Sentences with phrase «of government acts»

They are even more frightening than those earlier ones because they are the result both of government acts, and of a level of mob fury not just condoned, but fanned by our government.
Today, chambers of commerce from the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley released a new research study which concludes that $ 50 billion in economic development along the Lower Fraser River is at risk unless all levels of government act now to address the serious issues facing the river.
There is however a case for such bans — it rests on the duty of government acting in the name of public health to restrict smoking in order to protect smokers themselves.
Environmental groups have launched a public action campaign demanding that both levels of government act on the results of the new study and ban neonics.

Not exact matches

The government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introduced the Foreign Investment Review Act (FIRA) in 1973, forming a federal agency to advise on the respective benefits and hazards of particular transactions.
She, along with several of her classmates, have held gun control rallies in their Florida community and called on government officials to act now to prevent future mass shootings from taking place.
They are made to silence the objections of organized labour and make the government of the day appear as if it's acting in the national interest.
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.
Not only did the government fail to ease foreign ownership and entry restrictions in the key sectors of telecom and air transport, it rendered the Investment Canada Act's foreign investment review process more uncertain and less transparent.
He attempted to perform a balancing act between stimulating the economy and keeping control of the budget — the same two things Alberta's current NDP government finds itself trying to do.
The Canada Pension Plan Act says that once a sufficient number of provincial governments have indicated support, the federal government can move forward and lock in the reform with an Order in Council — no new Parliamentary debate or legislation is required.
«Their activities are harming American jobs and the U.S. aviation industry, and we appreciate that the administration is acting to resolve these issues with the governments of the UAE and Qatar.»
By parallel, if you forbid a company from competing for government contracts for 10 years, those are 10 years during which they will engage in precisely zero instances of attempted bribery or other acts of corruption, at least with regard to bribery or corruption of Canadian officials.
One of the more well - known laws to come out of the United States government has been the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Actually, Congress required these types of changes to be implemented in April 2012, when the federal government enacted the Jumpstart Our Business Startups or «JOBS» Act.
John Bennett, executive director of Sierra Club Canada, said the Conservative government has failed to act and left the responsibility up to large companies themselves.
I bring this up because this absence (or call it omission, if you like) underlies the staunch opposition of many conservative Republicans to the Affordable Care Act — and to previous government efforts to provide publicly funded health care and insurance coverage to their citizens going back to the passage of Medicare in 1965.
I don't really see the conservative government advancing further the kind of spirit of the Canada Health Act in terms of expanding access to services and goods at a national level.
Indeed, as more information has moved to the cloud, data that is hosted in the U.S. has actually been seen as being less secure because of the government's Patriot Act powers — and that could be a competitive disadvantage for companies based here.
The justices will also have to determine whether the contraception and fertility requirements of the Affordable Care Act pose a substantial burden to businesses, and whether the government has a compelling interest in imposing these provisions.
First, of course, is the Logan Act, which prohibits private individuals conducting negotiations on behalf of the US government with foreign governments,» Deitz said.
LONDON — A British teenager has been jailed for two years for compromising the email and phone accounts of senior U.S. government officials in what a judge called acts of «cyber-terrorism.»
As I have explained elsewhere, many of the policies put in place by the Federal government since the election of President Obama in 2008 — banking reform, business regulation, tax policies, and the Affordable Care Act to name a few — have made entrepreneurship more difficult to undertake.
Part of the reason to have bonds is to have stability on days like this; government bonds provide that stability, and they're acting like they should act, by providing that cushion to the equity volatility in your portfolio.
Put simply, the house plan, entitled American Health Care ACT (AHCA), essentially caps what the government will pay to aid families and poor people, and what it will spend in total, regardless of how fast medical costs increase.
Sanger - Katz lays out eight questions that are on a lot of folks» minds after President Trump's latest efforts to undercut the Affordable Care Act — an executive order Thursday morning, followed by an announcement last evening that the government would stop making certain ACA - related payments to insurers — and answers them.
Big - business leaders are fed up with the tactics of conservative Republicans, who instigated a partial closure of the Federal government and engaged in brinksmanship over the debt ceiling in a failed effort to stop the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Argentina, with its deep devaluation of the peso, China hiding its economic intentions, and Turkey with its knee - jerk movement in interest rates are examples of how governments have perhaps acted «selfishly.»
And third, if Carrier makes decisions that lead to financial distress as a result of acting on Trump's advice, the federal government will inevitably face pressures to provide Carrier with additional assistance.
«Instead of a watch list limited to actual, known terrorists, the government has built a vast system based on the unproven and flawed premise that it can predict if a person will commit a terrorist act in the future,» Hina Shamsi, the head of the ACLU's National Security Project, told The Intercept.
Rubio would roll back the Dodd - Frank banking act, which has imposed tighter regulations on the large Wall Street banks in the wake of the recession, as part of a push to decrease or eliminate government restrictions on businesses.
The once - cosy relationship between the state and federal political leaders requires a delicate balancing act in the wake of a new Labor government.
Association president Gary Smith, of Brookfield Financial, opened the conference by imploring federal and provincial governments to play more of a role, lauding those provinces like Ontario that have launched venture funds, and taking credit for the repeal of Section 116 of the Income Tax Act in the Harper government's spring budget.
If you want feedback on your IPO plan before jumping in, consider taking advantage of new freedoms established by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which was enacted by the federal government in April 2012.
Mark Carney is a hard act to follow but the new Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz managed to make a mostly - positive debut at his first public appearance under the watchful eye of government, and economists in this country and around the world.
Tyler, who called the loss of MH17 with the 298 passengers and crew on board an «unacceptable act of aggression», added that governments and the industry should find ways to reduce the risk of over-flying conflict zones.
In 2006, the government enacted the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which made any type of online gambling within the United States illegal.
The Pyongyang government denounced the film as «undisguised sponsoring of terrorism, as well as an act of war» in a letter to U.N. Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon in June.
According to the Small Business Act of 1953, 23 percent of all government spending is supposed to go toward small business contracts.
The indictment says Manafort and Gates received the money by acting as unregistered agents of the pro-Russia government of Ukraine and its political parties and leaders.
In Canada, Harper helmed a tepidly popular minority government accused of acting too late to avert a recession.
But, based on a provision of the federal Stored Communications Act, the government said it does not need probable cause to obtain customer records.
The bill signing marks one of Obama's last official acts in a year beset by a partial government shutdown, a near - default by the Treasury, a calamitous health care rollout and near - perpetual congressional gridlock.
And it must act consistently and holistically with its support and the elimination of economically hostile policies and laws, such as restrictive labor laws, ever - changing tax policies and an almost exclusive emphasis on funding the government for one more month instead of growing the economy.
At issue is whether the federal government has violated the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which prevents the government from substantially burdening individuals of faith, unless it can prove a compelling interest.
According to the Post, prosecutors are considering a range of charges against the WikiLeaks founder, including conspiracy, theft of government property and violating the Espionage Act.
Adam Szubin, acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said Washington expected other governments and financial authorities to make similar moves to prevent Pyongyang from «abusing» global financial institutions to support its development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.
He called the 21st Century Cures Act «potentially the most significant piece of mental health legislation to pass the government in decades».
«The government's basic rule is to prevent any illegal acts or uncertainties regarding cryptocurrency trade, while eagerly nurturing blockchain technology,» Hong Nam - ki, minister of the office for government policy coordination, said in a statement.
Since the Act was adopted in 1985, the government has considered 16,500 deals, conducted reviews of 1,600 and rejected none — until now.
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