Lacking in Social Conscience . . .
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Published in Saskatoon Star Phoenix on April 13, 2017
According to the Cambridge dictionary, if you have a social conscience, 'you worry about people who are poor, ill, old, etc. and try to help them'.
CBC News notes that, in his recent letter of invitation to Whitecap Resources to move their offices from Calgary to Regina, Premier Wall offers to: “subsidize relocation costs, trim taxes and royalties, and help find space in unused government buildings if the oil and gas firm moves to Saskatchewan.” Now, we learn that he has asked at least two more Alberta BIG OIL companies to 'come on over – we'll make it worth your while'.
Here's the kicker: Mr. Wall owns shares in Whitecap Resources and Saskatchewan's Conflict of Interest Commissioner says that's OK! Really??
Obsessive about his government's $1 billion deficit – due in large part to an appalling lack of management skills – Premier Wall's March 22 budget hacked and trashed its way thru public transportation, public libraries, education and health programs in all directions, plus other easy targets, leaving behind a trail of shocked and worried residents.
I suggest that we are finally seeing this Government's true colours: power and money is all – to hell with the people and the province's (sometimes critical) social programs!
Unfortunately, three more years of this debacle will set Saskatchewan back 50 years or more!
Elaine Hughes
ARCHERWILL, SK