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Bill: Environmental Deregulation Act 3477
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party of Ikradon
Status[?]: defeated
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: December 3477
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to kill animals.
Old value:: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Current: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Proposed: Killing animals is legal and unregulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Current: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Proposed: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Current: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Current: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Proposed: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Current: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Proposed: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Article 6
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 but is regulated.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Current: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Proposed: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:42:24, April 29, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Communist Party (DCP) (LL) | To | Debating the Environmental Deregulation Act 3477 |
| Message | This bill is incredibly destructive to the environment and not helpful to the economy, nor does it does it advance social rights. We stand against and ask other members to do the same. |
| Date | 02:43:20, April 29, 2013 CET | From | Phillipsian Party of Ikradon | To | Debating the Environmental Deregulation Act 3477 |
| Message | This is one of the most terrible pieces of legislation I have ever seen on the floor in my 34 years as a member of Parliament. Our country is one of the beacons of green policy in Terra. We have extremely low pollution levels for an industrialized nation. The Phillipsian Party will not stand for such reactionary policy, and encourage other parties to join us against this legislation. -Joe Phillips, Former Head of the Presidium and Leader of the Phillipsian Party |
| Date | 11:38:02, April 29, 2013 CET | From | Conservative Party of Ikradon | To | Debating the Environmental Deregulation Act 3477 |
| Message | This legislation would shrink the size of the state and would hand some powers to local government who are more able to address environmental matters. |
| Date | 17:27:24, April 29, 2013 CET | From | Phillipsian Party of Ikradon | To | Debating the Environmental Deregulation Act 3477 |
| Message | Is that all that matters to you? Because that's a terrible mode of governing. We govern according to what works, and state intervention works when it comes to environmental policy. -Joseph Revander, Acting Leader of the Phillipsian Party |
| Date | 17:40:44, April 29, 2013 CET | From | Conservative Party of Ikradon | To | Debating the Environmental Deregulation Act 3477 |
| Message | I don't see why handing powers to local governments is a 'terrible mode of governing'. Why would socialist apparatchiks in Magrathea have any idea what the ecological needs of Gildark are? |
| Date | 22:47:44, April 29, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Communist Party (DCP) (LL) | To | Debating the Environmental Deregulation Act 3477 |
| Message | CPI, we are not some massive continental country that rules of millions upon millions of square miles. Centralization works fine. And this legislation decentralizes too much, especially considering most of the current policy is common sense everywhere. |
| Date | 23:17:33, April 29, 2013 CET | From | Conservative Party of Ikradon | To | Debating the Environmental Deregulation Act 3477 |
| Message | OOC: Actually, Ikradon is similar in size to countries such as Nigeria, Venezuela, and Pakistan. They're pretty large countries and they all have federal systems. |
| Date | 01:42:34, April 30, 2013 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Environmental Deregulation Act 3477 |
| Message | OOC: To be fair, Ikradon didn't always have 100 million people. At one time, we had upwards of 800 million, so 100 million is tiny comparatively. ;) Basically, the population growth algorithm got away from them and they scaled all countries back to hover around 100 million. :P |
| Date | 01:56:43, April 30, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Communist Party (DCP) (LL) | To | Debating the Environmental Deregulation Act 3477 |
| Message | But there aren't any huge countries on Terra, the fact that other countries of the same size have a decentralized system doesn't mean that centralization here doesn't work. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 182 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 396 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 172 |
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