Sentences with phrase «election promises»

The legislation is primarily targeted at reducing auto insurance fraud in order to bring down premiums by 15 percent, which was a key Liberal election promise.

Traditionally, a first budget is a political document that focuses on fulfilling election promises.

Both parties are making key election promises about education, but they're not promising the right things.

And the most recent federal budget included tax breaks for transit passes, another Conservative election promise.

Ask the government to make good on repeated election promises to restore home mail delivery.

As this year's presidential election promises a tumultuous campaign season, the work of policy development goes on.

They too can use them in developing their own election promises.

As difficult as it might be, the government should review all existing election promises.

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

One of his main election promises was to prevent jobs from moving abroad.

The broader election promise was specific to families with minor children.

With a sluggish economy as a backdrop and election promises fresh in our minds, the nation is about to get its first glimpse into the fiscal priorities of the newly elected Liberal government.

Voters would rather they work on fulfilling election promises, working to get taxpayers the best value for money and taking decisions in the country's long - term interest.

The legislation is primarily targeted at reducing auto insurance fraud in order to bring down premiums by 15 per cent, which was a key Liberal election promise.

The governing party, however, urged the President and his entire cabinet to remain focused in its effort to deliver on election promises made to Nigerians.

Budget cuts not possible - Buswell The state government's economic policy was in tatters last night after Treasurer Troy Buswell conceded he would not achieve the controversial 3 per cent cuts expected to pay for election promises in this year's budget.

Panel 1 in the Table below provides cost estimates for most of the NDP election promises as of August 26.

But NDP leader Adrian Dix would have kept his Earth Day election promise not to transform Vancouver harbour into «a major oil port.»

Panel 1 in the Table below provides cost estimates for most of the NDP election promises as of September 1.

So much for keeping election promises.

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash went to the last election promising a $ 20 million increase to the budget of FWO, tougher powers and penalties 10 times higher than the current penalties.

France's Socialist government announced the first real - terms increase in the minimum wage for six years on Tuesday, but limited the rise to 0.6 percentage points above inflation as it sought to balance election promises with fears of damaging employment.

These former UKIP voters have probably gone back to Labour on a conditional basis thinking that Labour is still committed to its General Election promises of ensuring a full Brexit.

Politicians rarely deliver on election promises.

The federal Liberal Party's recent election promise to create a new tax bracket for rich Canadians has been quickly decried by — well, rich Canadians.

In the Netherlands, their independent budget agency is required to provide an economic and fiscal update prior to an election and also cost the parties» election promises If Mr. Harper and Joe Oliver won't provide an economic and fiscal update, then the Parliamentary Budget Officer should be asked to provide it.

This will reduce economic growth in Canada even further and could push the deficit (including election promises) to $ 25 to $ 30 billion (1.5 % of GDP) in the next few years.

In Ontario, for instance, Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne has included a separate provincial pension counterpart as one of her party's key election promises ahead of the province's June 12 election.

He used the Bloomberg stage to state that he intends to follow through on an unfortunate election promise: reversing the previous government's decision to raise the age at which Canadians start receiving payments from the Old Age Security program to 67 from 65.

However, he does face the very difficult challenge of trying to fit a long list of very expensive election promises and commitments (e.g., eliminate the deficit in four years) into a fiscal framework that he can claim is realistic, prudent, fiscally sustainable, and transparent.

With Parliament recessed for the summer and an election call imminent, all three major political parties will now spend the coming weeks making new election promises.

The Tories have broken more than a few election promises in the first year of this mandate, including pledges to balance the budget and provide stable funding for health, education, and municipalities.

In one hundred days we have fulfilled a number of critical election promises that we made to Albertans.

The update focused on fulfilling election promises such as removing the tolls on the Golden Ears and Port Mann bridges and increasing the general corporate income tax rate.

WAITING FOR THE RENAISSANCE By Gordon Platt Egypt's elections promised much in terms of building a modern and democratic state.

The NDC secretary, speaking at the party's unity walk in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, claimed president Nana Akfuo - Addo in the 2016 elections promised Ghanaian youths marriage.

Although New York has its own fleet of executive aircraft — and despite Pataki's initial election promise to stop using costly air flights — the former governor secretly spent more than $ 100,000 to hire luxury private jets in the late 1990s, until the practice was exposed by The Post in April 2001.

Ed Miliband will aim to sharpen Labour's approach to the European Union by saying the party will go into the next election promising an in / out referendum, but only if a government he leads wants to sanction a transfer of power to Brussels.

It was a specific election promise to leave 10 million fellow Americans with no health coverage.

This is the issue that a Labour election promise could tap into and which many vice-chancellors and the parties of the Coalition seem unexpectedly blind to.

Answering questions from the students as to whether the NPP can fulfill its 2016 election promises like «one district, one factory, «$ 1 million for each constituency every year,» the Akuapem South MP reaffirmed the party's commitment to deliver its promises because it had an enviable track record in government.

Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke's, reversal of Tory election promises is the result of surrendering to Lib - Dem policies.

Yet even with this staring them in the face, Cameron can't even get around to honouring his leadership election promise to withdraw Conservative MEP's from the EPP.

Albany Mayor Jerry Jenning's byegone election promises.