Sentences with phrase «against any increase in»

While we wait to see how much Newfoundland is able to extract, note that Ottawa offered two other similarly vague compensation deals to get CETA through: One on drug prices, tied to a lengthening of patent protection, and another to the dairy industry as protection against an increase in duty - free European cheese.

That credit can be applied against the increase in 2011 EI premiums over 2010.

Current account deficits of many Asian countries are also in surplus and currencies are broadly stable, providing a solid buffer against increases in US rates.

Oliver said, overall, the finance department study shows the NDP and Liberals are against an increase in TFSA savings room that would help Canadians across the income spectrum.

DAIRY farmers are demanding they be given the choice to reduce or vote against any increase in the $ 35 million in levies they pay each year to research and development corporation Dairy Australia.

But here is a small chance, if this campaign against him increases in volume and demonstations at Emirates, that he will go earlier.

The government must review pensions and benefits each year against increases in prices and uprate them by at least the same percentage.

The government's majority may have been slashed from 84 to 21, but enough Liberal Democrats broke a pledge with the electorate to vote against any increase in tuition fees.

Trade unions are protesting at train stations across the country today against increases in rail fares and planned cuts.

Both contracts guard against increases in the percentage of premium cost - sharing for health insurance.

In November 2009, the NUS persuaded 400 Liberal Democrat candidates, including Clegg, to sign a pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative.

Senior figures, including Mr Clegg and Danny Alexander, wanted to drop the policy of scrapping tuition fees but the party's campaign department ordered every candidate to sign the NUS pledge to «vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament».

«Carl has also spoken out against the increases in taxes and spending that have hurt families and cost New York thousands of jobs, echoing a message Senate Republicans have delivered loud and clear.»

Before the election, 55 out of the 57 Lib Dem MPs signed a pledge to vote against any increase in fees.

Trade unions are against the increase in the retirement age, arguing that people should not be forced to «work until they drop» - new figures released this week show the life expectancy for men in Glasgow is just 69.9, compared to a UK average of 76.6.

The Coalition government's proposed reforms to tuition fees announced in November 2010 provoked huge controversy, not least because many Liberal Democrats, including Nick Clegg, Vince Cable and Sir Menzies Campbell, had signed the NUS «Vote for Students» pledge «to vote against any increase in fees in the next Parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative».

Thousands of students are protesting against increases in tuition fees and education cuts across the country.

Prior to the General Election many Liberal Democrat MPs signed a pledge to vote against any increase in tuition fees.

Today, as he did in arguing against the increase in officers last year, Mr. de Blasio pointed to the city's continually low crime rate: «I say, God bless the men and women of the NYPD for doing a great job.»

Professor Thomas's team used the Judgement or J - value to balance the cost of a safety measure against the increase in life expectancy it achieves.

When the unions start busing in kids, parents, and teachers to rally against increases in class size or pay freezes, expect a lot of Republican governors to start quoting their good friend Arne Duncan.

Whatever happens with the legislation preventing new selective schools we will be keen to guard against an increase in annexe grammar expansion, and other covert means to expand selection.

Safeguard against an increase in and work to reduce reliance on other punitive discipline practices such as expulsions, school - based arrests or placements in alternative schools;

The three companies behind these four projects have each signed a 20 - year Indexed Renewable Energy Credit (IREC) agreement with the AESO, providing predictable revenues while protecting Albertans against increases in the price of power.

Since any increase in solar energy would heat both the lower and upper atmosphere, the observed drop in upper atmospheric temperatures in the past 30 years argues against an increase in energy coming from the sun being responsible for global warming.

Not exact matches

But Congress has pushed back against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.

According to the IIF, since Egypt reached agreement with the IMF in 2016, its currency has increased sharply against the dollar and that boosted its official reserves by almost double — from about $ 20 billion to $ 40 billion — and narrowed its deficit.

The union leaders say Disney is unfairly discriminating against the employees, or «cast members,» because they are engaged in contract negotiations and using the bonuses as leverage to accept a substandard pay increase.

Koum also signaled years ago that he would take a stand against Facebook if the company's push to increase its profits demanded radical changes in the way WhatsApp operates.

Already, brokers have been fielding calls from Canadians about locking in their mortgages to guard against future increases, for example.

Western Australian automotive sales have gone against the national trend for the month of July, down nearly 13 per cent on those of July 2014, despite a national increase in sales.

Last week the FBI reported a 6 % increase in hate crimes against all groups, with a 67 % increase in hate crimes against just Muslim Americans.

Despite a 64 percent increase in Internet security breaches last year, only 25 percent of U.S. organizations are prepared to defend against a cyber attack.

Last week, Royal London Asset Management branded the proposed increase in Dudley's pay as «unreasonable and insensitive» and said it would vote against the report.

HARWOOD: I just want to ask you about that in light of two votes you made recently: one for a partisan tax bill that increased the deficit, the other against a bipartisan spending deal that also increased the deficit.

It's bad news for all British wine lovers: bottle prices are set to increase in 2017 as sterling continues to depreciate against the euro.

Macron, 39, is close to becoming the youngest president in French history but before achieving that he needs to win against the far - right candidate Marine Le Pen, who has gathered increasing support using an anti-immigrant rhetoric.

In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructurIn the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructurin March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructure.

Its investment unit has struggled over the last couple of years against increased market competition, in both trading and deal advising.

If Iran and the United States finalize an agreement on the latter's nuclear enrichment program and lift an embargo against Iranian oil, we would see another increase in global supply.

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

«Such a divide between the local police and immigrant groups will result in increased crime against immigrants and in the broader community, create a class of silent victims, and eliminate the potential for assistance from immigrants in solving crimes or preventing crime.»

It's interesting to note that Trump was against any increase earlier in his campaign.

Also unsurprisingly, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George, dissenter - in - chief at the bank, voted against the motion to stay the course, citing «economic and financial imbalances,» as well as, further down the road, «an increase in long - term inflation expectations» as reasons for concern.

«So the question that we're asking is not only is there a light - attack capability off the shelf that we can use that can increase lethality and readiness, but is there also a shareable network that allies and partners who are already with us and those that may choose to join us... in the campaign against violent extremism, can we actually get into a new, shareable network that allows information to flow at a far faster rate so we can take out the enemy?»

They're paying the lowest premium in nearly three years to protect against a 10 % decline in Nvidia's stock over the next three months, relative to bets on a 10 % increase, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Your business will face a bunch of risks that it can't insure against, such as increased competition, declining margins, staff turnover, or the failure of a new product to make a splash in the market.

But Congress has pushed back hard against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.

The study further highlighted that the number of jobless in the country will increase to 18.6 million in 2018 and 18.9 million in 2019, against 18.3 million in 2017.

As the tax plan advanced in Congress, forecasting shops at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and others penciled in a faster pace of Fed rate increases — essentially expecting the Fed would need to lean against the inflationary outcome.