“The extent of the earthquake damage to Canterbury’s essential infrastructure demands a creative funding response from the Government” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of the Democrats for Social Credit Party (DSC).

“There is no reassurance to be had from an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report which stated that New Zealand has the second smallest government debt of the 23 advanced economies it analysed” said Stephnie de Ruyter, DSC Party Leader.

“The messy demise of Alan Hubbard’s finance company has been inevitable because of the way companies such as South Canterbury Finance operate” said Democrats for Social Credit Party Leader Stephnie de Ruyter and Southern Region President Bob Warren in a joint statement issued today.

“There is no logic to the proposal that delivery of neurological services in the South Island should be centralised in Christchurch” said Democrats for Social Credit Party Leader Stephnie de Ruyter.

“The report on social housing compiled by the Housing Shareholders’ Advisory Group identifies many flaws in the current methods of provision but overlooks an obvious solution” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of the Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) Party.

“The government’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a convoluted, complicated crock” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Invercargill-based Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) Party Leader, addressing a meeting in Christchurch today.

“Proposed amendments to the Local Government Act 2002, now before parliament, pave the way for privatisation of water services” said DSC’s Waikato Regional President, Les Port.

“Today’s announcement that the International Whaling Committee (IWC) meeting in Agadir failed to achieve a diplomatic solution is disappointing, as Foreign Minister Murray McCully states, but surely comes as no surprise” commented Democrats for Social Credit Party Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. ...

“Unqualified opposition to all commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary is the only position which Foreign Minister Murray McCully, can justifiably adopt when he represents New Zealand at the International Whaling Commission’s meeting next month in Agadir” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leade...

Amongst all the hype of the 2010 Budget announcement, either for or against, there has been little mention or analysis of the nation’s ever - growing debt burden.