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Government challenged to put TPPA to binding referendum
Sunday, 16 October 2016, 8:19 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
“If the government is so confident it has sold the benefits of the TPPA to Kiwis, then it should put New Zealand’s participation in it to a binding referendum”, leader of the Democrats for Social Credit Party, Stephnie de Ruyter, told the Party ... More >>
OIA request leads to CDHB apology
Monday, 10 October 2016, 10:35 am | Democrats for Social Credit
An apology from CDHB corporate solicitor Greg Brogden for the failure of DHB staff to provide information requested under the OIA by Democrats for Social Credit Party (DSC) health spokesman David Tranter, highlights how bureaucracies evade answering ... More >>
Child poverty is nothing to be flippant about
Thursday, 6 October 2016, 9:51 am | Democrats for Social Credit
PM John Key is master of the flip, whether that’s a flip-flop, flip-off, or flippant comment to side-step hard questions and deflect blame. And now, speaking on the subject of measuring child poverty, it seems he’s added ‘flipped out’ to his repertoire. More >>
Let MPs eat Compass hospital meals
Wednesday, 5 October 2016, 2:59 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
The growing practice of New Zealand hospital meals being supplied frozen by overseas-owned companies again raises the question of why the government and Health Ministry are pursuing such a ridiculous agenda, according to Democrats for Social Credit Party ... More >>
DSC on Syria
Monday, 3 October 2016, 4:53 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
Horror at the inhumane Syrian bombing prompts Canterbury DSC (Democrats for Social Credit) to promote Armed Neutrality as a better, more effective leadership path for NZ. Whatever side you look at, history shows that a clean pair of hands are hard ... More >>
Retiring MP insults his own party
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 3:14 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
The pursuit of political power at any cost in terms of principles was never more blatantly shown than by some of the statements made by retiring Green Party MP Kevin Hague, according to Democrats for Social Credit Party health spokesman David Tranter. More >>
Politicians still prevaricating over surgical mesh
Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 4:04 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
The latest political/bureaucratic failure to act over the desperate situation of patients suffering horrendous consequences of surgical mesh operations gone wrong is again highlighted by government stalling and Medsafe's waffling on National Radio's ... More >>
Surgical Mesh - Why do we have a Minister of Health?
Monday, 29 August 2016, 11:06 am | Democrats for Social Credit
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman's latest evasive response to long-standing concerns about the widespread failures of surgical mesh again highlights the selective hands-off approach of successive health ministers, according to the Democrats for Social Credit ... More >>
Select Committee Told To Scrap Greater Powers
Friday, 26 August 2016, 2:51 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
Adding yet another layer of legislation to the statute books will not improve local government performance, infrastructure provision, nor enhance local democracy, Democrats for Social Credit Deputy Leader and Local Government Spokesperson, Chris Leitch told ... More >>
Overseas pensions, and direct deductions
Tuesday, 23 August 2016, 3:09 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
"There is a form of elder abuse no-one in Parliament wants to acknowledge," claims Democrats for Social Credit Party (DSC) Advocate for Seniors, Heather Marion Smith. "It is the outright theft by the MSD (Ministry of Social Development) ... More >>
Committee Urged To Scrap TPPA
Thursday, 18 August 2016, 2:24 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
The Government should scrap the TPPA legislation and withdraw from the agreement, Democrats for Social Credit Deputy Leader and Finance Spokesperson, Chris Leitch told the select committee hearing submissions on the TPPA Amendment bill. More >>
DSC challenges CEO to defend claim
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 5:09 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
The latest Canterbury/West Coast DHB responses to OIA requests by the Democrats for Social Credit Party (DSC) have descended from evasive and time-wasting to complete farce, according to DSC Leader Stephnie de Ruyter and Health Spokesman David Tranter. More >>
Key’s $1 Billion Infrastructure Fund A Cruel Joke
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 2:17 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
Yesterday’s “off the cuff ” announcement of a $1 billion infrastructure fund at the National party conference has been labelled a “cruel joke” by Democrats for Social Credit Deputy Leader and Finance Spokesperson, Chris Leitch. More >>
Housing crisis? More money for mates
Monday, 4 July 2016, 1:56 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
“When John Key promises $1 billion to ‘fix’ the housing crisis, he’s must be desperate. How does borrowing that much from overseas fix anything but bank profits?” asks Katherine Ransom, DSC spokesperson on social issues. More >>
Surgical Mesh Registry needed immediately
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 3:14 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
Medsafe's refusal to establish a registry of problems arising from the use of surgical mesh raises serious questions over Medsafe's role in the health sector, according to Democrats for Social Credit Party (DSC) health spokesman David Tranter. More >>
Call For Council To Publish Contracts Register
Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 4:42 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
The Whangarei District Council should publish a full list of all the contracts currently awarded says local advocate Chris Leitch. More >>
Budget Will Not Address $4.5 Billion Wasted Spending
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 10:08 am | Democrats for Social Credit
The budget could have doubled the new funding allocated to health and education and provided $1 billion for social housing if Bill English had attacked the $4.5 Billion in annual wasted spending, according to Democrats for Social Credit Deputy Leader ... More >>
Fluoridation decision is an attack on democracy
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 12:33 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
The government's decision to take fluoridation responsibility away from councils has been labelled "another attack on democracy", by Democrats for Social Credit deputy leader Chris Leitch. More >>
Foreign Affairs Committee members warned of legal action
Friday, 8 April 2016, 11:30 am | Democrats for Social Credit
National and Labour members of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee were served with a Memorandum of Injustice at TPPA hearings today. More >>
Widespread cover-ups of treatment failures
Monday, 21 March 2016, 4:30 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
The Health Quality and Safety Commission's recent call for surgical data to be publicly reported is strangely at variance with the secrecy recently experienced by the Democrats' health spokesman David Tranter in a series of exchanges with the Commission’s CEO, ... More >>
