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Bill: Environmental Tourism Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Mordusian Green Socialist Party
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: May 2456
Description[?]:
| If we wish to profit from our beautiful nature in other ways than using it for industrial raw materials, we must regulate the burden that our material needs place on flora and fauna. Many of our ecological resources can be made into tourist attractions. Hiking, biking, hunting and fishing can all be made into lively businesses. With the right choices, we can use the nature ecologically both for industrial and recreative use. Greta Harbin Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: The government has no policy on forest protection.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Current: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government designates ecological preservation zones but does not fund their oversight.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:33:11, August 27, 2007 CET | From | Advocation For The True Sovereign Party | To | Debating the Environmental Tourism Bill |
| Message | The Advocation for the True Sovereign party finds all articles agreeable and will vote yes. |
| Date | 08:43:53, August 27, 2007 CET | From | Mordusian Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the Environmental Tourism Bill |
| Message | Thank you for your support AFTTSP. We are waiting for the comments of the two major parties in the assembly, our companions in the cabinet. The present propositions may face opposition and alterations. |
| Date | 15:17:38, August 27, 2007 CET | From | Mordusian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Environmental Tourism Bill |
| Message | Personally, we feel that only Articles 2 and 4 can be submissable. This is somewhat already a concession to our normal positions on the environment. |
| Date | 20:16:42, August 27, 2007 CET | From | Mordusian Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the Environmental Tourism Bill |
| Message | We have decided to remove Article 1. At this stage, we do not believe it is possible for the parties to reach a compromise over a national forestry company. However, removing Article 3 is not possible. The only way to create a form of sustaining environmental tourism business is to regulate hunting and fishing. Unregulated hunting and fishing will create a burden on our fauna that will decrease the natural resource that the business itself relies on. |
| Date | 10:39:29, August 28, 2007 CET | From | Mordusian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Environmental Tourism Bill |
| Message | In compromise, we would welcome the Mordusian Green Socialist Party to put these proposals to a vote. We have not yet decided if we will vote FOR them, or abstain. |
| Date | 01:23:03, August 29, 2007 CET | From | Swamp Party | To | Debating the Environmental Tourism Bill |
| Message | After long consideration we regret to announce that we can not support our government partners on this bill. It infringes too much on private property rights which we have long believed should be absolute or nearly so. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 272 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 203 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 275 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Politics is the art of the possible." - Otto von Bismarck |