Sentences with phrase «federal government leaders»

«As a company employing more than 15,000 people, and as the nation's 6th largest U.S. Small Business Administration lender, it's important for M&T Bank to maintain continuing dialogue with our local, state and federal government leaders to help them understand our vital role in creating jobs and economic growth in communities we serve.»

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And all small businesses that attend will interact with federal government officials, local elected leaders, representatives from national businesses and other small business experts.

Tory, a former Rogers Cable CEO and Ontario Tory leader, said it's too soon to tell if desks will be a thing of the past at the Rogers campus in Toronto once Laurence arrives in December, and he may be focused on Rogers» stiff competitive pressures and a federal government insistent on a strong fourth carrier in the wireless market.

«It is important that we achieve a two - year agreement that funds our troops and provides for our national security and other critical functions of the Federal government,» the statement from the White House, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

But less than a month later, Sessions wrote to congressional leaders criticizing the federal government's hands - off approach to medical marijuana, and citing a Colorado case in which a medical marijuana licensee shipped pot out of state.

The shutdown, which began Saturday after congressional leaders failed to reach a spending agreement to keep the government funded, means that many federal functions are shuttered.

Big - business leaders are fed up with the tactics of conservative Republicans, who instigated a partial closure of the Federal government and engaged in brinksmanship over the debt ceiling in a failed effort to stop the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The once - cosy relationship between the state and federal political leaders requires a delicate balancing act in the wake of a new Labor government.

Canadian chief executives and corporate leaders are concerned about the possible sale of Potash Corp. to a foreign buyer, and they want the federal government to take action to stop the sale.

A feeble federal government has opened the door for business leaders like Starbucks» Howard Schultz to address social issues Congress has refused to touch.

«I will make absolutely certain religious orders like the Little Sisters of Poor are not bullied by the federal government because of their religious beliefs,» Trump wrote in October in a letter to the leaders of Roman Catholic organizations.

With Canada's 2015 federal election underway, we're asking Canada's business leaders for one policy measure that the next government — whichever party (or parties) may lead it — could implement to boost business in this country.

In 2005 - 2006, he headed an Ontario government panel of corporate leaders that recommended that Canada adopt a single, national securities regulator — an idea that was later supported by the late Jim Flaherty while he was federal finance minister.

Our close - knit community consistently allows business leaders to work together with government representatives at the federal, state and local level to resolve challenges.

Jagmeet Singh, meanwhile, waded into the impasse in Ottawa by proposing that the Trudeau Liberals work with the British Columbia government on a joint reference question to the Supreme Court of Canada, fast - tracking a resolution to what the federal NDP leader calls jurisdictional issues arising from B.C.'s objections to the project.

When the federal government is unable to set basic policies (or at least stick with them), approve a budget or even resolve to pay its bills by raising the debt limit, the nation's private sector leaders get worried.

The report follows 18 months of active engagement with national and international leaders in this sector, federal and provincial government partners, and Canadians.

«While BC needs a leader committed to jobs and training, particularly for young people, the Premier's focus has been on temporary foreign worker agreements with the federal government, China and India.

The White House said it will appoint an adviser to lead the initiative and the office will be supported by various faith leaders from outside the federal government.

We've become a market leader by dedicating resources and expertise to deliver energy management solutions to commercial businesses; federal, state and local governments.

As a market leader, the group provides energy services and flexible project finance solutions to commercial businesses and federal, state and local governments.

But the company, Spectra Energy Corp., said former federal Conservative government house leader Jay Hill's role in the discussions about those laws has probably been very minor and, in any case, represents just part of the work he does for the company.

Her personal lobbying comes as the federal government has asked all premiers to help on the trade file by speaking about the importance of Canadian trade with U.S. leaders.

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Canada's business leaders urge the federal government and the governments of British Columbia and Alberta to do everything in their power to ensure that the Trans Mountain project moves forward without further delay.

Notley will not be attending this weekend's federal NDP convention in Ottawa, which will likely save federal leader Jagmeet Singh from being forced to join the dispute between the only two NDP governments in Canada.

United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney has called on the provincial and federal governments to take action against rural crime.

So it should come as no surprise that business leaders overwhelmingly support the federal government's attempts to police corporate wrongdoing, and to ensure that Ottawa only does business with ethical suppliers.

When the Opposition leader noted in the House of Commons, in 2012, that a federal study had shown that Canada was falling prey to «Dutch disease» (named after the 1960s oil boom, which devastated other exports in the Netherlands), Conservative MP Kellie Leitch offered the government's response: «The leader of the Opposition wants to call Canadian employers a disease.»

CNN: 2 communities linked to polygamous sect sued for alleged religious discrimination Two communities dominated by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints and its jailed leader Warren Jeffs have been sued by the federal government for alleged religious discrimination against citizens who don't belong to the polygamous sect.

The fate of the civil rights movement, its leaders recognized, lay in its ability to convince politicians and administrators in the federal government that it was in their interest to enforce the law and defend the Constitution in the South in the face of the massive resistance by politically potent segregationists.

He heard government leaders talk about balancing the budget by cutting back on the food stamp program, even while they rescued a struggling aircraft corporation with massive federal aid.

THE government's long - awaited review of the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) has been released today, and according to federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce, it indicates Australia is «a clear world leader in the welfare of exported live animals».

Australia's top business leaders have backed the federal government's Indo - Pacific study scheme and will mentor and offer funding to university students in the program.

Business leaders backed the federal government's Indo - Pacific study scheme and will mentor and offer funding to the program's university students.

The poll promise, made in Shepparton with federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, follows the Abbott government's rejection of a $ 25 million plea from Coca - Cola Amatil, SPC Ardmona's parent company, for investment in the plant.

«Now that government have intervened to raise great and better entertainers again, Peter Okoye has the gut to insult the entire Federal Government by calling our great leaders «Ndi Ala» which means mad and stupgovernment have intervened to raise great and better entertainers again, Peter Okoye has the gut to insult the entire Federal Government by calling our great leaders «Ndi Ala» which means mad and stupGovernment by calling our great leaders «Ndi Ala» which means mad and stupid people.

One more casualty of a federal government shutdown if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner and the president can't get a budget deal by midnight: The congressional gym.

Schumer is now poised to become the leader of the Democratic caucus in the U.S. Senate, making him one of the most powerful figures in the federal government.

Though the ex-MEND leaders noted that the Federal Government had launched a high powered investigation into the incidents to bring the perpetrators to book, they said that the claims against the frontline ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) and other ex-militant leaders were untrue and misplaced.

The ex-militant leaders, under the aegis of the Leadership Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, LPCDI, led by Chief Reuben Wilson, insisted that those behind the attacks were criminal elements, who were out to disrupt the peace in the region and set the Federal Government against the people of the region.

The federal government refused to grant immunity to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who has threatened to take the Fifth Amendment if called to testify at the political corruption trial of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The silence by President Buhari's administration has raised suspicion among the Ogonis that the federal government in collaboration with SHELL has opted for their usual strategy of divide and rule to set the Ogoni leaders and the people against themselves and also employing gradual frustration of the oil clean - up programme to force the collective loyalty of the Ogoni nation to join the ruling party in the country,» the statement said.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rejected the president's suggestion that hundreds of vacancies across the federal government exist due to «obstructionist» Democrats, saying the Trump administration has failed to select a nominee for 442 of the 500 vacancies.

The MASSOB Leader who spoke through the group's National Director Information, Sunny Okereafor, insisted that Uwazurike did not sign any deal with the federal government including its security agencies over Biafran struggle.

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu, and his co-defendants, David Nwawusi and Benjamin Madubugwu have asked Justice James Tsoho of a Federal High Court, Abuja to step down from trying them on the six - count charge, bordering on treason preferred against them by the federal goveFederal High Court, Abuja to step down from trying them on the six - count charge, bordering on treason preferred against them by the federal govefederal government.

Edward Walsh, the former politically powerful Suffolk County Conservative Party leader, was sentenced to 2 years in prison following his conviction on federal charges of wire fraud and theft of government services.

Edward Walsh, the former politically powerful Suffolk County Conservative Party leader, was sentenced Tuesday to 2 years in prison following his conviction on federal charges of wire fraud and theft of government services for pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Suffolk sheriff's department while golfing, gambling and politicking on county time.

Democratic Congressman Brian Higgins said he would back GOP Congressman Chris Collins» plan for the federal government to hold back on some healthcare reimbursement if state leaders continue to take money from counties for Medicaid.

On Sept. 2, Senate Democratic leaders wrote to federal and state criminal prosecutors, as well as other government watchdogs, seeking investigations into a Texas - based firm with a $ 100,000 - a-year contract to run the Senate Republicans» official government website: Align Media LLC, and its owner, Justin Gargiulo, along with his other consulting firm, VoterTrove.