Sentences with phrase «harmonization costs»

However, at the end of 2009 - 10, the Government booked the full liability ($ 5.9 billion) for the one - time HST harmonization costs for Ontario and British Columbia and an increase in accrual liabilities for federal employee pensions of about $ 3 billion.

The recovery of the $ 1.6 billion in HST harmonization costs accounts for the downward revision to transfers to other levels of government.

Not exact matches

Only about one - quarter of funds given to business ($ 1.6 / $ 6.2) through harmonization would reduce the cost of productivity - enhancing capital investments.

The latest budget contained two of the election promises: potential reimbursement to the province of Quebec for costs associated with the potential harmonization of the provincial sales tax with the GST and the phase - out of political subsidies.

There are significant opportunities to improve public safety and lower costs through elimination of unnecessary differences in US and EU regulatory requirements, harmonization of crash data to better understand safety problems and more accurately measure the effects of potential actions to address those problems, and improved cooperation in research and rulemaking addressing emerging safety issues and technologies.

From the get - go, automakers have been asking for «harmonization» while failing to acknowledge that these requests come at the cost of increased emissions and fuel usage.

The easiest way to achieve harmonization of marginal costs is by ensuring that the prices of CO2 emissions are equalized in every country.

Strictly speaking, policy harmonization means that the marginal costs of emissions reductions in each country are the same.

If energy efficiency is such a prime opportunity for cost savings and environmental benefits, what is delaying a larger market harmonization between these projects and commercial mortgage originations?

In addition, the harmonization of the Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure forms will make it easier for consumers to compare the estimated information they initially receive from creditors with the actual costs of the loan than can be done with the current disclosures.