Sentences with phrase «called for reforms»

In addition, I have called for reforms to native title law and policy that promote the achievement of the social, economic and cultural development aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

In response to this highly troubling set of circumstances, the federal Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, recently called for reforms to PIPEDA that would impose some level of accountability where public authorities access information in this manner.

He again called for reforms to the state justice and electoral systems and promised to push for $ 650 million to fund a life sciences initiative.

She first publicly made the case for a salary increase in a letter to the commission in which she also called for reforms such as a ban on outside income.

Beyond police reform, Ms. Clinton also called for reforms to the nation's prisons and jails — which, like police reform, is a hot topic in New York City — saying much of the jail population are people serving time for violating parole, minor drug crimes or awaiting bail.

Noting that a third of people in the district are «almost at poverty level,» he called for reforms in the federal payroll tax.

As a result of the episode, lawmakers have called for reforms in how ballot language is written for constitutional amendments.

For those upset about the Garner case he called for reforms allowing district attorneys to release grand jury reports when there's no indictment and for the appointing of an independent monitor to review such cases, Kramer reported.

On 21 July, Nabil Amar, former Minister of Information and a cabinet member and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was shot by masked gunmen, after an interview with a television channel in which he criticized Yasser Arafat and called for reforms in the PA. [95]

Mr. Wright called for reforms to the working of the Assembly, which Mr. Silver ran under tight control.

Notably, JCOPE itself has called for reforms to its transparency.

JCOPE has called for reforms in this area.

De Blasio, a Democrat running for reelection this year, has called for reforms like early voting and same - day voter registration that have stalled in the state capital.

For many years we have called for reforms.

The state's peak business body has called for reforms to the penalty rates system, which it says is out of date and causes many Western Australian businesses that open on Sundays and public holidays to lose money.

In 2011, the Delta Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity issued a blithe response to calls for reform after the «no means yes» chants.

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.

The organization has also complained to the Home Office and the Independent Office for Police Conduct, calling for reforms to what it describes as a «totally unregulated, potentially discriminatory and unlawful practice.»

Executives, consultants and, yes, educators, have been calling for reforms to make education more employer friendly.

Calls for reform to penalty rates are likely to grow louder following last month's rise in unemployment in Western Australia.

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

In the weeks after the deadly Parkland, Florida, school shooting, Trump has, at turns, been sympathetic to student survivors who are demanding action to address gun violence, and he has sought to appease gun - rights proponents who are impervious to calls for reform.

Lori Turnbull called for reform.

On other questions, Levy argues, we have tended to confuse calls for reform with doctrinal reinvention.

To call for a reform in the worship of God, however, implies that the churches» standing before God is flawed seriously enough to require a turnabout, the biblical word for which is «repentance.»

It would be unnecessary to labor this point except that sin is often conceived too narrowly either as something to be settled with God only, or on the other hand as merely calling for reform in human relations.

As for those Catholic commentators generally noted for «calling for reform», they have been remarkably low - key.

CNN: Vatican blasts American nuns, calls for reforms The Vatican is turning up the heat on a group of nuns it says are operating outside of the Roman Catholic Church's doctrines.

The nuns calling for reforms within the Catholic Church?

The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith.

But he is of limited interest to such as NCR and the sponsors of «A Call For Reform» because he is an orthodox Catholic who shows no interest in advancing revolutionary change within the Roman Catholic Church.

He plans to call for reform on the use of mitres during a debate on vestments at a General Synod meeting in York on Monday.

http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?storyID=15932515 Coptic mass in Tahrir Square (1:14) Feb 6 — Coptic Christians hold a mass in Tahrir Square and add their voices those calling for reform in Egypt.

From the moment Pope Benedict announced his retirement voices in the media and from within the Church have been calling for reform.

Commentators, including cardinals, who have called for reform have, as far as I have seen, offered not one example where the Church's machinery of government while carrying out the directions of the Holy Father has failed.

Since becoming Pope, Francis has fearlessly addressed the moral and political injustices that afflict the world, and has called for reform — in line with the principles of the Catechism.

His very sensible call for reform comes 10 years after the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council concluded that the lack of share options was a problem for early - stage companies and a barrier to growing new technology companies in Australia.

Struggling quality wine producers such as Treasury Wines have also been calling for reform.

«The shocking abuse at this facility shows why so many Americans are calling for reforms in the pork industry.

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.

There are many of us out here in the hinterlands who are watching closely to see how other colleges and universities respond to this clear call for reform.

«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.»

For more information, see Mass Audubon's call for reform and recommendations.

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

Some of the leading high street retailers, including Argos, ASDA, Ford, and Whitbread PLC, Lloyd's business organisations, and risk management bodies have joined forces with the ABI in calling for reform to Britain's «have a go» compensation culture to ensure that genuine claimants get a better and faster deal.

The corruption case touched off calls for reforming procurement and contracting oversight procedures in state government.

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

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.

Gordon Brown has called for reformed global institutions to meet the challenges of a new century.

Indeed, until it was reformed in 1989, Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 made it a criminal offence for any civil servant or public contractor to reveal any information he or she had learned in the course of his or her work: an offence that successive governments continued to prosecute well into the 1980s, despite recommendations published in 1972 by the Franks Committee calling for reform.