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  • This House prefers corporate ownership of farming over collective farming in developing countries

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    Collective farming involves groups of farmers pooling land, labor, and resources to produce and share agricultural output, often organized as cooperatives or community-managed farms. Corporate ownership refers to large agribusinesses controlling land, farming operations, processing, and distribution with the goal of profit maximization.

    PKU Pro-Am 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-09

  • This house believes that FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Nvidia, and Google) should not be allowed to have a controlling stake in venture capital firms

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    Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by specialized firms or funds to early-stage, high-potential, and often high-risk startups with significant growth potential. A controlling stake refers to an ownership position in a company typically through acquisition of majority shares that grants the holder significant authority to influence or dictate major corporate decisions.

    Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-07-26

  • This house would acquire full national ownership over the Buhawind Offshore Windfarm

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    Ilocos Norte is home to three of Southeast Asia’s largest wind farms: the Bangui, Burgos, and Caparispisan (North Luzon Renewables) wind farms. All were developed through foreign partnerships (primarily with a Danish company called Vestas) and are now majority- or fully-owned by major private corporations—primarily AC Energy (Ayala Group), which owns the Bangui and Pagudpud wind farms, and the Lopez Group's EDC, which owns the Burgos wind farm. These supply power to the Luzon grid, cover nearly half of Ilocos Norte’s electricity needs, and are major tourist destinations. A new project, the Buhawind Offshore Wind Farm, is a joint venture between Copenhagen Energy (Denmark) and PetroGreen Energy (a Southeast Asian MNC). It plans to install large floating turbines off the coasts of Bangui, Burgos, and Pagudpud, potentially becoming the largest of its kind in the country. Local fisherfolk have expressed strong opposition, citing threats to fishing access, damage to marine ecosystems, and a lack of direct community benefit—especially amid ongoing high electricity rates and frequent outages under private energy control.

    North Luzon Invitational Debates 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-07-19

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of gaming companies (e.g.: SONY, Nintendo...) to aggressively crack down (e.g.: sue individual fans, force websites to take it down...) on the creation and consumption of ROM hacks

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    ROM hacking is the process of modifying a video game to alter the game's graphics, dialogue, levels, gameplay, and/or other elements. In series like Pokémon, ROM hacks exist as fan-made games that elevate the enjoyability of existing gaming experiences. Creating ROM hacks often violate many IP laws.

    Hart House Summer Open 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-07-12

  • This house supports the expropriation of private land for rewilding.

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    Rewilding is the process of returning land to its natural state by removing human activity and reintroducing native species to restore ecosystems Expropriation is when the government takes private land, usually with compensation, for public purposes like conservation or development.

    Summer Debate Symposium 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-06

  • That, in developed states, we support governments significantly investing in housing construction under the Singaporean model

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    In Singapore, Housing & Development Board (HDB) units are public housing units built and managed by the government. Under this scheme, residents purchase the lease, not the land. After 99 years, the unit reverts to the state.

    South China Australasian Intervarsity Debate Championships 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-06

  • This house prefers a minimal state to a modern welfare state

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    In a minimal state, a government's role is exclusively to protect property rights and people's physical security. Beyond this, such a state would not intervene in people's lives, or provide any public services.

    Auckland IV 2024 · Grand Final · 2025-07-05

  • This House, as Canada, would heavily restrict private ownership of residential property

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    In Singapore, around 80% of citizens live in public housing built and sold by the government through 99-year leases. These homes are heavily subsidized, with restrictions on renting and resale. The government owns the land, discourages private rental markets, and promotes long-term homeownership as a tool for equity and stability.

    York University Summer Debating Tournament · Silver Finals · 2025-06-28

  • This house supports the consolidation of fragmented agricultural land holdings through state-directed agrarian restructuring in the Mekong Delta

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    The Mekong Delta—which produces over half of Vietnam’s rice and a significant share of its aquaculture exports—has historically been highly fragmented, with most farms averaging less than 0.5 hectares. A significant proportion of land holdings are held by smallholder households from ethnic minority communities, such as the Khmer and Hoa people, who occupy land without proper documentation and rely on informal recognition by local authorities or customary claims. Typically, these households cultivate various crops (e.g., rice, corn, tapioca, etc.) on their land. The region is experiencing rapid climate change and natural calamities. Recently, the Vietnamese government started pursuing state-directed agrarian restructuring, promoting the consolidation of small, scattered plots into larger farms through state-led land auctions and planned rural relocation programs.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-17

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of South Africa to rescind the Expropriation Act

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    South Africa’s latest Expropriation Bill introduces cases where private land can be expropriated by the government without compensation, aiming to address land reform. In response, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to halt all future aid to South Africa until a complete investigation on the issue is completed.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-06-17

  • This house believes that Dissanayake's Government should return back land previously acquired by the Sri Lankan Military after the 2009 liberation war back to the native Tamils (Areas within the Jaffna Peninsula, Trincomalee, Sampur, etc.)

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    After the Civil War ended in 2009, the Sri Lankan Military acquired vast swathes of land owned by the native minority Tamil population (around 30,000 acres) in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka. Anura Dissanayake, the newly elected President of Sri Lanka promised to return back land to the Tamils in his electoral campaign. Military bases like Palaly and Kankesanthurai are located in Jaffna, while Trincomalee and Sampur also host major military installations and are declared high-security zones.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-17