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Bill: Acte de Déréglementation et de Privatisation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Front Nationaliste Royaliste
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2426
Description[?]:
| Deregulation and Privatisation Act "Keeping with the present trend of economic privatisation and liberalisation in accordance with the principles of the present governing coalition, I have proposed a bill to limit the government's influence and power over the national economy and strengthen our nation through increased private investment." -Henriette Lévesque Minister of Finance |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs but does not regulate their prices.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Current: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Proposed: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: The licensing of food sale is left for local governments to decide.
Current: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: Anyone may sell food, but shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Current: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Current: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Proposed: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Current: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Proposed: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector and is unregulated.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:16:29, July 09, 2007 CET | From |  Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Acte de Déréglementation et de Privatisation |
| Message | It's nice to have lots of pro-market parties :) |
| Date | 19:50:25, July 09, 2007 CET | From | Partie Démocratique Libéral | To | Debating the Acte de Déréglementation et de Privatisation |
| Message | "We must voice strong concern with this bill in general and Article 9 in particular. Surely committment to a free market does not entail flooding said market with deadly weapons which could be used by hostile nations or even by terrorists against our own nation! I call upon parties which support most of the articles in this bill to vote against it in favor of a similar but less potentially lethal free-market bill." -Serra Mitorand MNA Malini PDL Floor Leader |
| Date | 22:31:30, July 09, 2007 CET | From | Alliance Démocratique Ecologiste Rildani | To | Debating the Acte de Déréglementation et de Privatisation |
| Message | It is a shame to produce such blitzkrieg bills, We would have voted some of the articles, the first, second, fourth and seven. We are really disapointed to see that parties can consider that putting 10 articles dealing with 9 different subjects is serious politics... It is not to be pro market to vote such a bill, it is to be pro-FNR |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 63 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 37 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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