Sentences with phrase «up to governments whether»

It will be up to governments whether to offer such an incentive, says Menon, whose study didn't calculate how much it would cost to make the surfaces more reflective through the various means.

Not exact matches

The FBI has investigated whether Rossotrudnichestvo is a front for the Russian government to cultivate «young, up - and - coming Americans as Russian intelligence assets» — a theory Rossotrudnichestvo has strongly denied.

Now it's up to the governing Liberals to decide whether they want to raise taxes and, if the minority government falls, whether they'll campaign on such a politically toxic proposal in an election.

Under such an arrangement, the government would commit to paying the shipping tolls for up to 100,000 barrels per day regardless of whether or not they actually moved that much product — it's a subscription service.

OTTAWA — Companies vying to build Canada's new fighter jets are cranking up their sales pitches, but they'll be waiting a while longer to learn whether the Harper government intends to hold a full competition — or stick with the troubled F - 35 program.

The NDP has to decide whether it will prop up the minority Liberal government, but even if it doesn't, the provincial pension plan is likely to become a key part of the Liberals» election platform.

Finally, there is the question whether the price increases that cable companies will end up paying will really amount to «hundreds of millions of dollars,» as the government alleges, and how much of that will be passed on to consumers.

On government procurement, Couillard told reporters he's considering whether to speed up planned renovations of Montreal metro cars in order to provide work for Bombardier, as layoffs are threatened there.

But given the chance to elaborate on how far he is willing to bend in other areas the size of the deficit, whether it would exceed his previous $ 10 - billion threshold, moving up the budget timetable Trudeau would only say his government would put forward a budget that is «the right one for Canadians.»

Excessive government debt will stifle economic growth regardless of whether its stashed in local or central government balance sheets and if a province's fiscal situation should become unsustainable — although that's not in the cards in the near future — it'll likely be up to federal government to foot the bill for a bailout.

That being said, the fate of PSLF has been up in the air lately, and it's unclear whether the government will continue to fund the program for new applicants.

Tokyo will decide as early as this year whether to accept Lockheed's offer so that the government can draw up a medium - term defense plan that would begin in fiscal 2019.

In March 2011, we published a commentary that questioned, whether after five years, the Harper government was living up to the principles of a fiscally conservative government.

The six - month combat mission against the Islamic State expires by late March and Kenny, who was appointed this week to the portfolio, says the Conservative government hasn't made up its mind whether to extend it, ask Parliament for a different mandate, or even if an extension would be put before MPs.

Investors are looking to see whether the government will take any additional steps to prop up growth.

I am happy that the writer had the choices that she did... She is also free to decide whether or not she is a Catholic... She however, took an available medication for a health problem... most Catholic facilities recognize such health problems and allow for that treatment... I am completly puzzled, though, that she would not want other Catholics to be able to choose differently than she did... for those people who wish to use contraceptive services and medication, options are open to them... I am not Catholic, did not grow up in a faith based family, and don't know whether a God exists or not... However, to leave a relgious group with no option but to contradict its own tenets is an attempt by those who don't believe in those tenents to mock them, certainly, but more to erode them... this seems the aim of many and when those folks operate from inside the government... that intrusion is an overreach of the govenrment...

Whether or not the present Government will seek to reintroduce some of these measures remains to be seen, but there has certainlybeen no let - up in the efforts of the sex education establishment to lobby in favour of statutory SRE and to remove the right of parents to opt out.

Cain is also pro-life though abortion is not a government decision and even though abortion should be illegal in all cases it should be up to the family whether to have one.

Sometimes I am tempted to make up some such activities, to see what happens (like the man who answered «Principal purpose of visit» when asked on a US immigration form whether he was concerned in plots to overthrow the government of the United States).

Currently the UK government tells unmarried mums it is «up to you» whether the child's father's name goes on the birth certificate, and provides minimal information to dads as to how to achieve this.

It will finally be time to start to hash out whether the UK is pursuing the Extreme Brexit touted by the government so far, the Single Market and Customs Union route seemingly opened up by the Northern Ireland deal, or, more likely, whether the UK will be careering around the Brexit terrain between all possible options like an out - of - control shopping trolley.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

The judge Thursday will have to decide whether to let that agent discuss — as the prosecution wants — how Percoco came up with ziti as the term he used to describe what the government calls alleged bribe money.

Channel 4 picked up on my research to argue that Labour hasn't done enough to win the next election, whilst the BBC's Nick Robinson wondered whether this election might be more than a case of the usual «mid-term blues» and a signal to an increasingly unpopular government that they will be kicked out at the next election.

«Where, in the context of a major reform, government announcements are so markedly at odds with current opinion in the relatively informed and serious media, there is a particularly strong public interest in up - to - date information as to the details of what is happening within the programme, so that the public may judge whether or not opposition and media criticism is well — founded.

Voters divide about whether or not Cuomo is trying to clean up corruption in state government.

Asked whether she expected energy companies to simply put up their prices before the election to compensate, she replied that it was a matter for the current government.

Case raises questions about whether Home Office is signed up to the government's commitment to protect women from violence.

The Labour Party's role at this juncture is not to get hung up about whether to support the strike or not, but rather to hammer away mercilessly against the patent injustice of the Government's stance.

Adam Fleming took the mood box to find out whether the public thought the age of austerity was worth it as the crisis in the eurozone rumbles on, government cuts are starting to bite, and the cost of living continues to go up.

A spokesman declined to comment on whether he'll be wearing a jail jumpsuit or the business suit he wore this week, and there was no indication whether the government would still vouch for his assistance and support leniency at Howe's future sentencing or tear up the cooperation agreement.

Both of Indian Point's licenses are now expired, and whether to renew them — a process expected to take years — is largely up to the federal government.

And I certainly don't want one person up here to be deciding whether or not we're going to have Singapore in the middle of Manhattan with no community participation or process or local government role.»

Under the «change» cloud, some Nigerians desperately wanted a change of political party / government, whether the other parties were made up of same hands who messed the former ruling party was not important to the set of people.

In lieu of a concrete law or a tidied up Amendment, the government can slip around the sides of Section 4, Article 14 regardless of whether constitutional scholars consider the section specific to the Civil War and future insurrections (that bothersome but neither conjunction) or general to all public debt.

Clarity and certainty are needed - would you want to wait until the UK government makes up its mind whether or not they will ignore the referendum?

On Tuesday, the British Humanist Association (BHA) made its final written submission in an ongoing Information Tribunal case over whether the Government must publish a list of all groups which have proposed to set up Free Schools — including their name, location and religion.

However, pollster Steve Greenberg says that when given the specific wording of the amendment on the ballot in November and asked whether they would vote yes or no to approve an amendment to «allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated,» 55 percent said yes they would approve it, compared to 42 percent who say no they would not.

Campbell refused to be drawn on the question of which party the Liberal Democrats were closest to and whether he would support propping up a Labour or Tory government at the next general election.

But in the event the polls and the SNP conspired to ratchet up The Fear to Terror levels, the former because they showed Labour's only path to power would be with the support of the SNP while failing to point to a Conservative majority and the latter because the SNP gleefully shouted from the Crag tops that they would prop up a Labour government, whether Labour liked it or not.

«MPs vote to extend 28 - day detention for terrorist suspects for another six months Main Dominic Raab and David Davis want to know whether the Government will sign up to the European Investigation Order»

It will be up to the government, which controls the Commons» agenda, to decide whether to vote on the no - confidence motion.

«I can tell you without any fear of contradiction that in the last six years, none of security chiefs whether past or present theatre commanders of operation lafiya dole, past or present Brigade Commanders, Air Force Commanders, Garrison Commanders, Commissioners of Police both past and present, Directors of SSS has ever spent up to five minutes in the Government House before having access to the Governor and most of the times they come without appointment.

However, it's up to county governments to decide whether or not to allow those items to be sold locally.

«The aim of the house party series is to get to know all the wonderful folks that make up this district in its many neighborhoods, to get neighbors to meet each other to share food and laughs, and to share my campaign's message that whether it is addressing climate change, fixing our broken government and economy — together we can get it done,» Platts said.

The group, the Committee to Save New York, has spent millions on television advertising in support of Mr. Cuomo's legislative agenda, and some government watchdog groups have questioned whether the gambling industry's support for the group influenced him as he drew up his proposal to expand casino gambling.

«We've asked the Conflicts of Interest Board to determine whether the mayor setting up a shadow government is actually a violation of specific provisions of the conflicts of interest law,» said Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause of New York, which promotes campaign finance reform.

«If the government can find the money to postpone it for longer then all the better because it is a big pressure and of course you've also got bus and train fares going up in January too, so the cost of getting to work for people — there's an issue about whether work pays for a lot of low - paid workers.

On Neil Cavuto's show the other day, you kind of hesitated on whether you supported Jim Bunning's decision to hold up an extension of unemployment benefits as a protest against government spending, Do you support what Jim Bunning did?

Consensus is proposing that voters decide whether to create this new government, made up of 29 legislative districts and four at - large seats along with an executive elected by voters.