Sentences with phrase «over the province of»

This week, the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, indicated that Britain could hand control over the province of Basra to Iraqi forces in spring next year, while the Prime Minister called for other Nato members to help more in Afghanistan.

Not exact matches

Yemen's armed Iranian - aligned Houthi movement has fired over 100 missiles into Saudi Arabia, the latest salvo killing a man on Saturday in the southern Saudi province of Jizan.

Through the program, China is committing $ 1 trillion over the next decade — and as much as $ 3 trillion over the long term — to huge infrastructure investments, in locations that stretch from China's coast through the deserts of Xinjiang province and the steppes of Central Asia as far west as Spain and Scandinavia.

Other promises from leader Philippe Couillard have included the creation of 250,000 new jobs in Quebec over a five - year time span, a $ 160 million stimulus plan for small and medium businesses in the province, and a $ 150 million innovation fund.

Five years later, they successfully moved into B.C. Taylor believes in grassroots marketing, and the company sends existing staff to new provinces to win over new customers, instead of hiring new talent.

More significant in the bitter dispute over control of Woodside are plans for the two Timor Sea provinces.

Moody's Investor Services says spending pressure will challenge the province's ability to «sustain balanced fiscal results» over a number of years.

This northern Ontario city of just over 108,000 has been quietly and actively rebuilding after losing its prominence as an important stop on the trade route from western Canada to the eastern provinces.

If the province succeeds in stripping its payday loan license and keeps jurisdiction over its lines of credit, it could be all but shut out of the province.

The voluntary decision by automakers to introduce highly advanced — and costly — safety technology speaks to the accelerating pace of development toward self - driving cars, which take over many decisions and actions once the exclusive province of the driver.

Maj. Roman Filipov was flying over the town of Maasran in Idlib province after conducting airstrikes in the region when his Su - 25 was hit with what Russian authorities said was a MANPAD.

Since the federal government doesn't have the legal authority to impose its will over the objections of the provinces, it has decided instead to persuade the provinces to collaborate.

Having long since grabbed the mantle of national economic powerhouse from Ontario — that the oil province accounted for the entirety of Canada's net job creation over the past 12 months being just the latest piece of evidence on that score — Alberta needs to take over Ontario's Big Man leadership role as well.

Tax revenue in the order of $ 80 billion over that period, of which only $ 6.7 billion would accrue to B.C. versus $ 36 billion to the federal government and $ 32 billion to the province of Alberta.

Ontario and British Columbia may be only two provinces, but they may provide enough of a critical mass to absorb the other provinces over time.

Over the past two decades, Alberta has gained almost half a million people (net) as a result of in - migration from other provinces.

Applications for express - shipping - cost management, which used to be almost exclusively the province of big computers, are now spilling over onto desktops.

To illustrate this trend over the last 10 years, we took 2001 and 2011 education expenses for Nova Scotia, Ontario and B.C.. Each province's population of persons aged five to 24 in 2001 and 2011 was used to arrive at a per capita number.

China's official pledges, made at the annual Boao Forum for Asia in southern Hainan province, echoed previous promises from Beijing to open the financial sector but comes at a time of heightened pressure on China from the United States over trade and access to its massive markets.

Some of the provinces and companies have built up debt in recent years during the recovery, since there has been so very much artificial liquidity all over the world.

While both provinces have set laudable targets for increasing the share of renewable power on their grids over the coming decades, they're still burning fossil fuels for power.

The fight over the Trans Mountain expansion, which would nearly triple the capacity of the 1,150 - kilometre (715 mile) line from Alberta to a British Columbia port, has engulfed two provinces and the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

More than half of the 243 employers in the province permitted to hire temporary foreign workers at minimum wage over a 10 - month period ended in June were in the food - service business, the Alberta Federation of Labour found recently through a freedom - of - information request.

His successor, Ron Mock, was named six months before he took over, and Leech spent a lot of time introducing Mock to the province's government officials and teachers» unions (two important stakeholders for OTPP) to make sure they were comfortable with him.

In February, when the centre of excellence was announced, the province said the company could get up to $ 10 million over five years if it kept at least 400 jobs in Nova Scotia at an average salary of at least $ 60,000 a year.

Many of these aggregated statistics gloss over important variances across provinces, incomes and age groups.

And while observers say there is some truth to the New Democrats» complaints, the controversy over a list of largely unused properties is really a debate over whether Liberal Premier Christy Clark can be trusted to turn the province's finances around once those assets are gone.

This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

The largest private placement we have been involved with in recent years involved over twenty eight States, two Provinces and six countries outside of North America.

With more than 3,000 employees, over 90 service locations and 17 waste management facilities in eight provinces, Clean Harbors is a leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services and hazardous waste management services throughout Canada.

The economy has performed well, the job market has been strong with very low unemployment numbers and the province has consistently had surplus money left over at the end of each year.

Lower - than - expected revenues have dug a $ 4 - billion hole in Alberta's finances and inflated Newfoundland's deficit to over $ 700 million (almost triple what was initially projected), adding resource - rich provinces, along with long - time offenders such as Ontario and Quebec, to the list of fiscally challenged jurisdictions.

In March 2017, an Ontario Divisional Court ruling had sharp words for the province's Ministry of the Attorney General over issues with its assessments office.

And autumn has featured, along with Morneau's troubles, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly being scorched by a firestorm — hottest by far in Quebec, her home province — sparked by her deal with Netflix, which extracts $ 500 million over five years for Canadian productions from the internet streaming giant, but imposes none of the taxes and regulations her critics demand.

Over 95 per cent of Canada's infrastructure is controlled by the provinces, territories and municipalities, for which the federal government already allocates significant amounts of funding through its New Building Canada Plan; a $ 53 billion plan spread over ten yeOver 95 per cent of Canada's infrastructure is controlled by the provinces, territories and municipalities, for which the federal government already allocates significant amounts of funding through its New Building Canada Plan; a $ 53 billion plan spread over ten yeover ten years.

The front page of Fridayâ $ ™ s National Post reported, «The Conservatives will encourage the five provinces that do not have harmonized sales taxes — Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, P.E.I. and Manitoba — to take part by setting up a $ 5 - billion trust fund that would compensate them for lost revenue over the phase - in period.»

The budget dedicates $ 11.2 billion to cities and provinces for affordable housing over 10 years as part of the second wave of the government's infrastructure program, $ 5 billion of which is to encourage housing providers to pool their resources with private partners to pay for new projects.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's court case over the flow of heavy oil through the province could be damaged by the NDP government's previous positions against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, says a legal expert.

Ontario and Quebec would have a premium over this of around 1 per cent and other provinces higher.

«It's ironic that the Committee report should come out in the midst of today's court hearings into the Site C dam, a megaproject approved by the federal and province governments over the objections of First Nations and despite a highly critical environmental assessment.»

B.C. and Atlantic Canada are evenly divided over whose say should be final, while a majority in Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan say the federal government should have final say, given the wider impact of these decisions outside of the focus provinces.

While a majority of those from younger generations in Canada's westernmost province tend to side with the B.C. government in this dispute, seven - in - ten (70 %) residents over 55 say it is making the wrong call.

«The Mayors» Council plan not only quickly improves transit service with 25 % more buses, it will give those driving to work or school the option to leave the car at home and take transit, which is better for our environment,» McGarrigle said, adding that the BC Federation of Labour, representing over 500,000 unionized workers across the province, unanimously supported a resolution Unifor Local 111 introduced to endorse a Yes in the referendum.

This includes providing information on this website about annual Ministers» Expenses Reports, Ministerial out of province expenses, and contracts over $ 10,000.

And while Canada - wide median incomes were up by an inflation - adjusted 3.5 per cent over that time, the performance was heavily influenced by oil - rich provinces such as Alberta and Saskatchewan — a trend that's since hit a wall, thanks to the collapse of global oil prices.

The admission came over the weekend from an anti-graft commission from the Chinese province of Anhui investigating reports of corruption among government officials.

The first — the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund — was established over 30 years ago to save about 30 per cent of oil and gas revenues for the province's long - term future.

Since this debate over pipelines began in earnest last Fall, Jason Kenney and others have been calling on the federal government to invoke clause 92 (10)(c) of the Constitution, which allows the federal government to exert authority over infrastructure such as pipelines which, «although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.»

While the increase will have a positive impact on the province's total labour market income — hiking it by 1.3 per cent — it will also result in the job losses over a number of years.

The job losses would be concentrated among teens and young adults, while the number of minimum wage workers in Ontario would increase from just over 500,000 to 1.6 million in 2019, said a report released by the province's Financial Accountability Office.