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Bill: Diversity in Food Imports Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi
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: May 2242
Description[?]:
| A bill to lift the ban on imports of genetically modified food, allowing diversity in Ikradon's restaurants and marketplaces. GM food must be labeled as such, as provided elsewhere in Ikradoni law, and to ensure that there is no cross-pollination or contamination, domestic production of GM crops will remain banned. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: Research and selling imported GM crops is allowed. Production is prohibited.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:16:13, June 14, 2006 CET | From |  Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | To those parties opposed: Explain how denying Ikradonis access to the diverse selection of the global marketplace in any way helps the people, the nation, or the environment. |
| Date | 11:52:31, June 14, 2006 CET | From | Ikradonian Faith Party | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | Nature should not be tampered with. It was never intended for us to tinker with the genetic bricks of our food. Nature provides as it does, and we are to accept it as it comes. We oppose. |
| Date | 16:33:23, June 14, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | We are uncertain as to the long-term effects of consuming genetically modified foods. We'd rather not take the risk of health complications among our population in the future. Although, if Ikradoni agriculture remains under complete state control for too long, we may have no choice but to increase our food imports. In that case, we would support this proposal. |
| Date | 16:37:09, June 14, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | We are uncertain as to the long-term effects of consuming genetically modified foods. We'd rather not take the risk of health complications among our population in the future. Although, if Ikradonian agriculture remains under complete state control for too long, we may have no choice but to increase our food imports. In that case, we would support this proposal. |
| Date | 16:41:04, June 14, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | heh, see the difference between the posts? |
| Date | 22:20:19, June 14, 2006 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | Indeed... It took me a while, though. By the way, if the consensus of the other parties is the "Ikradonian" should be the adjective to refer to our nation, the IPC would not mind editing its party name accordingly. Regarding the substantive points raised, the IPC believes that it is the business of the citizen what to put in her or his body. We reject the idea that the state's intrest in a healhy population overrides a free, informed choice. Therefore, the IPC remains opposed to the ban, in the name of diversity and freedom. |
| Date | 22:59:47, June 14, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | Certainly, we agree that the ability of individuals to choose for themselves should be maximized. However, in the case of highly technical fields such as genetically modified foods and their potential physiological effects, it is too much to demand that the average citizen be sufficiently well-versed in the specifics of medicine, biology, and agriculture to make a truly informed decision for himself. This is made more difficult in the case of food, which is essential to our subsistence, unlike other areas in which we typically emphasize the right to "choose" (i.e. tobacco, alcohol, drugs, etc.). In conditions such as these, trusting the advice of experts and forming policy based on such advice seems to be the best course of action. As of yet, the FFP feels that no convincing consensus has developed regarding the safety of genetically-modified foods. Out of caution, we urge the continuation of our current ban on its sale. OOC: And the deal with the multiple post was not that I wanted to correct the "Ikradoni"/"Ikradonian" thing. The server stopped responding halfway through my loading the page, so I went back to repost it, and realized that I've usually used "Ikradonian" to refer to things that aren't people. It was only later that I realized that both attempts were posted. |
| Date | 05:28:34, June 15, 2006 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | What sense does it make, to ban local production but allow imports? We're voting against this anyway, but if you're okay with imported GM food why not local production as well? |
| Date | 05:30:05, June 15, 2006 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | The idea is to allow choice in the marketplace, while not risking the spread of modified genes by cross-pollination. |
| Date | 10:08:47, June 15, 2006 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | So we allow others to suffer damage we're not prepared to suffer from? We reject this selfish nationalism. |
| Date | 21:55:09, June 15, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Conservative | To | Debating the Diversity in Food Imports Act |
| Message | Considering the risk of cross polonation, I can understand the restrictions on production within our borders, but I agree with the IPC in that we should deny access to the products when imported as that interferes with freedom of choice. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 125 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 438 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 36 |
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