Sentences with phrase «for failing governments»

Bitcoin and other digital currencies kept in Wirex accounts are difficult for failing governments to unilaterally seize.

She needs to decide if she is going to stand up for her constituents or for her failing Government's road pricing agenda.»

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THE OFFICIAL REACTION: Finance Minister Vítor Gaspar said the ratings cut failed to reflect broad political support for the country's latest financial rescue program, and also a new income tax which he portrayed as «proof of the government's determination» to meet stated deficit targets.

'» It became known as the «Frisbee speech,» and for years it gave foreign acquirers confidence the government wouldn't throw the book at them if they failed to live up to their promises.

«We also see many governments failing to prepare for the future, on issues ranging from retirement and infrastructure to automation and worker retraining.

The government was «shut down» after Congress failed to authorize funding for the new fiscal year that began Oct. 1.

Failing to see any other benefits of this extra push for monetary creation, some analysts believe that the monetization of the growing mountain of government liabilities is the main objective of Japan's new money managers.

With debts and pension obligations outweighing the company's value, it approached the government and its lenders for a bail - out, but failed to reach a deal.

Facebook has faced fierce criticism from governments and rights groups in many countries for failing to do enough to stem hate speech and prevent the service from being used to promote terrorism, stir sectarian violence and broadcast acts including murder and suicide.

A spokesman for Varadkar, who is due to meet Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin again on Tuesday morning in a bid to avoid the election, said the government was standing by Fitzgerald.

He's on trial before a special court reserved for members of government and faces two years in prison if found guilty of failing to reduce the size of the banking sector.

Still, we do share the burden for as long as government and business fail to protect us.

The WTO established a dispute settlement panel in September, a month after consultations with Canada failed to resolve Brazil's complaint that government subsidies for the C Series are inconsistent with Canada's WTO obligations.

But when you ask what to do about it, that consensus quickly devolves into finger - pointing — at recycling companies like Waste Management for failing to innovate, at the American public for their lazy recycling habits, at producers for creating plastic packaging that is increasingly difficult to recycle, and even at the federal government for not passing strong legislation that encourages better practices.

Policy and politics has failed, and defenders of more government intervention or safety - net expansion can not look to the job market for data to support their case.

After senators failed to reach a deal over the weekend, McConnell on Sunday called for a noon Monday vote to advance a bill that would fund the government through Feb. 8.

Gerard Lyons — one of the few prominent economists to back leaving the EU, and a co-founder of the Economists for Brexit group — told an audience at the Brexit & Global Expansion Summit in London on Monday that by failing to prepare plans for what might happen in the event that Britain voted to leave, Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne left both the new Conservative government and the British people high and dry.

She argues that by not taking tourism seriously, governments are both failing to fully capitalize on a booming industry and leaving their countries exposed to the destructive elements that accompany foreign travel: environmental degradation, lowered living standards for the poor, sex tourism, and all the subtler injustices and annoyances that materialize when droves of foreigners arrive on your shores demanding authentic cultural experiences.

But for the Ontario government, it wasn't too big to fail.

Despite the many unanswered questions, Trump administration officials have repeatedly blamed Raúl Castro's government for failing to protect the diplomats, if not actually attacking them.

A senior Turkish official said Turkish intelligence cracked the app earlier this year and was able to use it to trace tens of thousands of members of a religious movement the government blames for last month's failed coup.

The company has long been accused of getting unwarranted support from governments while maintaining a management structure that's been criticized for failing to produce sufficient shareholder returns.

When he got the call to join CMHC, Siddall was working at the Bank of Canada, helping to devise highly technical schemes to end «too big to fail,» post-crisis shorthand for the perception that governments would rescue the biggest financial institutions whenever they got into trouble.

For instance, the government might report the wrong amount of outstanding taxes, or they might fail to release a lien after you pay the amount due.

Executive director Ed Whittingham lambasted the government's «five - year track record of failing to meaningfully tackle greenhouse gas pollution and avoiding federal responsibility for oil sands development.»

So, if our fearless leaders fail to come to some agreement by midnight tonight, and the U.S. government partially shuts down for the first time in 17 years, you may be wondering...

For sure, Mr. Moore would be on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been found in contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't haFor sure, Mr. Moore would be on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been found in contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't hafor Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't hafor awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't have.

The IMF added that if growth was lower than expected or if the Greek government failed to meet targets for running a surplus on its budget excluding interest payments, there would be «significant increases in debt and gross financing needs».

Earlier this month, the B.C. Liberal government took flak for failing in its promise to create 5,000 new long - term care beds by 2006.

Consider these risks before investing: The value of securities in the fund's portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including general financial market conditions, changing market perceptions, changes in government intervention in the financial markets, and factors related to a specific issuer, industry, or sector and, in the case of bonds, perceptions about the risk of default and expectations about changes in monetary policy or interest rates.

Having recently called out the federal government for failing to provide a justification for its decision to approve Shell's Jackpine mine oil sands expansion project (an approach that serves no interest other than the government's, as even industry would stand to benefit from knowing why one project is justified while another, e.g. Taseko's original Prosperity mine, is not), it was reassuring to see that at least this Joint Review Panel (JRP) shares my understanding of this obligation under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, SC 2012, c 19.

In 2013, the Twitterati helped nudge Bitcoin into the public consciousness as both a controversial new investment and a punchline; kept investors informed as the Nasdaq suffered an unprecedented, hours - long meltdown; and posted live updates as legislators failed to reach a spending deal and shut down the federal government for 16 days.

Among the largest unsecured creditors listed in the petition are the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which is the US government's insurer for failed private - sector pension plans, and the Marlin Firearms Company Employees Pension Plan.

Earlier in the week, representatives for CN and CP said the government's proposal to impose LHI fails to address the concerns of shippers in remote regions, and could even crimp their ability to serve customers in far - flung regions.

VICTORIA — A report from B.C.'s Representative for Children and Youth shows the Liberal government has failed to show leadership or bring the focus needed to fulfill one of the most important responsibilities of government — providing services for Aboriginal children and youth, say B.C.'s New Democrats.

«Twelve years later, the government has not only failed to keep this promise, it has done the opposite; reorganization and restructuring initiatives have eaten up money that should have improved services for Aboriginal children and youth, improvements the government promised never arrived,» said James.

The review we need is a review of how the government could have failed these children and their families for the last decade.»

«The sad reality is that the Liberal government has been failing to live up to its promises to seniors since 2001,» said Maurine Karagianis, the New Democrat spokesperson for seniors.

Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government in Italy was teetering after it failed to come up with a credible plan to deal with its dangerously high debts, and Portugal demanded more flexible terms for its own bailout.

«Christy Clark's government has known about this problem for more than two years but has failed the people of Spallumcheen by not adequately dealing with it,» said Heyman.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government found jobs for their political allies, but has failed for 30 months to help the thousands of other British Columbians looking for work, say the New Democrats.

VICTORIA — A report from B.C.'s Representative for Children and Youth shows the Liberal government has failed to show leadership or bring the focus needed to fulfill one of the most important responsibilities of government — providing services for Aboriginal...

Several high - profile economists and pundits are both frustrated and perplexed that initiatives like cash - for - clunkers, the $ 800 + billion U.S. stimulus program, and Japan's 20 installments of government spending juice (over recent years) have failed to trigger anywhere close to the expected multiplier1 impact on economic activity.

VICTORIA — Fentanyl overdoses are projected to claim a record number of lives in British Columbia this year, but the BC Liberal government has failed to provide adequate, accessible pathways to treatment for people and families desperately seeking mental health and addiction services, said New Democrat leader John Horgan.

«She is living in poverty because the B.C. Liberal government is taking the money her dad pays to support her, and using it to pay for their misguided priorities, like spending more than a million dollars hiring failed B.C. Liberal candidates and giving insiders cushy appointments after the last election.»

«Christy Clark's government proved they weren't up for the job when they failed to bring in all the recommendations from British Columbia's Missing Women's Inquiry.

Kenney was part of a government for years that has a record (for instance, of failing to get pipelines built) and he has made many comments on political issues that are on the record (for instance, a long standing opposition to gay marriage).

Companies like Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft spend many millions of dollars lobbying government each year, but their cries for immigration reform long have failed to penetrate the partisan divide on Capitol Hill.

Some say the currency is destined to fail because of a lack of trust and too much freedom for government manipulation.

The markets generally have continued to stabilize after the Greeks appear to have backtracked in their willingness to accept certain austerity measures as a condition of further financial assistance and the measures that the Chinese government instituted to bolster her failing equity markets appear to have worked for the moment.