Sentences with phrase «proposing ending the system»

After centuries of macho oneupmanship, a Conservative backbencher is now proposing ending the system of primogeniture for good.

Not exact matches

The primary justification for the proposed tax changes was that high - income individuals (e.g., doctors, small business owners, farmers, among others) were using the tax system to reduce their income tax by incorporating CCPCs to conduct their businesses or carry on their professional practises This meant that individuals with the same income could end up paying different taxes and this, according to the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister was «unfair».

Suffolk County officials will hold a town hall Monday night in Flanders for East End residents seeking more information on a proposed septic improvement program that would allow some homeowners to receive a grant toward replacing old wastewater systems with new technology.

The Democratic Audit, a research body based at the LSE, proposes a reform to the Commons Speaker election system to end the disenfranchisement of the Speakers» constituents

We propose a stricter system which puts an end to the assumption that settlement will automatically be available to those who come here as skilled workers.

Congressional members, transit officials and labor leaders have raised an alarm about proposed Republican legislation that would end automatic federal transportation money and leave New York City's transit system in jeopardy.

He will propose an end to affiliation fees from the unions, switching to a system where individual trade unionists «opt in» to pay towards the party.

At the end of July, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota unveiled the NYC Subway Action Plan and proposed that the city and the state split the cost of the $ 836 million first phase, which focuses on signal and track maintenance, car reliability, system safety and cleanliness and customer communications.

Mr. Schneiderman also proposed ending per diem payments to legislators, who receive $ 172 each day they are in Albany and are not required to submit receipts — an honor system which has been cited as ripe for abuse.

Citing low graduation rates and poor scores on basic - skills tests, New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has proposed that community colleges within the City University of New York system end open enrollment and eliminate remedial course offerings.

A federal judge overseeing a 26 - year - old school desegregation case in Chicago has indicated that as long as some details are added, he is inclined to approve a proposed final settlement between the school system and the U.S. Department of Justice that could end court supervision of the district by July of next year.

Although Malloy is the only Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in «turnaround» schools, the announcement that Stefan Pryor will be leaving his position at the end of this year was seen by some as a signal that Malloy was going to shift away from his corporate education reform industry and privatization policies and would use a second term to provide more support for Connecticut's real public education system.

There has been abundant discussion of how to fix our ailing public education system, but many of the proposed solutions are dead - ends.

As an ideal, it proposes the end of the mediation of teachers and curriculum, which will be replaced by learning networks or systems — usually machinic.

It says the government «has taken up the challenge of proposing an end to the special deals and unfair advantages in the existing legislation and offered a single model that, whilst not perfect, offers significant potential to level the current distribution, accountability and transparency of funding across all sectors and systems».

Propose rules, by the end of 2011, to require brake override systems, to standardize operation of keyless ignition systems, and to require the installation of event data recorders in all passenger vehicles;

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HSI / Canada and the Montreal SPCA applauded the announced plans to create a permit system to address the abuse of animals at Quebec puppy mills, but noted that the proposed permit system is flawed, and that Quebec's current animal protection laws provide ample tools for ending abuse at puppy mills.

http://store.elsevier.com/Global-Energy-Interconnection/Zhenya-Liu/isbn-9780128044063/ Global Energy Interconnection, 1st Edition, Author: Zhenya Liu Imprint: Academic Press eBook ISBN: 9780128044063 Print Book ISBN: 9780128044056 Pages: 396 Proposes a broad concept: global energy interconnection, filling the gap between, discrete technology development and global interconnection, proposing the interdependency of energy systems [end quote]

Plato's necessary lie, the noble lie of the myth of the metals in man justifying the rigid cast system of his proposed utopian society.Plato justified this lie because it served a; noble» end.

Inslee on 14 December proposed using a price on carbon to support the state's primary and secondary education system and end a long - running fight with lawmakers over how best to comply with a 2012 court ruling that said the state had not adequately funded its schools.

However, the newly proposed system from South Korean authorities could end this practice as early as January 2020.

Conducted detailed and comprehensive Business Analysis by working with end users and other stake holders to identify the system, operational requirements, and proposed enhancements