Sentences with phrase «election costs of»

Also, despite being a rich organization, the EU merely provides 47,5 million EUR to estimated election costs of one billion US dollar.

Not exact matches

As a fall provincial election approaches, the political and economic costs of Ontario's green - hub dreams are increasingly apparent.

Finally, the recent election of the NDP government, while not a signal that the project would be derailed, was certainly a source of further regulatory uncertainty and likely increases in production cost.

«Although we expect that the Greek government will implement the required measures, the risk of early elections is increasing given the rising political cost to the government and its slim majority in the parliament... Early elections might bring a new and more reform - minded conservative government, but Greece's economy would be hit again by prolonged uncertainty, after having just started to record positive growth,» Moody's said.

Italy's borrowing costs have come down in recent months, helped by the promise of European Central Bank support but the election result confirmed fears that it would not produce a government strong enough to implement effective reforms.

The concessions failed to change many minds, however, so when nine weeks later Graham announced the deal's death — ostensibly because Hydro - Quebec's due diligence revealed maintenance costs and civil liabilities that were riskier than it cared to assume — plenty of observers wondered whether New Brunswick politics, with a September provincial election looming, ultimately killed the sale.

Search traffic also increased between the November 2016 election and the January 2017 inauguration for two additional countries: France, which has the best overall healthcare system in the world, according to the World Health Organization, and Belize, which offers one of the lowest costs of living in the Caribbean.

Borrowing costs jumped following the surprise election of President Donald Trump, and Wall Street firms are being more cautious as new regulations kick in requiring them to hold a stake in the mortgages they sell off.

Growing concern about climate change and the election of Barack Obama mean that the enormous carbon footprint of the oil sands may eventually become a cost to producers.

Perhaps the Parliamentary Budget Officer should be asked to cost the election promises of all three political parties based on an updated economic and fiscal outlook.

The Conservatives have yet to release a detailed costing of their election promises.

Based on their election platform, the net cost of these promises amounts to $ 10.5 billion in 2016 - 17, $ 11.7 billion in 2017 - 18; $ 9.1 billion in 2018 - 19 and $ 6.6 billion in 2019 - 20.

This process is used in other countries, most notably the Netherlands, where the Central Planning Bureau plays an active role in the costing of the election platforms and the forecasting of the financial resources available.

His latest Update does not include the cost of the Liberals» election promises.

Panel 1 in the Table below provides cost estimates for most of the Liberal election promises so far.

For the Liberals and New Democratics, the figures come directly from their costing of their election promises.

The latest budget contained two of the election promises: potential reimbursement to the province of Quebec for costs associated with the potential harmonization of the provincial sales tax with the GST and the phase - out of political subsidies.

The Table below provides cost estimates for most of the Liberal election promises as of August 26.

The Table below provides cost estimates for most of the Liberal election promises as of September 1.

We will also add the costing of political party platforms to the PBO's mandate, as is the case in Australia and the Netherlands, so that starting in the next federal election, Canadians can review the fiscal plans of political parties from a credible and comparable baseline.

By 2017, B.C. families and industries will have seen their power costs increase by 80 per cent on the B.C. Liberal's watch, including as a result of Premier Clark's broken election promises on hydro rates.

Although drugs are only a small fraction of the total cost of healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotech companies have been increasingly criticized, especially during election cycles.

The issue figures to feature prominently in the next federal election, with Liberal Leader Stà © phane Dion arguing the benefits of a carbon tax, while NDP Leader Jack Layton makes the case that cap - and - trade would do a better job of putting the costs on big polluters rather than on low - income families.

Prime Minister Najib Razak was the best thing going for the ruling coalition in Malaysia's last elections, but he's a hindrance this time because of financial scandals and government policies blamed for a rising cost of living.

For the first two years, the fiscal cost of the election promises in the March 2016 Budget corresponds closely to what was outlined in the 2015 election campaign.

Depending on the outcome of the elections, financing costs may rise for Spain.

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade expects all parties running to form the next Provincial Government to develop a fully costed and financially responsible election platform.

After telling British Columbians they had no plans to impose a Harmonized Sales Tax, the B.C. Liberal government turned around after the election and announced a new sales tax that will cost consumers billions of dollars.

The B.C. Liberals told British Columbians one thing about the cost of the B.C. Place roof throughout the election campaign, only to turn around and jack up the budget by 58 per cent:

Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to former United States Congressman Blake Farenthold demanding that he cover all costs for the upcoming emergency special election for the 27th Congressional District of Texas.

this will cost obama the election by catering to the gays he wil loosel a large portion of the black and latino vote who are very conservative on this issue.and this will only make mitt romney stronger, with a weak economy unemployment as high as 8 % and a republican house there seems the last thing obama needs is to loose more votes that he will gain from this.he will loose the entire south including florida and many swing states.although he will win san francisco for sure.way to go barry

The presidential endorsement not only cost the journal its tax deductible status for two years, but also led to a more realistic understanding of politics and less willingness to wed Christian goals to the election of particular leaders.

It is my guess that that the Democratic party will make such a big deal of it that it could cost him the election.

Meanwhile the cost of campaigns would plummet, as paying for more TV time would no longer provide the only route to winning an election.

The tax increase will cost the owner of a $ 150,000 home $ 116 a year, but officials said before the election they would use the money only to purchase the Hoffman farm.

The City of Chicago is planning for more than 70,000 people to mob an election - night rally in Grant Park for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, an event that will involve police and firefighters working overtime, blocked streets and at least $ 2 million in extra costs.

Perhaps more important was that the conference marked out the ground on which the parties are likely to try and fight the next election — the Conservatives will ask for time to finish the job of fixing the economy, Labour will focus on trying to reduce people's cost of living.

Former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese, one of Weiner's potential Democratic primary rivals, demanded that the ex-congressman pony up $ 350,000 for the cost of the election required to fill his hastily vacated House seat two years ago.

Cameron's commitment to spending more on health than the rate of inflation every year of the next election will still leave the NHS under significant cost pressure as it tries to deal with the soaring demands of an elderly society.

The starting gun for the 2015 election has been well and truly fired, with the cost of living the key battleground.

One Labour candidate who didn't even make it through the general election campaign was Cambridgeshire South East's John Cowan, a 35 - year - old whose «offensive remarks» cost him the chance of becoming an MP.

Presently only the costs of election - directed materials and activities such as leaflets and advertisements are regulated.

County boards of elections are worried about the three - primary possibility in 2012, a scenario that could cost them more than $ 100,000 apiece.

As Dan Hodges (rightly, for once) has pointed out, a leadership election before 2015 is most unlikely - maybe because of cost.

«Being able to go two weeks beforehand if they choose to write the Board of Elections won't cost any more money, and it would allow people a choice,» Little said.

«The Speaker's take - it - or - leave - it negotiating position is even more surprising given that the New York City Board of Elections said they would be forced to shell out untold taxpayer dollars to cover the overtime costs necessary to comply with holding just the congressional primaries in June.»

The estimate of the total costs of ads in the US elections, including congressional battles, was an eye - watering $ 1bn.

Then there's the idea of holding Election Day on a weekend, something government officials determined is a costly alternative, according to a study from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessing the cost of a two - day voting weekend.

Proactive frameworks undoubtedly guarantee the stability of states and anchor judicious use of scarce resources as elections don't come cheap anymore considering that the 2017 Kenyan election is regarded as one of the most expensive elections in the world costing the Kenyan Government $ 499 million dollars.

Now, however, Democrats have been putting the brakes on, citing the prohibitive cost of a special election as the main reason for their reluctance to make good on the governor's pledge.