district Health plans: Breaking the law again and again

District Health Plans:

Breaking the Law Again and Again

Nipawin - May 11, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis

phonyland
Murray Madryk has been labelling Saskatchewan as a mouseland, and I have recently upgraded

this labelling to phonyland. I don't know what is going to happen next, but for certain we are

living in a state of utter confusion, where our governmental agencies break the laws, where our

researchers are paid a lot of money for putting out senseless studies, where our governmental

ministers play the numbers games, and where people are disconcerted on what is happening.

Even the opposition party appears to be confused and can't distinguish between a "gag order"

and the breaking of the law.

Romanow's followers are blind
I will explain now what I mean. Premier Roy Romanow has led this province to desperate

social conditions for a large segment of our population⁽¹⁾, has turned health care to a gambling

casino, and now we have the CUPE union calling on Romanow to lead a national crusade to

save medicare⁽²⁾. We have unmasked our Premier Romanow, and we have found that our

emperor wears no clothes⁽³⁾. Therefore, I can only say that Romanow's followers are blind,

that they are deaf, and that they have the strong voice of the herd mentality.

keep the operating
plan
secretive
Out of this social pandemonium, we have a good man coming out of nowhere; he is Bernie

Bishop, a board member of the Living Sky Health District. This health district has submitted

to the Minister of Health Pat Atkinson an operating plan that calls for the closure of the

hospital in Lanigan, and for the downgrading of two others to health-care centres⁽⁴⁾. Bernie

Bishop went against a governmental directive to keep the operating plan secretive and in a

letter directed to his local newspaper he disclosed the plan of his district to close the hospitals.

breaking of
the Health Districts Act
Bishop has stated that the plan was not presented to the entire board for discussion, and that

the plan was never presented in a public meeting. Pat Atkinson has confirmed that the

government told board members to keep their operating plans confidential, and as a

consequence, Saskatchewan Party health critic Rod Gantefoer has accused the government

of placing a gag order on the Living Sky Health District. Rod Gantefoer is a bit confused

himself, we are not dealing with gag orders here, we are dealing with the pure breaking of the

Health Districts Act⁽⁵⁾, and we must thank Bernie Bishop for letting us know about it.

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

Quote by Donella Meadows "challenging a paradigm is not a part-time job. It is not sufficient to make your point once and then blame the world for not getting it. The world has a vested interest in, a commitment to, not getting it. The point has to be made patiently and repeatedly, day after day after day" ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4143-1.pdf http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/meadows/default.htm

General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by Ensign http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html

1.
-
Social crisis looming in Sask., Haverstock says, by Joanne Paulson, The StarPhoenix, May 10, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2.
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CUPE wants Romanow to lead medicare crusade, by James Parker, The StarPhoenix, May 10, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

3.
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Premier Romanow: A Jackass Makes Phony Peace With The Saskatchewan Nurses, by Mario deSantis, August 31, 1999 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-Jackass-Aug31-99.htm

4.
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Health boards gagged by NDP, says Sask. Party, by James Parker, The StarPhoenix, May 10, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

5.
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The Health Districts Act, Saskatchewan Legislature, 1993. Section 37(2): "...the district health board shall present... an operation and expenditure plan for the next fiscal year..."

District Health Plans: Breaking the Law Again and Again

*Nipawin - May 11, 2000 -* By: *Mario deSantis*

phonyland	Murray Madryk has been labelling Saskatchewan as a mouseland, and I have recently upgraded
	this labelling to phonyland. I don't know what is going to happen next, but for certain we are
	living in a state of utter confusion, where our governmental agencies break the laws, where our
	researchers are paid a lot of money for putting out senseless studies, where our governmental
	ministers play the numbers games, and where people are disconcerted on what is happening.
	Even the opposition party appears to be confused and can't distinguish between a "gag order"
	and the breaking of the law.

Romanow's followers are blind	I will explain now what I mean. Premier Roy Romanow has led this province to desperate
	social conditions for a large segment of our population⁽¹⁾, has turned health care to a gambling
	casino, and now we have the CUPE union calling on Romanow to lead a national crusade to
	save medicare⁽²⁾. We have unmasked our Premier Romanow, and we have found that our
	emperor wears no clothes⁽³⁾. Therefore, I can only say that Romanow's followers are blind,
	that they are deaf, and that they have the strong voice of the herd mentality.

keep the operating plan secretive	Out of this social pandemonium, we have a good man coming out of nowhere; he is Bernie
	Bishop, a board member of the Living Sky Health District. This health district has submitted
	to the Minister of Health Pat Atkinson an operating plan that calls for the closure of the
	hospital in Lanigan, and for the downgrading of two others to health-care centres⁽⁴⁾. Bernie
	Bishop went against a governmental directive to keep the operating plan secretive and in a
	letter directed to his local newspaper he disclosed the plan of his district to close the hospitals.

breaking of the Health Districts Act	Bishop has stated that the plan was not presented to the entire board for discussion, and that
	the plan was never presented in a public meeting. Pat Atkinson has confirmed that the
	government told board members to keep their operating plans confidential, and as a
	consequence, Saskatchewan Party health critic Rod Gantefoer has accused the government
	of placing a gag order on the Living Sky Health District. Rod Gantefoer is a bit confused
	himself, we are not dealing with gag orders here, we are dealing with the pure breaking of the
	Health Districts Act⁽⁵⁾, and we must thank Bernie Bishop for letting us know about it.

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

	Quote by Donella Meadows "challenging a paradigm is not a part-time job. It is not sufficient to make your point once and then blame the world for not getting it. The world has a vested interest in, a commitment to, not getting it. The point has to be made patiently and repeatedly, day after day after day" ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4143-1.pdf http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/meadows/default.htm

	General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by Ensign http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html

1. -	Social crisis looming in Sask., Haverstock says, by Joanne Paulson, The StarPhoenix, May 10, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2. -	CUPE wants Romanow to lead medicare crusade, by James Parker, The StarPhoenix, May 10, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

3. -	Premier Romanow: A Jackass Makes Phony Peace With The Saskatchewan Nurses, by Mario deSantis, August 31, 1999 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-Jackass-Aug31-99.htm

4. -	Health boards gagged by NDP, says Sask. Party, by James Parker, The StarPhoenix, May 10, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

5. -	The Health Districts Act, Saskatchewan Legislature, 1993. Section 37(2): "...the district health board shall present... an operation and expenditure plan for the next fiscal year..."