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Bill: Bill NP-18: Equity Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Progress Party
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: December 5090
Description[?]:
| (This bill was proposed by the Minister of Trade and Industry Jonathan Harkness) It is our duty to fight the fundemental inequalities of tour society. This is why we must fight inequalities and prejudice where they hurt the most: employement. Jobs are the foundation of one's quality of life, the capacity to land a good paying job will determine someone's life condition. We must not lie to ourselves, they are still prejudice and inequalities the selection of employees. They are still racist employers who will refuse to hire minorities even when they have the skills and misogynist employers that will refuse to hire women even when they have the skills. This is why we must break prejudice and put harsh measure to ensure that marginalized groups are treated fairly Proposition; Article 1) Every departement of the Governement of Hutori shall have a minimum of 30% of it's employee to be female and a minimum of 10% to be from a marginalized group, may it be from a visible minority, from a disability or from a minority ethnicity. Article 2) Under the Passage of this bill, the ministry of Trade and Industry shall have the mandate to create incentive for corporations to hire more women and people from marginalized groups. Article 3) All articles of this bill shall only become law upon january of the year 5093 |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Proposed: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:17:47, March 17, 2022 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Bill NP-18: Equity Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The Liberals are opposed to this intervention. But, we are also opposed to the current law. We believe it would be more fitting for the government not to take a stance here. That way, private companies can encourage the use of quotas and maintain their own quotas if they wish. We would also back a policy where the government encourages the hiring of these groups, and does it for government offices, but does not mandate it for the private sector. If the NPP rams this through before the next election, The Liberals will work to amend this legislation after the election. Jeremy McCarry MP for Carter City Skyview Leader of the Liberal Party |
| Date | 00:58:33, March 18, 2022 CET | From | National Hutori Liberation Front | To | Debating the Bill NP-18: Equity Act |
| Message | mr. speaker although I too believe in workplace equality dont you think an anti-discrimination department would be better than just flat requirements? |
| Date | 02:51:17, March 18, 2022 CET | From | National Progress Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-18: Equity Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Even if we would consider that this kind of policy would require some teeth in order to work properly, like actually mandating more equity in the private sector, we see the necessity for compromise. We are ready to test a more moderate version of this bill to see if this would work. However, may it be clear that if we found out that this more moderate bill does not provide the expected result, we will go back to pushing for a for agressive mandate. We have modify the bill accordingly and will be putting it up to vote soon. -Jonathan Harkness Minister of Trade and Industry MP for Daily North |
| Date | 04:21:01, March 18, 2022 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Bill NP-18: Equity Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We will support for now, but consider changing the government's policy to no official stance in the future. Jeremy McCarry MP for Carter City Skyview Leader of the Liberal Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 126 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 79 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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