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Bill: Local Hunting and Fishing Laws
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist 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: January 2113
Description[?]:
Surely those institutions closest to the people and nature are better able to decide on policy than the national government? We should allow them to do so Amendment; Local Governments can not ban hunting and fishing completely but can decide to not allow it for up to a year |
Proposals
Article 1
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: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 23:36:03, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Local Hunting and Fishing Laws |
Message | Err, I'm not sure I follow: national government currently has NO involvement. Why are we introducing government interference at all? |
Date | 23:13:36, September 17, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Local Hunting and Fishing Laws |
Message | We want to allow local governments, those closest to the environments in question to be allowed to decide if hunting or fishing needs to be restricted |
Date | 23:41:26, September 17, 2005 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Local Hunting and Fishing Laws |
Message | For the time being I am going to vote no. I agree that there is the potential for some sort of regulation, since there is the reality that under some circumstances over hunting/fishing can lead to localised (or even total) extinctions. This has been seen historically in the US where indigenous large mammals were hunted to extinction thousands of years ago, to more modern history, e.g., the dodo and even to the present, e.g., certain fish breeds in UK coastal waters. However, I am not sure exactly what the best way to proceed is. I have serious doubts about the efficacy of government regulations (at either a local or national level) and my ideal approach would be to create some sort of market system, such as we have for pollution controls (http://82.238.75.178:8085/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=15074). If we are going to accept some level of government intervention, we need to be clear exactly what sort, what extent, and what checks against government abuse we are going to implement before TLP can support it. I think this is an area where there needs to be a reasonably significant debate on the both the nature and detail of the policy before we vote for it. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes | Total Seats: 416 | |||
no | Total Seats: 139 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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