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| Nipawin - July 19, 2000 | |
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governmental propaganda |
I am thinking to write some essays on science and the search for the truth. This interest has been |
| triggered by the continuing skewing of information by our governmental propaganda and most | |
| importantly by the recent study on No-Fault insurance by Dr. Cassidy. Just few days ago I | |
| pointed out that the truth is not an absolute entity or proposition, but rather it results from our | |
| own shared perceptions(1). In this respect, I pointed out how Premier Romanow expressed his | |
| governmental achievements in his 1998 NDP Convention and rallied together his supporters by | |
| saying "Let's keep on building!" | |
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a Cheater |
However, the reality was that Premier Romanow's leadership has been a disaster and only now |
| people are coming to this disappointing realization. We have labelled Premier Romanow as a | |
| Magician, as a Saviour and as a Cheater and as time goes by the latter label seems to be the best | |
| characterization of this governmental leadership. | |
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Chris |
By chance I happened to be watching TV at lunch time (July 18, 2000) and I heard that |
| Saskatchewan experienced the highest crime rate of any other province in 1999. In the afternoon, | |
| I checked the governmental site for news releases and I find that Justice Minister Chris Axworthy | |
| relishes to the news that Saskatchewan reported a decrease of 2.5 per cent in its total crime rate in | |
| 1999 and states | |
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right on track |
"The latest release by Statistics Canada shows that our programs are right on |
track... Programs like SHOCAP, which targets serious and repeat young |
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offenders, are working and the figures released today show they are working(2)." |
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CBC |
I become a bit leery about the contentment of Honourable Axworthy and therefore I check out |
| the CBC site only to find out that the Canadian | |
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crime rate dropped 5% |
"overall crime rate dropped five per cent, making it the eighth year |
in a row a decrease has been recorded(3)." |
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government |
So our government is happy to find out that our decrease in crime rate is smaller than in other |
| provinces, and it attributes this decrease to the good work of the governmental programs while | |
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debunk current theories |
"criminologists say although they can't explain why almost all of the numbers |
are going down they debunk current theories for this trend." |
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skewed information |
I shake my head once again, and again I have confirmation that this government doesn't want to |
| learn and systemically uses skewed information to mask our socio-economic realities. | |
| -------------References and Endnotes: | |
| Articles by Mario deSantis published by Ensign http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantisNG.html | |
| Premier Roy Romanow: a Magician? a Saviour? a Cheater? By Mario deSantis, July 13, 2000 | |
| CRIME RATE DOWN IN SASKATCHEWAN, Government News Release, July 18, 2000, Justice - 438 Saskatchewan Government http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/2000/07/18-438.html | |
| Crime rate lowest in two decades WebPosted Tue Jul 18 16:44:41 2000 http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/07/18/crime_rate000718 | |