| Oppose
privatisation
Privatisation
is a major issue in this election. Though National promises no asset
sales in its first term in office, it is already promising to privatise
ACC by introducing commercial competition, even though research shows
that publicly owned ACC is one of the cheapest such schemes, with one
of the best range of benefits, in the world. Labour, while deserving
credit for undoing some of the disastrous privatisations of the past,
is toying with "Public-Private
Partnerships" in the proposed huge
Waterview roading development in Auckland.What do the other parties and
candidates intend?
CAFCA has created postcards
that supporters and members can send to any MP (post free)
or to any election candidate to state your opposition to privatisation
in all its forms. The wording of the cards is below. These are
for you or friends to sign and post; the card will be you stating your views
on this important issue to the people (from any political
party) who want to be your political representatives. If you
don't like the wording of the cards and oppose privatisation,
we urge you to write in your own words to your MPs and would-be
representatives.
If you would like to have
some postcards, email or write to us at the address below. We
ask for a koha to help cover costs.
If you want large numbers, we will let you know what the costs
will be.
Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa
(CAFCA)
PO Box 2258
Christchurch
Aotearoa/New Zealand
email: cafca@chch.planet.org.nz
If you want to read more about the perils
of privatisation, see some of the presentations from the Privatisation
by Stealth conference we ran in March, and other material on
this web site.
The postcards state:
Dear ....................,
I don’t want my school run by a private
equity corporation.
I don’t want my airport owned by a foreign pension
fund.
I don’t want my hospital managed by an insurance company.
I don’t want my port or railways owned by a transnational
corporation.
I don’t want my roads operated by an investment bank.
I believe that continued full public New Zealand ownership and control of New
Zealand public assets and infrastructure is extremely important.
I will not be voting for any candidate or party who supports full or partial
privatisation of our public assets and infrastructure.
Signature: ................................................................................Date:
Name: ............................................................................................
Address:......................................................................................... |
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