Sentences with phrase «lobby group for»

I would like to suggest that either TREB or CREA should start a lobby group for CMHC & GE to insure these homes if they have been remediated and approved by the local authorities such as Fire, Building & Health departments.

I personally believe we DO need a strong national lobby group for representing members in legal and legislative issues but what else do we need a national organization for?

If you choose to teach your child at home, the Home Education Network is a support and lobby group for home educators in Ireland.

The arguments of the CLPO are valid ones but, in light of the economic conditions in Ireland and the prevailing public and media attitudes to the legal professions, the organisation was always going to be seen as a lobby group for lawyers rather than defendants.

Legal circles in Quebec are buzzing these days over the imminent birth of a new lobby group for lawyers in la belle province.

ANGA is the lead lobby group for the fracking and shale industry, with a budget of $ 69 million in 2012.

Sayres was named president of PIJAC, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, the national lobby group for pet stores, pet product makers, pet dealers and pet breeders..

A lobby group for the securities industry, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, is trying to kill the rule, which was proposed by the Labor Department.

The FDIC has received urging from the ICBA to reject SoFi's application for a banking unit.The Independent Community of Bankers of America (ICBA), an influential lobby group for U.S. banks, is pushing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to reject SoFi's application for launching a banking unit.SoFi, an online personal finance company, applied for a -LSB-...]

Mark Dunlea is with Hunger Action Network, the lobby group for food pantries and soup kitchens.

The National Rifle Association, the country's most powerful lobby group for gun rights, said Thursday that it would support an effort to restrict bump stocks — an unusual move for a group that has long pushed back on efforts to impose new firearms regulations.

Jim Smith, with the Independent Oil and Gas Association, a lobby group for the gas industry, says recent events may be influencing New Yorkers to think more positively about fracking.

Robin Chappelle Golston with Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts, the lobby group for the state's Planned Parenthood clinics, is watching the attempts to repeal and replace the ACA, also known as Obamacare, with trepidation.

The investment has met with approval from Passenger Focus, the lobby group for rail passengers, which said that the main priorities for those travelling on the railways were more trains arriving on time, more and longer trains and increased chances of getting a seat.

On Monday, the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC), a lobby group for U.K. firms, revised its forecasts to predict gross domestic product (GDP) growth will pull back to 1.1 percent in 2017 from 2.1 percent this year.

As executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, a Los Angeles - based lobby group for the porn business, Duke, who previously worked for Planned Parenthood, leads many of the industry's anti-piracy efforts.

The American Petroleum Institute, the principal lobbying group for the industry, said its members are working to become less dependent on fresh water, and instead draw on other sources.

An article on Thursday about threats against critics of the video game industry misstated, at one point, part of the name of a lobbying group for video game companies.

«Threats of violence and harassment are wrong,» the Entertainment Software Association, the main lobbying group for big game companies, said in a statement.

The statement from ICI, a lobbying group for mutual funds and ETFs, says that the Overture report:

The Information Technology Industry Council, a lobbying group for companies such as Apple, Google and Microsoft, previously has rebuffed Trump's tariffs as «entirely counterproductive» — and stressed that the result would be higher prices on tech products that «penalize U.S. consumers.»

These two elections have shattered the myth cultivated by conservative politicians, newspaper columnists, think tanks and lobby groups for decades that promising to increase taxes is political kryptonite.

A lobbying group for US farmers pleaded with the administration not to go forward with the tariffs, fearing retaliation by China, one of the largest buyers of US crops.

The American Car Rental Association, a lobbying group for companies including Enterprise Holdings Inc. and Hertz Global Holdings Inc., is pushing lawmakers to eliminate what it sees as unfair loopholes from taxes that its members have to pay and that car - sharing companies have avoided.

See Lucy Barbour, «Push by farm lobby groups for «effects test» in competition review leaves economists worried» (ABC Rural, 13 August 2014).

They're the lobbying group for this nasty stuff.)

Silver told AQE members that he «respectfully» disagreed with Cuomo's claim in the State of the State last week that New York's public school students lack a lobbyist, adding: «The most powerful lobbying group for our students is their parents.»

DiNapoli was in Saratoga to speak at the convention of the StateWide Senior Action Council, a lobbying group for senior citizens.

But the lobbying group for the pharmaceutical industry said that's not likely.

In November, the two largest lobbying groups for developers and construction workers signed off on an agreement to bring higher wages to workers at large projects.

SL Green founder Stephen Green (brother of former Public Advocate Mark Green) is also a Governor of the Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY), the main lobbying group for landlords.

The lobby groups for the state's counties, cities, and school boards are voicing numerous concerns.

A press release issued by Ulrich's campaign said the National Federation of Independent Businesses, identified by many as a leading lobbying group for small businesses, gave Addabbo a 50 percent score on his business record, among the lowest of ratings received by New York senators.

«Brian Ellner, who until this week worked for the New York City Department of Education, will oversee the Campaign for New York Marriage, which is to be financed by the Human Rights Campaign, a lobbying group for gay rights based in Washington.

Mark Dunlea, with Hunger Action Network, the lobbying group for the state's food pantries and soup kitchens, backs the idea.

Our electrified economy does not require that at this time,» says Marvin Fertel, president of the Nuclear Energy Institute, a lobbying group for the nuclear industry.

While this decision was applauded by industry lobbying groups for the housing industry, it made QM loans even riskier.

American Electric Power is a member of the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA), an umbrella lobbying group for all coal ash interests that includes major coal burners Duke Energy and Southern Company as well as dozens of other companies.

E.ON is a member of the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA), an umbrella lobbying group for all coal ash interests that includes major coal burners Duke Energy, Southern Company and American Electric Power as well as dozens of other companies.

Detroit Edison is a member of the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA), an umbrella lobbying group for all coal ash interests that includes major coal burners Duke Energy, Southern Company and American Electric Power as well as dozens of other companies.

Progress Energy is a member of the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA), an umbrella lobbying group for all coal ash interests that includes major coal burners Duke Energy, Southern Company and American Electric Power as well as dozens of other companies.

On the other hand, I read in an article by the National Right to Work Committee (a lobbying group for «right to work» laws) that unions don't actually have to represent an entire workforce and are free to represent dues paying members only.

While this decision was applauded by industry lobbying groups for the housing industry, it made QM loans even riskier.»

Not exact matches

According to filings made by Mercury Public Affairs, a political strategy group contracted by Manafort, the former chancellor had met with several members of Congress in 2013 to lobby for Ukraine.

Western Australia's peak industry lobby group has repeated its call for the federal government to come up with credible evidence to support its proposed changes to the 457 visa program for temporary s

Greens and Chevron set to face off over Gorgon vision Chevron is set for fresh battles with WA's powerful green lobby group after the US giant said yesterday it wanted to nearly double the size of the $ 50 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on environmentally fragile Barrow Island off WA's North West.

It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

With pictures of the Guggenheim museum in the Toronto office lobby (an homage to parent company Guggenheim Funds Services Group) and the company's namesake, Scottish Claymore swords, in the boardroom, Seif's passion for the arts is visible.

The major ad lobby groups said yesterday they would ignore Microsoft's DNT signal on the grounds that it represents Microsoft's choice for the browser rather than the affirmative choice of the user.

According to a recent article in the New York Times, the coalition, called the Center for Humane Technology, has brought together an impressive group of social media pioneers, leaders in tech, F500 partners, and media in an effort to educate and lobby against what they call «tech - addiction» among youth.