PM Ardern and President Biden as a comparison

• advantage
• 3 years ago
• Categories: climate change, covid-19, immigration, jacinda ardern, Joe Biden, us politics

On his first day in office, the 78-year old Joe Biden did the following:

• Required mask-wearing on Federal property
• Rejoined the World Health Organisation
• Set up a Covid19 Response office that reported directly to the President
• Extended foreclosure and eviction moratoriums
• Froze student debt collection
• Rejoined the paris Climate Accords
• Revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, and other Trump anti-environmental measures
• Stopped the 1776 Commission
• Unwound Trump’s changes to the census
• Strengthened legal protections for “Dreamers” unofficial migrants
• Abolished the Muslim ban
• Massively limited Immigration officials’ capacity to deport
• Halted construction of the wall
• Extended deportation protection for Liberians
• Banned workplace discrimination against LGBT employees
• Implemented an ethics pledge for all Federal officials
• Froze all Trump administration regulations currently in process

Just imagine what a similarly focused Ardern government could achieve on its first day back in the year.