Sentences with phrase «brought public deficits»

And we can take credit for having brought public deficits down from 6.6 % to 1.6 %.

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The source said the pay cap was brought in to «deal with the mess we inherited from Labour» and acknowledged the «hard work and sacrifice» made by public sector workers, saying jobs had been protected and the deficit reduced by three quarters.

«Public - sector spending — a strong, steady contributor to the economy over the past decade — is now being curtailed as federal and provincial governments try to bring deficits under control,» the Conference Board of Canada noted in a recent forecast.

But the city is also struggling with a budget deficit that may require firing hundreds of public employees to bring it under control.

The quickest way to bring down the deficit would be to wage a war on waste in the public sector so that public spending is brought back under control once again.

We talk a lot about reducing the deficit, fiscal consolidation, bringing down public sector debt, increasing GDP, creating private sector jobs.

That's when the voting public elect Dems to fix the deficit spending and bring down the debt with the only tool available being raising taxes or cutting the few services available to the residents.

But she had political cover for two reasons: the public broadly accepted that the Coalition government needed to bring down the deficit, and crime fell by 30 per cent on her watch.

The Attention Deficit Disorder label has brought concerns regarding attention to the fore of public consciousness but unfortunately without the foundational knowledge that enables parents and teachers to find their way through a glut of confusing and often conflicting information.