Sentences with phrase «high number of government»

And as we learned from the Ashley Madison incident, there are a high number of government employees, entrepreneurs and police officers on adult dating sites who can not afford for their public image to be ruined.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

Christians are «targeted by the highest number of governments in the Asia - Pacific region, where 33 countries harassed Christians in 2015,» Pew stated.

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It holds a number of government contracts, including for the construction of a high - speed rail link and for the maintenance of roads.

Beginning in the 2018 tax year the federal government introduced a number of changes to the tax code to curb so - called «income sprinkling», a tactic used by some higher - income small business owners to shift income to lower - taxed family members.

Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental / agency operating costs.

It is well known that the Conservative government is also committed to introducing income splitting for families with children under the age of eighteen, despite the overwhelming evidence that this change would benefit only a small number of high - income families.

His experience includes four years with HB Global Advisors Corporation, the international consulting firm of Heenan Blaikie LLP (2010 to 2013), and almost four decades with the Government of Canada where he served in a number of key diplomatic posts, including Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (2001 to 2005), Ambassador to Japan (2005 to 2008) and High Commissioner to the Republic of India (2008 to 2010).

By 2025, the government has declared that «it will double the number of high - growth companies in Canada, particularly in the digital, clean technology and health technology sectors from 14,000 to 28,000.»

In no particular order these included: a dysfunctional bankruptcy framework; an immature domestic capital market; withholding taxes on foreign capital; corruption (particularly at the state level — the Modi government has made progress at the federal level); policy and renegotiation risks (a number of legacy and high profile tax eases are yet to be resolved); land acquisition costs (and legal risks); and, the need for tax reforms.

For a number of years, concerns had been expressed about the underpricing of risk in a range of financial instruments and the associated search for yield as investors sought higher returns in non-standard financial products as the yield on more standard products such as government bonds was deemed to be inadequate.

Example: Two weeks ago, in response to my column that showed higher job creation numbers in the first 32 months under Ralph Klein, when compared with the same length of time under Rachel Notley, government MLA Graham Sucha took to Twitter in an attempt to criticize my analysis.

On a trade - weighted basis, the rise in the Australian dollar has also been quite substantial, since the TWI gives a high weight to a number of Asian currencies whose governments have chosen to depreciate with the US dollar.

Record High Debt The most recent number for global debt is at $ 233 trillion, and about $ 63 trillion of that is central government debt.

Such gaps tend to narrow for a number of reasons, including higher marginal productivity on cheaper labor and land costs in lower - tier cities, better economic integration with government - led redistribution of infrastructure and public resources from regional hubs to small neighbor cities, and broader penetration of technology, including smartphones and the internet, according to the Morgan Stanley research.

In response, the Refugee Council said: «With the number of refugees at a record high, we urge the Government to go further and commit to resettling people from around the world, at least at current numbers, for as long as it is needed.»

We have a president that received no vetting from CNN or those who voted for him and look what we got... a partisan ideologue who has brought the number of Americans who need food stamps to a record high, embraced policies that have resulted in 23 million Americans unemployed or under - employed, decreased household incomes by $ 4000 annually, increased the number of Americans dependent on the federal government to nearly 50 % and appointed dozens of «czars» who we know nothing about and who were also never vetted.

Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

The number of homeless families living in emergency bed and breakfast accommodation is at its highest in nearly ten years, according to government figures published in September 2013.

Jews have been elected to Congress and appointed to high positions in government in numbers far exceeding their percentage of the population; Jews are arguably America's most affluent ethnic group; Jews have served as commissioners of Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League, as well as presidents of Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and Columbia; and, as the wedding notices in the Sunday New York Times indicate, Jews have not been reluctant to marry Gentiles, or vice versa.

I'm not sure this is a given, «since taxation is necessary unless you want anarchy...» And I don't think this is either, «what is the role of government in society to for the highest well - being of the greatest number» You have preconceptions even in your questions, but we all do.

This is almost exactly equal to the number of Afrikaners spread all over the country but concentrated in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, the high veldt of the northeast, the center for mining, finance, and government administration.

Food manufacturers are struggling to tackle deforestation because of failures by governments both at home and overseas, according to candid interviews with a number of high - profile firms.

Diamond: «If members of the government were told our rates were high relative to others and took that to mean we couldn't fund - and in fact we were funding well - and it was clear a number of firms posting had emergency loans or were being nationalised and we were posting highest level, we would question whether other institutions could get funds... the implication...» Tyrie interrupts, reading from the Barclays statement quoting Tucker.

In terms of productivity improvements, it simply says that the Scottish government has some good policy ideas, and here is a number for the higher productivity growth that these could generate.

Consequently, in July 2017 Hon Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC / CS / 964 / 2016 ordered the Nigerian government to widely disseminate including on a dedicated website information about the names of high ranking public officials from whom public funds were recovered since May 2015 and to disclose the circumstances under which funds were returned.»

But as the Government has trebled tuition fees, the number of people applying higher education in the creative arts at university fallen by 16 per cent.

Among the signatories to the joint letter are former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson, President of the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain OBE, former government integration tsar Ted Cantle CBE, the General Secretaries of the National Education Union Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, as well as a number of high - profile authors, academics, and entertainers.

Relative to population, that's not especially high, and there's no correlation between the number of local governments and the burden of property taxes in different states.

The current government by this number has the highest list of ministers and deputies to serve in any government since the start of the Fourth Republic.

The Southwest Sewer District, a pocket of the county with a high number of sewers, was funded through government subsidies which are no longer available.

And to make matters worse, the government has given no assurance that the number of future closures will not be higher than the 2,500 they announced.

Nonetheless, there have been a number of high profile clashes between the Government and the courts over several criminal justice and immigration measures since the HRA came into force.

Conservative MPs are currently rebelling less often than Labour MPs (in around 11 % of divisions in the first three sessions of the 2005 parliament, less than half the rate on the government benches) and they are doing so in smaller numbers; although a slightly larger proportion of Conservative parliamentarians has rebelled compared to Labour, few have cast more than a handful of dissenting votes, and even the most rebellious would not find themselves high up the PLP's league table of troublemakers.

The trial also offered testimony that a lobbyist conducted government business with a number of high - ranking Administration officials through private emails — not through government email addresses — in an apparent attempt to avoid the state's openness laws celebrated during Sunshine Week.

A spokesman stressed that the government's strategy on crime «is making a difference», telling politics.co.uk that the number of people entering and staying in treatment was higher than ever before, and insisting drug - related crime was falling.

Budget experts disagree with Cuomo's link of high property taxes to the number of local governments and taxing districts, saying much of the cost is driven by state - sponsored mandates.

«The number of programs and proposals is likely to grow because free - tuition programs meet several policy priorities of governments, including increasing higher education participation rates to cultivate a trained workforce while maintaining affordability,» the report found.

Whilst all four countries are experiencing high levels of fuel poverty the Monitor identifies a number of particular difficulties being faced by vulnerable households in the individual countries calling on the need for Government to provide a more concise and effective plan to tackle the problem.

This unfortunate development is widely believed to have been caused by congestion in our Senior High Schools due to the large numbers of students admitted after government rolled out the Free SHS scheme.

According to Mr Hamid, with the current state of the economy and the enormous task ahead of the government, there was the need for more hands to help fulfil the President's promises and hence the high number of ministers.

The commander listed Owerri North, Owerri West, Ahiazu Mbaise, Mbaitoli, Ikeduru and Okigwe as the local government areas in the state with highest number of arrested drug dealers.

With youth unemployment hitting a record high and the total number of people out of work the highest since the Tories were last in office, the Public and Commercial Services union says the government must take urgent action to reverse the damage it is doing to our economy.

The high number of appointments has caused a huge public outcry with many describing it as being in sharp contrast with President Akufo - Addo's promise of lean government and protection for the public purse.

It is also worth noting that in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, a good number of native Nzemas served in ministerial, ambassadorial and other high level positions.

Citi News earlier reported that, students were sitting on cement blocks due to the lack of furniture, following the increase in the number of students under the government's Free Senior High School programme.

But these very high numbers for the end of the last government's term of office are why under the last government, we saw a worrying collapse in public confidence in our ability to control inward migration.

According to him, «from 2009 till date, this government has employed 78, 000 teachers — unprecedented — the highest number in the history of the country.

Lowey: «With the number of children with food allergies so high and the risks so great, it was time for our federal government to act.»

The government has announced that as part of its educational reform initiatives, it is investing in the expansion of tertiary institutions to absorb the high numbers of entrants that are likely to emerge from second - cycle institutions following the introduction of the Free SHS policy.