Sentences with phrase «government study on»

It's crucial to note that while overall precipitation is predicted to go up in Canada, that precipitation will come in winter, not in summer during the growing season, says geographer David Sauchyn, a professor at the University of Regina, who recently led a federal government study on the impacts of climate change on the prairies.

Perhaps the best model for this is a U.S. government study on the costs to society of smoking cigarettes that was undertaken by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A number of Liberal party supporters and candidates on Twitter cited a government study on federally regulated industries showing that only 416 of those workers made minimum wage in 2008.

A number of Liberal party supporters and candidates on Twitter cited a government study on federally regulated industries showing that only 416 of those workers made minimum wage in 2008.

Not exact matches

This hunch prompted the federal government in March to earmark $ 500,000 for Statistics Canada to study the extent of foreign real estate purchasing and what effect it has on the market.

Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said higher oil prices lessen all the worries from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.

And while Macdonald did not look into it, other studies have pointed to another major influence China has had lately on many countries, including Canada: how its high savings rate and mounting foreign currency reserves, much of it invested in benchmark U.S. government debt, have depressed interest rates around the world.

The government said in March that it was studying the dangers posed to wildlife and the environment by the plastic microbeads, and on Thursday said the scientific review was still underway by Environment Canada along with an assessment of triclosan and phthalates.

In fact, a recent study in the American Journal of Public Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the public.

But Andrei Sulzenko, a fellow at University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, who has worked on and studied expert - advice panels like the Jenkins committee, says any proposal that demands a «machinery of government» change is bound to meet stiff resistance.

Oceanic data is valuable, but for decades the only way to study the world's hostile waters was to deploy a stationary buoy, launch a satellite into space, or send a government research vessel that runs hundreds of thousands of dollars a day to operate — on top of its initial price tag of hundreds of millions of dollars.

«While the ultimate effects on income levels and distribution are not inevitable, they depend substantially on government policies, on the way companies choose to organize work, and on decisions by individuals to invest in learning new skills and seeking new types of work and income opportunities,» the Stanford study noted.

Meanwhile, debates were held on the Environment and Industrial Relations as the WA government released a controversial study.

But according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) which did a study in 2013 on the drug shortage, other reasons include a lack of materials to make the drugs, as well as delays in getting government approval for new and experimenGovernment Accountability Office (GAO) which did a study in 2013 on the drug shortage, other reasons include a lack of materials to make the drugs, as well as delays in getting government approval for new and experimengovernment approval for new and experimental drugs.

The U.S. and Papua New Guinea are the only countries among 185 nations and territories that hadn't imposed government - mandated laws requiring employers to pay mothers while on leave with their babies, according to a study released last year by the United Nations» International Labor Organization.

The Japanese government has spent heavily on improving its information security systems and has formed teams to study possible threats to power supplies and other infrastructure.

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).

Many studies have shown that early, stimulating education at a young age also has payoff for the government with lower health and welfare costs later on.

Kenney, meanwhile, refused to take the government's bait on the «no outing kids» legislation, but also refused to say much of anything at all, keeping his caucus quiet while it studied the new bill.

With the Canadian government currently spending time and resources on supporting LGBTQ initiatives in Asia, this study is a first look at how exactly these resources are being focused.

The Coalition Government is getting on with the job of delivering our water infrastructure needs, today annowncing $ 1 million to fast - track a feasibility study into improving water quality and supply to support the expansion of the Myalup and Collie River irrigation districts.

A new study, backed by Facebook, wants to go beyond measuring the impact of internet shutdowns on the formal economy and measure the impact of internet cut - offs on «shadow economies,» namely economic activities that circumvent government regulation, oversight, and taxation.

The Harper government has said it's still studying how best to proceed on the issue of competition, roaming and tower sharing among carriers in Canada.

A new study, called Private Companies, Professionals and Income Splitting, says a mid-range estimate on the the loss to government coffers is about $ 500 - million based on 2011 tax data

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in its financial reporting system».

Only recently did the Department of Finance release a study on the long - term sustainability of federal government finances — a study that had been promised in 2007.

Since its creation, the PBO has published its own economic and fiscal forecasts, studies on fiscal sustainability, information on government spending and estimates of proposed government initiatives.

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in in its financial reporting system».

Similarly, respondents are nearly as divided on whether the B.C. government's tactic of calling for more time to study the potential effects of a spill on its coast is appropriate, although the majority tilt slightly the other way:

Economists Grace Lordan of the London School of Economics and David Neumark of UC Irvine studied 35 years of government census data for their working paper, which was released in August, titled «People Versus Machines: The Impact of Minimum Wages on Automatable Jobs.»

David Dodge, a former Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Health, and Governor of the Bank of Canada, has recently released a study on the growing costs of health care in Canada in the coming decades and the impact they could have on all governments — federal and provincial.

His work there — allegedly a study on cyberbullying — was funded by a block grant provided by the Russian government.

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, the Canada - ASEAN Business Council, the Business Council of Canada, and the University of British Columbia have worked together on this report in anticipation of the government - led feasibility study.

As part of the study, staff from the central banks and / or government debt offices of all of the G - 10 countries participated in a survey on the structure of government securities markets.

Steven holds a BA in Government, Diplomacy and Strategic Studies from the IDC, and an MGA focusing on International Economics, from U of T.

If the Tories go ahead with plans to double the contribution limit on tax - free savings accounts, it will cost the government billions of dollars and benefit only the very wealthy, two separate studies released Tuesday say.

Both studies made recommendations on how to improve the process and transparency of budget forecasting, most of which were readily adopted by the governments at that time.

Last Thursday, the Office of Financial Research (OFR), part of the Federal boondoggle created under the Dodd - Frank financial reform legislation in 2010 to foster the illusion that the government was reining in risk on Wall Street, released a new study showing almost unfathomable levels of systemic and interconnected risk among the too - big - to - fail banks that cratered the U.S. financial system in 2008 and has left our economy still struggling to right itself.

RW: Have studies proved to the federal government that products from the Kinder Morgan pipeline can be safely transported both on land and on the ocean?

This report identifies the policy instruments at the disposal of local governments based on central government policy framework, and presents a few successful and replicable case studies and international experiences as reference for China's future development in promoting green bonds.

So, Mr. Kenney, who just this week was appointed to the parliamentary committee studying electoral reform, could be abandoning plans to replace Rona Ambrose as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and setting his sights on uniting - the - right and challenging Rachel Notley «s moderate New Democratic Party government in 2019.

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government is a public policy research institute that conducts studies and related projects on state and local government and finance, American federalism, public management, and New York StaGovernment is a public policy research institute that conducts studies and related projects on state and local government and finance, American federalism, public management, and New York Stagovernment and finance, American federalism, public management, and New York State issues.

Milos Barutciski, a lawyer with Bennett Jones LLP in Toronto familiar with the SNC - Lavalin affair and who has co-operated with authorities on certain aspects of the case, said he believes the Trudeau government will study both allowing deferred prosecution agreements and changing the mandatory blacklist provisions in the Conservatives» controversial government procurement rules.

Studies show that we do only slightly better — still earning a failing grade — on «civic knowledge,» dealing with the principles of American government and the basics of American history, for example.

Studies that appear to refute claims of increasing inequality receive prominent endorsements on editorial pages and are eagerly cited by right - leaning government officials.

Today the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released what it claims to be the first quantitative worldwide study on how governments and societies infringe on the religious beliefs and practices of individuals.

Policy must be justified by «studies,» which typically focus on determinants that are more impersonal, particularly adverse economic conditions and insufficient government training programs, support services, or income benefits.

Muslim people have been demonized by our government (have you studied anything, or are you just going by what you have heard on the corporate paid for news?)

In Canada, the provincial government of Ontario appointed a royal commission to study (among other things) «the increasing exhibition of violence in the communications industry; to determine if there is any... relationship between this phenomenon and the incidence of violent crime in society...» Two of the commission's research studies found that 24 per cent of the news items on television and in newspapers dealt directly with violence and 40 per cent were violence - related, while radio news was concerned with violence and conflict almost 60 per cent of the time!

Indeed, modernity is very much their friend in this respect because it encourages them to think rationally, to plan ahead, to study, to engage in gainful employment, to strategize politically, and to model their own organizations on the businesses or government agencies in which they work.