Sentences with phrase «federal government approval of»

The lack of distinction between hemp and marijuana is the source of the current roadblock in federal government approval of hemp.

With the new federal government approval of the TMX project, the pressure is on to persuade British Columbians that the economic benefits for the province are significant, even if that requires cherry - picking and outright exaggeration.

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Enbridge's Northern Gateway project, in the works since 2005, was likely dealt a fatal blow on June 30th when the Federal Court of Appeal threw out its 2014 conditional approval because the Crown (read: Harper government) failed in its «duty to consult» aboriginals as required by the Constitution.

It may seem auspicious, coming as it does while the federal government ponders approval of China National Offshore Oil Co.'s $ 15 - billion purchase of Calgary - based Nexen, but the new investment agreement with China that is soon to be ratified in Parliament was actually 18 years in the making.

It requires states and local governments with a history of racial and ethnic discrimination, mainly in the South, to get advance approval either from the Justice Department or the federal court in Washington before making any changes that affect elections.

On Sunday, a federal court rejected a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to halt construction of the Dakota Access pipeline but said that ruling was «not the final word,» as a necessary easement still needed government approval.

The federal Liberal government, citing its jurisdiction over infrastructure projects that cross provincial boundaries, granted approval of the project in 2016.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Prentice cited the federal loan guarantee for Newfoundland's Lower Churchill River hydroelectric project as «a wise instrument of industrial policy,» and called for governments to «expedite the regulatory and environmental approval processes for megaprojects.»

When the federal government was unable to get approval from the provincial governments for this proposal, it continued with Stage Two of Tax Reform and replaced the manufacturers» sales tax with the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

This work included representing two First Nations in a successful legal challenge to the federal government's approval of Northern Gateway, as well as advocating for a strong federal oil tanker ban law on BC's north coast.

British Columbia's demand for oil spill safety enhancements, by contrast, are capable of being designed so as not to usurp the federal government's authority over the approval of interprovincial pipelines.

While car seat laws are up to each state, the approval process of car seats and booster seats is covered by the federal government.

This week, we received approval to draw down on the first tranche of our Bailout Funds from the Federal Government.

Both officials need a strong working relationship with the federal government and with each suffering from low job approval ratings, they should get back to working on behalf of New York's citizens, not their own political ambitions.»

These are jurisdictions that in the view of the federal government have a history of discrimination in their voting policies and can no longer be trusted to continue to change policy without approval from the federal government.

State lawmakers and officers stood and cheered for bail reform, they roared approval for suing the federal government over «double taxation,» and they hurrahed just about any mention of pro-union initiatives.

WASHINGTON (CNN) President Donald Trump's approval rating for handling the federal government's response to recent hurricanes has dropped 20 points in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

The amendment, which required the approval of two - thirds of the House, would have mandated that the federal government not spend more money than it takes in.

Presidency considers palliatives The Federal Government may go ahead with the withdrawal of fuel subsidy without the National Assembly's approval, The Nation learnt at the...

A large portion of the budget is money from the federal government that requires little action by New York State other than the approval to spend it as expected by the feds.

According to him, the State Government presently has a design for the reconstruction of the road as well as the funds to embark on the project but the Federal Government was yet to grant approval.

«It is equally significant to state that the current recruitment of additional Ten Thousand (10,000) Police Personnel into the Force by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the request by the Inspector General of Police to Government for approval of the recruitment of Thirty One Thousand (31,000) Police Personnel yearly for a period of 5 years will definitely increase the strength of the Force to meet up with the UN ratio of One (1) Policeman to Four Hundred (400) citizens.

Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, showed the nine directors the exit of the ministry after the approval by the federal government.

«Issuance of Eurobond in the ICM and / or loans syndication by the banks in the sum of $ 3bn for refinancing of maturing domestic debts obligations of the Federal Government of Nigeria, while looking forward to the timely approval of the National Assembly to enable Nigerians to take advantage of these opportunities for funding.»

Buhari said this on Wednesday in Abuja when he formally presented a N7.28 tn Federal Government budget for 2017 to the joint session of the National Assembly for approval.

Trump's approval rating for handling the federal government's response to recent hurricanes has dropped 20 points in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

The city needs approval from the federal government before it can create the savings program, said John Adler, the director of the Mayor's Office of Pensions and Investments and chief pension investment advisor.

«We told him that if he wanted any money, he should take it from the Federal Government's share of the money, and then go to the National Assembly for approval».

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has requested approval of the House of Representatives for fresh $ 1.28 bn and $ 9m loans under the 2016 - 2018 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plans of the Federal Government.

«After the federal government had given its approval, the state of Florida had to give its approval, so then - Kennedy Space Center director, whose name is Jim Kennedy, and I drove up to Tallahassee one day to see Governor Bush, who was then - governor,» recalled Stern of his road trip on November 22, 2005.

It all fits with the current moment, when approval ratings of Congress are at a record low and conservatives are seething over the intrusion of the federal government into our healthcare system.

At a 1993 White House conference that I attended, Secretary of Education Richard Riley expressed approval of the movement's aims, but cautioned that such moral uplift was a matter for family and church, not the federal government.

«Furthermore, the U.S. Department of Education has made changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act state test review and approval process that will coerce states to adopt the federal government's preferred tests or risk billions in federal funding,» his office added in a statement.

The power of federal taxation clearly is a power of the federal government, but nonetheless some conservatives — sensitized by numerous overreaches during the Obama era in the area of education — are urging that any national scholarship tax credit be subject to approval on a state - by - state basis.

In this meeting, the Utah State Board of Education gave approval for the state to seek waivers offered by the federal government under No Child Left Behind; agreed to form a work group to study and make recommendations for an RFP for statewide assessments for Utah's core curriculum; and granted a requested from rural Juab County's Tintic School District to move to a four - day week for school.

The federal government allows state to adopt different but similarly rigorous standards with the approval of a state higher education board, and a number have done so, including Minnesota and Virginia.

This $ 2.7 million grant from the federal government appeared in the October Resolution List for approval, but had to be postponed due to the absence of Commissioner Bill Green.

They are not government agencies, but wield enormous power: Schools need accreditors» stamps of approval to maintain access to the government's annual $ 170 billion in federal student aid.

However, the federal government charged that the Connecticut State Department of Education «submitted or caused to be submitted false claims for payment or approval by misrepresenting the number of children in Connecticut who qualified for federal MEP funding.»

And they will get a stamp of approval from the federal government too.

The licensing by government (at federal, state and local levels) for large - scale breeding kennels has created a systemic problem where other officials assume a kennel is in compliance or treating animals properly because the business was given a «stamp of approval» from a designated state or federal authority.

In a decision that strikes a blow against the federal government's controversial practice of excluding industry from consent decrees with environmental citizen groups, a practice known as «sue - and - settle,» the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the district court's approval of a consent decree between a coalition of environmental groups and several federal agencies in Conservation Northwest v. Sherman, No. 11 - 35729 (9th Cir.

Last year, in response to a lawsuit filed by Ecojustice lawyers on behalf of Équiterre and the David Suzuki Foundation, the federal government agreed to review the approval of 383 pesticide products containing 23 active ingredients — including difenoconazole — already banned for use in European countries.

President Trump is a named defendant in our federal lawsuit, and this dangerous and reckless approval is yet another example of the US government taking affirmative action to destabilize our climate.

And the fact that private companies should not be disposing of this kind of material without serious government regulations (Mother Jones reports that the licenses for WSC «don't need detailed approval from federal nuclear regulators because the dump wouldn't handle the highest grades of radioactive waste») is only part of the issue.

The BLM's approval of the Ivanpah Project triggered yet another lawsuit, this one from the Western Watersheds Project over the federal government's alleged failure to comply with environmental laws in the California Desert Conservation Area.

Here's why the federal government can't enhance the CPP quickly: The feds need approval from two - thirds of the provinces — constituting two - thirds of the population as well — to make any amendments to the plan.

And as Ellis makes clear, such a result is not a function of the political stripe of the current federal government, but is endemic to the system itself: 20 years earlier, Jean Chrétien's Liberal government viewed Mulroney - government appointees to the board as too obstructionist with refugee claims, and simply replaced them with its own set of patronage appointments more inclined to deliver politically simpatico approvals of refugee claims.

Our lawyers assist companies in obtaining project approvals from all levels of the US government, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), state utility commissions, and federal and state environmental agFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), state utility commissions, and federal and state environmental agfederal and state environmental agencies.