Sentences with phrase «referendum last»

In a binding referendum last month, Law Society of British Columbia members voted 74 per cent in favour of a resolution stating TWU is not an approved law faculty for the purpose of the bar admissions requirements in that province.

The obvious question facing businesses, following the result of the referendum last month, is whether the GDPR will come into force in this country at all.

The Law Society of British Columbia has reversed its accreditation of Trinity Western University's law school after the majority of the province's bar voted against its initial decision in a referendum last night.

Here's something that voters somehow overlooked when casting their ballots in the EU referendum last year: the impact the subsequently falling pound would have on costs awards to European litigants.

Following a major referendum last year in which San Francisco residents approved a $ 100 million bond measure to install as many solar panels in the city as the rest of the nation does all year, Mayor Willie Brown announced a $ 7.4 million project to install solar panels on the roof to the Moscone Convention Center.

The sharp decline in the Pound's value following the Brexit referendum last year has influenced the price.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to authorize seven Las Vegas - style casinos was approved in a statewide referendum last week, and calls for one casino to be built in the Albany - Saratoga region.

Wilmorite and 15 other developers met Monday's deadline to apply for one of four casino licenses allowed after a successful voter referendum last November.

The result of the referendum last week means that our country is facing unprecedented challenges.

New Yorkers voted in a referendum last year to amend the state constitution to allow up to seven full - fledged resorts.

She told ITV's Peston on Sunday: «After the results of the referendum last week, now more than ever our country needs a strong and effective opposition to hold this government to account.

Cuomo championed the creation of the new casinos, which were approved in a voter referendum last November, as a way to add thousands of new jobs to the struggling upstate economy, and increase tourism.

The Scottish independence referendum last year may have been a festival of democracy north of the border, but if you were someone arguing for the union it didn't feel like it.

Cameron reneged on his private promise to even - handedness in the AV referendum last year, and now he has reneged on his promise to deliver Clegg's reform.

She told ITV: «After the results of the referendum last week, now more than ever our country needs a strong and effective opposition to hold this government to account.

The European commission has already signalled its reluctance to allow countries such as Denmark, where voters rejected adopting closer EU ties on cross-border policing in a referendum last year, to have similar access to data and intelligence sharing without opting in to full co-operation.

After all, the county voted down the casino referendum last year.

It can be argued that Cameron has double - crossed Clegg on democratic reform before — taking a more active role in the no campaign in the alternative vote referendum last year than he had promised in private.

We put these questions to the historian and documentary - presenter Clare Jackson, whose widely acclaimed BBC series on the Stuart dynasty was broadcast in the run - up to Referendum last year.

The amendment, which passed overwhelmingly in a voter referendum last month, is called a «a major victory in the battle against corruption» by the mailer, obtained by Capital Tonight.

The prime minister used his address at the lord mayor's banquet last night to send a clear signal to the 81 Conservative rebels who revolted against him en masse over an EU referendum last month.

California voters, facing even more severe transit raids than New York, put a stop to the practice by approving Prop 22 in a referendum last Tuesday.

The Legislature approved a referendum last year but must do so a second time in a new session under state law.

It played a small part in the Scottish referendum last time but the SNP were able to shut the issue down to a point by making the obvious argument that Britain was able to keep the pound in the EU, so Scotland should be able to too.

But voters rebuffed a request to fund a recreation center in a referendum last year, leaving the Park District unable to pay its share of the area's improvement costs.

But most polling models assumed the same type of apathy among younger voters that doomed the UK Brexit referendum last year.

When the Greeks decided to put their debt plan before a referendum last Tuesday, European equity markets fell 5 %.

While employment hit a record high once again, the wage squeeze that has hit the UK since the Brexit referendum last month continued, albeit at a marginally slower rate.

Lord Ashdown, the former Lib Dem leader, has backed calls for a referendum, but many reformers are opposed to the idea because they believe that it would lead to the idea being rejected — a prospect that seems even stronger in the light of the way elected mayors were almost totally rejected in the 10 referendums last week.

«These are the same voters who passed a record number of referenda last year, raising taxes on themselves to make sure their schools can provide a world - class education to their kids,» she said.

Not exact matches

Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government by holding an independence referendum; 90 % of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 % of registered voters went to the polls).

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Catalonia Sunday to call for unity, voicing their opposition to last week's non-binding and referendum on independence on October 1 that was declared illegal by the Spanish government and constitutional court.

Thousands of demonstrators gather during a Pro-Unity march in response to last Sundays disputed referendum on Catalan independence and to support the unity of Spain on October 8, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

The IBEX was recovering on Monday — up 0.5 percent by the close — after being under pressure last week following the referendum vote.

When it came to that last question, there was plenty of anger to go around, with many complaining about David Cameron's decision to call the referendum, others infuriated at the weak Leave campaign, and still others offering less than polite commentary on segments of their fellow citizens.

Swiss voters rejected a plan to force their government to accelerate the country's exit from nuclear energy in a referendum Sunday, turning down an initiative that would have seen the last plant shut in 2029.

Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum, which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds of millions of pounds more a week to spend on other priorities such as its rickety National Health Service.

Prices are rising across the board thanks to the fall in the pound seen since last summer's referendum, with food prices increasing particularly rapidly.

Pharmaceutical companies have insisted since last year's Brexit referendum that a comprehensive agreement is needed to ensure maximum alignment between EU and British pharmaceutical regulations.

However, Sarwar was one of the MSPs who sent a letter to Corbyn asking him to consider his position after his reaction to last year's Brexit referendum and is seen as a moderate, which could count against him.

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.

The U.K. economy, which went into last year's referendum as the fastest - growing in the G7, is now the slowest - growing in the group.

Last year, the governing coalition broke its campaign promise to hold a referendum on Iceland joining the European Union, prompting thousands of Icelanders to protest and sign petitions demanding a parliamentary vote.

The country voted against joining the euro zone in a referendum in 2000 and last December opted to retain its exemption from EU rules on issues like asylum and border control.

Outrage over the tax reform forced Campbell's resignation last November, and a provincial referendum subsequently killed the HST.

May formally notified the EU on March 29 of Britain's intention to end its 44 - year - old membership, following the shock referendum vote for Brexit last June.

Amazon, along with other tech giants such as Google (googl) and Apple (aapl), has increased its commitment to Britain in the last year, saying Britain's referendum decision to leave the EU last June did not affect its investment plans.

Prior to last month's EU membership referendum Osborne and multiple other international organisations warned that a Brexit vote could hit UK growth and could even tip the UK into recession.

Last week, its value against the U.S. dollar dropped to its lowest level since Britons first voted in a June referendum to exit the European Union.

Switzerland gave it serious consideration last year before three - quarters of its voters turned down the idea in a nationwide referendum.