Foreign Investment And Labor Deregulation Act of 2023 - Elrondia

Rationale

These changes modernize laws to boost economic growth, reduce regulatory burdens, and support strategic industries while protecting national security interests.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Foreign Land Ownership	Foreign purchases require government approval	Foreign ownership limited to commercial property only; residential banned
2	Gig Economy & Platform Workers	Gig workers classified as employees with full rights (sick pay, holiday, pensions)	Platform workers are independent contractors; no protections required
3	Arms Exports	Export only to close allies	Sell arms with minimal restriction

1

Foreign Land Ownership

Previous law

Foreign purchases require government approval

Foreign ownership limited to commercial property only; residential banned

2

Gig Economy & Platform Workers

Previous law

Gig workers classified as employees with full rights (sick pay, holiday, pensions)

Platform workers are independent contractors; no protections required

3

Arms Exports

Previous law

Export only to close allies

Sell arms with minimal restriction

Proposer

Party

Technocratic Union

Following a split from the Socialist Planning Association, The Technocratic Union (TU) builds prosperity not through ideology but through expertise, where data and analysis forge decision making towards tomorrow's nation.

Core pillars

MS

Marcus Stewart

Secretary of the Treasury · Age 44

93,436 social followers

A silver-tongued heir to an industrial fortune, his charismatic speeches and media savvy have made him the public face of reform, though critics question whether his wealth undermines his ideals.

🎤 Fantastic Speaker 🌟 Idealist 📺 Media Savvy ⚖️ Pragmatist 💰 Wealthy

Timeline

Draft

7 May 2023
Vote Open

7 May 2023
Vote Closed

6 July 2023
Became Law

6 July 2023

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

House Of Commons

Passed

170Yes 55No 15Not voted 240 seats

For: 170 / 240 seats (70.8%)

Against: 55 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 15

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 75.6%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Freedom Alliance	0	Yes	The Freedom Alliance supports this legislation as a crucial step toward economic freedom and regulatory relief. Defining platform workers as independent contractors preserves contract flexibility and market efficiency. Furthermore, removing unnecessary government approval for commercial investments and reducing trade restrictions on exports align with our core principles of free enterprise and minimal state intervention.
Iron Pillars	33	Yes	We need to sell the guns to increase our GDP and everything else is a bonus.
Labour	55	No	You claim to be socialist but you campaigns to demote Platform Workers. Times are changing, workers don't just mean manual labourers anymore.
National Conservative	39	Yes	this will keep us safe while helping the economy
Technocratic Union Proposer	98	Yes	No reason given

House Of Representatives

Passed

36Yes 5No 7Not voted 48 seats

For: 36 / 48 seats (75.0%)

Against: 5 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 7

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 87.8%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Freedom Alliance	0	Yes	The Freedom Alliance supports this legislation as a crucial step toward economic freedom and regulatory relief. Defining platform workers as independent contractors preserves contract flexibility and market efficiency. Furthermore, removing unnecessary government approval for commercial investments and reducing trade restrictions on exports align with our core principles of free enterprise and minimal state intervention.
Iron Pillars	10	Yes	We need to sell the guns to increase our GDP and everything else is a bonus.
Labour	5	No	You claim to be socialist but you campaigns to demote Platform Workers. Times are changing, workers don't just mean manual labourers anymore.
National Conservative	9	Yes	this will keep us safe while helping the economy
Technocratic Union Proposer	17	Yes	No reason given
Empty seats	16	Not voted

Prime Minister

Passed

1Yes 0No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Iron Pillars	1	Yes	No reason given

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Freedom Alliance

Voted May 29, 2023

Yes

“The Freedom Alliance supports this legislation as a crucial step toward economic freedom and regulatory relief. Defining platform workers as independent contractors preserves contract flexibility and market efficiency. Furthermore, removing unnecessary government approval for commercial investments and reducing trade restrictions on exports align with our core principles of free enterprise and minimal state intervention.”

National Conservative

Voted May 17, 2023

Yes

“this will keep us safe while helping the economy”

Iron Pillars

Voted May 17, 2023

Yes

“We need to sell the guns to increase our GDP and everything else is a bonus.”

Labour

Voted May 13, 2023

No

“You claim to be socialist but you campaigns to demote Platform Workers. Times are changing, workers don't just mean manual labourers anymore.”