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Bill: Nature Ownership Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Demokrat Konservativen Partei (DKP)
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: July 3906
Description[?]:
| It's simple : nature is there for men to take it. Animals are sentient beings, but they are not humans, so they shouldn't be protected by anything other than the mercy of their owners. We do not have to enforce pollution standards : putting a price on carbon will be enough to ensure we will not all die in our pollution emanations. And finally, whales are not so extraordinary animals as to have a different treatment as fishes. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to kill animals.
Old value:: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Current: Killing animals is legal and unregulated.
Proposed: Killing animals is legal and unregulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Local governments decide about this.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: Commercial whaling is illegal, but whaling for scientific purposes is allowed.
Current: Commercial whaling is illegal, but whaling for scientific purposes is allowed.
Proposed: Commercial whaling is legal, but the government establishes whaling quotas.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:07:58, September 10, 2015 CET | From | National Party (NP) | To | Debating the Nature Ownership Bill |
| Message | All these four articles are great civic achievements of our party, so we will never agree with this bill. |
| Date | 08:19:27, September 10, 2015 CET | From | Zentrum | To | Debating the Nature Ownership Bill |
| Message | Honorable Members, The bill does not consider that an unregulated market does not place a price on pollution- regulations such as they are are satisfactory to resolve such a market failure. A price on carbon dioxide will not affect the output of other pollutants, including such greenhouse gases as methane, which exacerbates global warming to a greater extent than carbon, or carbon monoxide, which has directly harmful effects on those who inhale it and is a product of many automobiles. Vine Fynn, Erste Exekutive auf die Zentrum Kongress |
| Date | 13:07:54, September 11, 2015 CET | From | Demokrat Konservativen Partei (DKP) | To | Debating the Nature Ownership Bill |
| Message | Dear colleagues, Then we could put prices on other polluants, no? If you find this unsatisfactory, we can revise our position. Patrick Millerm Spokesperson on Environment |
| Date | 18:59:22, September 11, 2015 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Nature Ownership Bill |
| Message | An absolute travesty of a bill. |
| Date | 02:47:31, September 12, 2015 CET | From | Zentrum | To | Debating the Nature Ownership Bill |
| Message | That is possible, but existing regulations produce the same effect and this proposal involves a small reduction in such regulation. Killing animals, for example, will have unforeseen effects on the ecosystem at large, something which cannot be priced by the market without ungodly amounts of knowledge. |
| Date | 16:11:45, September 12, 2015 CET | From | Demokrat Konservativen Partei (DKP) | To | Debating the Nature Ownership Bill |
| Message | Dear colleagues, Wait a minute, we are not talking here about killing endangered animals, only about killing nuisances and domestic animals without having to accused of anything (save destroying someone else's property). About pollution control, we should probably have explained more properly this provision, even removed it. Patrick Miller, DKP's Spokesperson on Environment and Tourism |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 78 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 162 |
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