The Climate Commission's advice to the new National-ACT-NZ First Government is increasingly at odds with the coalition's actions, climate corrrespondent Cathrine Dyer writes
Is it fair to say that this starts with two or three casts of mind - minimising change, redesigning the energy system with consequential changes, and accentuating indigenous values (and practices)? It seems to me the day to day implications of the first strategy are clear; for the others that is not the case. There are sweeping generalisations towards the other scenarios e.g. in the WLRC Future Development Strategy. Do you know of work that rebuts this proposition by providing practical household and neighbourhood level transition pathways?
Other than international students, all people with a visa that enables them to remain in New Zealand for two years have access to the healthcare system while they are here. But if they are found have conditions that will cost the health system, immigration officials are required to assess whether the benefit to New Zealand outweighs the cost (and this includes the 30,000 odd kids born here without the right to citizenship or residence). We would need a functioning health system and to changes to the law to change this. I have never heard any politician talk about removing the health requirements for immigration.
Being "essential" doesn't give you a pathway to residence. For that you need a level of "skill" (as defined by an outdated list of jobs) and a level of income. People we need for our economy to function such as age care workers or halal slaughterers will never be able to meet these requirements. So they remain here until they are too old or too sick to work.
"... potentially bad news for government finances back here in Aotearoa" --- omg, this is terrible false framing. NZ Gov has no end of fiscal capacity, what we have is unwillingness to pay, not incapacity to pay, it's purely a psychological problem, which means throwing out the Tories and neoliberals who have never understood public finance and government monopoly. Aotearoa faces a real resource problem, not a fiscal problem. We cannot buy green tech that is not for sale.
Is it fair to say that this starts with two or three casts of mind - minimising change, redesigning the energy system with consequential changes, and accentuating indigenous values (and practices)? It seems to me the day to day implications of the first strategy are clear; for the others that is not the case. There are sweeping generalisations towards the other scenarios e.g. in the WLRC Future Development Strategy. Do you know of work that rebuts this proposition by providing practical household and neighbourhood level transition pathways?
Other than international students, all people with a visa that enables them to remain in New Zealand for two years have access to the healthcare system while they are here. But if they are found have conditions that will cost the health system, immigration officials are required to assess whether the benefit to New Zealand outweighs the cost (and this includes the 30,000 odd kids born here without the right to citizenship or residence). We would need a functioning health system and to changes to the law to change this. I have never heard any politician talk about removing the health requirements for immigration.
Being "essential" doesn't give you a pathway to residence. For that you need a level of "skill" (as defined by an outdated list of jobs) and a level of income. People we need for our economy to function such as age care workers or halal slaughterers will never be able to meet these requirements. So they remain here until they are too old or too sick to work.
https://youtu.be/gl-iLt6KdhU?feature=shared
Tories: "Everyone's an Accelerationist now"?
LOL. (Or rather not so much lol.)
"... potentially bad news for government finances back here in Aotearoa" --- omg, this is terrible false framing. NZ Gov has no end of fiscal capacity, what we have is unwillingness to pay, not incapacity to pay, it's purely a psychological problem, which means throwing out the Tories and neoliberals who have never understood public finance and government monopoly. Aotearoa faces a real resource problem, not a fiscal problem. We cannot buy green tech that is not for sale.