Tad hysterical, don’t you think?
College of Public Health Medicine president Sir Collin Tukuitonga has said the reversal of the smokefree amendments would result in about 1000 extra deaths over the next decade, mostly Māori, and cost the health system $1.3 billion.
Calling that a “genocide” is a bit ridiculous.
Would I call it genocide? No.
Would I criticise a Māori person for being fucking livid that yet another government is doing something they know for sure will make Māori lives worse (and shorter)? Also no.
Fair enough being angry, but this kind of hyperbole from an MP doesn’t really help their cause much.