Sentences with phrase «years as the government»

As a political survivor against political odds that should have seen him crushed, he remains standing as the Progressive Conservatives prepare to celebrate forty years as government in September.

George Bilicic, Lazard's Global Head of Power, Energy Infrastructure, touted Suozzi's «years as a government reformer» and his experience in the office he lost in a upset last fall to Republican Edward Mangano, saying it provided him with a unique understand of public - private partnerships and «real - life insight into the workings of government.»

The Chancellor will predict that public borrowing will soar to # 76bn in the financial year as the Government's revenues plummet, and then increase to a record # 118bn next year as the recession bites.

Disabled people face losing out over the next four years as the government announces further changes to welfare payments to be introduced next January.

Nearly 500,000 public sector jobs will be slashed over the next four years as the government tries to clear its deficit with its biggest round of spending cuts since World War II.

Over 600,000 disabled people face losing out over the next four years as the government introduces further changes to welfare payments.

Price Waterhouse, at the behest of the Department of Trade and Industry, is reviewing the position of the Patent Office after its three years as a government agency.

New schools are being forced to share buildings next year as the government runs into yet more site problems under its free schools policy, writes John Dickens.

We have done a fair bit of work over the last two years as a government to try and drive that down.

This movement is usually cited as having begun in some of China's larger cities around the year 1985 but it only lasted a few short years as the government soon cracked down on such expressions of individualism around 1989, the year of the Tiananmen Square horror.

The number of initiatives that protect and restore forests, wetlands, and other water - rich ecosystems has nearly doubled in just four years as governments urgently seek sustainable alternatives to costly industrial infrastructure, according to a new report from Forest Trends» Ecosystem Marketplace.

Global demand for wooden pellets, used to replace coal in the generation of electricity, has risen considerably in recent years as governments seek ways in which to cut carbon emissions and reduce fossil fuel reliance.

After 5 years as Government Chief Whip, Hilary returned to her commitment to tackling social exclusion when she was appointed as the first Cabinet Minister to have responsibility for Social Exclusion in 2006.

Prior to RPR, Karen served for 17 years as the Government Affairs Director for the Kansas Association of REALTORS ® and served as the President and CEO of Real Estate Business Resources (REBR), a business support subsidiary of the Kansas Association of REALTORS ® for 11 years, where she provided business and technology consulting for brokers and agents and managed 15 of the 23 MLSs in Kansas.

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The 81 - year - old government - run financial institution, known as the Ex-Im Bank, provides much - needed to support to exporters through guaranteed loans and credit insurance, and by its own reckoning, it has returned $ 7 billion to the U.S. Treasury over the last 20 years.

Government attempts to ease prices — including a 20 percent provincial tax on foreign buyers, a city tax on empty homes, as well as stricter federal mortgage rules — have made little difference: prices are up 16 percent in the past year.

The PQ has laid out plans to reduce that pesky deficit as well, stating the government would balance the budget by the 2015 - 2016 fiscal year.

This unit of the company targets news verticals such as energy and health, and sells newsletters and other coverage for which some government clients spend upwards of $ 10,000 a year.

The main stock index dropped by as much as 2.4 percent earlier, while the benchmark 10 - year government bond yield rose to 6.944 percent, the highest since August 2017.

The same goes, as we said, for what legislation emerges from the federal government in the remaining years of the Obama presidency.

But in recent years, as the Bank of Canada held interest rates to historically low levels and consumer debt skyrocketed, the federal government tightened mortgage restrictions on regulated financial institutions, including HCG.

Six years later, as we approach a general election, now is a good time to evaluate what the government did with the Panel's recommendations.

The New Republic formed in the wake of the Battle of Endor (seen in «Return of the Jedi») as the new central government, but in the 30 years since, it fell into disarray and began to collapse.

Aluminum prices rose sharply in the first quarter than a year earlier as output fell in top producer China, where the government has shut down some aluminum capacity.

Investigators believed the company's reviews over whether to supply customers more controlled substances were not meaningful and were used as a sales tool; customers were granted threshold increases for reasons, like the 4th of July, or the closure of an area pharmacy years earlier, that the government considered less than compelling.

That valuable background includes an explanation for why R2 - D2 wakes up at the end, as well as a brief history of the galactic government now in place 30 years after «Return of the Jedi» and the Resistance's relationship to political powers.

'» It became known as the «Frisbee speech,» and for years it gave foreign acquirers confidence the government wouldn't throw the book at them if they failed to live up to their promises.

He is the author of Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America (Bloomsbury Press, 2009); it was released in paperback as Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government and the Secret History of the Last Fifty Years.

For years, the federal government has encouraged Canadian companies to subscribe to voluntary measures collectively known as «corporate social responsibility,» or CSR.

Personal income tax will hit a 20 - year high of 12.5 per cent of GDP by 2020 - 21 under the budget forecasts as the government relies on bracket creep and an increase in the Medicare levy to return the budget to surplus.

In fact, last year the government added one such credit — for teachers» classroom supplies — while dropping four as of Jan. 1 2017, including the children's fitness and arts credits, as well as the education and textbook credits for students.

Several years ago Liberal MP John Mckay introduced a private member's bill known as C - 300, which would have compelled the federal government to determine whether Canadian companies were upholding certain environmental and human rights standards when operating abroad — and withdraw federal support from offenders.

Its concerts coincide with gatherings of world leaders, such as its Global Citizen Week in New York last month during the UN's General Assembly meeting, as well as encouraging people to lobby governments and institutions year - round.

While the EU pay - TV probe has been simmering for years, the U.K. review of the Sky deal could be resolved within weeks as regulators prepare to turn in their final report of government ministers by May 1.

The price dive could put pressure on the federal government to the tune of $ 2.5 billion annually for the next four years, according to a fall economic update from Ottawa, and oil - producing provinces such as Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland are staring down revenue and royalty losses worth billions.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

Mr. Siegal, who for nine years served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, joins Mintz Levin from Haynes and Boone, where he co-chaired the firm's Government Enforcement and Litigation Practice Group.

That period would prove important for another reason: the government posted Kuroda for a year as special adviser to the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi, giving the civil servant sustained exposure to politicians at the highest levels.

Barring a successful appeal by the Ontario government to the Supreme Court of Canada, prostitutes will be allowed to set up bawdy houses and hire administrative and security staff as early as next year.

On Monday, the yen slid towards 99 per dollar, its lowest in nearly four years, as markets prepared for the BOJ to start buying about 70 percent of debt issued by the government.

The interest rate on 10 - year bonds was 1.79 % at the end of 2014 — about half as much as the federal government had to offer to get investors to buy its debt a decade ago.

The move, which has drawn threats of strike action from the Mail's union, comes a year after the government spun off the 11,780 - branch retail network known as the Post Office.

Electricity generated by solar panels and windmills has played a bigger role in the energy mix in recent years as the federal government and states seek to reduce heat - trapping gases through ambitious climate goals.

The gap between the 10 - year French and German government bond yields has widened to a five - day high as political uncertainty returned to France.

Canning MHR Don Randall says residential estates and businesses in his electorate are missing out on communications infrastructure and may not receive it for up to eight years as the Gillard government presses ahead with the national broadband network.

It's possible to imagine Estonia's idea becoming a multibillion - dollar business in the years ahead — turning the whole view of government as a bureaucracy offering public services into an entity generating profits.

The French government is to unveil final details of proposed labor reforms Thursday in what is seen as a key plank of President Emmanuel Macron's political and economic strategy for the next five years.

Santiago's startup scene — half - jokingly referred to as Chilecon Valley by global investors — has also gained momentum in the past five years, thanks to Start - Up Chile, a government - backed program launched in 2010.

With a huge demand for GPS trackers from brands, companies, individuals and Government agencies, the industry has been touted as a goldmine that can yield an estimated 50 billion dollars in a calendar year.

The provincial government is spending $ 19 billion on infrastructure such as roads and schools over the next three years.