Sentences with phrase «with public contributions»

15.04.2012 Tweet the Dawn, Fringe!FilmFest, Hackney, London & online, event by Natasha Vicars, performance Seven Art Writers collective with public contributions.

This process needs to be done transparently, with public contributions and support.

Not exact matches

For instance, public unit trusts, investment - linked insurance policies and public offer accumulated contribution superannuation funds are all, with minor variations, long - term savings vehicles.

Dogwood's criticism of B.C.'s lax donation system began in 2001 with the group's advocacy for public disclosure of campaign contributions.

Kesselman, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Public Finance with the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University, co-authored the 2001 study that laid the foundation for the TFSA introduced in 2009 with a $ 5,000 annual contribution limit.

Ms. Gray is also Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal, a role that coincides with her position as chairperson of the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee, which is reviewing the Election Act, the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, the Conflicts of Interest Act, and the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act.

I'll be speaking at the second one, at 10:45 in the same room, along with the national leaders of NUPGE (representing provincial workers) and CUPE (representing municipal workers) about the contribution of public workers to greater equality by improving the lives of marginalized Canadians — the unemployed, the homeless, single parents, recent immigrants, senior citizens, and others.

Upper - class individuals will obviously benefit from the new limit, but the new measure is also designed for public service employees and teachers with defined benefit pensions and contributions they rely on.

After joining the Institute for Research on Public Policy in 2001, Daniel earned the Policy Research Initiative's Outstanding Research Contribution Award for his paper «A Room of Our Own: Cultural Policies and Trade Agreements,» and produced, with co-editors Thomas Courchene and Donald Savoie, a major series of papers on North America after NAFTA.

With all crowdfunding models, issuers (fundraisers) are seeking to harness the power of many small contributions from the general public whether «the crowd» is providing financial support, product / service ideation or access to their social networks.

Public humiliation, like Yvonne endured in the reactions to her childhood rape, which may be a part of the dismissive practices surroundign sexual violation must take place with appreciation of the victim - survivor's contribution of a counterpublic voice as a valuable societal contribution.»

In his review article of Hartshorne's Creative Synthesis and Philosophic Method (PS 2:49 - 67), Robert Neville remarks that «one of Hartshorne's most important contributions» has been his concern to deal «with problems as formulated by public discussion, usually that of analytical philosophers.»

No such statement is perfect and I would want some changes — especially in connection with the definition of torture — before signing this one, but «An Evangelical Declaration Against Torture» is an exceedingly valuable contribution to a public debate of which we dare not tire.

Grateful and public acknowledgement of the Afghan people's vital contributions in the dark days after 9/11 will show them the respect needed to strengthen our bonds with them.

But this went along with the usual demands for contributions to the defence of Europe against the infidel Turk, and for suppression of heresy, above all of the heretic Luther, who the Pope was surprised to hear was still free and threatening the public peace.

The benefits of omega - 3 fatty acids have been widely documented over recent years with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health stating that they are an essential contribution to the human body.

Wine Institute and CAWG developed the report to provide an understanding of the industry's contributions to the California and U.S. economies for use in public policy discussions with state and federal legislators and other key officials.

Findings indicate that both consumers and foodservice operators must play a role in relation to broad issues associated with public health and the environment, with the biggest contribution the foodservice industry can make toward environmental sustainability being the reduction of red meat consumption as part of a larger shift toward more plant - based dishes.

The May 1, 2011 - April 30, 2015 agreements with police dispatchers, telecommunications operators, and public works and building maintenance employees and upper police management: • * increase required employee contributions to participate in conventional preferred provider organization health plans, • * provide financial incentives to employees to switch to consumer - directed plans or managed - care plans, • * provide village funding of 40 percent of the deductible for high deductible health plans with health savings accounts and • * require employee participation in annual wellness and health risk assessment screenings in order to qualify for best rates.

Hiram Monserrate turned himself in to federal authorities in connection with the NYC Council slush fund scandal, a commission of his former legislative colleagues, which rarely takes action against one of its own, found reasonable cause to believe that he violated the Public Officers Law by setting up a legal defense fund and soliciting contributions from from individuals and entities that had business interests in his work as a senator.

The resort to thinly - veiled attacks on past regimes and the effort made to run down their contributions towards economic growth and national development as a whole has long since fallen out of favour with the Ghanaian public.

With more financial support from the public we try offer scholarship at the tertiary level to some under privileged students, we will need contribution from the public to do more,» he said.

The Senate GOP showed nothing but distain and disgust for public schools and teachers during its long love affair with the charters and their campaign contributions.

Mr Mac - Manu said the public is not even aware of the work being executed by a «secret» consultant in cleaning the register and noted that any review of the electoral roll by a consultant must be made public with contributions from political parties.

Perhaps what's needed, then, is some kind of institution that transparently connects contributions to particular public goods — one which allows us to create scandal when one corporation falls down in its contribution when compared with others.

Mr. Speaker, with the successful launch of the FREE SHS, Government has received proposals from the public, several of which encourage the establishment of a fund to receive voluntary contributions to support education.

New York needs comprehensive reform: lower contribution limits, an independent enforcement agency, no more loopholes, and most importantly a system of matching small contributions with public funds.

In New York City, contributions up to $ 175 are matched with public funds by a factor of six.

Cuomo's plan creates tax credits for charitable contributions to public education or health care programs and allows employers to replace the income tax currently paid by employees with a payroll tax paid by the company.

Institute a statewide public financing system based on the one used by NYC, which matches every dollar in small donor contributions with six dollars in public funds

Adopt system of public financing of campaigns, with new lower limits on direct contributions to statewide and state legislative candidates; Establish the «New York State Campaign Finance Fund», with transfers from the Abandoned Property Fund and taxpayer designations of PIT liability; and limiting contributions to «housekeeping accounts» to $ 25,000.

Under the proposal, contributions up to $ 175 to state legislative candidates would be matched with public financing at a 6 - to - 1 ratio, starting -LSB-...]

The report cited a 2013 legislative proposal by Cuomo that campaign contributions should be used only for a purpose «directly related to promoting the nomination or election of a candidate or the execution of duties associated with the holding of a public office or party position.»

He has accepted significant contributions from Ravenel Boykin Curry, a wealthy supporter of education reform and trustee of Girls Prep charter school, which made the news in 2010 when Joel Klein used emergency powers to displace the public school program for autistic children with which Girls Prep was co-located.

Comprehensive reform would not only to reduce these outrageous contribution limits but also provide an incentive for candidates to be responsive to their constituents, by matching donations up to $ 250 from district residents with public funds.

Along with vigilant enforcement of the law, disclosure of contributions, and lower contribution limits, public financing of elections can «end the mad chase for campaign cash that starts some elected officials down the road to corruption and... make candidates dependent on ordinary voters rather than special interests.»

● Eliminate private contributions including 527s and PACs and replace with public funding of campaigns.

The actors have endorsed the Fair Elections reform package which includes a system of matching small donations with public funds, as well as lower contribution limits, restrictions on contractors and lobbyists doing business with the state, and greater enforcement and transparency.

### It is unclear what his intentions are for public office, although Scandalios has wrote time and time again that he will not accept campaign contributions on his Facebook and thus has not filed with the CFB.

Nyopengovernment.com provides the public with downloadable information on campaign contributions, lobbying, and state contracts.

The full bill, which can be read here on the State Assembly website, in addition to providing new contribution limits and enforcement rules, also stipulates that the public campaign fund would be partially financed with money from Wall Street fraud settlements.

Bruno said he is familiar with Litwin, who he said was always «above board» in his public dealings and praised his contributions to charities.

An 11 - page policy paper released by the New York Public Interest Research Group on Friday takes issue with the state Board of Elections to suspend the aggregate political contribution limits in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.

The Senate GOP is going to pay dearly for its war on public schools and public school teachers and its love affair with charter schools and charter school campaign contributions.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

«A few weeks ago, Secretary of Labor and Buffalo born and raised, Tom Perez was at Bennett High School where he spoke eloquently about the contributions of people with disabilities to our country,» said Kevin Horrigan, Associate Vice President of Public Affairs, People Inc..

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, says while the lawsuit, if successful, would not end the practice of using the LLC's to get around contribution limits, it would force them to be more transparent about who is really behind them.

What's more, they are enforced by an energetic and independent Campaign Finance Board, which oversees a carefully constructed system that combines generous public matching funds with limits on contributions to political candidates, limits that are especially strict for lobbyists and others doing business with the city.

This will allow other government agencies and watchdog groups to easily combine political contribution data on the NYOG site with state and city contracting and public expenditure data.

The debate over public financing has begun in the state Senate, with the introduction of new legislation by Senator Eric Adams, which would establish a public financing program, create an independent enforcement counsel in the State Board of Elections, lower contribution limits and improve disclosure of independent political spending.