Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada have struck gold. The colour of wheat. The Saskatchewan Party were swept in as the new majority provincial government of Saskatchewan on November 7, 2007. The left wing extreme NDP party, under Lorne Calvert, was trounced as voters rejected another four years of failure. The Saskatchewan Party, a right wing party with connections to the federal conservatives, has promised to strike a much more amicable relationship with Ottawa. Premier-designate Brad Wall said Thursday he will not commit to continuing the previous government's legal action against Ottawa over the equalization formula (1). As a "have" province, Saskatchewan no longer needs equalization payments. In 2008, the payments will be zero. Sounds bad, but the Saskatchewan economy is booming. The roads are paved with gold.
And, the new Saskatchewan government is going to opt out of the wheat board dispute (2). This debate is best left to Ottawa and the Wheat Board, and not provincial minions. Besides, the Wheat Board is doomed for failure. It is anti-democratic and anti-free enterprise. Our neighbours and friends to the south of us must see this as some archaic remnant of communism. A failure and silly idea.
Why does this sort of this thing always "crop up" in Saskatchewan. First it was Medicare. Doomed from the beginning, socialized medicine would in later generations threaten Canada's economy as provincial governments came under intense financial pressure to pay the bills that increase exponentially every year. A failure and silly idea. Too late to totally scrap, but perhaps under a more free enterprise-driven provincial and federal governments, a more fair two tier system can be introduced that meets the demands of all while reducing waiting times. It has been shown to work well in other countries. So, why not Canada. So, why not under the tutelage of the New Government of Canada.
With right wing or right-of-centre governments now in full and absolute control of the Western provinces (with the Eastern provinces like Ontario and Quebec starting to fall in like dominoes), we begin to see the emergence of a new sociopolitical movement in Canada that will be historical and unprecedented since the glory years of the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada under then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. It took some years, but the right is reunited under Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his conservatives. Our conservatives.
So, to all in Saskatchewan, welcome aboard the blue train. There's gold in thar hills - or at least, in thar fields of wheat and barley. Canada's bread basket, and Canada's new leader for a market driven economy based on free enterprise rather than dated and irrelevant socialist principles.
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Well said. Now lets hope he looks into the many Govt. owned & controled business dealings of which many are money losing ventures. Free enterprise does a far better job of creating wealth & jobs. We want to build this province not hold it back. Business's should never have to compete with their own Govt.
& lets hope he follows the same sense as our forefathers & for once & for all stay in our own time zone. DST has a purpose & I'm all for saving energy & doing our part to go green. We should no longer have to be held in the dark because of someone else wanting to be 'unique'. I listened to Calvert's speach. It's no wonder this province is so much less than it could be. & now thank God, it can be.
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