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Bill: Protection of Natural Resources Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Moderate Party
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: January 4109
Description[?]:
| The current laws are nowhere near adequate in protecting our natural resources, domestic animals and the public. Natural resources belong to all of us and thus it is our collective duty to look after them. Government, local and national, has a role to play in at least co-coordinating such efforts Anikó Göncz Vice-Chairwoman of the Moderate Party |
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: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Article 2
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 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the national government.
Proposed: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: The government maintains a list of endangered and threatened species, which it encourages hunters not to shoot.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:36:40, October 21, 2016 CET | From | Partidul Poporului Noului Endralon | To | Debating the Protection of Natural Resources Act |
| Message | We think this is way too much regulation and increasing the size of our government. We oppose this move. Henrik Magyar Parliamentry leader of the NEPP |
| Date | 12:56:40, October 21, 2016 CET | From | Partidul Social Democrat | To | Debating the Protection of Natural Resources Act |
| Message | We could support Article 1 (regulation of hunting) separately but not in collaboration with thea other articles, which we feel unnecessarily restrict the liberty of individual citizens. Nic Stefan Chair of the Committee Kizenian Partidul Lucrătorilor |
| Date | 14:04:14, October 21, 2016 CET | From | Moderate Party | To | Debating the Protection of Natural Resources Act |
| Message | Which "liberty" exists which allow one to hunt endangered animals? By the very definition of the term "endangered", that means the animal in question is already in such depleted numbers that the survival of its species is uncertain. How does protecting public forests 'unnecessarily restrict the liberties of individual citizens'? Or maybe the precious liberty of allowing individuals to keep rabid and dangerous dogs at the risk of the local community? We are disappointed to see the KPL adopt the ultra-individualist approach traditionally associated with the NEPP. Anikó Göncz Vice-Chairwoman of the Moderate Party |
| Date | 17:26:40, October 21, 2016 CET | From | Partidul Social Democrat | To | Debating the Protection of Natural Resources Act |
| Message | This is not an individualist approach but rather a libertarian one. We disagree with the New Endralonian People's Party on many issues, particularly economic issues, but we tend to agree with their liberal approach to matters of freedom. The purpose of the government should not be to burden citizens with unnecessary and repressive laws but to facilitate the creation of a society where individuals use their united strength to help one another achieve our personal goals and aspirations. On balance, we can't support this bill because, although we can see why these regulations might be beneficial to the environment, they put a burden on the average working man which he could do without. Why should I have to register my chinchilla with the government? That is both an inconvenience and gratuitous! Nic Stefan Chair of the Committee Kizenian Partidul Lucrătorilor |
| Date | 23:45:36, October 21, 2016 CET | From | Uniunea Hosia Democrată | To | Debating the Protection of Natural Resources Act |
| Message | We share the Moderate Party's disappointment with the KPL's refusal to support the vital environmental protections proposed in this bill. They say they stand for the working person...but how are working people helped by the decimation of both the natural environment and of the natural resources they, their children, their grandchildren and their great-grand-children will depend upon? This is not libertarianism; this is short-terminism of the most irresponsible kind. By the time our rare species have been lost and our forests destroyed, it will be too late to reverse the damage. Lucian Petrescu Chairman of the Hosian Democratic Union |
| Date | 23:59:06, October 21, 2016 CET | From | Partidul Social Democrat | To | Debating the Protection of Natural Resources Act |
| Message | To the Honourable Mr Petrescu, I must make clear that we agree with your view! We believe in developing a sustainable long-term approach to ecological issues but this doesn't mean we should accept every piece of legislation presented with that cause. As with all political matters, and all decisions for that matter, a compromise has to be reached- in this case between the individual's freedom and the ecological wellbeing of our nations. Unfortunately, we feel an adequate compromise has not been reached here. On a slightly separate note, should the speaker's frustration not be more focused on the NEPP? It is they have stated complete opposition to the bill and who hold the unopposed power to decide this bill's fate. Nic Stefan Chair of the Committee Kizenian Partidul Lucrătorilor |
| Date | 02:10:46, October 22, 2016 CET | From | Demokratikus Liberális Párt | To | Debating the Protection of Natural Resources Act |
| Message | Cute animals is one of the legitimate areas of government involvement. Since cute animals and trees and the air and other nature stuff is either owned or under the guardianship of the state and really involves everybody in the nation, we have to agree. Csatár Attila Coordinator of the Freedom Front |
| Date | 03:00:58, October 22, 2016 CET | From | Partidul Poporului Noului Endralon | To | Debating the Protection of Natural Resources Act |
| Message | Though we seem to have different views we are happy to see that the Kizenian Workers agree that this bill is not good for our nation. Our opposition comes from the fact that the first article for example hurts our economic interests. The southern and northern provinces which border the seas offer good fishing waters which feed our people and create jobs. Now you all wish to send these folks back home because of some green enviromentalism, we simply cannot support that. Then the registering domestic animals, why should we do that? Who cares that you have a dog or cat, the government has no businesses regulatin that, so much for the ''Freedom'' in Freedom Front for supporting this. Huting endangerd animals is wrong, if a seperate bill is proposed we could supprot that. The foresting bill we cannot agree with, enough trees to knock down and create some profit from, no need for regulation and wasting our tax payers money on. Ödi Atanase Iliescu Minister of Environment and Tourism |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 451 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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