Sentences with phrase «engage public finance»

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Finally, for some time the Finance Department has been engaged in a strategy of locking into long - term debt at historical low interest rates, thereby minimizing the impact of higher interest rates on public debt charges.

In 2014, he engaged in a public spat with Ron Liepert when the former finance minister defeated long - time MP Rob Anders for the Conservative nomination in Calgary - Signal Hill.

He was also alleged to have used public funds to finance private expenses, while engaging in illegal payment of allowances to the university's council members.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk) promised to «engage in whatever discussions are necessary» on ethics but opposed two key measures favored by Democrats and good government groups — public financing of election campaigns and bans on lawmakers» outside income.

Larry Cohen, a former president of the Communications Workers of America, veteran of Sen. Bernie Sanders» campaign and chair of its successor group, Our Revolution, said he was engaged in a 2013 push to enact public campaign finance in New York and felt Cuomo didn't do enough to help.

Daramola was also said to have allegedly used public funds to finance private expenses, while engaging in illegal payment of allowances to the university's council members.

The Campaign Finance Board administers New York City's public matching funds program, provides campaign finance disclosure, and engages voters in learn about those seeking to represent them in public Finance Board administers New York City's public matching funds program, provides campaign finance disclosure, and engages voters in learn about those seeking to represent them in public finance disclosure, and engages voters in learn about those seeking to represent them in public office.

«BOST is a public company financed with taxpayers» money and therefore has the responsibility to ensure that it does not engage in suspicious deals that lead to avoidable revenue losses, both to itself, government and consumers,» ACEP added.

And they were more likely to engage in deficit financing, which tends to conceal the true cost of government spending from the public.

By lobbying against good charter legislation and fair funding (see Figure 1), financing anti-charter studies and propaganda, filing lawsuits, and engaging the public battle of ideas, teacher unions and other charter opponents openly wage what might be called an «air war» against charters.

In April 2017, In the Public Interest released a report revealing that a substantial portion of the more than $ 2.5 billion in tax dollars or taxpayer subsidized financing spent on California charter school facilities in the past 15 years has been misspent on: schools that underperformed nearby traditional public schools; schools built in districts that already had enough classroom space; schools that were found to have discriminatory enrollment policies; and in the worst cases, schools that engaged in unethical or corrupt pracPublic Interest released a report revealing that a substantial portion of the more than $ 2.5 billion in tax dollars or taxpayer subsidized financing spent on California charter school facilities in the past 15 years has been misspent on: schools that underperformed nearby traditional public schools; schools built in districts that already had enough classroom space; schools that were found to have discriminatory enrollment policies; and in the worst cases, schools that engaged in unethical or corrupt pracpublic schools; schools built in districts that already had enough classroom space; schools that were found to have discriminatory enrollment policies; and in the worst cases, schools that engaged in unethical or corrupt practices.

Therefore, it is suspicious that he would choose a year in which he essentially acknowledges he will not provide adequate funding to public schools to engage in school finance reform.

- Subscription to deposit scheme of a public sector or company engaged in providing housing finance

In the past several weeks, both chambers of Congress have been engaged in highly public fisticuffs over the final version of the energy bill — a brawl that even President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were not able to prevent, despite efforts last week to make peace between the warring Republican chairs of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, who are overseeing negotiations on the tax - related aspects of the energy bill.

September 25, 2015 — Ontario consumers continue needing additional protections when engaged with financial planners or those giving financial advice, according to a submission by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) to the Ontario Ministry of Finance.

In mediation, the couple is in control of the terms of the agreement, they won't have a judge dictating the terms of the divorce, they won't be engaged in a public, nasty courtroom battle, and they'll end up developing an agreement that will suit their family's particular needs when it comes to the finances and the parenting plan for their children.