A World for the few and privileged in Saskatchewan

A World for the Few and Privileged in Saskatchewan

By Mario deSantis, February 18, 2000

Saskatchewan
is in a dire economic predicament Happy to see a Saskatchewan growing economy, Minister of Economic Development Janice

MacKinnon is taking a trip to Mongolia to further expand our horizons of economic growth.

MacKinnon cannot see beyond her growing Pinocchio's nose and realize that Saskatchewan

is in a dire economic predicament. She lives in the Ivory Tower of the University of

Saskatchewan and her surroundings have no signs of what Saskatchewan people are

enduring⁽¹⁾.

in the last ten years Canadian incomes have fallen about 19% Our voice is not strong enough to show her that the GNP index is not evidence of our social

and economic growth, and that business cannot be conducted as usual. John McCullum,

Royal Bank chief economist, has recently stated that in the last ten years Canadian incomes

have fallen about 19% of those of the United States, that business cannot be conducted as

usual, and that the threat to Canada is not from Quebec but from our failure to have better

educated people and create wealth⁽²⁾.

a political and social direction on behalf of the few If this is a bad news for Canada, then you can think about its implication for Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan is moving backward on all economic fronts, but worse of all is the continuation

of a political and social direction on behalf of the few and privileged, a direction marred by

mismanagement, corruption and now social unrest.

Police and the Justice systems are not ready yet to help us In the article I wrote on February 15, I ask the question "When will the Police and Justice System

come to the rescue of our democracy?⁽³⁾" I got the answer the next day February 16, when I came

to know of the racist behaviour of policemen who are being investigated for the deaths of two

Native people⁽⁴⁾. The Police and the Justice systems are not ready yet to help us.

legal community--
must be protected at
any cost We are in a changing world where our social systems must change if we want to grow and

have better human relations; instead, we are still left with the calcified mind set of Premier

Romanow's "Rule of Law⁽⁵⁾" where unconstitutional laws are legislated, where more policemen

are needed to have our streets safe from our troubled children⁽⁶⁾, and where our Justice

system--including the legal community--must be protected at any cost for the benefit of the

few and privileged.

judicial system is at issue, it is worth more than one person The statement of Justice Ron Barclay that "racism is a grim reality in Canada and in

Saskatchewan⁽⁷⁾" has not been heard yet and we still live in the world of former Saskatchewan

prosecutor and MLA Serge Kujawa when he said "It doesn't matter if Milgaard is innocent...

The whole judicial system is at issue, it is worth more than one person⁽⁸⁾" In Saskatchewan,

business must not be as usual.

---------------Endnotes:

General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by North Central Internet News http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html

1.
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Honourable Janice MacKinnon is the wife of Peter MacKinnon, President of the University of Saskatchewan. Refer to the article: University of Saskatchewan: A Vision Built on Privileged Education and on the Synchrotron, by Mario deSantis, October 25, 1999

2.
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Canada is sliding to ruin: Incomes may be half U.S. level in a decade, economist warns, by Alan Toulin, National Post, February 18, 2000 http://www.nationalpost.com

3.
Thoughts on our Governments and Justice System in Canada, by Mario deSantis, February 15, 2000

4.
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City cops suspended, by Dan Zabreski, The StarPhoenix, February 16, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

5.
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Premier Romanow: Reinventing The Rule Of Law And Becoming Above The Law, by Mario deSantis, September 2, 1999 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-ReinvenLaw-Sept02-99.htm

6.
Saskatchewan Troubled Children: 40% of our school children, by Mario deSantis, January 14, 2000

7.
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NEED OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN SASKATCHEWAN: Fight Against Racism and a New Worldview, by Mario deSantis, October 7, 1998

8.
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A Mother's Story: The Fight To Free My Son David, by Joyce Milgaard with Peter Edwards, Doubleday Canada Limited, 1999, page 251-- David Milgaard spent 23 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit

A World for the Few and Privileged in Saskatchewan
*By Mario deSantis, February 18, 2000*

Saskatchewan is in a dire economic predicament	Happy to see a Saskatchewan growing economy, Minister of Economic Development Janice
	MacKinnon is taking a trip to Mongolia to further expand our horizons of economic growth.
	MacKinnon cannot see beyond her growing Pinocchio's nose and realize that Saskatchewan
	is in a dire economic predicament. She lives in the Ivory Tower of the University of
	Saskatchewan and her surroundings have no signs of what Saskatchewan people are
	enduring⁽¹⁾.

in the last ten years Canadian incomes have fallen about 19%	Our voice is not strong enough to show her that the GNP index is not evidence of our social
	and economic growth, and that business cannot be conducted as usual. John McCullum,
	Royal Bank chief economist, has recently stated that in the last ten years Canadian incomes
	have fallen about 19% of those of the United States, that business cannot be conducted as
	usual, and that the threat to Canada is not from Quebec but from our failure to have better
	educated people and create wealth⁽²⁾.

a political and social direction on behalf of the few	If this is a bad news for Canada, then you can think about its implication for Saskatchewan.
	Saskatchewan is moving backward on all economic fronts, but worse of all is the continuation
	of a political and social direction on behalf of the few and privileged, a direction marred by
	mismanagement, corruption and now social unrest.

Police and the Justice systems are not ready yet to help us	In the article I wrote on February 15, I ask the question "When will the Police and Justice System
	come to the rescue of our democracy?⁽³⁾" I got the answer the next day February 16, when I came
	to know of the racist behaviour of policemen who are being investigated for the deaths of two
	Native people⁽⁴⁾. The Police and the Justice systems are not ready yet to help us.

legal community-- must be protected at any cost	We are in a changing world where our social systems must change if we want to grow and
	have better human relations; instead, we are still left with the calcified mind set of Premier
	Romanow's "Rule of Law⁽⁵⁾" where unconstitutional laws are legislated, where more policemen
	are needed to have our streets safe from our troubled children⁽⁶⁾, and where our Justice
	system--including the legal community--must be protected at any cost for the benefit of the
	few and privileged.

judicial system is at issue, it is worth more than one person	The statement of Justice Ron Barclay that "racism is a grim reality in Canada and in
	Saskatchewan⁽⁷⁾" has not been heard yet and we still live in the world of former Saskatchewan
	prosecutor and MLA Serge Kujawa when he said "It doesn't matter if Milgaard is innocent...
	The whole judicial system is at issue, it is worth more than one person⁽⁸⁾" In Saskatchewan,
	business must not be as usual.

---------------Endnotes:
	General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by North Central Internet News http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html

1. - -	Honourable Janice MacKinnon is the wife of Peter MacKinnon, President of the University of Saskatchewan. Refer to the article: University of Saskatchewan: A Vision Built on Privileged Education and on the Synchrotron, by Mario deSantis, October 25, 1999

2. -	Canada is sliding to ruin: Incomes may be half U.S. level in a decade, economist warns, by Alan Toulin, National Post, February 18, 2000 http://www.nationalpost.com

3.	Thoughts on our Governments and Justice System in Canada, by Mario deSantis, February 15, 2000

4. -	City cops suspended, by Dan Zabreski, The StarPhoenix, February 16, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

5. -	Premier Romanow: Reinventing The Rule Of Law And Becoming Above The Law, by Mario deSantis, September 2, 1999 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-ReinvenLaw-Sept02-99.htm

6.	Saskatchewan Troubled Children: 40% of our school children, by Mario deSantis, January 14, 2000

7. -	NEED OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN SASKATCHEWAN: Fight Against Racism and a New Worldview, by Mario deSantis, October 7, 1998

8. - -	A Mother's Story: The Fight To Free My Son David, by Joyce Milgaard with Peter Edwards, Doubleday Canada Limited, 1999, page 251-- David Milgaard spent 23 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit