John Key Should Resign as Tourism Minister: Greenpeace
Key’s continued backing for intensive dairy irrigation schemes, which will increase pollution of New Zealand’s rivers and streams, means he is unfit for the tourism job, claims Greenpeace.
Genevieve Toop, Greenpeace’s agriculture campaigner, said:
“John Key should resign as minister of tourism. Any tourism minister worth their salt would be doing all they could to halt the pollution of our rivers and streams. But Key’s not.
“He should stop throwing millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money at these irrigation schemes right now, and bring them to a halt. That would be great news for our tourism industry, and to everyone who likes swimming in clean rivers and lakes.
“But his continued refusal to do so is threatening our huge tourism industry.
“Key’s failing to do his job as minister of tourism. He should do the right thing and resign the position immediately.
“Clean, green farming is much better for our finances, our farmers and our international reputation, on which our tourism industry relies. It’s this that the government should be backing, not irrigation schemes which pollute our rivers and threaten our economy.”
This morning the Tourism Export Council called for a five-year ban on new irrigation schemes.
The government currently has around $120million of taxpayers’ money sitting in a fund, called Crown Irrigation Investments, which is earmarked for controversial irrigation schemes designed to expand industrial dairy agriculture. The government hopes to increase the amount of taxpayers’ money spent on these schemes to $400million.
jongkey said on Morning Report this morning that irrigation schemes are good for tourism. He didn’t elaborate how this could be so, He’s such a tosser.
Key is delusional and lives in his own little world these days, a world where he is right and everybody else is wrong.
He needs to retire to the mental ward.
Anyone who advocates tourism advocates death of the planet via CO2 emission and Abrupt Climate Change.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/february-smashes-earths-alltime-global-heat-record-by-a-jawdropping
JK is basically a fraud and out of his depth?
Now that ACT represents green interests in New Zealand, middle New Zealand voters and even some left-leaning green voters have a strong party that will stand up against pollution of our rivers.
At least ACT is a coalition partner with National, so a green-leaning vote for ACT next election will not be wasted like a vote for Greens is now and will see ACT stand up for the lowliest of kiwi critters in our rivers.
A while ago John Key endorsed James Shaw for co-leader of the Greens, but Shaw has attacked National on many occasions in the house. The greened up ACT party would work consistently with National to reduce pollution.
Calling Mr Key ‘the Montgomery Burns of New Zealand waterways’ was a bit harsh and ACT sees this sort of gutter politics unbecoming in a modern democracy. I did have a bit of a laugh myself at that comment, however I took myself in hand. It does no party any good to strain a good working relationship with its coalition parties.
Vote ACT to clean up the rivers.