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Bill: Environment Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union Populaire Democrate
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 4235
Description[?]:
| Amendments to enhance protection of the environment |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: People must register domestic animals with the national government.
Current: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Proposed: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on nuclear power.
Old value:: The government encourages nuclear power (subsidies, tax relief etc).
Current: The government encourages nuclear power (subsidies, tax relief etc).
Proposed: The government does not take any position on nuclear power.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Renewable energy sources (eg. solar power, wind power).
Old value:: The government does not take any position with regards to renewable energy.
Current: Government subsidies are provided for research and generation of energy through renewable sources.
Proposed: Government subsidies are provided for research and generation of energy through renewable sources.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:41:57, June 30, 2017 CET | From |  Grand Parti Libertaire de Kanjor | To | Debating the Environment Bill |
| Message | Honourable Members of le Sénat, We are glad to see that our Act of No Confidence has kicked some life into the government, even if they are still reluctant to do what is best for the people of Kanjor and surrender power to a minority government. M. Speaker, we are wondering when, however, the next bill will be proposed by the government? Ten years? Perhaps more. I say to the people of Kanjor, that the UPD want your vote; not your prosperity. It is ironic that a party as bureaucratic and power-hungry as the Honourable Members opposite are, that they are littering the House with populist bills. For too long, they have got away with this. I warn them now, they better pull their act together if they want even a smidgen of power after the next election. I say with confidence M. Speaker: The Parti Pragmatique Kanjor is a government-in-waiting. When coming to the actual contents of the bill - something I am sure the UPD are a lot more comfortable about discussing - our position is one of similarity to the opposite party. Whilst we would support a lack of government intervention in energy industry at all, it is important that renewable energy sources are given the necessary funding required for the time being, so to provide them with a foundation for competition. Yet despite having a surplus of 57 billion KRP, the Union Populaire Democrate haven't invested more into Science and Technology - despite holding power for so long. This, M. Speaker is another populist move from the government. They claim to be trying to benefit the people, when in fact they are trying to extend their power. The one thing we fear about this bill is the lack of support for nuclear. It is quite clear that should the market be allowed to take its free flowing course, something the UPD are against, nuclear power would be the most stable and widespread energy source in our country. The fact is that the government are restricting the freedom of the market again by forcing it to take a direction that frankly is too expensive, not productive, and not efficient. What is the consequence of this? Simply put, workers within the industry get payed less, and power for Kanjorien citizens gets further reduced. It is for this reason that we must oppose this bill. We view it as an object move of populism, of opportunism, and has not been given the respect that a topic of this important deserves. This is idealism, and not thought through at all; not at all the pragmatic approach we believe should be applied to Kanjorien politics, and therefore express our distaste at the UPD for suggesting it all. I thank the Honourable Members for listening, and beg them to reject this violently populist agenda, for the sake of the freedom of Kanjoriens. Mlle. Violaine Roux Deputy Leader of the PPK |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 215 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 85 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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