Copy Paste for Kiwis ***IMPORTANT *** You thought selling our state owned assets was bad? .....OUR GOVERNMENT IS SECRETLY TRYING TO SELL OUR RIGHTS AWAY TO INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS!! "Below is a petition to demand our right to know just what’s in the TPPA . Tell our New Zealand Government they shouldn’t sign such far reaching international agreements without public consultation. It’s not democracy and it’s not right." "So what’s troubling about the TPPA? * * * * * * * * * WE RISK * * * * * * * * • Medicines costing more, natural medicines becoming scarce or unavailable. • The labeling of Genetically modified food scraped • Internet access criminalized • Parallel importing being banned • Te Tiritir o Waitangi overridden • Guaranteeing of special new rights to overseas investors • Giving those investor POWER to sue our government for law changes they impose. • ...and that is just the beginning! From what we know so far, if the negotiations are completed it will become much harder for the New Zealand government to look after our environment, promote health, protect workers and consumers, and promote the public interest: Most restrictions on foreign investment will be frozen and rolled back even further. Big overseas companies will be able to sue the New Zealand government for millions in damages in secretive offshore tribunals, claiming that new laws and regulations (for example, a ban on fracking, smoking control laws, or a cap on electricity prices) have seriously undermined the value of their investments. Medicines will become more expensive as big pharmaceutical companies gain more influence over PHARMAC, and restrictions are placed on generic medicines. Parallel importing will be banned, meaning that New Zealanders, especially the poor, will have to pay far more for all sorts of ordinary products." For more information please visit: itsourfuture.org.nz/
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 23:44:56 +0000
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