Canada, we need to talk about Brad

Canada, we need to talk about Brad

Postby Oscar » Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:43 pm

Canada, we need to talk about Brad

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What we all need to know about the Wall government’s social, environmental and labour policies—and their appeal outside Saskatchewan.

Author(s): Simon Enoch CCPA The MONITOR September/October 2016 Issue

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Many a progressive may have breathed a sigh of relief when Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, surely Canada’s most popular (65% support in June) and savvy conservative, put to rest speculation over a rumoured federal leadership bid.

If those same people think that makes him merely “Saskatchewan’s problem,” they haven't been paying close enough attention.

Since the election of his Saskatchewan Party in 2007, Wall has regularly intervened on national issues in ways that undermine progressive change—from his opposition to pension reform and a carbon tax to stereotyping refugees to misleading Canadians about the federal-provincial equalization program.

As introduced here, and described in more detail in this special Monitor feature on Saskatchewan, Premier Wall has also beta-tested a number of conservative policy experiments that may soon launch in other provinces: carbon capture and storage, a largely unregulated fracking industry, a partially privatized social impact bond model for delivering public services, and a war of attrition on labour legislation.

Far from being a local issue, Canadian progressives may want to get to know Brad a little better.

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