Sentences with phrase «balance their budgets by»

The PQ has laid out plans to reduce that pesky deficit as well, stating the government would balance the budget by the 2015 - 2016 fiscal year.

While he would have liked to have seen more investor - specific changes — «it's always nice to have more rather than less,» he says — he thinks it's unlikely we'll see any reductions in capital gain taxes or major increases in TFSA room until at least 2015, when the government says it can balance the budget by.

They elevate the importance of balanced budgets by trying so hard to convince voters that they too would run tight fiscal policy.

Glen Hodgson, senior vice-president and chief economist, Conference Board of Canada It's good that the government is still shooting to balance the budget by 2015 and gives itself room to do it at least a year earlier.

Flaherty is still committed to a balanced budget by 2015 without raising taxes or making cuts to provincial transfers.

The economic landscape since then has clouded over considerably, suggesting that the achievement of a balanced budget by fiscal 2015 - 2016 could be too rosy an assumption.

«He will continue to strengthen the economy & balance the budget by 2015.»

And so we come to the federal Conservatives» promise to balance the budget by 2015.

While budget 2013 didn't feature many goodies for the personal finances and portfolios of Canadians, there was good news in the commitment to balance the budget by 2015.

Although committed to balancing the budget by 2014 — 15, however, the government's long - term plan remains unclear.

TORONTO — Fitch Ratings downgraded Ontario's long - term debt rating Friday, highlighting «risks» on the path to the Liberal government's target of balancing the budget by 2017 - 18.

If the global climate again turns stormy, Budget 2013's three - pronged action plan will seem inconsequential, and Flaherty's pledge for a balanced budget by 2015 will look vulnerable.

Next the economy was hobbled by President H W Bush balancing the budget by signing a tax increase and going to war in Kuwait.

In the absence of tax increases, the government will not be able to achieve its goal of a balanced budget by 2015 - 16 without major cuts in direct program expenses and the elimination of «boutique» tax expenditures in the order of $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 16.

The budget projections underlying these «alternative» budgets are out - of - date, with the result that their policy prescriptions will not achieve a balanced budget by the dates specified.

What's more, today's budget also included a road map to deliver two more balanced budgets, which would bring the total to seven consecutive balanced budgets by 2019 - 20.

To be «realistic», you need to acknowledge that you will not balance the budget by 2019 - 20.

A credible initiative to support the elderly would have some on - going funding but, given the projected fiscal track, offsets would need to be found to claim a balanced budget by 2015 - 16.

After the 2009 - 10 recession, budget 2011 stated «the Government is projected to return to balanced budgets by 2015 - 16 at the latest.

Based on our assessment of the proposed expenditure «savings», we believe that the Government will not balance the budget in 2015 - 16, and may have difficulty in achieving a balanced budget by 2016 - 17.

In the March 2011 budget, the government made a commitment «to return to balanced budgets by 2015 - 16 at the latest».

The federal government is not confronted with a short - term fiscal crisis but it is facing a stubborn medium - term structural deficit that will prevent you from balancing the budget by 2015 - 16, without new expenditure cuts and / or tax increases.

On Wednesday, a report published by Quebec's interim auditor general said the PQ's goal of achieving a balanced budget by 2015 - 16 was «to say the least, ambitious,» particularly if it rules out tax hikes and caps government - spending increases at two per cent over the next two years.

And to top things off, the government has declared that in the post-Afghanistan era, the Forces are to find significant savings to contribute to a promised balanced budget by 2015.

With the Alberta twist on LOL — lower for longer oil prices — the government has cancelled its earlier promise of a balanced budget by 2020.

The mandate letter sent by the Prime Minister to the Minister of Finance calls on him to balance the budget by 2019 - 20 and to «reduce the debt to GDP ratio throughout our mandate.»

Every time the Finance Minister says he will balance the budget by 2019 - 20, his fiscal credibility evaporates just a little bit.

He heard government leaders talk about balancing the budget by cutting back on the food stamp program, even while they rescued a struggling aircraft corporation with massive federal aid.

If a municipality thinks they can rely on balancing their budget by lowering the speed limit, townies need only follow the law to show them how foolish a plan it was.

High brow yes, but you can balance that budget by keeping these little jars around for loose herbs, finishing salt, or spices.

Given the time limit on the buy back clause and Inter's own need to balance their budget by June 30, we can expect this situation to be finalised in the next month.

He has stressed that the Treasury — under his leadership — did loosen the grip, setting out new fiscal rules for a balanced budget by the middle of the next decade.

«We are in tough times, but we should never balance a budget by risking an increase in crime in our neighborhoods.

SLF believes that future governments must be careful not to sacrifice a dynamic economy with rising living standards for the sake of balanced budgets by a set date — especially if this means spending cuts that effect the most vulnerable.

The Tories completely failed to balance the budget by 2015 and they got elected on a financial competence ticket anyway.

Republican Nassau County executive candidate Jack Martins criticized the county's financial control board for commissioning a report that suggested balancing the budget by privatizing ambulance services and defunding crossing guards, firefighter training and youth programs.

After all, George Osborne (laughably) balances his budgets by making cuts to it, despite the fact that it does not exist yet.

This will be accomplished with a further # 30 billion of spending cuts with the aim of generating a balanced budget by 2017 - 2018 and a surplus in 2018 - 2019.

Republican Nassau County executive candidate Jack Martins on Tuesday criticized the county's financial control board for commissioning a report that suggested balancing the budget by privatizing ambulance services and defunding crossing guards, firefighter training and youth programs.

It is only the Liberal Democrats that will balance the budget by 2018, cut taxes for low and middle earners and ensure decent public services, creating opportunity for everyone.»

Polling by American Solutions, a citizen action network I founded in 2007, shows that on issues such as producing more American energy, cutting taxes to create jobs, balancing the budget by cutting spending, English as the language of government, and more, Americans oppose the views of academic elites by 75 to 85 percent.

«This Chancellor... forecasted originally in 2010 that we were going to balance the Budget by 2015.

Bloomberg and the council must agree on a balanced budget by June.

Under Cuomo, the state has passed a balanced budget by deadline fives times in a row (though, last year's was technically late by a few hours), which isn't a small feat, Birdsell said.

The Reform Party wishes to balance the budget by addressing these issues, and raising revenue by cutting special interest tax loopholes.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

We balanced the budget by taking a number of resources away from the MTA and we projected it out of far as 2013 to keep the budget balanced.»

The council can only meet the legal requirement to balance its budget by raiding # 3milion from its reserves while carrying out a raft of mid-year spending cuts, including cutting personal budgets for adult care users by a fifth and targeting high - cost adult care packages for reductions (appendices 4 and 5, pages 12 - 13).

«We shouldn't balance the budget by cutting funding for schools.

A state where a librarian in NYC is paid $ 600,000.00 a year in salary, a convicted felon former state senate leader and comptroller are collecting large pensions but we can only balance the budget by laying off our teachers.