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  • This house supports Canada's ban on foreign ownership of residential housing.

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    In 2022, Canada implemented a five-year ban on "foreign ownership" of housing to address the housing crisis. The ban prohibits foreign companies and non-Canadian individuals from purchasing residential properties. Exceptions include permanent residents, refugees, and some temporary workers.

    North American Universities Debating Championship 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-03-28

  • This house supports the use of Milei’s neoliberal economic policies in Argentina.

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    <p>Since his election in November 2023, the President of Argentina, Javier Milei, has implemented a series of neoliberal measures. These include the devaluation of the Peso, cuts to energy and transportation subsidies, the cancellation of public works projects, and halving the number of government ministries. He has also proposed a deregulation emergency decree, which includes removing caps on rent and the price of essential products, relaxing labor laws, and opening up state enterprises for privatization.<br></p>

    North American Universities Debating Championship 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-03-28

  • This house would prefer to be born on Plan(et) B over Planet A

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    Planet A is a habitable world, that looks and feels much like the West on Earth. Capitalism is the dominant ideology. Plan(et) B is a habitable world, where a form of anarchism is the dominant ideology and has been since its inception hundreds of years ago. This anarchism is centered on the idea that power corrupts and that any hierarchy that cannot be ethically justified must be dismantled. In this system, there are no private possessions or belongings; jobs are allocated according to the needs of the society; and a very small government exists only to ensure that resources and jobs are allocated fairly. The technology required to meet basic needs (medicine, food etc) exists. Given this has existed for hundreds of years, people's behavior's and norms are different from Planet A.

    Leiden Open 2024 · Open Finals · 2024-03-23

  • This house believes that countries with high rare earth mineral deposits (e.g., lithium, cobalt) should nationalize its extraction and production

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    Rare earth minerals have diverse uses. Lithium and cobalt, for instance, can be used in making batteries, as in smartphones or electric vehicles (EVs).

    Manila Pro-Am 2024: Pre-UADC · Grand Final · 2024-03-23

  • EC, like Christiania, would accept the deal to integrate into the Danish state, instead of directly combating the gangs.

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    Christiania is a commune in Denmark founded in 1971 on an abandoned military base, under the ideals of anarchism and collective property. In its early stages, the 600 inhabitants of Christiania created a closed and self-sufficient society that ignored Danish authority, creating a society where the only norms were: 1. Prohibit violence. 2. Prohibit the use of hard drugs. 3. Promote collective property. The community remained isolated during the 90s, but by the 2000s, they began to have conflicts with local gangs trying to introduce Christiania to the drug market. In response to this, the Danish government offered to give the community its protection in exchange for integrating into the country's social democratic system which would imply: 1. Subject to all laws and regulations of the Danish state. 2. Open up to the public. 3. Pay taxes and receive public services from the state. 4. Each inhabitant must buy a piece of land and turn it into their private property. On the other hand, some members of the community proposed the temporary suspension of the prohibition of violence with the purpose of arming themselves and directly combating the gang threat.

    Torneo Rosarista de Debate VIII 2024 - Categoría Universidades · Ronda 8 · 2024-03-22

  • That UEFA should require all top-flight clubs to be majority fan-owned

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    UEFA is the governing body responsible for overseeing all football competitions in Europe (as well as some further countries such as Turkey and Armenia). A 'top-flight' club refers to any team currently competing in the highest national division of footballing competition.

    UNSW Pre-Easters 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-03-18

  • This house would require all dual class stocks to include a sunset clause that, when expires, will change all stocks to be of equal voting rights and privileges

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    Dual class stocks are a type of corporate share structure in which a company issues different classes of stock with varying voting rights and privileges.

    31st International Christian University Tournament · ラウンド5 · 2024-03-16

  • This house believes that all professional sports teams should adopt the 50+1 model

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    “50 + 1” is shorthand for the German ownership model for professional football clubs. 50 per cent plus one share of the voting rights in a club must be held by the clubs’ members in any Bundesliga side. Club members are regietered fans of the club and are usually from the local community.

    NTU DC 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-03-12