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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 4, 2021 2:59:05 GMT 12
GOVT SHOULD SCRAP ETHNICITY BASED PROCUREMENT PROCESSThe Government must cancel its new procurement rules which could see contracts awarded based on ethnicity rather than the best person to do the job, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says. The Government is rolling out a new procurement policy which means up to 5 per cent of government contracts will be awarded to Māori organisations. “Contracts should be awarded based on who will do the best job for the best price, regardless of the ethnicity of the company,” Mr McClay says..... www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2107/S00031/govt-should-scrap-ethnicity-based-procurement-process.htmWE WARNED YOU: MĀORI PROCUREMENT RULES ARE ABHORRENTThe case of a small business owner being asked to prove her business is 'Māori owned' demonstrates the absurd cost of the Government's Māori procurement rules, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union. Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, "We were the first to raise the alarm over 'indigenous procurement' policies back in 2019, when we found the idea buried deep in a Cabinet paper. Now that the policy has been rammed through without consultation, we're seeing the ugly results."..... www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2107/S00037/we-warned-you-maori-procurement-rules-are-abhorrent.htm
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