Sentences with phrase «cost of public services»

Even before the price of oil crashed, revenue generated from Alberta's shrunken taxes on personal income and corporate profits covered only about 40 per cent of the cost of public services, compared to about 60 per cent in other provinces.

Recent work by economists and other academic researchers — some of it presented at a recent symposium at Columbia University («The Social Costs of Inadequate Education»)-- concluded that such investments have large payoffs in raising national income and tax revenues and reducing the cost of public services.

«The first major obstacle for British enterprise is the terrible impact of the current unfair dismissal rules on the efficiency and hence competitiveness of our businesses, and on the effectiveness and cost of our public services.

When royalty revenues weren't enough to cover the cost of public services the government defaulted to cutting services rather than cutting waste, including patronage appointments to 320 agencies, boards and commissions or sweetheart deals with their friends (the Holy Cross Hospital springs to mind).

The cost of their public service obligations are starting to outweigh their benefits.

As long as homeowners in affluent suburbs are allowed to benefit from the high density of cities (where they tend to work or find business and social networks) without accounting for the higher costs of public services to support it, they will continue to be barriers to inexpensive housing in their jurisdictions.

Objectives: To compare the cumulative costs of public services used through to adulthood by individuals with three levels of antisocial behaviour in childhood.

Not exact matches

As would other key players, including former TD Bank chief economist Don Drummond (author of a detailed report outlining cost - cutting opportunities in Ontario) and former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page, who has spent decades uncovering wasteful spending in the public service.

«Similar projects in both the public and private sectors around the world have already shown that shared services deliver significant benefits in terms of cost and efficiency,» Mr Ripper said.

The combination of the Pinco and Public Internet Services acquisitions totals approximately 750 kiosks and amounts to a net total acquisition cost of # 78,000, or # 104 per kiosk.

The Facebook data breach scandal involving Cambridge Analytica has heightened the public's awareness of the potential costs of using so - called free online services.

The revelation the state government's Office of Shared Services is to be disbanded after costing taxpayers almost $ 450 million over six years is just the latest in a long line of public sector financial disasters.

for Transport, the public must question every major transport project as spending 2.2 billion dollars on the Forrestfield - Airport rail link is a grotesque waste of money which can not be justified with our very low population density and simply needs an efficient bus system at a fraction of the cost similar to that servicing Melbourne's Tullarmarine Airport.

The last piece of the puzzle that must fall in place is the government's hope to realize about $ 4 billion in savings over the next three years from closing tax loopholes, tracking down tax cheats, and minor efficiencies in the public service, such as reducing travel costs.

A number of plan sponsors have moved to cover medical cannabis costs over the years, Zaid noted, including the University of Waterloo's student union, the Arthritis Society, Loblaw Companies Ltd., the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), and the Labourers» International Union of North America.

The service is free toAmerica Online subscribers (keyword: Hoover) but otherwise costs $ 9.95 a month.However, Hoover's Online lets anyone download free half - page profiles of 10,000 (mostly public) companies.

The cost of entertainment goods and services that are available to the public for free as promotional items or sold to customers, such as on a cruise ship or a dinner theater, are fully deductible.

This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

In the public sector, accounting methods used by governments in education, health and social services impact on how these services are provided, who receives the services and the costs of these services.

The editorial neglects to mention that Amazon wants enormous «tax incentives» so the deal would probably cost Baltimore more than it would benefit us — and by «Baltimore,» I mean those of us who live here, who use public services, who send our children to public schools.

Milton has its own model of governance, where public - private partnerships provide the municipal services to keep operating costs low.

The governor said he issued an executive order Friday to halt the erosion of the bank's dwindling liquidity by allowing withdrawals only to fund necessary costs for health, public safety and education services.

Our mission is to support the growth of public banking in Massachusetts, initially focusing on an infrastructure bank to help cities and towns with the costs of upgrading buildings, roads, and water systems, with environmental remediation and adaption to a changing climate, and with improving city services.

I don't know about other industries but in the real estate space [I play a support role] traditional marketing methods are dying and / or cost prohibitive — print magazines, direct mail, fliers, door hangers etc — I can see why other forms of marketing would be imperative [especially when there is a brand and some form of uniqueness to the product or service] but it's been my experience that the public views real estate peeps as «all the same» and therefor will often choose the 1st one they come across when looking for homes — online.

The entrepreneur sets up a non-profit organization but the model includes some degree of cost - recovery through the sale of goods and services to a cross section of institutions, public and private, as well as to target population groups.

And since changes in GDP reflect inflation, population increase and real economic growth, GDP also captures the costs of providing a given level of public services.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Without an integrated plan to expand our economy and balance the budget, Ontario will face even higher deficits and will struggle even more to cover the cost of essential public services.

Earlier this month the Economist ran a leader (editorial) Â and longer article asking and then largely answering who should for the costs of the economic crisis (public services and workers of course!).

I think that, following all of these huge cost - cutting measures and huge knock on the public service in recent decades, we would do well to lay off the public service a little bit.

Their self - destructive real estate bubble has loaded down their labor force with high debt service and housing costs, whilst their giveaway of public infrastructure to insiders (with no price regulation) has led to high basic living costs.

These costs primarily relate to establishing the company's own information technology systems and services, independent accounts payable functions and reorganization of existing human resources and information technology organizations to support the company's standalone public company needs.

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Adding Americorp and Teach for America to section 217 likely will not cost much — these young people don't have high incomes, so their deductions are proportionately smaller — and their inclusion in section 217 signals the importance of their public service.

Dear reader, if you are overcome with fear of missing out on the next stock market move; if you feel like you have to own stocks no matter the cost; if you tell yourself, «Stocks are expensive, but I am a long - term investor»; then consider this article a public service announcement written just for you.

These costs primarily relate to establishing the company's own information technology systems and services, independent accounts payable functions and the reorganization of existing human resources and information technology organizations to support the company's stand - alone public company needs.

This is one of the ways that efficient European public systems and U.S. accountable care organizations (and HMOs) are achieving lower costs and good access to timely services.

The public has had more than enough of the service Ms. Fluke offers in exchange for benefits, but for the time being she can still get birth control at no cost if she chooses a plan that doesn't offer it.

Taking that cost into account, and thinking first of all of those who are dependent upon you, before you enter into public service is the hallmark of a responsible parent.

The great issues of our time are moral: the uses of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character of society; loss of the sense of the common good in tandem with the pampering of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization of many societies; continued racism; the persistence of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims of future generations.

When service is requested at a place so distant from the evaluator's headquarters that a total of one - half hour or more is required for the evaluator (s) to travel to such place and back to the headquarters or at a place of prior assignment on circuitous routing requiring a total of one - half hour or more to travel to the next place of assignment on the circuitous routing, the charge for such service shall include a mileage charge administratively determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and travel tolls, if applicable, or such travel prorated among all the applicants and certifying agents furnished the service involved on an equitable basis or, when the travel is made by public transportation (including hired vehicles), a fee equal to the actual cost thereof.

«The ACCC considers that the proposed collective bargaining arrangement is likely to result in public benefit, particularly for these small business owner drivers, in the form of transaction cost savings, better market information for the supply of air freight courier services, and the development of more efficient contracts and business practices with Toll Transport.»

The proposal would allocate portions of the cost of engineering services to design and prepare construction plans for public improvements, such as roads, sewer and water lines, sidewalks and streetlights, according to the amount of land owned.

However, defenders of civil service frugality would argue that public spending has more than doubled and maybe it's a success story that civil service costs are stable.

«The NASUWT has called for a Parliamentary Select Committee enquiry into the cost of education, as it is now increasingly clear that a basic principle of our great public services, that they should be free at the point of use, is being seriously compromised.»

«In the absence of stronger protections and compensation for medical costs, the people of New York will be forced to pay these costs through our public health and social service budgets,» Krueger said.

Up and down the country there are many good examples of hospitals, schools, roads, housing and administrative services being successfully and efficiently delivered at less cost and with greater efficiency than the public sector was able to do.

Yet privatisation has in general failed to improve the level of services provided to consumers while costing the taxpayer far more than alternative public schemes (see for example Warwick Funnell, Robert Jupe, and Jane Andrew, In Government we Trust).

The data series in which we found serious discontinuities or complete breaks are not trivial or obscure, but are (or should be) of major importance to the evaluation of government of any political stripe, such as total public sector capital investment, local government spending (on which the Office for Budget Responsibility and the government differ whether it is rising or falling), how much the government costs to run, and how much the civil service costs to employ.

Ethical culture overlaps with the public - service ethos: for reasons that are blandly uncontroversial (everyone wants better standards of service - quality and delivery) but also partisan and contentious (better standards in a fiscally - straightened world need to come at higher cost to public - sector workers and lower cost to tax - payers) this leads the standards agenda into highly - contested territory.