Sentences with phrase «federal budget as»

The Redfern Statement amounts to a scathing indictment of the Federal Government's efforts to date, describing the 2014 Federal Budget as «a disaster» for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as noting the damage caused by policy upheaval and instability.

More 3.5 billion rubles ($ 58 million) of them could go to the federal budget as taxes.

Another tab puts those science investments into context for the same time period, showing R&D spending as a percentage of the overall federal budget as well as the nation's economy.

Rep. Bob Turner, one of three Republicans vynig for a shot to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the fall, says he voted for the federal budget as proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan with his «13 grandchildren firmly in mind.»

Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder has expressed disappointment at reaction to the federal budget as it evaluates potential value - adding transactions to augment growth from its retail, industrial and resources operations.

We asked some of Canada's finest marketing minds to evaluate 2015's Federal Budget as if it were a product launch (which, in many ways, it is).

Not exact matches

Minister of Finance Bill Morneau is accompanied by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he makes his way to deliver the federal budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 (Sean Kilpatrick / CP)

Some experts, such as Marcus Lemon, an attorney at Polsinelli and former chief counsel to Federal Highway Administration from 2007 to 2009, say this proposal could actually help state and local budgets, because it provides more clarity about federal contributions, thereby forcing them to adapt accorFederal Highway Administration from 2007 to 2009, say this proposal could actually help state and local budgets, because it provides more clarity about federal contributions, thereby forcing them to adapt accorfederal contributions, thereby forcing them to adapt accordingly.

The latest federal budget, for example, slashed tariffs for hockey gear — an idea as appealing as it is crass.

«I think as soon as the [federal] budget is introduced,» says Kane, «we're going to have a whole set of new rules to help Canadian technology companies bring in highly skilled workers.»

«Many other steps could be taken to strengthen our economy over time, such as putting the federal budget on a sustainable path, reforming the tax code, improving our educational system, supporting technological innovation and expanding international trade,» he said.

As The Washington Post reported in 2012, many public stations in rural areas rely on federal government allocations for up to 50 % of their budgets.

Budget 2015 left very little margin for error when it came to balancing the books, with a projected surplus of $ 1.4 billion plus an additional $ 1.0 billion as a contingency reserve, giving the federal government a $ 2.4 billion margin for error.

«Since the federal government won't lead, Ontario will lead by developing a «made - in - Ontario» solution,» Finance Minister Charles Sousa said as he delivered the budget in the legislature.

The unanimous vote by the financial review commission, which was created as part of the city's federal court - approved debt adjustment plan, enables Detroit's elected officials to enact budgets and enter into contracts without first obtaining the board's approval.

He favors passing a balanced budget amendment, as well as giving Congress audit authority over the Federal Reserve.

As Canadian Business went to press, it was widely expected that federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's March 29 budget would include an announcement that the cutoff for Old Age Security (OAS) will be raised, which could compel millions of Canadians to delay their golden years.

In a report published in February, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page projects the cost of elderly benefits will increase from $ 36 billion today to a peak of $ 142 billion in 2036 - 37 — but as dire as that fourfold increase may sound, that will amount to a relatively small portion of the nation's economy (3.2 % of GDP), and Page estimates that «the federal fiscal structure is sustainable.»

This weakness will put additional pressure on provincial budgets in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador as well as on the federal budget.

If various personal deductions were eliminated as the plan proposes, it could still leave a $ 2.2 trillion addition to the deficit over 10 years, according to the analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

Such a cut fits into Trump's «America first» worldview, but is alarming to lawmakers who see diplomacy and foreign aid as a small but crucial component of the federal budget, just more than 1 %.

As the budget process illustrated last year, the federal government can use subsequent budget omnibus bills to include changes not mentioned in March budgets.

We're now approaching the end of that «next term,» and the budget is pretty close to being balanced, so we're now seeing increased attention to TFSAs as we get closer to the 2015 federal budget.

McMillan appeared at a news conference in Ottawa one day before the federal budget is to be presented but the event was cast as the introduction to a series of economic reports, not pre-budget advice.

Two weeks after Redford's remarks, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told reporters lower government revenues follow from lower commodity prices like «night follows the day,» meaning a hard line of spending as he approaches his own coming budget.

But then, one could dismiss just as handily the proposed 2018 federal budget that the White House released yesterday.

The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the challenges posed by the amount of federal debt held by the public — which has more than doubled relative to the size of the economy since 2007 — and the prospect of continued growth in that debt over the coming decades if the large annual budget deficits projected under current law come to pass.

It's just about the same as federal — the federal budget is getting up there.

The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 defines tax expenditures as «revenue losses attributable to provisions of the Federal tax laws which allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or which provide a special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability.»

However, a budget deficit that takes the form of transfer payments to banks, as in the case of the post-September 2008 bank bailout, the Federal Reserve's $ 2 trillion in cash - for - trash financial swaps and the $ 700 billion QE2 credit creation by the Federal Reserve to lend to banks at 0.25 % interest in 2011, has a different effect from deficits that reflect social spending programs, Social Security and Medicare, public infrastructure investment or the purchase of other goods and services.

The Parliamentary Budget Office has been warning that the federal government has been running a «structural deficit» for several years now, and the Conservative government has been dismissing those warnings for just as long.

, which is not entirely fair, as most anyone who follows federal politics will know Mr. Wilks as the backbencher who was very briefly concerned about one of last year's budget bills.)

As the president's last budget director, he helped engineer the only federal surplus to be recorded over a span of almost 40 years.

DeMarco: It's not only the debt ceiling; the continuing resolution on the federal budget is set to expire on December 8 as well, and there are some concerns about whether Congress will be able to avoid a government shutdown.

The Fed is expected to continue raising rates, while Congress needs to wrestle with big - ticket issues such as tax reform, the debt ceiling, and the federal budget.

The analysis does not include an additional cost of the legislation: its repeal of the individual mandate, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates could cause as many as 13 million fewer people to have health insurance, reducing federal spending for poor and middle - class Americans» health insurance by $ 338 billion over 10 years.

As it did with the federal government, Kinder Morgan has worked the province from all the angles available to big corporations with endless lobbying budgets.

Past achievements include building the case for deficit reduction in the 1980s and early 1990s, for consolidation of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans in the late 1990s, a series of shadow federal budgets and fiscal accountability reports in that began in the 2000s, and work on marginal effective tax rates on personal incomes and business investment, which has laid the foundation for such key changes as sales tax reform, elimination of capital taxes, and corporate income tax rate reductions.

According to an August report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), debt will likely continue to grow as spending for large federal benefit programs — Social Security, Medicare and the like — outpaces revenue.

The federal government recorded a budget deficit of $ 215.2 billion in February, up significantly from a year ago as the impact of the GOP tax cuts passed in December begin to surface.

The so - called Rohrabacher - Farr amendment was passed as part of the broader resolution on the federal budget — and it could get tangled up once more in the upcoming fight over federal spending.

Initially sold as a bonus to Canadians for balancing the federal budget, the Conservative Party is now touting the benefit cheques as tonic for a suddenly sputtering economy and as a job - creation plan The government is now touting their recently enhanced universal child - care benefit as tonic for a faltering economy and as a job - creation plan.

With respect to the 2016 Federal Budget announcement, effective January 1, 2017, switches between Corporate Class mutual funds will no longer benefit from tax - deferred treatment, and instead will be treated as a disposition at fair market value, triggering a capital gain or loss.

The Federal government is expected to boost the amount it intends to borrow in the coming months, as the Treasury contends with declining tax receipts as a result of the recent corporate and personal tax cuts, as well as widening budget deficits and a Federal Reserve that is slowly reducing its own holdings of government bonds.

Initially sold as a bonus to Canadians for balancing the federal budget, the government is now touting the benefit cheques as tonic for a suddenly sputtering economy and as a job - creation plan.

Here's what you need to watch for as the federal parties release their platform budgets, like appearances of the cost - cutting fairy, and the revenue fairy

Louis - Philippe Rochon Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics With the tabling of a new federal budget on April 21, the Conservatives are trying to reinvent themselves as good economic managers, stalwart of sound finance.

In the 2006 Budget, the government promised to reduce the deficit by $ 3 billion per year; to reduce the federal debt - to - GDP ratio to 25 per cent by 2012 - 13; to eliminate the total government sector debt (which includes the federal, provincial and local governments as well as the Canada and Quebec pension plans) by 2021; and finally, to keep the growth in program expenses below the rate of growth in nominal GDP.

OTTAWA — As Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivers the federal budget Thursday in the House of Commons, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer will deliver arguments in court seeking clarity on its mandate and more information on the Conservative government's spendingbudget Thursday in the House of Commons, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer will deliver arguments in court seeking clarity on its mandate and more information on the Conservative government's spendingBudget Officer will deliver arguments in court seeking clarity on its mandate and more information on the Conservative government's spending cuts.

As Canada strives to fulfill its obligations under the Paris Agreement, the 2017 federal budget outlined plans to double investments in clean energy innovation by 2020, with $ 2.2 billion earmarked to support cleantech R&D, commercialization and adoption.