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.