The Saskatchewan Government: the continuing saga of our economic down fall

The Saskatchewan Government:
the continuing saga of our economic down fall

Nipawin - October 8, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis

manipulation
of numbers
We must break the conventional myth that our perception of being optimistic, rather than

having common sense, is a component of economic growth. Again, today we have the

manipulation of numbers and of economic policies which portray an economic well-being

in Saskatchewan. We have explained in our past articles that the degree of mismanagement

of health care in Saskatchewan is the highest of any other province. We have also reported

the regressive economic policies of this government in any area of public service. In particular,

we have been expressing the social concern that this government is skewing every evidence

of our social conditions to highlight the bright side of our economic downfall.

economy
has been globalized
I am a simple man, and I don't need to play with numbers within a specific area of concern

to stress my disappointment about this government. My number game is very simple, this

government is a disaster for the simple facts that Saskatchewan has the highest crime rate

of any other province; that we are experiencing the highest population growth within our

poor aboriginal people while our overall population is stagnant at 1,000,000; that our small

economy has been globalized to the highest degree as possible; that our individual freedom

has been gradually eroded.

drop of .4%
in its labour force
Today I hear more B.S., that the Saskatchewan employment rate has decreased from 5.9%

in August to 5.6% in September⁽¹⁾. I am going to express my concern about these statistics

by stating that in the last year Saskatchewan experienced a drop of .4% in its labour force

participation while across Canada (including Saskatchewan) we experienced an overall

increase of 1.9%⁽²⁾. Statistics is the discipline our government and researchers are using to cover

up their misdeeds.

telephonists
Today, I also hear that Staples will establish a Call Centre in Regina⁽³⁾. And guess what,

we are going to have 600 new telephonists and we are going to further decrease our

unemployment rate. And I forgot to say that the province will provide money to train these

telephonists. The saga of this government continues...

-------------References/Endnotes:

List of articles by Mario deSantis http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantisNG.html

1.
-
Jobless rate drops in Saskatchewan, CBC Saskatchewan, http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Oct 6 2000 11:44 AM EDT

2.
-
The Daily for: 2000-10-06, Statistics Canada, http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/001006/d001006.pdf

3.
-
600 new jobs for Regina, CBC Saskatchewan http://sask.cbc.ca Web Posted | Oct 5 2000 8:39 PM EDT

Today's picture is of the old UGG elevator site in Tisdale that was knocked down this past week.

The Saskatchewan Government: the continuing saga of our economic down fall

Nipawin - October 8, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis

manipulation of numbers	We must break the conventional myth that our perception of being optimistic, rather than
	having common sense, is a component of economic growth. Again, today we have the
	manipulation of numbers and of economic policies which portray an economic well-being
	in Saskatchewan. We have explained in our past articles that the degree of mismanagement
	of health care in Saskatchewan is the highest of any other province. We have also reported
	the regressive economic policies of this government in any area of public service. In particular,
	we have been expressing the social concern that this government is skewing every evidence
	of our social conditions to highlight the bright side of our economic downfall.

economy has been globalized	I am a simple man, and I don't need to play with numbers within a specific area of concern
	to stress my disappointment about this government. My number game is very simple, this
	government is a disaster for the simple facts that Saskatchewan has the highest crime rate
	of any other province; that we are experiencing the highest population growth within our
	poor aboriginal people while our overall population is stagnant at 1,000,000; that our small
	economy has been globalized to the highest degree as possible; that our individual freedom
	has been gradually eroded.

drop of .4% in its labour force	Today I hear more B.S., that the Saskatchewan employment rate has decreased from 5.9%
	in August to 5.6% in September⁽¹⁾. I am going to express my concern about these statistics
	by stating that in the last year Saskatchewan experienced a drop of .4% in its labour force
	participation while across Canada (including Saskatchewan) we experienced an overall
	increase of 1.9%⁽²⁾. Statistics is the discipline our government and researchers are using to cover
	up their misdeeds.

telephonists	Today, I also hear that Staples will establish a Call Centre in Regina⁽³⁾. And guess what,
	we are going to have 600 new telephonists and we are going to further decrease our
	unemployment rate. And I forgot to say that the province will provide money to train these
	telephonists. The saga of this government continues...

-------------References/Endnotes:

	List of articles by Mario deSantis http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantisNG.html

1. -	Jobless rate drops in Saskatchewan, CBC Saskatchewan, http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted \| Oct 6 2000 11:44 AM EDT

2. -	The Daily for: 2000-10-06, Statistics Canada, http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/001006/d001006.pdf

3. -	600 new jobs for Regina, CBC Saskatchewan http://sask.cbc.ca Web Posted \| Oct 5 2000 8:39 PM EDT

	Today's picture is of the old UGG elevator site in Tisdale that was knocked down this past week.