Comments on: Open letter to Trade Minister David Parker

By: Kaya3

Kaya3 — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:41:54 +0000

In reply to Michal. And what good are those ministerial roles? Apart from whimpering and hand wringing the Greens have achieved nothing. They should walk away from this treacherous arrangement.

By: Kaya3

Kaya3 — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:39:28 +0000

In reply to Jum. If Prof Kelsey had made that trip it would have been twisted by Labour to look as though she somehow endorsed the stupid deal. You did the right thing Jane Kelsey, I wouldn't want to have to pretend to smile and nod with that moron either.

By: Kaya3

Kaya3 — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:34:08 +0000

In reply to Tom. Exactly.

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 09:56:13 +0000

If Labour have to abandon their ban on foreign buyers which is looking more likely every day, then TPPA is right back to what it was minus the clauses that were suspened because of the withdrawl of USA and they could be back within months going by the way Trump is talking.

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:15:04 +0000

Thanks ! Jane for your great work and this letter and for continuing the fight against insane trade deals that mostly only benefit the corporate criminal elite. Labour/Greens have been a major disappointment on this issue.
It is truly embarrassing that our country remains gutless on so many important matters that involve ethics and caring for humanity.

By: Benjo

Benjo — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:43:15 +0000

In reply to Historian Pete. Try chopping in a bit of medicinal marijuana with your Havana's.

By: Benjo

Benjo — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:39:22 +0000

Ha !! National lite.
Good one.
Still sad though that we’re living out the U.S.A reality we used to tsk at from afar.

The reality of ideological irrelevance, and power usurped from the electorate, and the government.

Proxy power now wielded by Kiwis with enough net worth, unelected foreign officials, extortionate yet incompetent consultants.

Government of the people, by who the fuck knows, for the rich and powerful.

SAD !!

By: Benjo

Benjo — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:12:54 +0000

In reply to Tom.

😀

Excellent response.
Ditto that.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 02:52:34 +0000

Meanwhile – Donald Trump is again complaining about NAFTA. It was a bad deal. The Canadians should be kind to American farmers. The Mexicans have been taking American jobs – with the help of American corporations looking for cheap labour. What the Mexicans can do about the hell unleashed using American guns and American buyers of narcotics, we don’t know.

If Mexico began to actively look south. If we looked west and east more often. The Pacific and rim are plump markets yet – South American and African nations have such potential as trading partners. The African Commonwealth members particularly.

Why aren’t we prospering the Commonwealth? Why aren’t we influencing with integrity?

By: Michal

Michal — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 23:07:41 +0000

To claim she is a plant is silly. Who does Vinny really think planted her, nutty idea. she is the person who it suited Labour to put at the head in order to gain the government benches.

Greens would never back out of the coalition – for the first time they have ministerial roles – after 17 years of being in parliament.

The important thing is surely that they do not support the TPP.