Sentences with phrase «larger public government»

On the other hand Inuit groups in various parts of Canada have expressed a desire to address their self - government aspirations within the context of larger public government arrangements, even though they have, or will receive, their own separate land base as part of a comprehensive land claim settlement.

Not exact matches

Verizon, if it chooses, appears to have a lock on purchasing one or more of the smaller regional Canadian telcos such as Wind Mobile, Public Mobile or Mobilicity, an option so far denied the large Canadian telcos by the Harper government.

Spending on state and local government construction projects, which is the largest portion of the public sector segment, slipped 0.4 %.

I've come to Moscow to attend the third annual Open Innovations Forum, an extravagant two - day event that is designed to bring startups, traditional industry, government, and the public together to cultivate growth in Russia's tech community and stanch the brain drain that sends a large part of Russia's ample engineering and programming talent in search of work elsewhere.

Puerto Rico is grappling with the largest municipal debt crisis in U.S. history, with both its government and the public utility having filed for bankruptcy protection amid fights with creditors.

Lastly, the team examined the connection between character and swearing on a larger, cultural level by comparing the 2012 Integrity Analyses of 48 U.S. states from the Center for Public Integrity, which measured the level of transparency and accountability of local governments, to how frequently residents of that state swore in their Facebook posts.

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).

This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

Economic developments determine how much revenue the government collects and how large public debt charges will be.

Many of the names of the R.G.A.'s corporate donors would be expected: Allen Richardson, a government affairs manager at Koch Companies Public Sector; Randy Kozuch and Erika Scheffer, political affairs executives at the National Rifle Association; Bill Miller, the chief lobbyist at the Business Roundtable, which represents the chief executives of the largest companies; and Bill Guidera, the senior vice president of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

The crisis, which has affected every level of government in the state, is a cautionary tale for not only public spending run amok but also independent investors taking too large of a risk by seeking high yields.

The need to obtain Parliamentary authority for new borrowings increased Parliament's oversight over government's finances and improved the transparency of government finances to Parliament and the public at large.

The newly elected Progressive Conservative government in Manitoba has moved quickly to cement its anti-worker bona fides with the radical right - wing by making it more difficult for non-union workers to join a union, and by opening up bidding on large scale public construction projects to non-union companies.

«I'm not a partisan actor, but I actually think this is the worst thing that the Harper government has done for Canada,» the former co-chief executive of RIM said in an interview after studying large sections of the 6,000 - page document, released to the public last week.

And unless you qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, you could be facing a hefty tax bill if you have a large amount of principal and interest forgiven after making 20 or 25 years of payments in a government repayment plan.

The data set — which you represent — is usually held by large private companies, public organizations, and the national government.

In their rush to pass anti-labour laws that would force the province's largest union into a new contract and increase penalties public sector unions that enter illegal strikes, could Premier Alison Redford «s Government also be infringing on the free speech rights of ordinary Albertans?

Three commissioners may grant some of the nation's largest refineries a tax refund of more than $ 135 million — money Texas» cash - strapped schools and other local governments have been counting on to help pay teachers and provide other public services.

We have government debt, corporate debt, and a much larger Fed balance sheet (which, some people argue, drove bond buying by the public), but those are offset by a significant deleveraging in household and financial sector debt.

The fall in the total public sector borrowing requirement over the same period has been somewhat larger, reflecting significant consolidation by State governments, partly offset by smaller surpluses of public trading enterprises.

Viewing these companies as allies rather than merely as customers from whom to make as large a profit as quickly as possible, German bank officials sat on their boards, and helped expand their business by extending loans to foreign governments on condition that their clients be named the chief suppliers in major public investments.

The main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).

He said the government's efforts to boost spending by public sector companies - which still dominate large areas of the Indian economy - could help lift overall growth.

Issues of public funding become more important as the government assumes a larger role in social welfare.

Active social reform (or involvement in the structures of society) will follow such proclamation, but it will be left by and large to concerned individuals.23 According to the editors, individual Christian involvement will include responsible public criticism of the errors of government (e. g., detente, price freezing, opposition to capital punishment, corrupt leadership, lack of low - rent housing) while remaining always orderly and loyal in the process.

In Nigeria, where there are large Muslim and Christian populations, Muslims can not, for example, ask the government to provide Islamic law courts without being pressured to acknowledge an equal public status for Christianity.

Listen I keep seeing bumper stickers like «you can't be both Catholic and pro-choice» these are not reflective of my faith, theser are slogans made for propaganda, I have 2 beautiful children and I have never been on a position where abortion could even play a part, but it is a legal option to the public at large; this being said even the bible calls for us to be good citizens, and to obey the law, I believe that this is a matter that belongs with the family and not the state; no matter how we criminalize abortion, they will not stop, but people will go under - ground and more fatalities will occur, I rather see the government placing incentives on more conseling for these expectant mothers and more outreach done at church levels, to reduce the debate to a single slogan is dangerous and will not accomplish the ultimately goal of preventing abortions my two humble cents

«As of May 2011 the largest single holder of U.S. government debt was China, with 26 percent of all foreign - held U.S. Treasury securities (8 % of total US public debt).»

I am not persuaded that government on a large scale can be sensitive enough to human freedom, creativity and needs to justify a public monopoly over economic institutions.

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And to reassuring the population at large (often in the wake of some public pressure) that the government really is taking the problem seriously.

Before opening her own firm, Bailey - Chapman held a number of public affairs and advocacy leadership positions including vice president of public affairs for Penn National Gaming, the country's second largest gaming company, where she oversaw a multi-state government affairs team and managed several local and statewide referenda campaign efforts.

The peak industry group, which represents more than 60,000 businesses across manufacturing, engineering, telecommunications, mining, airlines and related sectors, will caution the Turnbull government against large cuts but call for careful spending reductions across aged care, health, the pension system and the public service to fund a company tax cut as a key priority.

AFSA emerged with the Peoples Food Plan as a response to the Governments National Food Plan, which in their analysis showed «heavy bias towards corporate agribusiness, large - scale food manufacturing, big retailing interests and a flawed public consultation process».

But public health experts say the market is larger — perhaps far larger — than the $ 300 million to $ 400 million estimate by the U.S. General Accounting Office in 1988, the last time government made an effort to quantify the problem.

We unify evidence, policy and practice by working collaboratively across a large network of organisations involving governments, public services, the voluntary sector and families.

Commenting on the judicial review on the indexation of public sector pensions, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the High Court.

The government is expected to defer activity such as «taking or announcing major policy decisions; entering into large / contentious procurement contracts or significant long - term commitments; and making some senior public appointments and approving Senior Civil Service appointments, provided that such postponement would not be detrimental to the national interest or wasteful of public money».

In its submission to the government's open public services white paper, the union identifies major problems with Mr Duncan Smith's work programme, where 33 of the 34 contracts went to large private sector providers.

As Mr Justice Singh pointed out, if the Crown is not bound by the Act, then this could mean that «a large number and type of public buildings and spaces would fall outside the scope of the Act» - in effect depriving government employees of the legal protections contained in the legislation.

The public sector in the United Kingdom is undergoing the largest budgetary cuts since the Second World War, while all over Europe governments are imposing harsh austerity measures which may radically curtail the activities of the state.

The leadership of the state's largest public workers union says the proposal also raises questions and uncertainty for local government employees.

The Minister David Willets MP added: «Making the most of large and complex data is a huge priority for government as it has the potential to transform public and private sector organisations, drive research and development, increase productivity and innovation, and enable market - changing products and services.

The Master Settlement Agreement is a $ 10 billion settlement between various governments and the five largest tobacco companies related to the impact of tobacco use on public health.

This adds a new imperative to maintaining strong government structures that can sustain large public sectors, which deliver infrastructural as well as rights - based services to maintain order.

PCS is the largest civil service trade union with over 300,000 members working in all government departments, agencies, non-departmental public bodies and related private sector employers.

A large number of public primary school children have yet to benefit from the free meal initiative government.

If public sector workers are given a bigger pay rise than the 1 % promised by the Government, it will lead to «debts ever larger for our children and our grandchildren to have to pay off», a senior minister said.

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Arcuri also decried Albany's «culture of dependence on large campaign contributions,» describing it as a corrosive and expensive practice that reduces public faith in state government.