Sentences with phrase «cent support for»

«Other firms that use volunteer online polling panels have failed to pick up more than three per cent support for Ukip in recent months, while the highest figure reported in a telephone or face - to - face poll is just two per cent.

Tottenham will be embarrassed to see that there are nearly twice as many Arsenal fans in their borough as their own, with figures showing 18.92 per cent support for the Gunners and 10.81 for Spurs.

However, the survey results were not published on the corporation's website until last month, after a follow - up survey in May had recorded the far more favourable result of 84 per cent support for the 20,000 hens per hectare density limit.

Not exact matches

-- Increasing social assistance rates by one per cent for people on disability supports and welfare.

The budget includes a one per cent increase for people on welfare and disability support, who will also be allowed to keep the first $ 200 of earnings each month before their benefits are reduced.

President Donald Trump told lawmakers he would support a 25 - cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to pay for his plan to upgrade U.S. public infrastructure, a congressional aide said.

Responding to Tory charges that the NDP's proposed cap - and - trade system would wind up raising gas prices by 10 cents per litre, Jack Layton blamed Stephen Harper «s subsidies to big oil companies and support for the harmonized sales tax in Ontario for higher gas prices.

Shares in Mungana Gold Mines rose by more than 25 per cent after the company announced it would move ahead with its North Queensland zinc strategy, following shareholder support for the $ 15 million acquisition of the Chilagoe base metal assets from the liquidators of Kagara, originally announced in December last year.

According to the credit society's constitution, a minimum of 25 per cent of members were required to make the vote count, with 75 per cent of those voting needed to support demutualisation for it to go ahead.

Halle Berry, Rihanna, Benicio Del Toro, Kylie Minogue, Vera Wang and 50 Cent are among those who have responded to Harf's call for support.

A particularly stressful week for farmers has come to a relieving end with the Greens today supporting the federal government's proposed 15 per cent backpacker tax after voting against it yesterday.

Harper and his party couldn't be happier — campaigning just after introducing a budget with goodies for many, enjoying 43 per cent support against a Liberal Party at just 24 per cent and the NDP at 16 per cent, according to an Ipsos - Reid poll and facing beleaguered Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff in his first national campaign.

«The fact that we have a patchwork of provincial policies and haven't had new federal policy support for renewable power caught up to Canada last year, with investment dropping 46 per cent.

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.

A senior federal Liberal told me at the time they believed that gesture alone would bump up support for Clark between 5 and 7 per cent.

In an Insights West poll conducted in late October for Maclean's, the Liberals had 35 per cent support, the Conservatives 33 per cent and the New Democratic Party 20 per cent.

In other parts of B.C., support for the pipeline jumped to 60 per cent in favour, 32 per cent opposed and 8 per cent unsure.

Lighthizer said he's aiming for an agreement that will have broad support in the current Congress, with at least 65 per cent of the Senate and House approving the deal.

«The 3.02 per cent countervailing duty for J.D. Irving Ltd. announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce yesterday provides further support for all New Brunswick lumber producers to be excluded from these trade remedy proceedings,» Pelletier said in a statement.

One poll after another shows the PCs have remarkable staying power — 20 per cent support or more — for a party that was crushed at the polls last May.

Despite the nervousness in the market, Bangsund said her firm believes there is strong support for the Canadian dollar right now and has increased her 12 - month target for the loonie to 85 cents US from 82 cents US.

67 per cent of Torontonians support increasing the Land Transfer Tax rebate for first - time buyers to reduce the amount of tax that first - time buyers are required to pay.

The University of Toronto's engineering program received the top grade of 72 per cent, powered by a perfect grade in the student participation section and a 96 per cent score for institutional support.

Magna for the first time reported the detailed results of director elections held in May, showing that the former Ontario premier won just 38 per cent support from shareholders for his re-election to the Magna board.

Many of them were supported by Hydro Ottawa's Save on Energy Retrofit Program, which offers subsidies of up to 50 per cent toward project costs for businesses making the switch to greener equipment.

Support for the Green Party councillor has grown to 35 per cent, up nine percentage points, but she's still not said if she's even running.

Future TFSA income based on present balances of $ 108,437 growing at the present rate of $ 7,200 per year for the next 12 years at 3 per cent after inflation would rise to $ 259,850 and support payments of $ 15,342 per year.

Support for the legalisation of same - sex marriage varied between states, ranging from 57.8 per cent in New South Wales to 74 per cent in the Australian Capital Territory.

Different concerns chime with different people, but cumulatively the considerations resulted in support for legalisation dropping to 43 per cent.

The research showed that while 84 per cent of secondary schools and 56 per cent of primary schools offered some form of counselling services for students, almost half said that a lack of local services and knowing what support is appropriate hindered their provision of support.

Men without Christian conscience can never govern properly, for they'll always support immorality and con - cent - rate on unimportant issues.

By way of contrast, the Rev. Norman Dewire, the chief program coordinating executive for the United Methodist Church, pointed out that «the national United Methodist Church runs on five cents of each $ 1, supports 750 missionaries, 900 short - term missionaries, curriculum and worship materials, the largest network of private colleges in the United States, one hundred retirement homes, and the recruitment and training of ministers plus all communication materials.

The report also found that one in five young parents worry about the prospect of their child self - harming or feeling suicidal and only 10 per cent of parents would turn to a children's charity or a church for support.

In return my 2 cents worth: I suspect Christ would have supported equality of opportunity and not today's SJW's demands for equality of outcome — teach a man to fish....

Several studies of young unmarried mothers have found that between 20 and 25 per cent became pregnant again within two years (with the rate going much higher among certain minority groups) The repeat of pregnancy appears to be related to a lack of knowledge about the risks of sexual intercourse, limited opportunity for further education, boredom with homelife, and the unavailability of a strong female support group.

In Massachusetts, a campaign by church - state separationists was successful in convincing voters to defeat a proposal to allow tax support for private and religious schools; the vote was 70 per cent to 30 per cent.

I try not to put too much pressure on myself to speak up as the token «Christian feminist» on issues like these, but after reading multiple blog posts and articles this week from Christian men about women and contraception, I decided to add my two cents as a pro-life woman of faith who supports affordable access to birth control for women.

Mr Cousins believes the best performer this profit season will be Harvey Norman, which is forecast to report a 21.3 per cent surge in net profit to $ 262 million, fuelled by strong demand for furniture, appliances and homewares and a reduction in tactical support for franchisees.

Other reasons why Genworth is likely to be attractive to investors are that it has a market share of 45 per cent and its business is supported by regulatory incentives for mortgage lenders to require borrowers to take out mortgage insurance.

The committee also voted to cut intervention support prices for butter by 7.5 per cent from 1 July.

Gildersleeve added that Tesco would also continue to support British farmers by sourcing all of its milk from the UK and by increasing its sales of British cheese - at present, the UK accounts for 60 per cent of the cheese sold in Tesco stores.

NSW will cancel coal seam gas exploration licences applications covering 43 per cent of the state as part of a new plan to regain community support for a few carefully vetted strategic projects.

«The extra two cents in the dollar was partially to thank them for their support and also for agreeing to changes to the original repayment schedule.»

The investment bank slashed its earnings forecasts for Retail Food Group by between 50 and 60 per cent after factoring in shrinking sales from store closures and weaker margins from increased investment to support struggling franchisees.

Social Campaign to Launch in Support of #GivingTuesday and 25 - Cent Donation Program for Camp Sunshine — Temperatures may be dropping but, Tropical -LSB-...]

The spirit of giving continues through December, as Tropical Smoothie Café encourages guests to show their support for Camp Sunshine by making 25 - cent donations or any dollar amount during in - cafe visits now through December 25, 2016.

The Community Enhancement Fund, which was created and is supported by Measure H, a half - cent local sales tax measure approved by Rancho Cordova voters in November 2014, generates approximately $ 7.2 million annually in revenues for the city's general fund.

Sky Sports» users voted for Tottenham duo Dele Alli and Eric Dier as the most popular choices in midfield with 97 per cent of respondents supporting the inclusion of Alli.

The football comes secondary to the cause, of course, with 90 per cent of the proceeds from the match going to the club's official charity — the LFC Foundation — to support its programmes and partnerships, which aim to create life - changing opportunities for children and young people.

CAROL STREAM — The Carol Stream Park District is beginning to seek support for an April ballot question that will ask voters if they approve of a 7.5 - cent tax rate increase to pay for maintenance of parks and equipment.