Sentences with phrase «including business minister»

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As Canadian Business went to press, it was widely expected that federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's March 29 budget would include an announcement that the cutoff for Old Age Security (OAS) will be raised, which could compel millions of Canadians to delay their golden years.

The guest list included the several of the most successful people in the Canadian business community: GE Canada CEO Elyse Allan, Linamar CEO Linda Hasenfratz, T&T Supermarket's Tina Lee, NRStor's Annette Verschuren, GM board member Carol Stephenson, and foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland.

While the minister left the corporate tax rate unchanged, the government spending plan did include cash on several fronts to help Canadian businesses and further its key priorities including supporting women in the workforce.

The budget could include an effort to increase procurement opportunities for female entrepreneurs, following the recommendation of the Canada-U.S. women - in - business group created by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Bill Curry reports in today's Globe that, at last year's economic policy retreat, business leaders urged Finance Minister Flaherty to reduce the pay of «overpriced» Canadian workers, including through anti union right to work legislation.

She was also a member of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's Economic Advisory Council, which included a group of 11 Canadian business leaders charged with advising the Government of Canada on the global economic crisis.

First, I focused on how the advice and analysis of the accountants, advisors, and financial planners of hundreds of thousands of Canada's small business owners are in stark contrast to the assertions of the government, specifically including the prime minister and the minister of finance.

The Japanese press is reporting the Prime Minister Chretien will lead a high - tech business promotion and goodwill mission that will include 250 Canadian business representatives to Japan on September 12.

UK business groups warn they will move jobs out of UK The leadership of five large British business groups, including the Confederation of British Industry and the British Chamber of Commerce, wrote to Prime Minister Theresa May this week that their members will start moving jobs and investment outside the United Kingdom if a transition deal with the European Union is not agreed soon.

Meanwhile, business Liberals, perhaps including Minister of Finance Bill Morneau, will likely be pushing for less social spending than promised in the platform in order to balance the books on the original schedule.

The visit, which will include stops in Agra, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and New Delhi, will provide an opportunity for Prime Minister Trudeau to connect with Indian leaders in government and business, promote the empowerment of...

But the plan to use Jersey faced a potential snag: In mid-2014, again under pressure from other governments, Irish ministers explored ending a tax shelter known as the «double Irish,» used by scores of companies, including the Appleby clients Allergan and Facebook, as well as Google, LinkedIn and other businesses.

He subsequently served as senior assistant deputy minister in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade with responsibility for managing Canada's relations with the United States and the implementation of NAFTA, including providing advice to business on how to take maximum advantage of the opportunities that NAFTA afforded.

He joined the board after serving six years as an elected MLA and cabinet minister for the government of British Columbia, where his various responsibilities included three cabinet posts encompassing economic development, labour and small business.

Members include: Â Scott Brison (former Bay Street investment banker), Chrystia Freeland (Thomson Reuters business journalist), John McCallum (former bank chief economist), Ralph Goodale (former finance minister under Paul Martin), Kevin Millligan (UBC prof and CD Howe fellow), Barbara Stymiest (former TSX Group CEO) and Frank McKenna (former NB premier and recently chair of the TD Financial Group).

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Champions 12.3 — which includes CEOs of major food companies Nestlé, Tesco and Unilever, along with government ministers, executives of research and intergovernmental institutions, foundations, farm organizations, and civil society groups — will work to create political, business and social momentum to reduce food loss and waste around the world.

James Harding's Alpha Dogs: How Spin Became a Global Business (Atlantic Books, # 22.00) is about the highly successful Sawyer Miller Group of spin doctors who worked for politicians and corporate leaders, and included at one time Mark Malloch Brown, now a foreign office minister.

The prime minister also faced questions on Europe from opposition backbenchers, including the DUP's Nigel Dodds who repeated calls for a referendum and former business minister Pat McFadden.

Theresa May's strong response (remember Theresa May being strong was a thing six months ago) to the First Minister's demand fuelled the Tory revival north of the border that saw the Conservatives scoop 13 seats including those of SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson and his predecessor Alex Salmond, or as Ruth Davidson dubbed those two results: «Business and pleasure».

The Lifting the Restrictions on Nest report comes after groups including the TUC, Age UK and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) wrote to Pensions Minister Steve Webb last month, urging him to lift the barriers around Nest as soon as possible.

The government was even accused of hypocrisy, particularly when some ministers including David Cameron, Nick Clegg and business secretary Vince Cable started to admit they had made cash payments to trades people in the past.

Shadow Post Office minister Charles Hendry urged the government to take action and draw up a new strategy for the network, which included giving them security through being able to bid for new business.

And some familiar faces - including former Business Secretary Vince Cable and former employment minister Jo Swinson are set to return to parliament.

Delegates included Cabinet ministers such as Jack Straw, Andy Burnham, Liam Byrne, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, and Dame Tessa Jowell; a former Home Office minister, Nick Herbert, and Labour's Shadow Business Secretary, Chuka Umunna.

Backers of amendment seven, tabled by former attorney - general Dominic Grieve, included former education secretary Nicky Morgan, former business minister Anna Soubry, and South Cambridgeshire MP Heidi Allen.

Finally, Nick Hurd, the Cabinet Office MInister, spoke for the Government at the end of the debate: I really believe that we have barely scratched the surface of what can be achieved in this country if we strike a more effective and balanced partnership between government, business and civil society, including active citizens in our communities who want to get more involved.

High - profile members of that profession ejected from their Commons seats on May 7 included business secretary Vince Cable, pensions minister Steve Webb, schools minister David Laws and — in a small - hour moment that signalled the turning tide — shadow chancellor Ed Balls.

Last month Europe minister David Lidington announced a series of measures pledging to improve parliament's scrutiny of European Union business, which included the promise for a vote to take place.

Morgan lists Lloyd George's dazzling achievements, including extending political democracy for working men and women, pioneering progressive concepts of social reform, managing both business and the unions and being a successful wartime prime minister.

Speakers at the reception included Nick Boles MP, Minister of State for Skills, Angela Eagle MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Paul Nash FCIOB, Senior Vice President of the CIOB.

Eurosceptics including Justice Secretary Michael Gove, Business Secretary Sajid Javid and Employment Minister Priti Patel will be urged to spell out how they plan to vote.

A number of fellow ministers received invitations to taxpayer - funded dinners at Chevening, including Business Secretary Vince Cable and care minister Norman Lamb.

Since leaving his role as Minister for Trade and Investment in March 2016, Maude has begun a number of new business roles, including serving as an advisory board member at OakNorth Bank [14][15][16] which deals with business and property finance, and specialises in supporting the UK's growth businesses since September 2016.

Crown interests can include judgements from: CRA, the Income Tax Act, the Retail Sales Tax Act, the Minister of Finance, the Business Development Bank and the Farm Credit Corporation.

Examples of third parties Tourism Australia may disclose your personal information to include state and territory tourism authorities in the course of conducting trade events, external service providers such as IT consultants, professional advisers, publishing houses and marketing / advertising agencies, Commonwealth ministers, or business partners with whom Tourism Australia has a formal contractual relationship with.

To date, GTEF has attracted over 3,000 participants from 45 countries and regions, welcomed 49 provincial and municipal delegations from China, and presented 130 world renowned speakers including government ministers, business leaders and scholars on its stage.

Speakers include: Jeanine Pires, director of Pires & Associates, president of the Tourism & Business Council of FECOMERCIO in Sao Paulo and former president of Embratur, Brazil; Sergey Stanovkin, director of Dars Consulting, Moscow, Russia and H.E. Marthinus van Schalkwyk, South Africa's Tourism Minister.

Speakers include: Jeanine Pires, Director of Pires & Associates, President of the Tourism and Business Council of FECOMERCIO in Sao Paulo and former President of Embratur, Brazil; Sergey Stanovkin, Director of Dars Consulting, Moscow, Russia and H.E. Marthinus van Schalkwyk, South Africa's Tourism Minister.

As the world's premier travel industry trade association, ATA provides services to a broad range of members including: tourism, diaspora, culture, and sports ministers, tourism boards, airlines, hoteliers, travel agents, tour operators, travel trade media, public relations firms, consulting companies, non-profit organizations, businesses, small and medium - sized enterprises, and other organizations engaged in tourism promotion.

The luxurious hotel will host a function for 50 film officials, representatives and community supporters next week (Thursday 10th of December) including New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and local Queenstown MP Bill English as they gather to pitch for continued support and new film business for the destination.

The controversy centers around the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca and its connections to high - ranking political figures, their relatives, celebrities, and business figures, including Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson.

For example, members of the Wisconsin ATJC Commission include an Aboriginal law attorney, a small business owner, a public interest lawyer, a district court administrator, a Norbertine minister, a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force, and a court of appeal judge.

Other esteemed speakers include Nicola Beer (Secretary General of the FDP), Dr. Eva Kühne - Hörmann (Hessian Minister of Justice), Prof. Dr. Alexander Lorz (law professor in Düsseldorf and Hessian Minister of Culture), Dr. Thomas Remmers (Vice-President of the German Bar Association), Prof. Dr. Christoph von der Malsburg (Neuroscientist and recipient of the Körber - Prize), Dr. Carsten Linz (Global Head, SAP Center for Digital Leadership and Author of «Radical Business Model Transformation») and Kalle Palling (Chairman of the EU Affairs Committee of the Parliament of «the digital role model» Estonia).

Imagine the public's confusion when former AFN Regional Chief Jodi Wilson Raybould, as Minister of Justice, appears in litigation against Mi «kmaw or Maliseet land defenders asserting our Aboriginal and treaty rights and Canada's evidence will include affidavits from former AFN National Chiefs saying the pipeline is great business?

But it sets a tone and direction for future reform that will deeply worry many people working in public health, the community sector, and Indigenous affairs — no real surprise given the members of the Commission are mostly drawn from business — headed by former Business Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd and including former Howard Government Minister Amanda Vbusiness — headed by former Business Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd and including former Howard Government Minister Amanda VBusiness Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd and including former Howard Government Minister Amanda Vanstone.

His resume includes lawyer, soldier, senior business executive, confidant of prime ministers and presidents, negotiator, community leader and builder, mentor, philanthropist and humanist.

Keynote speakers included John Tory, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in Ontario and the Harinder Takhar, Minister of Small Business and Consumer Services.