Sentences with phrase «great change to the constitution»

Indeed, this would be a great change to the constitution that I am sure most Canadians would support.

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What proved to be the greatest enemy of a traditional approach to the Constitution wasn't just bad precedent, but the experience of moral change: that is, the feeling of one generation that it occupied a different moral universe than did previous generations.

The great change we seek by means of this new constitution is to replace one form of democracy with another.

For better or worse, Great Britain has often preferred to «muddle through» quite remarkable changes in its governing structure without the full - scale reconsideration of some of its own foundational presuppositions, the most important one of which, of course, is the sovereignty of the singular Westminster Parliament and the ability to maintain the proposition that the United Kingdom has no need for a canonical written constitution.

Grant Shapps denied major changes to the constitution would be rushed through and said banning non-English MPs from voting on English only issues would address «a great imbalance» in the UK Parliament.

He will announce, probably without fanfare, and possibly only by press release, that he has settled on a far - reaching compromise, and that he is doing so with great regret, but that he has won a commitment to amend the state constitution in a way that changes the once - a-decade process going forward.

Ghana needs them in Parliament to lead in bringing about the changes to the 1992 Constitution that will make our country Great and Strong.

Then in 2011 the Compass membership voted to take the huge cultural and political step of changing our constitution to open up membership beyond just Labour to welcome in party members from the Greens, Liberal Democrats, SNP, Plaid Cymru and anyone who supported our good society goals of much greater equality, sustainability, democracy and pluralism.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

We must decide whether we want to adhere to the values and principles that have made our country free, strong, and great for the 217 years since our Constitution was ratified, or whether we will relinquish those values and fundamentally change who we are, all in the name of seeking protection from terrorism.