Sentences with phrase «of federal approaches»

It is also surprising that the Liberal Democrats, given their interest in constitutional reform and the possibility of federal approaches to «home rule all round» have not sought to have a stronger public voice on English representation since the Scottish vote.

Not exact matches

In the U.S., unemployment is below the U.S. Federal Reserve's (Fed's) estimate of the «natural» rate that is consistent with stable wage growth, while unemployment rates in many other developed economies are rapidly approaching a similar point.

Trump's name shows up in filings of less than 14 % of all companies, but the stakes are much higher for firms that have bet on the federal government taking a hands - off approach to marijuana policy.

But less than a month later, Sessions wrote to congressional leaders criticizing the federal government's hands - off approach to medical marijuana, and citing a Colorado case in which a medical marijuana licensee shipped pot out of state.

Bourses in Europe were lower Monday as investors took a cautious approach as they came to terms with a hung parliament in the U.K. and awaited a meeting of the Federal Reserve later this week.

The memo changed federal policy to a more «hands off» approach as long as states properly regulate marijuana production and distribution, including keeping it out of the hands of minors.

While eight US states and the District of Columbia have voted to legalise recreational marijuana, the White House has hinted that the Department of Justice will do more to enforce federal laws prohibiting recreational marijuana, raising concerns over how Canada's approach will coexist with a potential crackdown south of the border.

But some are now arguing for a more streamlined approach: simply have the federal government get out of the issue entirely.

The chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve is being as unambiguous as she can be about the Fed's realist approach

We're now approaching the end of that «next term,» and the budget is pretty close to being balanced, so we're now seeing increased attention to TFSAs as we get closer to the 2015 federal budget.

«There is no more safe haven with regard to the federal government and marijuana, but it's also the beginning of the story and not the end,» said Kevin Sabet, president and CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, who was among several anti-marijuana advocates who met with Sessions last month.

News of the approaches came the same day the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to end a 42 - year - old restriction on ownership of multiple TV stations in a major market, removing a major roadblock to media company mergers.

The release last week by Statistics Canada of their monthly January jobs report — which showed that Canada lost nearly 90,000 jobs in the first month of 2018 — will make for excellent fodder amongst critics of the federal government's approach to economic development.

Two weeks after Redford's remarks, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told reporters lower government revenues follow from lower commodity prices like «night follows the day,» meaning a hard line of spending as he approaches his own coming budget.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress was approaching a major test on Thursday of its ability to overhaul the federal tax code, as lawmakers prepared for their first full - scale vote on sweeping tax legislation.

The yield on 10 - year U.S. notes continued to rise on Monday, inching closer to the psychologically important 3 % as strengthening inflation prospects added to expectations of a more hawkish approach from the Federal Reserve.

Doug Mataconis, a political blogger, writes that Cain is «either blind or idiotic to ignore the impact that a combined federal and state sales tax would have in jurisdictions that already do have a sales tax, and the impact that a combined levy approaching 20 percent on the sale of goods would have on the middle class, and on small businesses.»

The yield on 10 - year U.S. notes took a stab at the psychologically important 3 % level before pulling back on Monday as strengthening inflation prospects added to expectations of a more hawkish approach from the Federal Reserve.

The plan was a «multipronged, national campaign approach at the local, state and federal level,» according to the minutes of the association's November board meeting.

Solid earnings performances from Corporate America and an in - line update from the Federal Reserve did little to spur a recovery from softness in the first part of the week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average diving about 200 points into the red as the closing bell approached.

The federal policy of regulating emitters sector by sector — «command and control,» as business likes to call the approach — also carries hidden costs.

As we approach 2018, policy activity across four major central banks — the US Federal Reserve (Fed), European Central Bank, Bank of England and Bank of Japan — and a number of smaller players presents opportunities for discretionary macro managers, in our view.

«They were the greatest (approaching 95 % at times) source of federal revenue until the Federal income tax began after 1913.federal revenue until the Federal income tax began after 1913.Federal income tax began after 1913.»

Having recently called out the federal government for failing to provide a justification for its decision to approve Shell's Jackpine mine oil sands expansion project (an approach that serves no interest other than the government's, as even industry would stand to benefit from knowing why one project is justified while another, e.g. Taseko's original Prosperity mine, is not), it was reassuring to see that at least this Joint Review Panel (JRP) shares my understanding of this obligation under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, SC 2012, c 19.

The Canadian government has stated that any new federal plan will be «flexible to the circumstances and policy approaches of the provinces and territories».

As we approach Budget Day 2011, private sector forecasters are starting to release their projections of the federal budgetary balance.

Instead of being inspired by his father and using federal constitutional powers to promote environmental protection, Justin Trudeau has adopted the sunny ways approach — decentralized federalism.

A realistic approach recognizes that the economic and fiscal projections of the federal government have deteriorated since the budget was tabled in April.

To that end, the federal government is consulting with the provinces and territories and Indigenous communities — each of whom will ultimately determine how to use their allotted portion of the funding — with an eye to creating a multilateral «framework» of priorities and approaches to child care.

I see that Colleague Kingston is unsure why the federal Minister of Health is frustrated at media coverage of her ministry's approach to the vein - centered Zamboni hypothesis about multiple sclerosis.

HAZELTON — A federal environmental assessment report that concluded the proposed New Prosperity open - pit mine would have significant adverse effects for the Tsilhqot» in is a condemnation of the B.C. Liberals approach to Aboriginal rights and title, says Stikine MLA Doug...

True to form, the Federal Reserve is taking a rather cautious approach to their balance sheet unwind with this week's System Open Market Account (SOMA) report showing an INCREASE of a $ million in the Fed's bloated account holdings.

It did not take long after the passage of Humphrey - Hawkins for wiser Federal Reserve officials, including Paul Volcker (who became Chair in 1979), to conclude that the «dual mandate,» far from defining a new and sustainable approach to monetary policy, was simply a nuisance — something they had to pay lip service to, whilst really concerning themselves with keeping a lid on inflation, so as to undo and avoid repeating the mistakes of the 70s.

A study conducted by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College using data from the Federal Reserve's 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances found that the typical household approaching retirement is ill prepared financially.

The PMA supports a federal approach to sales tax reform because it will eliminate the Affiliate Nexus Tax laws that have devastated hundreds of thousands of affiliate marketers around the country, it is Constitutional, and it has a very good chance of passage.

Regardless of the approach taken, I agree with Blackman and Stark in that the ability of a state to capture federal tax dollars via creative state tax credit initiatives is almost certainly bad tax policy when viewed from the national perspective.

The Federal Court of Appeal recently affirmed this approach to environmental regulation in a case arising out of Alberta called Syncrude Canada Ltd. v Canada (Attorney General).

Federal - provincial cooperation on matters of the environment is thus the preferred approach in our federation.

The interest of some of these SOEs in investing in Canada is forcing Canadians to consider the question of how federal and provincial regulations should approach them.

This approach is needed by the Federal Government as part of their Innovation Agenda.

There already exists an active federal agency - PPP Canada - committed to «a long - term performance - based approach to procuring public infrastructure where the private sector assumes a major share of the risks in terms of financing and construction...»

SoftBank, which owns around 83 percent of Sprint, has not yet approached Deutsche Telekom, which owns around 65 percent of T - Mobile, to revive negotiations on the merger of the U.S. carriers, as the Federal Communications Commission has implemented anti-collusion rules that prevent any form of discussion between rival companies during the ongoing auction of airwaves.

WASHINGTON — Even during her final news conference as chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Janet L. Yellen last month stuck to the careful approach that helped her guide the central bank through a pivotal period.

The founding of Demand Justice, which aims to persuade liberals to approach judicial fights with the same passion as conservatives, comes as President Trump is focused on remaking the federal courts.

Concerns over rising interest rates also factored into the equation after the Federal Reserve gave no indication on Wednesday that it would abandon its approach of gradual policy normalization.

When Craig Fugate, former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, took the reins of the agency in 2009, he ushered in a «whole community» approach.

The obvious benefit of this approach will be increased funds available for nongovernmental schools, funds subsidized by a tax credit rather than dispersed in federal grants.

Advisers have welcomed the decision, saying it may be the first manifestation of a new «commercial» approach to mergers and acquisitions flagged by ACCC chairman Rod Sims after the commission's Federal Court defeat in the Metcash / Franklins case.

Using the Bloomberg BNA audit tool to measure our performance against federal, state and local regulations, as well as gap analyses conducted by our EHS team at each of our sites every two years, we've established a consistent approach to how we allocate resources, assign responsibilities and evaluate our practices, procedures and processes to reduce our environmental footprint.

GMA's personal care and household products companies are committed to ensuring the safety of their products and maintaining the confidence of consumers so we applaud today's Senate passage of the TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 which will make significant improvements to chemicals management and facilitate a more cohesive federal approach to chemicals regulation.