LABOUR FOLDS TO FARMING LOBBY, LEAVING THE OPPORTUNITIES
PARTY
ALONE IN ADVOCATING POLLUTER PAYS TO CLEAN UP
RIVERS
In electoral desperation, the Labour Party
yesterday abandoned any attempt to address one of the
greatest concerns facing New Zealanders, the ongoing
pollution of our waterways.
Andrew Little told Federated
Farmers annual conference his party will abandon polluter
pays by joining the Greens in offering some ill-defined form
of “regulation” to deal with the country’s most
pressing environmental concern.
The Opportunities Party
has developed a CLEARWATER ACTION PLAN to deal with every
issue behind the degradation of our waterways.
It will be
unveiled by party leader Dr Gareth Morgan in Christchurch on
Wednesday next week.
“TOP can promise all New
Zealanders who want to be able to swim in our rivers and
protect the priceless bounty our water represents that help
is on the way” says Dr Morgan, “I find it hard to
believe that all the establishment parties have now
abandoned any realistic attempt to deal with this vital
issue”.
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