The bill was in response to an earlier Bureau of Reclamation policy that warned hemp growers against using water stored
in federal projects, because the plant was federally illegal.
In addition to tax reforms to help pay for the measure, she'd develop a national infrastructure bank to help shore up private investment
in federal projects.
Not exact matches
In April, sponsors TransAlta Corp., Capital Power and Enbridge cancelled the $ 1.4 - billion Project Pioneer, despite nearly $ 800 million in provincial and federal subsidie
In April, sponsors TransAlta Corp., Capital Power and Enbridge cancelled the $ 1.4 - billion
Project Pioneer, despite nearly $ 800 million
in provincial and federal subsidie
in provincial and
federal subsidies.
Given the billions
in stimulus dollars that will be spent
in coming years on infrastructure
projects, demand for planners is likely to grow
in lockstep with the flow of
federal and provincial dollars to social housing, transit, public spaces and recreational amenities.
Because of
federal regulations, we also get to reinvest our net income and development fees
in new
projects.
The State Government has demanded Canberra hand over $ 339 million that has been sitting
in Federal coffers for almost nine years for the now - abandoned Oakajee port
project.
In a client note on Thursday titled «Yanking down the yields,» the interest - rates strategist
projected that bond yields would be much lower than the markets expected because central banks including the
Federal Reserve were reluctant to raise interest rates.
Many of my certifications led to being able to bid on and win state and
federal projects that bring
in millions of dollars for my business.
«I think many states would have a serious challenge
in providing 80 % of funding for viable infrastructure
projects,» said one lobbyist closely involved
in tracking the issue, referring to the component of the White House plan that caps
federal investment at 20 %.
An ambitious water supply
project in Western Australia's South West is set to proceed after gaining
federal government backing, with Collie Water chairman Peter Fogarty saying he was well advanced
in securing private investors to complete funding.
Enbridge's Northern Gateway
project,
in the works since 2005, was likely dealt a fatal blow on June 30th when the
Federal Court of Appeal threw out its 2014 conditional approval because the Crown (read: Harper government) failed
in its «duty to consult» aboriginals as required by the Constitution.
But the
federal government would only invest a maximum of 20 %
in these
projects, leaving it to the states to find other sources of revenue, like imposing higher tolls on roads.
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The lobbyist said that rural states would be most adversely impacted, noting that even though Trump's plan includes $ 50 billion
in federal funding for rural infrastructure
projects, that may be a high enough compensatory figure.
In a 2012 study, Gerry Angevine and Vanadis Oviedo of the Fraser Institute described «outdated regulatory processes and procedures, unnecessary duplication of
federal and provincial government
project reviews, and an unwieldy environmental review process.»
In a February address to Congress, Trump called for a $ 200 billion federal investment intended to spur at least $ 1.5 trillion in spending from state and local governments over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports and other project
In a February address to Congress, Trump called for a $ 200 billion
federal investment intended to spur at least $ 1.5 trillion
in spending from state and local governments over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports and other project
in spending from state and local governments over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports and other
projects.
That's exactly what sparked the stock market correction last month: a higher - than - expected average hourly earnings number
in January's jobs report ignited fears that inflation might finally be coming to life, and
in response the
Federal Reserve may look to hike rates more aggressively than the three
projected increases for this year.
The
federal government approved the expansion
in 2016 but the
project faces significant opposition
in B.C. Thousands of people have been rallying to protest the
project and Horgan has raised concerns about the pipeline's possible environmental and economic impact.
For instance, last fall his council urged the
federal government to ante up $ 40 billion for the CIB,
in hopes of luring four times that much
in private investment for infrastructure
projects like toll bridges and highways, ports and power transmission networks.
Recent
federal lease sales have generated a tepid response, said Imran Khan, who leads Wood Mackenzie's commercial valuation team for oil and gas
projects in the Gulf of Mexico.
To get the province to give ground, Ottawa initially tried tying a billion - dollar
federal loan guarantee for the Muskrat Falls hydro
project to a change
in the fish - processing rules.
Many things under way at Other Lab relate to a DARPA
project on programmable matter (DARPA being the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency, the famous
federal government research laboratory
in which far - fetched ideas are pursued until they become not - so - far - fetched.
In a report published in February, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page projects the cost of elderly benefits will increase from $ 36 billion today to a peak of $ 142 billion in 2036 - 37 — but as dire as that fourfold increase may sound, that will amount to a relatively small portion of the nation's economy (3.2 % of GDP), and Page estimates that «the federal fiscal structure is sustainable.&raqu
In a report published
in February, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page projects the cost of elderly benefits will increase from $ 36 billion today to a peak of $ 142 billion in 2036 - 37 — but as dire as that fourfold increase may sound, that will amount to a relatively small portion of the nation's economy (3.2 % of GDP), and Page estimates that «the federal fiscal structure is sustainable.&raqu
in February, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page
projects the cost of elderly benefits will increase from $ 36 billion today to a peak of $ 142 billion
in 2036 - 37 — but as dire as that fourfold increase may sound, that will amount to a relatively small portion of the nation's economy (3.2 % of GDP), and Page estimates that «the federal fiscal structure is sustainable.&raqu
in 2036 - 37 — but as dire as that fourfold increase may sound, that will amount to a relatively small portion of the nation's economy (3.2 % of GDP), and Page estimates that «the
federal fiscal structure is sustainable.»
With $ 17 billion
in federal funds, the new plan covers a six - year period and
projects a budget surplus
In other words, the creation of the hub of American entrepreneurship and innovation was a
federal project.
If the
federal government required
projected climate conditions to be considered when spending on infrastructure
in flood - prone areas, construction practices would change, he added, noting the same pressures would drive chemical plants or other industries to have a wider margin of safety.
Asked whether he was concerned that the
federal government's efforts to keep the
project alive would fail, he replied: «It's hard to predict the future
in pipeline politics.»
The
federal Liberal government, citing its jurisdiction over infrastructure
projects that cross provincial boundaries, granted approval of the
project in 2016.
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.
Though it was only one of 52 technology companies involved
in the
project, CGI
Federal had been awarded the largest contract (estimated to be worth $ 290 million).
In the last
federal budget, Natural Resources Canada was allocated $ 2.5 million over the next two years to study regional clean energy cooperation, with the aim of identifying «the most promising electricity infrastructure
projects with the potential to achieve significant greenhouse gas reductions.»
Despite a downward revision
in interest rate projections, Ontario's
projected rates are still significantly above that of their
federal counterparts, and vastly exceed that of some private sector forecasters, including BMO Capital Markets Economics.
From the time Enbridge began talking publicly about Northern Gateway almost a decade ago, the oil pipeline
project — which is expected to get
federal cabinet approval any day now — got off on the wrong foot by the company's lack of a presence
in British Columbia.
Jan. 17, 2014: First of 10 applications filed
in Federal Court and the
Federal Appeal Court by environmental and First Nations groups seeking judicial review of panel recommendation to approve
project.
His Buffalo Billion (as
in dollars invested)
project — although the subject of
federal and state bid - rigging probes — is highlighted by a 1.2 - million - square - foot «gigafactory» that will be run by Elon Musk's SolarCity and fabricate up to 10,000 solar panels per day.
A year of hellish relations with aboriginal groups; a possibly fatal public - relations cloud over the Keystone
project, based precisely on the Harper government's poor environmental record; serious opposition
in Europe to any extension
in Canada - EU relations at the very same time we're trying to negotiate a trade deal; and a set of controversies that still motivate NDP supporters and the NDP caucus today, another year closer to a
federal election.
The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the challenges posed by the amount of
federal debt held by the public — which has more than doubled relative to the size of the economy since 2007 — and the prospect of continued growth
in that debt over the coming decades if the large annual budget deficits
projected under current law come to pass.
Between 2017 and 2026, the Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT)
project, the
federal government will collect $ 38 billion
in penalty payments from uninsured people.
The Vancouver Board of Trade is calling on the
federal government to invest
in transit and trade - enabling
projects across the Greater Vancouver region, as part of its pre-budget consultations with the Department of Finance Canada.
Nominal gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the tax base for
federal revenue, is
projected to be about 6 per cent higher
in 2010 than
in 2009, which should impact positively on
federal revenues.
Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, a low - profile minister with a high - impact portfolio, must hammer out huge bilateral deals with all the provinces for their slices of $ 33 billion
in federal funds for ribbon - cutting - worthy
projects like big public transit expansions.
I should stress that Voser did not wade
in on Canadian politics, and did say he supports the
federal government's push to streamline environmental approval processes for energy
projects.
Morneau has yet to launch his much - discussed Canada Infrastructure Bank, designed to use $ 15 billion
in federal money to lure much more
in private investment into profit - making
projects like toll roads and power grids.
«This track record likely reflects his disturbing decision to close the environmental enforcement unit
in his office while establishing a new litigation team to challenge EPA and other
federal agencies,» the former EPA employees wrote
in the letter, which was sent by the Environmental Integrity
Project to all U.S. Senators.
Which means «they've drunk the
federal Liberal and Alberta NDP Kool - Aid that this carbon - spewing
project to mostly benefit U.S. shareholders is
in the «national interest».»
They argue that, since 2009, the
federal government's plans to balance the budget have been based on «risky projections, optimistic forecasts of revenue growth and unrealistic plans for spending restraint», which have resulted
in increases
in the
projected deficit with each successive budget, and the pushing out of the date that the deficit would be eliminated.
In 2016, the Far East Federal District's trade with China amounted to $ 6 billion, accounting for 25 percent of its foreign trade volumes.47 In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.
In 2016, the Far East
Federal District's trade with China amounted to $ 6 billion, accounting for 25 percent of its foreign trade volumes.47
In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.
In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment
in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.
in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of
projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.
in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled
in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.
in the past year to twenty - eight
projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum
in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.
in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures
in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.
in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments
in the Russian Far East.
in the Russian Far East.50
The Phase One plan would leverage funding from the
federal and provincial governments while building momentum towards negotiations with senior levels of government for the critical regional
projects included
in Phase Two and Phase Three.
All of these benefits,
in addition to the
federal government's Climate Action Plan, depend on the
project going forward.
CBO
projects Social Security will grow from 4.9 percent of GDP
in 2017 to 6 percent by 2027,
federal health spending will grow from 5.4 percent to 6.9 percent, and interest will grow from 1.4 percent to 2.9 percent.