Sentences with phrase «damaging to the economy once»

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If there's a bright spot for the province, however, it's that the ongoing disruption of Alberta oil sands production — estimated by the Conference Board of Canada to be about 1.2 million barrels a day, comprising nearly $ 1 billion in economic activity — has contributed to a rally in global oil prices that could give producers, and therefore the Alberta economy, a badly - needed lift once production is finally back on - line (assuming, of course, the fires are eventually extinguished and oil sands operations escape serious damage).

We know from rueful experience that federal regulation can be at once ineffective and economically damaging, that the government's ability to «fine - tune» the economy has been highly exaggerated, and that the tendency of welfare spending to create conditions of dependency is more than a hobgoblin of timid or reactionary minds.

It has not yet entered into force but once it does, likely sometime in 2013, it will regulate certain activities to deter damaging and deceptive forms of spam and will ultimately promote the efficiency of our economy by prohibiting electronic threats to commerce.

The Court once again displayed its distaste for class - actions, with Kennedy stating that expanding causes of action in securities litigation would damage the economy and «would allow plaintiffs with weak claims to extort settlements from innocent companies.»

from being unemployed more than once (we use to say even one Job Gap was damaging within the past 5 years until the economy changed that notion).

It puts behind us once and for all the kind of irresponsible lending that disrupted the housing market and so badly damaged our economy, and it provides strong new consumer protections while preserving needed access to mortgage credit,» he said of the rule and its Qualified Mortgage standard.