Statement from Stephen Rouxel, President Chamber of Commerce
“We are deeply frustrated by the lack of cohesive policy making and the dysfunctional governance that has led to this point, to continue following this pattern of indecision will have impacts – most notably to the construction industry, at a time when housing needs to be a priority.
Perhaps, the crux of this particular issue is that the DPA is an independent panel implementing statutory policy, appointing politicians to this role puts them in an impossible position as they can be perceived to have discretion when they don’t and shouldn’t have discretion in decision making.
We need the various committees to start to collaborate, make decisions and move things forward within this term.”
