defend their position and maintain their advantages. |
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Despite its composition as a businessmen's organization, the bureau has more of the characteristics of a public interest group than any of the other special interest groups identified in Milwaukee. |
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Special interest groups have capitalized on the situation in an attempt to shape public opinion. |
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First, we have opened up and systematised the way the stakeholders, both interest groups and individuals, are consulted. |
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Here, we find that the dominant interest groups indeed influenced the final design of an EU GHG market. |
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Legislators also grant access to like-minded interest groups with little money to give. |
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Once more we have a half measure that pleases only those special interest groups that it thinks it can trade support with votes. |
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If the government caves in to special interest groups and political correctness then it should call a spade a spade. |
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The government's drive to micromanage so many activities creates a huge incentive for interest groups to push for special favours. |
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Today's technology makes social sites a gold mine of information for marketing companies, or political interest groups, or potential employers. |
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Of the nonprofessional magazines, quite a number serve broad interest groups, religious, political, or social. |
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They have consulted with their special interest groups, with those groups that are on the dole that have to agree with the government. |
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Cultural mapping is an attention-getter, and your map can be used to tell your story to different types of interest groups in an innovative way. |
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Basically he was saying that this bill is designed to pander to what he referred to as special interest groups. |
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Members of special interest groups think that they get a free ride while the rest of society picks up the bill. |
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Moreover, the NCC will organize more meetings with interest groups, and it will organize an annual general meeting and open it to the public. |
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Under-represented groups need to have a say on the electoral system, but he does not want special interest groups hijacking the process. |
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But they cannot dismiss a groundswell of voices from different interest groups. |
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We intend to consult with interested individuals, with relevant interest groups and with experts in the universities, government and elsewhere. |
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They are merely evidence of economic chauvinism on the part of the trade unions and other interest groups in the old Member States. |
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Special interest groups, such as those in music or drama, find their activities pleasing and engrossing. |
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Such requests often emanate from environmental interest groups, lawyers, and professional researchers. |
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This calls for political leadership, to convey messages that may be true but unpalatable to certain influential interest groups. |
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Policy-making is fast-paced, unpredictable and often influenced by external events and special interest groups. |
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While the decision prompted criticism from the opposition and interest groups, Tasha Kheiriddin writes that Canadians should applaud the move. |
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In a political vacuum, only special interest groups, particularisms, corporativisms of all sort will prevail, as it happens today. |
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The scrutiny it had was with the interest groups that were most likely to benefit monetarily from the process that was to be put in place. |
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The planned amendments are a challenge to the Member States' right of codetermination and to their interest groups. |
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Respect for dissension based on reasonability and interpretation of the law by various interest groups. |
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That party calls minority groups special interest groups, but it embraces the gun lobby, the worst special interest in the country. |
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There is a system for consulting special interest groups so that the politicians have an objective basis for making decisions. |
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The national parliaments must be far more actively involved, and local authorities and special interest groups must play their part. |
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Notes plan was well received by public, community and special interest groups who attended the meeting. |
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More information on several of these special interest groups is included on the following pages. |
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External stakeholders can include, for example, health partners, special interest groups, and the people who bear the risk. |
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The council is independent and does not represent any special interest groups. |
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Contributions were received from special interest groups within the North Sea Commission and the Regions that are members of the Commission. |
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They argued that the Agreement was politically motivated and resulted from the lobbying efforts of special interest groups. |
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Influential people can be found within business clubs, special interest groups or committees. |
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Hundreds of major transnational corporations and interest groups have organized their congresses and conferences here. |
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Mr. Speaker, today the Liberals pandered to the special interest groups in a blatant attack on Canadian sealers. |
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An intensive canvass of all interest groups will also take place, including the churches, the Pro-Life Campaign, the Right to Choose campaign and other organisations. |
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The more powerful interest groups manage the legal system and use it to legitimise and maintain the status quo. |
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In the old system, politicians from the same party representing different interest groups were electable in tandem in each district. |
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Politicians hear a public voice through the media and through many special interest groups clamouring for harsh penalties. |
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Ultimately, though, the responsibility for changing our laws is not left entirely to the lawyers, the experts or the interest groups. |
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In the region the Committee audited for this report, three programs to interview leaders of communities or interest groups were underway. |
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Without legal backing, participation may end up being restricted to a negotiation among a few strong interest groups. |
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Workers need to communicate with customers and other kinds of interest groups in order to share knowledge about the product or service. |
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The New Deal Coalition consisted of politicians, special interest groups, including labor unions, and voting blocs that supported New Deal initiatives. |
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Its members would not be beholden to any special interest groups, at all, for their selection. |
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In our current configuration of religious interest groups, we find significant overlap with party politics. |
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As interest groups stepped up their lobbying, the political parties continued maneuvering in advance of a potential Senate vote to bar the filibusters. |
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And he has been able to portray himself as unencumbered by some of the interest groups linked to the other candidates. |
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The whole concept revolves around a moneyless society, with administrative decisions made based on scientific fact rather than lobbyists and special interest groups. |
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Consumer and other civic interest groups also put their feet in the door, though they found it much harder to exercise effective political muscle. |
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And the liberal interest groups involved in health care are surprisingly in line with the liberal blogosphere, the netroots and the grassroots activists. |
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The annual sitting of the UK Youth Parliament, the political party conferences and youth interest groups will be among the hunting grounds where opinions will be sought. |
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The tourism industry and Aboriginal groups were well represented with both interest groups expressing their concerns over access to pastoral land. |
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Congress is increasingly a battleground on such matters, and elected representatives tend to cave to special interest groups if there is no money coming in on the other side. |
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It was further agreed that the public would have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each day and that special interest groups and other organizations would have the opportunity to present to the Board. |
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Another factor is lobbying by special interest groups. |
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Some even talk about adding restrictions on special interest groups. |
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Have special interest groups distorted the global agenda? |
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These bodies were not directly elected but members were appointed by local government and local interest groups. |
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The second major influence on the Plantation was the negotiation among various interest groups on the British side. |
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The relative costs, benefits and beneficiaries of free trade are debated by academics, governments and interest groups. |
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Rather than having narrow, special interest groups draft initiatives, they should be drafted and debated through party conventions and then submitted to the public. |
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Comments are encouraged from members of the public, rather than just interest groups. |
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Achievement of these national packaging policy targets require the combined resources of government, industry, consumer and special interest groups. |
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A Calgary respondent worried that opposing special interest groups could identify other groups to the government as terrorists regardless of their activities. |
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The general public, special interest groups, and collectors take a keen interest in stamps because they serve as a reflection of our nation, have educational value and offer beautiful designs. |
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Because the questions that WOAgri is asking seem to me to hold the answers to the situation of all farmers in the world, and not a few special interest groups. |
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Depends on cooperation from special interest groups. |
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The accretion of interest groups is not a uniquely American problem. |
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Existing Group: When an existing group such as special interest groups, ethnic groups, or active area residents choose to be a Lions club so that they can conduct community service and utilize training and insurance benefits. |
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Longer term funding may be possible through special interest groups. |
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By nature, there will be distinct interest groups. |
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Public interest groups criticize pork barrel projects as shameful. |
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It is very frustrating to see our international institutions victimized by countries, interest groups that simply play gamesman theory with more than one tactic. |
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The committees may be composed of representatives of the Parties and, where appropriate, of relevant public bodies, nongovernment organizations, trade unions and other interest groups. |
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Full disclosure can allow an authoritarian regime to weaken opposition parties by undermining the financial support of their sympathisers or allied interest groups. |
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There will be Public Consultation Group, Community Consultation Group and Technical Advisory Committee meetings involving community groups, business interests and special interest groups. |
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They can participate in the working groups, special interest groups, and subcommittees of the OGC Technical Committee. |
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As well as accessing information, there is great potential for the communication and exchange of ideas among these interest groups, much of which could become public domain information. |
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The different interest groups which are represented include the prefects and state services, local and regional authorities, environmental protection and consumer associations. |
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For instance, in some IMALP groups, dominant interest groups such as dairy cattle breeders, following a first open phase, asserted their role and brushed aside the interests of other breeders. |
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Ceres, a coalition of investors, environmental organizations and public interest groups, awarded a special commendation for Suncor's 2007 Climate Change report. |
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Even if properly implemented, participatory governance could still run the risk of being captured by vested interest groups, traditional elites or power groups, or co-opted by those in power. |
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Key among this is information about specifically where it is that we are taking the legal and binding right of interest groups that now have a formal and legally binding say in the management of our fishery. |
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Many interest groups, such as non-governmental organizations and advocacy groups, have government relations staff or consultants who speak with the government on their behalf. |
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A Canadian minister should be in the United States each and every working day to advocate and educate American lawmakers and interest groups, potential allies, not just a visit once in a blue moon. |
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But interest groups are taking no chances. |
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I say it is a sad day when the civil liberties of a people are taken for granted by the government and only judged to be at risk when the elites or special interest groups deign to acknowledge the risk. |
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Forking protects the content against dilution from new interest groups. |
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When the matter was first raised in the House there was reaction from the other side, from some of the special interest groups and from the immigration bar association trying to squelch debate on the topic. |
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This is deliberate misinformation. Why are we being misinformed? There are interest groups who lobby, but also we should not underestimate the lack of knowledge about evidence in medicine. |
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These stakeholders include not only local residents, interest groups and river users, but also government agencies having environmental, heritage or recreational responsibilities. |
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Why, when all the politicians, the various interest groups and others have all called unanimously for these immigrants to be permanently received here? |
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Further, interest groups and government agencies more worried about energy were no match for Kissinger's dominance. |
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It also included considerations related to the ability of individual jurisdictions to respond to the varying politics of their jurisdiction, each with different political parties, priorities, and dominant interest groups. |
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The issue I was trying to point out in my speech was that the Liberals pander to the special interest groups that would have us eat tofu and vegetarian food for the rest of our lives. |
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Joint implementation of work with the interest groups concerned should foster the emergence and assimilation of a forward-looking vision of their activity. |
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General Zia-ul-Haq's policy of depoliticization of the population, coupled with support for non-party systems, resulted in dominance of two interest groups in politics, the feudal and the industrialist classes. |
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Develops and maintains partnerships and positive relations with officials from other foreign missions, international organizations, host governments, Canadian and foreign press corps and key interest groups abroad. |
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There has been pressure put on from various interest groups to sequester water, to use it for supposedly much cleaner technology than oil sands development. |
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This meant, among other things, an ignoble battle among newbies to sponsor bills that would allow them to curry favour with interest groups who would finance their next campaign. |
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Although the idea itself is praiseworthy, its boundaries are vague and there is therefore a danger that it might become a forum for a variety of far-fetched ambitions and interest groups. |
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Some believe that funding group litigation is undemocratic in that it puts particular interest groups in control of the courts' agenda, which in effect, excludes other groups and members of the public. |
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It is important to note the reference to ownership: the fact that an item is regarded as the cultural heritage of one or more communities or interest groups does not negate private proprietorial status. |
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One of the most interesting of all the issues in this report, from the point of view of the various interest groups, has been that concerning the change in the volatility limit for petrol. |
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Without exception, cooperation among the main interest groups in society is the key to finding workable and acceptable solutions to economic crisis. |
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Good use of available research can make it easier to explain where decisions came from and bring together interest groups with competing arguments. |
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This report describes the consultation with representatives of residents' associations and interest groups, public comments and future steps that will mark the evolution of this project. |
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Other special interest groups are exploring possible meetings. |
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Good use of the available research can also make it easier to explain where decisions came from, and sometimes help broker between interest groups with competing arguments. |
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It will digitalize the whole service chain, considering the needs of the end users and different interest groups. |
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It confirms the NCC's willingness and openness to study the future of Canada's Capital Core Area in concert with its partners, interest groups and the public. |
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However, what I can say is that the way this study is fashioned is so that a representative sample of Canadians is asked to participate, not people from special interest groups but rather a cross-section of Canadians. |
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These rights include: equality before the law and the freedom to vote, to speak freely on public issues, and to participate in public interest groups. |
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Powerful anecdotes that favour particular policy options also wreak havoc with evidence-based decision-making, as do interest groups, political values, attacks on research, and public discourses that concern people's rights. |
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When the economic pie is frozen or shrinking, it is understandable that a 'winner-take-all' mentality among rival interest groups could set in and turn policy consultation of the PRS process into a zero-sum competition. |
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The Quebec Act offended a variety of interest groups in the British colonies. |
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In addition to the political parties, there are various interest groups such as the Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament and the Celtic League. |
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The prepublication was followed by a 30-day consultation period which included a meeting with employers, unions and other interest groups on September 25, 2001 and receipt of written comments. |
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Increasing its size for the benefit of a particular group would set a precedent that an unlimited number of other interest groups may wish to take advantage of as well. |
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However, because voter turnout in these types of elections often is quite low, voting in referenda and initiatives may be more easily influenced by political parties and interest groups than voting in officeholder elections. |
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Special interest groups are not likely to be interested in being fair. |
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Various interest groups often form networks beyond party boundaries. |
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Criticism of cosmetics has come from a wide variety of sources including some feminists, religious groups, animal rights activists, authors, and public interest groups. |
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The players behind the renovation and redevelopment of Palm Beach's Royal Poinciana Plaza remain open to input even after 200 meetings with various interest groups. |
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Journalists, politicians, and writers actively participated in the movement, which attracted an array of interest groups, including women's rights activists. |
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In a move clearly designed to stoke the fires of Ford Nation and enrage left-leaning councillors, Ford came out swinging at left-leaning special interest groups. |
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Results broadly support the collective choice model and disconfirm the role of interest groups, particularly physicians, in determining prescription regulation. |
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In March 2005, the Orange Order voted to end its official links with the UUP, while still maintaining the same unofficial links as other interest groups. |
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These interest groups tend to think that solving this problem is simply a matter for the central bank to raise the price of the dollar from 5 colones to, say, 8 or 10 colones. |
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