Sentences with phrase «changes proposed last»

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A Canadian company called IC Potash changed its name last year to Belgravia Capital International, and intends to produce specialized fertilizers for cannabis firms and form partnerships with growers in Canada and the U.S. Belgravia also proposes to use «blockchain technology software» to track seed sales and quality.

The survey mentioned the changes and proposed several further modifications to the Scene loyalty program, including the possibility of members buying half - price tickets at the last minute.

When Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced the latest changes to CMHC mortgage insurance last December, he also proposed forcing banks to hold more capital against mortgages in cities where property prices are high relative to borrowers» incomes — like Toronto and Vancouver.

The company issued a statement last month when the proposed changes were announced, saying that the current rules were «working well» and that it was «disappointed» by the new proposal.

The minister faced a backlash over his initial plans to change small business taxes last year before backing down on some of the proposed changes and reviving a promise to reduce the small business tax rate.

Last week, The Vancouver Board of Trade submitted additional feedback to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) regarding proposed regulatory changes that would increase the involvement of women on corporate boards and in senior management positions.

Knowing the OMB received the rule on January 28, the speed of their review suggests there will not be substantive change from the proposed rule released last April.

In an ongoing dispute over electricity rate changes proposed by the crown corporation last November, the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 378, says that BC Hydro is using an accounting slight - of - hand to mask the real financial toll of unrealistically low electricity prices.

The following commentary also appears on The Globe and Mailâ $ ™ s Global Exchange blog: What Obamaâ $ ™ s Corporate Tax Proposal Means for Canada Last week, there was much consternation in Canadaâ $ ™ s business press that some modest reversals of provincial corporate tax cuts and President Obamaâ $ ™ s proposed corporate tax changes could erode our competitiveness.

And Reuters reported last week that even Bank of America was weighing changes to its proposed debit - card fee so that customers would have more chances to avoid it.

By 2022, the FA is targeting an increase to 45 percent, and last week Dyke unveiled his proposed changes to the process of signing foreign players.

It is the belief of the owners that the best way to counter the losses incurred by the league is to propose changes to the current CBA that include: the institution of a hard salary cap with incentive - based salaries that also includes a salary floor, elimination of free - agent exceptions, raised age limits for players to enter the draft, revenue sharing among all NBA teams, and as a last resort, relocation or contraction of teams in the league.

It is interesting to hear Wenger state in the last few days that he hoped Cesc will be with us for a good 2 or 3 seasons, just when it coincided with Barcelona declaring that they are making drastic cuts to their wage bill on and off the field.They literally have no cash to spend and though asset rich, the effects of the Spanish economy are taking affect.I think Cesc has accepted that and will show full commitment to Arsenal.He is pivotal to any success we may achieve.His whole body language has changed, he looks generally much more content, and he can put to the back of his mind, at least for the time being any proposed move, and that for us is a good thing.Barca are disguising their troubles by saying yet again they have made no official approach to our club, purely to save face.

Oh, and in light of the news today that the world's last male northern white rhino has died, and in accordance with the Canucks» form of the last few seasons, I propose Vancouver changes its team's name to Extinction.

The proposed change was included in the Welfare Reform Bill — the most significant policy change proposed by the last Government in relation to fatherhood because it touched on the legal foundations.

The repeal of the ban of deep fat fryers is one of six proposed changes to the Texas School Nutrition Policy that Miller submitted last month.

The food companies that produce frozen pizzas, salt and potatoes have lobbied Congress for changes and now the final version of the bill released last Monday would block or delay school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year, according to the Associated Press.

How changes to the schedule should be proposed and negotiated in an effort to minimize last - minute schedule changes

Small - scale accounting changes also proposed last November, on which the parties do agree, could see improvements in transparency which could pave the way for more meaningful reform.

The EPA last night sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office of Public Affairs — guidelines that promote a message of uncertainty about climate science and gloss over proposed cuts to key adaptation programs.

In a statement to MPs after abandoning plans to reform the Lords last month, the deputy prime minister also rejected out of hand modest changes to the upper house proposed by the former Liberal leader Lord Steel of Aikwood.

Last night, not long after Magistrate Judge and special redistricting master Roanne Mann grilled legislative lawyers about the merits of considering incumbency, she released a set of proposed maps that seems to take the current configuration of congressional districts as a very loose template, but with some significant changes for a number of existing office - holders.

The proposed changes went through at an NEC meeting in the party's headquarters in central London that lasted more than four hours.

Upon the completion of the review and investigation of the estimates and requests from the various administrative units and authorized agencies, the Budget Director shall prepare and submit to the County Executive a proposed tentative operation and maintenance budget setting forth the Budget Director's estimate of expenditures and revenues of the county for the next ensuing fiscal year showing a comparison with (1) the corresponding actual expenditures and revenues in the last completed fiscal year, (2) the corresponding budget items of expenditure and revenue for the current fiscal year adjusted for transfers and changes in appropriations, if any, and (3) the estimates of expenditures and revenues for the ensuing fiscal year submitted by the heads of administrative units and authorized agencies.

At last Tuesday's Southold Town Board work session, utility company president Chris Finan and board of directors member Tom Siebens proposed changing the single - family residential zoning at properties it owns to Hamlet Density zoning.

After the government last November proposed new regulations for these groups, known by their tax status as 501c4s, the IRS received over 150,000 comments — the most ever received on a possible tax regulation change officials said.

The proposed constitutional changes were passed last week by lawmakers in the lower house.

Discussions of the Education Bill in the House of Lords became heated last night as prominent children's rights advocates slammed the Christian Institute for spreading «misinformation» and «wicked insinuations» about amendments relating to inspecting well - being in schools insinuating that proposed changes «would force schools to teach five year - olds about sex».

The goo - goos praised the GOP for keeping «most of the important advances from the last session,» which, as you'll recall, were made in the wake of the coup - inspired 31 - day stalemate, but said the changes proposed «fail to take the next crucial steps that are needed to continue reforming the Senate.»

At noon, New York City school teachers gather to call on de Blasio and the NYC Council to fully fund and implement changes to school discipline programs proposed last year by the Mayor's Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Three Labour amendments were defeated as Liberal Democrats backed the changes jointly proposed in Nick Clegg and Shirley Williams» letter last week.

Astorino said in the Capitol's L.C.A. room, referencing abortion changes Cuomo proposed last year.

The announcement came in the form of a series of changes Fariña proposed to the Department of Education's 2015 - 2019 Capital Plan, which also includes adding 7,000 seats to the city's schools to make room for Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed universal pre-K program and to help reduce class size, which rose consistently during the last six years of the Bloomberg administration.

Last month, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed sweeping changes in the state's school financing formula that would dramatically shift education funding from wealthier districts to poorer ones.

ALBANY — Senate higher education committee chair Ken LaValle released a report Wednesday detailing legislative recommendations for combating sexual assaults on college campuses, some of which overlap with changes Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed last week for SUNY.

The Town Board proposed the changes to the property maintenance code last month, after hearing extensive complaints from neighbors of bank - owned properties throughout town who had difficulty getting the banks» maintenance companies to keep the properties from deteriorating.

The number of apartments allowed to be built on a one - acre property doubled from 6 per acre to 12 per acre — with a 24 unit cap on each development — last year when the Town Board approved Mr. Russell's proposed code change aimed at encouraging affordable housing.

Does anyone recall that the Governor came in at the last minute of the SED regulation development process on teacher evaluations and asked the Regents for changes in the proposed regulations to include greater emphasis on test scores than the original legislation prescribed?

The reforms were first proposed by a panel convened last year by Cuomo also include changes to arrest procedures, removing youth from prisons that include adults and an expansion of services that would provide assistance to juveniles after their release.

The vote comes on the heels of last week's historic day of industrial action by the NHS, whereby doctors boycotted non-acute care as a way of expressing their dissatisfaction with the government's proposed changes to their pension funds.

The last state constitutional convention was held in 1967 and all proposed changes that emerged from it were voted down in the general elections that followed.

The Plattsburgh common council held a public hearing last week to take comments on a proposed change to the city charter that would alter the form of government.

Cuomo seemed to have shifted left in 2013, when he included a high - volume plea for gun control after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and proposed a 10 - point Women's Equality Agenda that stirred two years of controversy — and electoral sniping last year — because of proposed changes to the abortion statute.

The Bloomberg administration just released a memo from Deputy Education Chancellor John White, outlining how Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed teacher evaluation bill won't change the current last in, first out layoff requirement that the mayor has been pushing to change.

Last week, New York State Supreme Court Judge Patrick McGrath struck down proposed language for the upcoming Proposal 1, which is a referendum question that amends the state constitution to change the state redistricting process.

After the last election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats proposed changing some constituency boundaries and reducing the number of MPs.

In response, the Cuomo administration on Tuesday said in its most direct statement yet that no housing project proposed by the de Blasio administration would be slowed as a result of the changes, which the governor included in his budget documents last month.

U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell last year proposed a response, calling for a program to change doctors» opioid prescribing practices, to expand the use of naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdoses, and increase patient access to medication assisted treatments for opioid use disorders.

He noted that the President's proposed 2017 budget calls for a 20 % increase for clean energy R&D, as a first step toward doubling those investments over five years, in keeping with an international climate - change agreement reached in Paris last December.

The proposed changes to NSF's peer - review practices, which generated a firestorm last spring among White House officials, scientists, and their professional organizations, received scant attention at today's markup.