Sentences with phrase «called for reform of»

In 2009, the C.D. Howe Institute also called for reform of municipal water pricing, including the expanded use of water meters.

Justice Matlow called for reform of Ontario's residential tenancy laws.

Yet from its first sittings, voices have called for reform of the Senate and even, on occasion, for its outright abolition.

In 1967, Beuys helped to establish the German Student Party in an effort to promote peaceful protest.37 Posed on the precipice of the great cultural upheaval of the 1968 student revolts — which called for the reform of educational institutions while taking a critical position toward the Vietnam War, the governing parties, and Germany's failure to confront its own past — Beuys's engagement with the German Student Party demonstrates his increasingly active engagement in the political sphere.

Yet, in the late 1980's, many prominent and respected educators and public officials called for the reform of the public schools by establishing «charter schools» or «schools of choice»; and in 1991, Minnesota became the first state to pass a charter school law.

SLR - JC has called for a reform of the recruitment process both in academia and public research institutes such as the National Centre for Scientific Research.

Another recommendation called for reform of undergraduate science and engineering curricula — what is taught and how it is taught — arguing that too many university teachers and professors are ill equipped to present science and engineering material in an interesting and engaging manner for a wider variety of students.

The Liberal Democrats have called for a reform of the «Bedroom Tax» in a dramatic withdrawal of support for the controversial welfare reform.

The Liberal Democrats have called for a reform of the «bedroom tax» in a dramatic withdrawal of support for the controversial welfare reform.

He also called for reform of the party's national policy forum, a body seen as toothless by the unions, to give ordinary members a greater input into policy.

She also called for reform of the criminal justice system and marijuana laws.

Stringer, who followed the distinctly more charismatic Cory Booker to the podium, called for reform of the Bloomberg administration's controversial stop - and - frisk policy.

Jeremy Corbyn has warned banks not to treat people as «cash cows» and called for reform of the industry.

Crisis has long called for reform of housing benefit to better support housing stability and to remove barriers to work.

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has called for a reform of key institutions.

Shadow Work and Pensions Minister Andrew Selous called for reform of the local housing allowance:

The report also called for reform of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) to allow an expert on «home - grown'terrorism to sit on the Committee.

The Franco - Italian disruption then reached new heights when Paris called for a reform of the Schengen Treaty (Nascimbene and Di Pascale 2011: 354).

Last week a special committee on intercollegiate athletics of the North Carolina University System's board of governors called for reform of special admissions programs in state schools.

The disaster led to widespread calls for reform of the garment industry.

«In Begging for Change, Robert Egger looks back on his experience and exposes the startling lack of logic, waste, and ineffectiveness he has encountered during his years in the nonprofit sector, and calls for reform of this $ 800 billion industry from the inside out.»

The House of Lords have passed the Defamation Act, after a three - year campaign calling for the reform of Britain's libel laws.

At 10:30 a.m., Rep. Chris Collins takes a tour of Ford Gum & Machine Co.'s facility to call for reform of the U.S. sugar program, Ford Gum, 18 Newton Ave., Akron.

The seemingly endless series of reports from parliamentary committees and expert organisations calling for reform of Britain's drug policy continued today, after a cross-party group of peers called for a change in the law.

My favorite is No. 6: «Rumors abound that the bratwurst will launch a coup against the ruling clams under the pretense of calling for reform of the knockwurst and in the end, Steve Pigeon will get a job.»

The scandal has prompted calls for reform of the system and Bercow has now revealed he has been considering the matter for some time.

Labor Leaders to Join State Legislators in Calling for Reform of the Martin Act Monday March 12, 2012 at 12:21 pm

The trial came amid calls for reform of the 400 - acre island in the East River that holds most of the city's 10,000 inmates.

At 1 p.m., the Housing advocacy coalition Real Affordability for All (RAFA), New York Communities for Change, and the NYC Building & Construction Trades Council will join Assemblyman Francisco Moya to call for reform of the Scaffold Law and the so - called «Sunshine» bill, LCA pressroom, state Capitol, Albany.

Equally, our nation's inability to heed the call for the reform of our civil service has finally bogged down the public sector with bureaucracy and corruption, made fuel scarcity and unemployment natives.

During 2005, Woolas was accused of evading parliamentary questions with regard to public calls for reform of the Local Government Ombudsman in 2005.

Sir Menzies himself today travels to Brussels for a speech calling for reform of the EU, with the concept of annual national audits to reassure voters that money had been well spent - and subject to scrutiny by national parliaments.

Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic now has an alternative to a state bill calling for reform of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.

The proposals were part of a larger call for reform of «systemic issues» in criminal justice, human rights and civil justice.

«The problem with the commission is that they put out quite nice press releases, but they are not always able to follow up,» says Bart Destrooper of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, who led a petition campaign calling for reform of the Framework program.

The BHA and FAC are calling for a reform of the system, including a revision to the code in particular areas and the establishment of an independent monitoring system to enforce better compliance.

The report's author, Peter Clarke, calls for reform of «the process by which single schools are able to convert to academy status».

When the Framework needs revision or updating, SBE rules call for the reforming of the Task Force.

In the following editorial, climate researchers Richard Tol, Roger Pielke and Hans von Storch call for a reform of the IPCC and the resignation of its chairman, Rajendra Pachauri --

In recent years, there have been repeated calls for reform of the law by those who are concerned about its «chilling effect» on freedom of speech.

Calls for reform of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure continued, and the Civil Rules Advisory Committee is considering various approaches to address concerns raised at the Duke Conference in 2010.

The appointment is significant because Lee used to hold the title «Head of Patents and Patent Strategy» at Google, (s goog) where she issued a number of blog posts like this one calling for reform of the patent system.

Not exact matches

Calls for CPP reform have sprouted because of a concern that many middle and higher income Canadians aren't saving enough to fund an adequate retirement.

His case was brought to the clinic's attention by a group called Families against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), which works to reform the kind of extreme sentencing laws that landed Tyler behind bars for life.

And within a span of six weeks this fall, Hillary Clinton caused a drop in biotech stocks with a tweet calling for greater regulation of drug prices, then single - handedly tanked stocks of private - corrections companies when she tweeted about prison reform.

Sen. Rubio has discussed immigration during debates, but has not been asked about his participation in the so - called «Gang of 8,» which led a bipartisan push for comprehensive immigration reform just two years ago.

The state's peak business body has called for reforms to the penalty rates system, which it says is out of date and causes many Western Australian businesses that open on Sundays and public holidays to lose money.

Perth's established suburbs accounted for just 28 per cent of all urban land development in 2012, well below the long - term «infill» target of 47 per cent, prompting calls for regulatory reform from the Property Council of Australia.

While the book is stuffed with helpful big picture observations, it doesn't offer much in the way of specific on - the - ground ideas — though Keen does call for reforms to data privacy and gig economy labor laws, and for a serious discussion of a universal basic income.

He created a group of eight cardinals to advise him on reform, which a church historian calls the «most important step in the history of the church for the past 10 centuries.»