Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 2, 2024 5:22:00 GMT 12
ACT CONGRATULATES WAYNE BROWN ON REVIEW OF WOKE PROCUREMENT
“The Auckland Mayor’s move to review woke procurement policies should prompt other councils – and central government – to do the same,” says ACT Local Government spokesman Cameron Luxton.
“ACT believes the purpose of government procurement is to deliver quality public services at the best possible value for money. It’s as simple as that.
“But under the previous government, the rot of so-called ‘progressive procurement’ reached central government. Willie Jackson instructed almost 150 government agencies to increase the diversity of their suppliers, with a target of eight percent of all government contracts being awarded to ‘Māori businesses’.
“When we should be enabling competition and productivity, we’re instead telling builders and computer programmers to scour their family tree to figure out if they can qualify as a Māori business. That’s absurd......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2402/S00109/act-congratulates-wayne-brown-on-review-of-woke-procurement.htm
“The Auckland Mayor’s move to review woke procurement policies should prompt other councils – and central government – to do the same,” says ACT Local Government spokesman Cameron Luxton.
“ACT believes the purpose of government procurement is to deliver quality public services at the best possible value for money. It’s as simple as that.
“But under the previous government, the rot of so-called ‘progressive procurement’ reached central government. Willie Jackson instructed almost 150 government agencies to increase the diversity of their suppliers, with a target of eight percent of all government contracts being awarded to ‘Māori businesses’.
“When we should be enabling competition and productivity, we’re instead telling builders and computer programmers to scour their family tree to figure out if they can qualify as a Māori business. That’s absurd......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2402/S00109/act-congratulates-wayne-brown-on-review-of-woke-procurement.htm