Sentences with phrase «cent majority of»

An active sport differential is also an option, linking to Audi's standard Quattro AWD system, which in normal circumstances sends a 60 per cent majority of power to the back of the car, with the remaining 40 going to the front.

That shareholder cap can only be changed if the company's constitution is changed which requires a 75 per cent majority of those voting.

Not exact matches

About 70 per cent of mortgages in Canada are fixed rate, with the majority of those loans set for five - year terms.

While Scout and Highfields significantly represent nearly 10 per cent of shares, they are not in the majority, and other institutional investors haven't publicly criticized Tim's execution of its U.S. plans.

The family that holds a majority interest in Diploma Group has formally launched a takeover offer for all shares it doesn't own in the business, at a bargain basement price of 1.5 cents per share.

A recent survey conducted by the Asia Pacific Foundation shows a slim majority of Canadians (55 per cent) support the pursuit of a free - trade agreement and that 64 per cent are concerned Canada will become more susceptible to economic and political pressure from Beijing.

But his «safe hands on the economy» message cut through in the end, with the coalition winning a majority of seats in 1998 despite Labor winning 51 per cent of the two - party vote.

As it stands, the vast majority — or 90 per cent — of publishers are indeed publishing ebooks, while about 19 per cent have made their entire libraries available in digital format.

Alberta was the only province where a majority of residents surveyed said they approved of the government's handling of the environment, with 55 per cent saying they agreed the Tories are protecting the environment.

* 44 per cent of Canadians think Harper's majority government is «working well,» while 56 per cent don't think it is.

Meanwhile, a new poll shows that more than 50 per cent of Canadians are pooping like puffins over the possibility of a Tory majority, but most are unwilling to change their votes to stop it.

However, when the substantial majority of over 60 per cent gets split among four other competing parties, the Conservatives — with a minority of the vote — could wind up forming the government.

The vast majority of this oil and bitumen is transported by pipeline to U.S. refineries, where it now supplies eight per cent of domestic demand.

In that province, people who either firmly support or oppose the pipeline account for a combined 45 per cent of the populace, Abacus Data reported last month; a majority is either neutral or only lean in a particular way.

The party expects to own the constituencies that will rally to the progressive theme: specifically women and youth; and, overall, the majority of the 60 per cent who bothered to vote in the last election.

The sector held foreign currency assets equivalent to about 4 per cent of GDP, with the majority of these likely to reflect investments by the Australian Government's Future Fund.

The Canada - wide responses are similar to responses within British Columbia, where 54 per cent of respondents said they support the project, including in Vancouver and Victoria, where the majority of the opposition to the pipeline is centered.

As many as 95 per cent of these buyers are reliant on mortgages to make their real estate purchases, and the «vast majority» also receive considerable financial assistance from their Boomer parents, the study says.

We've seen how supply management for dairy, poultry and eggs hurts a) consumers through artificially high prices; b) food processors (and the jobs they could be creating in Canada) because of their inability to compete internationally; c) exporters of all kinds looking for more international trade access, but which Canada is denied because of supply management; d) the majority of Canadian farmers (over 90 per cent)-- those who grow and produce beef, pork, grains, oilseeds, pulses, and who are not supply managed — who would also benefit from more international trade access; and finally e) most ironically, dairy farmers themselves, also prevented from exploiting international growth opportunities.

But surely the vast majority of Canadians would accept an increase in the GST of only «one cent on the dollar» knowing the additional revenues would be used to provide needed funding for many groups and individuals»?

Only a small minority (roughly 15 to 20 per cent) of middle - income Canadians retiring without an employer pension plan have saved anywhere near enough for retirement and the vast majority of these families with annual incomes of $ 50,000 or more will be hard pressed to save enough in their remaining period to retirement (less than 10 years) to avoid significant fall in income.

A majority (68 per cent) of working Canadians acknowledge the possibility of serious financial implications for them and their family if they were to become disabled and unable to work for three months.

New Democrats have repeatedly pointed out that it is ludicrous to force the public sector, which is responsible for less than one per cent of greenhouse gases emitted in the province, to subsidize big polluters who pay no penalty for the majority of their greenhouse gas emissions.

But, just nine per cent of Canadians say they don't buy Tim Hortons products, majority stop in regularly April 17, 2018 — A brewing conflict between Tim Hortons franchisees and its foreign owned parent company Restaurant Brands International (RBI) appears

SHARE director of law and policy Laura O'Neill said the only other directors she knows of who failed to win majority support this year were on the board of Quebecor Inc., where holders of class B subordinate shares voted just 43 per cent in favour of electing the entire board as a slate.

But critics said Ontario, which sold a majority of shares in Hydro One to raise money for transportation infrastructure and now owns a 49 per cent stake, is taking a step backward with the deal.

More importantly, the vast majority of job gains (93 per cent) were in full - time positions.

Two years later, online sales are up by 1,000 per cent and account for a majority of revenue, up from 10 per cent, said owner Ben Burmaster, who has signed up with Shop.ca.

The vast majority of borrowings are under an evergreen loan facility and as at the close of the financial year were priced at just over 3 per cent, in line with commercially available market rates,» said the company.

The majority of China's trade is with countries in the Asian region, with around 65 per cent of China's imports sourced from the region, and around half its exports going to the region (Table B1).

Considering that Canadian MSMEs represent the vast majority of businesses in Canada, employing more than 7.5 million Canadians — about 70 per cent of Canada's private sector labour force — it becomes clear how critically important they are to the growth of the Canadian economy.

TORONTO, January 27, 2015 - While a majority (72 per cent) of younger Canadians aged 18 to 34 say they owe it to their parents to keep them comfortable in retirement, a higher majority (76 per cent) of their parents» Boomer generation (aged 50 - 69) doesn't want this «IOU», according to the 2015 RBC Financial Independence in Retirement Poll.

A majority (61 %) of those not likely to buy travel insurance for international trips say they're already covered through their credit card or group benefits plan while 15 per cent are willing to take their chances for a smooth trip.

Pacific NorthWest LNG, majority - owned by Petronas, told the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office that it would recruit 40 per cent of the workers required to build its terminal, and a staggering 70 per cent of the workers used during the last three years of building, from overseas.

On four key questions — Are you in favour of replacing the CEO; Are you in favour of revamping strategy; Are you in favour of a senior management upgrade; and Are you in favour of replacing board majority — more than 80 per cent of shareholders were either very positive or positive.

It found that while some Canadians — 17 per cent — are comfortable with the current system, a majority believe that our electoral system needs some kind of change.

Ninety - seven per cent of proxies received in advance of Thursday's meeting, which represent a majority of eligible votes, voted against the proposal, he said.

«The inequitable distribution of the national revenue; the disparity in the scale of salaries (some dispose of emoluments which are an insult to the poverty of the country, while the immense majority receives a miserable pittance); the fact that a bare two per cent of the active population owns seventy per cent of the arable land; the system of recruiting our agricultural laborers, who do not even enjoy legal status; the fact that hundreds of thousands of school - age children lack basic education; the disintegration of the family; the growing immorality everywhere — all this demands bold and definitive change.»

But, in a ComRes poll commissioned by the Church of England and published ahead of Mothering Sunday, the majority (60 per cent) said there was no ideal mother.

Within the 250 parishes of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, around 60 per cent are led by converted priests, the majority originally from evangelical backgrounds.

Most of them (approximately 90 per cent) are mildly retarded (I.Q. 55 to 69), and in the majority of cases, self - supporting.

The resolution of the problem of injustice requires a fundamental re-examination of the relationship between the one billion people, or 20 per cent of the world's population, who live in industrialized countries and who use 80 per cent of the world's resources and the majority of the world's population in poor countries who have to make do with 20 per cent of the world's resources.

Seventy - seven per cent «in general» are unsympathetic toward Moral Majority efforts; 70 per cent feel the organization is harmful in politics; 72 per cent think it does damage to the cause of religion in the country.

Of Egypt's ten million Christians, the vast majority (90 per cent) belong to the Coptic Orthodox (Egyptian conservative) church, about 10 per cent of the country's total populatioOf Egypt's ten million Christians, the vast majority (90 per cent) belong to the Coptic Orthodox (Egyptian conservative) church, about 10 per cent of the country's total populatioof the country's total population.

Despite the majority of its residents» opposition, Philadelphia became the first major U.S. city to approve a 1.5 - cent - per - ounce tax on soda and other sugary drinks.

In July, an agreement was signed over a strategic alliance with Raiffeisen - holding Niederosterreich - Wien, majority shareholder of the Austrian company Nom, involving the purchase by Parmalat of a 25 per cent stake in the Austrian dairy group for $ 30 million.

According to market research company Mintel, 15 per cent of Britons now avoid red meat — the majority for health and lifestyle reasons, 2 per cent due to allergy or intolerance — while 6 per cent describe themselves as vegetarian.

«We have 15 to 20 longstanding employees who have gone through a similar challenge and the majority of people are getting it wrong, which is good, because it means you'll get the full Coke taste with 35 per cent less calories.»

«The majority of dairy security assets are in prime farming areas where values have been maintained,» Westpac said, «Max 65 per cent of loan - to - value ratio on farmland.»

The New Zealand - based company, whose majority stake was sold by Fairfax Media, publisher of The Australian Financial Review, in 2012, had revenue growth of 9.7 per cent to $ NZ180.1 million in the 12 months ended June 30.