The result of this third ballot became known in February 1995. It produced the same result. The policy, which has now been adopted, says that immigration should equal emigration in the previous year, that there should be no discrimination on the grounds of sex, sexual preference, ethnicity, race or religion, and that preference should be given to refugees. The policy is environmentally sound, humane and non-discriminatory. Increasing the population under such con- ditions only compounds the damage.
Population growth is a global problem and it has to be tackled on a global basis.
Ultimately this may also be true but we are a far cry from world government. While we have national governments those governments are responsible for protecting the environment under their jurisdiction. The Democrats' population policy is not a humane policy. This is an odd defence. On that basis foreign aid wins hands down over immigration.