Sentences with phrase «was an election promise»

It was an election promise and they had been wanting to do it for many years.

So the protesters are trying to block Trump from implementing a policy that was an election promise, that is lawful and that is backed two - to - one by voters.

The plan was an election promise, but it could entail Americans paying higher local taxes and tolls.

The Conservative led coalition of 2010 broke it's election promise to Fathers4Justice to introduce these very commitments.»

Not exact matches

The failure of far - right populist Gert Wilders to win the recent Dutch election was a boost for the EU but a threat awaits in the prospect of French President Marine le Pen, a far - right anti-immigration candidate who has promised to hold a referendum on France's EU membership if elected, the same promise Cameron made.

FARMING groups are taking a cautious view of the Barnett government's promises to make legislative reforms to benefit the sector if it wins the March 9 election, given the lack of action they say has

In the runup to the 2015 UK general election, former Prime Minister David Cameron promised to hold a nationwide referendum on Britain's membership of the EU if he was elected for a second time.

AUSTRALIANS finds themselves in the peculiar position that whichever party wins the coming federal election, a former party leader has been promised a senior ministerial post.

One of the first things Morneau did as finance minister was keep Trudeau's election promise to reduce the 22 % tax rate to 20.5 %.

«It's not so bad in a general election because you have got five years to sort it out and the lies and promises will blow back in people's faces,» Sugar said.

Morneau might already be listening, as his budget «deferred» an election promise to drop the rate of tax small - and - medium - sized businesses pay on their income to 9 % from 10.5 %.

Budget cuts not possible - Buswell The state government's economic policy was in tatters last night after Treasurer Troy Buswell conceded he would not achieve the controversial 3 per cent cuts expected to pay for election promises in this year's budget.

The unspoken truth is that many employers see mat leave as a costly, disruptive hassle they would sooner avoid — a sentiment that will only deepen if Justin Trudeau makes good on his election promise to extend government - backed parental leave from 12 to 18 months.

Swaths of virgin desert in the U.S. West in recent years have transformed into solar farms, a trend green energy supporters predict will persist even with the election of a president who is making fossil fuel - friendly Cabinet appointments and promises to bring back coal.

With Trump's Nov. 8 election victory and his campaign promise to tear up international trade deals threatening to shatter a fragile global recovery, Singapore «s open economy remains among some of the most vulnerable markets to U.S. protectionism.

In election years, people make promises that they will be delivering on year or two after.

To boost GOP prospects in the midterm elections, Trump needs to show that Republicans are delivering on long - promised tax relief.

Trump has been vocal in his praise of Carrier and has reportedly offered the company $ 7 million in tax breaks as part of the agreement, which Trump brokered after his election win last month after promising on the campaign trail that he would save the jobs in question.

A key reason for holding the vote was to fulfil a 2011 promise made by all municipal election candidates in Kitimat to poll citizens on the pipeline project.

SoftBank, a telecommunications and technology behemoth that holds a 29.9 % stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, was among the first major foreign corporations to promise U.S. investments and jobs after the November presidential election.

There had been speculation one or more of the following election promises would be included: • Increase the annual contribution limit for the TFSA to $ 10,000; • Increase the limit for Children's Fitness Credit to $ 1,000 (and make it refundable); • Introduce Adult Fitness Tax Credit of up to $ 500; • Permit income splitting of up to $ 50,000 for couples with children under 18.

The consequence of missing the forecasted period, of course, would be a delay in enacting the above - mentioned election promises concerning increasing TFSA contribution limits and so on.

That message orchestration starts in Stouffville, Ont., where he was reportedly set announce a small business tax cut shortly before noon, effectively returning to a 2015 election promise then failed to deliver on in the government's first two budgets.

These theatrics, which go well beyond the usual angst at a new venture, have contributed to a growing perception that innovation has stalled and management is in turmoil at one of Silicon Valley's most promising startups, which some 20 million active users rely on each month for updates on everything from subway delays to election results — and which a growing number of companies, big and small, seek to use to market themselves and track customers.

There has been speculation about whether any collusion occurred that involved a promise to lift sanctions in exchange for Russia's meddling in the US presidential election, which some argue may have helped Trump win.

This referendum was called by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron because of a promise made in his election campaign to renegotiate terms with the EU and then hold a referendum, designed to win over voters he feared would defect to UKIP.

SCL Group, the entity which controlled Cambridge Analytica, appeared to once boast on its website that it had been a crucial player in Duterte's 2016 election victory, driving a campaign promising a violent crackdown on crime.

Having been elected on promises that may not take effect until after the next election, the government must show a real commitment to achieving those goals.

Trump, a self - professed fan of junk food, has not been explicit on what he plans to do with food policy, although he campaigned for the Nov. 8 election on a broad promise to undo regulations on business.

Because CBSA is not letting importers qualify for the tariff exemption, consumers will pay higher prices for imported electronic goods − exactly what the Conservatives promised to avoid during the 2011 election campaign.

The Conservatives dangled several pricey promises during the 2011 election campaign that were contingent on them balancing the books, including tax - splitting for couples with children under 18, doubling the annual tax - free savings account limit and doubling the children's tax credit.

To be sure, CEOs at the companies Trump listed — all of whom have met personally with Trump since his election — have said they are encouraged by Trump's promises to cut regulations and lower corporate taxes, moves they said that will allow them to grow.

As Scott Clark and Peter DeVries have noted, this promise has the odd quirk of being unverifiable until after the next election.

Not running a deficit under any circumstances was the position that the Conservatives had run on in the 2008 election, and the other parties had made similar promises.

The federal Liberal Party's recent election promise to create a new tax bracket for rich Canadians has been quickly decried by — well, rich Canadians.

Having donated $ 11m to the main pro-Cruz Super Pac, Keep the Promise I, Mercer is Cruz's top financier — and the largest individual donor to Super Pacs or outside groups during the presidential election cycle thus far, according to data compiled by the political transparency website Open Secrets.

As Parliament resumes after Canadaâ $ ™ s historic 41st election, all eyes are on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and how he delivers on his campaign promises of growth and stability.

The Prime Minister thought everything was going as planned, when he announced last October, several measures promised in the 2011 Conservative election platform.

Do you have the imagination, capacity, and the policy independence, to put together a policy agenda that is better both in policy and political terms, than simply rubber - stamping some misguided and out of date 2011 election promises?

On the pipeline, the B.C. NDP is trying to fulfil an election promise made last year.

As Mueller digs into CA's political ties, and Facebook promises to restructure itself to better handle the maelstrom of problems that formed through its platform and factored into the election results, both companies are experiencing an intense amount of scrutiny, from more eyes than ever before.

Facebook «will never be unprepared again» for attempts to undermine the democratic process, including elections, Mr. Zuckerberg promised.

Given recent economic developments (which suggest there will be no surplus this year) and global uncertainties, together with a commitment by all three major political parties to balanced budgets and no tax increases (other than the NDP), it would be fiscally imprudent for any political party to make new major election «promises» in the coming months without indicating how they would be financed.

Perhaps the Parliamentary Budget Officer should be asked to cost the election promises of all three political parties based on an updated economic and fiscal outlook.

The president of the Criminal Lawyers» Association is calling on the government of Ontario to make good on its promise on changing the way police records checks are done, before a provincial election later this year.

While it may feel like a lifetime or two since the last federal election, when Trudeau was promising a very different kind of democratic reform, 19 months isn't a long time to get Canada's electoral system protected from 2019 - style threats to its fairness and integrity.

This was quite a change from the 2006 election promise and related documents, in which they had indicated that it would be an independent agency, reporting directly to Parliament.

In the last election, the Conservative promised additional tax expenditure, amounting to $ 3 billion a year, once the budget is balanced.

Including Mr. Harper's vow in 2008 that a government led by him would «never» go into deficit, this is the second time in three years that the Conservatives have made a balanced - budget promise during an election campaign only to abandon it after being reelected.

In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a promise made during the 2011 election, than on supporting economic growth and job creation through new spending on research and infrastructure and lowering taxes on investment.