This bill allows unlimited borrowing to cover the cost of PPAs returned to the Balancing Pool because
of changes in government policy.
There is even a commercial conflict of interest here given that the renewables industry stands to be the main beneficiary
of any change in government policies based on the IPCC report's conclusions.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected
in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered
in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability
of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost
of accommodating, announced increases
in the build rates
of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates
of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect
of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest
in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result
of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect
of economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which we operate
in the U.S. and globally and any
changes therein, including fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution
of key milestones such as the receipt
of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain
in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation
of our announced acquisition
of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability
of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk
of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production
of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts
of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak
of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact
of future discount rate
changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition
of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect
of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both
in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect
of changes in tax law, such as the effect
of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and
changes to the interpretations
of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect
of such
changes; 21) any reduction
in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability
of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass
of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many
of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other
governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment
of interest on, and principal
of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness
of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness
of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact
of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition
of Asco
in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse
changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result
of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks
of doing business internationally, including fluctuations
in foreign current exchange rates, impositions
of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign
government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
«When you
change your trading relationship and population movements with the world, it has to
change everything from the cost and supply
of labour, the cost
of good (exchange rate), the availability
of market access (
in and out),
government finances (fiscal
policy) or as we know very well monetary
policy.
Only now, thanks to
changes in government policy among other factors, the cast
of contending princelings is shifting, causing one big name VC to publicly bet on an less - often - mentioned possibility — Canada.
«Under - emphasis
of these (structural)
policies relative to macroeconomic, trade and financial stability
policies is a key reason for many
governments» failure
in recent decades to mobilize a more effective response to widening inequality and stagnating median income as technological
change and globalization have gathered force,» the report said.
The
policy is not the only reason investment has fallen dramatically, but is a contributing factor, Prentice said
in an interview as he urged the
government to assess the impact
of the
changes.
Martin Moen, the director general at Global Affairs Canada who oversees North American trade
policy, told a conference
in Ottawa earlier this month that it would be «very difficult to see a path forward» for NAFTA if the U.S. continued to insist on
changes that would constrain cross-border commerce, such as a the suggestion that the value
of U.S.
government contracts won by Canadian and Mexican firms should match the value
of contracts American companies secure
in Canada and Mexico.
«This is the day we step up, at long last, to one
of the world's biggest problems — the pollution that is causing climate
change,» Premier Rachel Notley said as she announced her
government's new
policy in Edmonton on Sunday.
«We have
changed our view
of the difficulties
in bridging the gulf between the political parties over fiscal
policy, which makes us pessimistic about the capacity
of Congress and the Administration to be able to leverage their agreement this week into a broader fiscal consolidation plan that stabilizes the
government's debt dynamics any time soon.»
«The nature
of jobs is quickly
changing with automation, globalization,
government policies, and other factors, making it impossible for anyone to predict which skills a job will require
in the future,» Udemy CEO Kevin Johnson said
in a news release.
The president's office has
changed its security
policies, while the
government has updated software systems (though an estimated 82 percent
of software
in the country is unlicensed).
Last year, the federal
government announced it would develop a
policy that aims to cut more carbon pollution than any other
in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate
Change, by promoting the production and use
of cleaner fuels
in vehicles, buildings and industry.
Opinion: As a matter
of constitutional jurisdiction, the federal
government does not need Alberta's buy -
in to legally enact and implement its national climate
change policy
The Liberal
government took full advantage
of these
policy changes in eliminating the deficit.
Even though the intellectual climate within the Reserve Bank and other economic
policy agencies was already moving
in favour
of deregulation
in the early 1970s, wider community acceptance
of the case for
change did not come until after the
Government set up a broad - ranging inquiry, conducted by a group
of independent experts.
So it was this afternoon that he yawned his way through three questions from Michael Ignatieff on the
government's
policies on climate
change and shrugged away three questions from Jack Layton on the extension
of this country's military mission
in Afghanistan.
Consider these risks before investing: The value
of securities
in the fund's portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods
of time for a variety
of reasons, including general financial market conditions,
changing market perceptions,
changes in government intervention
in the financial markets, and factors related to a specific issuer, industry, or sector and,
in the case
of bonds, perceptions about the risk
of default and expectations about
changes in monetary
policy or interest rates.
VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz,
policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement
in response to the federal
government's 2018 budget: «Today's budget announced support for implementing key pieces
of the
government's climate
change and clean growth plan, including putting a price on carbon pollution and extending tax support for clean energy.
changes in government reimbursement for our services and / or new payment
policies (including, for example, the expiration
of the moratorium limiting the full application
of the 25 Percent Rule that would reduce our Medicare payments for those patients admitted to a long term acute care hospital from a referring hospital
in excess
of an applicable percentage admissions threshold) may result
in a reduction
in net operating revenues, an increase
in costs, and a reduction
in profitability;
«All
of our plans on disaster recovery are premised with the federal
government coming
in with a big chunk
of short - term FEMA money and then a big chunk
of long - term bailout money,» said Edward Richards, director
of the Louisiana State University Climate
Change Law and
Policy Project.
Australia must prepare to respond to the impact
of Beijing's stronger commitment
of the past 15 years to
change through military cyber science and technology
in comparison to the Australian
government's commitment
in key areas
of policy.
Juwai.com Vice President Byron Burley speaks to Greg Bonnel
of BNN on House Money about Chinese property investor interest
in Canada following tougher foreign buyer taxes, as well as
policy changes by the Chinese
government and central bank.
In the 2006 Budget, the
Government introduced a number
of accounting
policy changes, one
of which was to present budgetary revenues and expenses on a gross rather than a net basis.
Under the previous
government, Canada rated a dismal 58th out
of 61 industrialized countries
in terms
of climate
change policy.
A likely culprit is the various
policy changes introduced by the liberal
government in the package they introduce during their fight
of the deficit.
«The utter lack
of a credible climate
policy plan on the part
of the Harper
government has gone a long way towards undermining Canada's standing
in the world, even as a clear majority
of Canadian citizens seek action and leadership on climate
change.»
There is a widening gap between individuals who have benefited from the
policies of governments and those who have seen little relief, and that gap is particularly wide
in autocratic countries where people have inadequate ability to
change those
policies or to voice their political opposition.
The President's speech and its affirmation
of the Alberta's
government's climate
change policies is likely the type
of «social license «that Ms. Notley hopes will lead to more oil pipeline construction approvals
in the future.
The report claims the emissions cap included
in Alberta
government's climate
change plan will cost Canada's oil sands industry $ 250 billion and is the latest
in a concerted effort by conservative opponents
of the NDP to undermine its flagship
policy.
After years
of inaction by the old Progressive Conservative
government, it is refreshing to have a
government that believes
in climate
change and has actually presented a
policy to address it.
No, he went further and argued that the traditional separation
of functions
in the Canadian financial system were coming apart with or without
government policy changes.
The legal bottom line: As a matter
of constitutional jurisdiction, the federal
government does not need Alberta's buy -
in to legally enact and implement its national climate
change policy.
Our opportunity to purchase the stock developed as the Japanese yen began to weaken meaningfully because
of a
change in government monetary
policy.
Monetary
policy is maintained through actions such as modifying the interest rate, buying or selling
government bonds, and
changing the amount
of money banks are required to keep
in the vault (bank reserves).
These factors — many
of which are beyond our control and the effects
of which can be difficult to predict — include: credit, market, liquidity and funding, insurance, operational, regulatory compliance, strategic, reputation, legal and regulatory environment, competitive and systemic risks and other risks discussed
in the risk sections
of our 2017 Annual Report; including global uncertainty and volatility, elevated Canadian housing prices and household indebtedness, information technology and cyber risk, regulatory
change, technological innovation and new entrants, global environmental
policy and climate
change,
changes in consumer behavior, the end
of quantitative easing, the business and economic conditions
in the geographic regions
in which we operate, the effects
of changes in government fiscal, monetary and other
policies, tax risk and transparency and environmental and social risk.
Some
of the risks
of investing
in real estate include
changing laws, including environmental laws; floods, fires, and other Acts
of God, some
of which can be uninsurable;
changes in national or local economic conditions;
changes in government policies, including
changes in interest rates established by the Federal Reserve; and international crises.
From 1990 to 2005, he was Director Fiscal
Policy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial state
Policy Division Department
of Finance, responsible for overall preparation
of the federal budget; preparation and assessment
of medium - and long - term projections
of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal
policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial state
policy; analysis
of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation
of various budget proposals; preparation
of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office
of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB)
of the CICA and recommending
changes in government accounting
policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation
of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the
government's financial statements.
The adoption
of comprehensive population
policy marks an eventful
change in the conception
of the role
of government in civic life.
Much
of the
government policy change follows from the position on social philosophy adopted by the Chinese Protestant Three - Self Patriotic Movement when it was founded
in the early 1950s.
(Hollenbach and Hicks offer good reasons to be dubious
of an approach limited to
government policies unsupported by systematic moral arguments and
changes in civic institutions,)
IFOAM — Organics International advocates for the inclusion
of Organic Agriculture
in national
governments»
policies on addressing not only climate
change, but also hunger and poverty.
Even with asubstantial
change in policy, there will still be an enormous set
of gapsbetween what the market will produce and what the
government can provide.
I do think rather than criticize the
government for making mothers feel guilty for feeding with artificial milk, society as a whole must make major
changes in thinking and
policy, so that more mothers and babies can actually avoid the use
of artificial milk
in the first place.
It has been an honour to negotiate and then serve
in the first coalition
government of modern times which has substantial achievements both
in reducing the economic dangers faced by our country, and
in making progress with
policies to tackle climate
change and provide energy security.
Today's
changes come hot on the heels
of the
government's launch
of a new Office for Disability Issues (ODI) last week, which will aim to give disabled people a stronger voice
in policy - making.
Obstructionism is the practice
of deliberately delaying or preventing a process
of change and here I am linking it to politics.Generally obstruction here denotes the deliberate interference with the progress
of policies by various diabolic means such as filibustering or slow walking
in our parliament, and wickedly packaged lies meant to undermine activities
of Government.
Comfort concludes that most British
governments of the last 60 years have been held prisoner by events, and the frequent
changes of government failed to instil any long - term stability
in industrial
policy.
At the very least the proposed
changes in Greater Manchester — which obviously go a lot wider than the system
of government — have all the hall marks
of a
policy being made on - the - hoof, behind closed doors, by small groups
of like - minded people — just the sort
of ingredients identified by King and Crewe which lead to monumental blunders.
Gordon Brown was forced into a 180 degree
policy change yesterday following a weekend
of widespread criticism over his refusal to offer
government support to the families
of victims
of the IRA
in their case for compensation against the Libyan
government.