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Bill: GM Food Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Catholic Political Union
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: April 3268
Description[?]:
| We need to get over this supersitition against genetically-modified food. Proven GM techniques that are proven to be safe present an opportunity to massively increase the quantity and quality of our agricultural output. Leroy Adams (Chairman of the CPU) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:03:32, March 02, 2012 CET | From | Communist Party of Telamon | To | Debating the GM Food Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The CPU provides a falacious argument here, it states that some GM techniques are proven to be good/ok BUT they propose that ALL activities related to production, selling or researching GM crops should be allowed. We say, nay. |
| Date | 23:50:55, March 02, 2012 CET | From | Red Police Party | To | Debating the GM Food Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We feel that Telamon has had the current law, which allows research into GM crops, for many generations and decades. It is about time we come to an answer over whether or not we can actually eat these crops. We request a response from the new Minister of Food and Agriculture or the Minister of Science & Tech, as soon as he or she is elected from the current Cabinet proposition. With their response, we will finally be able to deem whether GM crops are an acceptable food source and production source for our citizens. |
| Date | 00:42:06, March 03, 2012 CET | From | Catholic Political Union | To | Debating the GM Food Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, My top scientific advisers here at the Ministry of Food & Agriculture are satisfied that, within the regulatory framework outlined in this Bill, GM-techniques in agriculture are safe and offer our farmers a great opportunity to boost our national agricultural output. John Macdonald (Minister of Food & Agriculture) |
| Date | 00:57:51, March 03, 2012 CET | From | Red Police Party | To | Debating the GM Food Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, With this recommendation, we will vote aye. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 602 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 79 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat." - Don Reagan |