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Bill: New Provincial Terminology Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Front Canrillaise
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2219
Description[?]:
| We propose to have our provinces be henceforth called shires. This term is unique and is better than the overused province. Other possible terms include (both are already in use but are nonetheless better): Canton Prefecture |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The official title of subnational entities, also known as regions.
Old value:: Province
Current: Canton
Proposed: Canton
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:06:16, April 21, 2006 CET | From |  Mouvement des Conservateurs | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | Sorry if I say this but.......lord of the rings. |
| Date | 19:02:03, April 21, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | LOL. Well, the term was originally used in England but I guess the book also used it. |
| Date | 19:02:52, April 21, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | I personally like Canton even though one country is already using it. |
| Date | 01:31:50, April 22, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | Canton! That's a fabulous idea. You get a cookie for remembering such a term for subnational entities. I had completely forgotten about it. (I could also do Shire, but definitely not Prefecture). |
| Date | 05:23:28, April 22, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | What do others thing? |
| Date | 05:23:49, April 22, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | ***think |
| Date | 17:54:35, April 23, 2006 CET | From | Mouvement des Conservateurs | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | County |
| Date | 18:43:31, April 23, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | Not County, that's too typical. Canton! |
| Date | 19:36:00, April 23, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | County also sounds a little bland. |
| Date | 19:48:18, April 23, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party of Rildanor | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | To be honest I prefer province. |
| Date | 00:45:00, April 24, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | And so do 50 other countries on Terra. Your proposal to change the nation's name states you want something more original and not too "common" and yet here you are doing the opposite with the nation's regions. |
| Date | 08:12:45, April 24, 2006 CET | From | Devout Ecologists Party | To | Debating the New Provincial Terminology Act |
| Message | Excellent proposal to define Rildanor as a more unique country, and I don't mind the sound of Canton at all! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 469 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 281 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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