Let us stop the GDP number game!

Nipawin - Saturday, August 26, 2001 - by: Mario deSantis

relevancy
We have been saying for a long time that the keeping and the publishing of GDP statistics have no sound relevancy to appreciate our well being. We have been saying all along in our writing that Roy Romanow has downsized the people and the economy of Saskatchewan. We have been saying all along that our leadership is obsessed by a linear mentality looking for numbers to substantiate our economic growth and our scientific wisdom.

economics
We must stop the number game played by our hegemonic leadership of any political colour. We are experiencing the devastating results of neoclassical political economics all over the globe and we hear our patriot Prime Minister Jean Chretien wanting to share Alberta's wealth for all Canadians while his Shawinigan's businesses get federal welfare and go bankrupt.

changes
We need political and social changes, and I realize now that such changes cannot occur within our institutional settings; needed changes can only occur within the exercise of our own civic responsibilities.

unsafe
at night
And listen to these latest news about Saskatchewan. The Saskatoon police is telling people that the streets are unsafe at night, while Statistics Canada is hailing Saskatchewan as the province with the third highest productivity rate (GDP per job) at $54,000 a mere $2,000 behind Ontario's, while experiencing the highest productivity in the extraction of natural resources.

GDP
Let us stop the GDP number game, let us change the linear mentality of our leadership, let us have our streets safe for all, and this is our civic responsibility as our governments and businesses are working to produce bigger numbers at the expense of people's lives.

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Firm in PM's riding goes under despite $618,000 in federal aid, Andrew McIntosh, National Post, August 25, 2001 http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010825/666289.html

Youth crime a growing problem in Saskatoon, CBC Saskatchewan, August 24, 2001 http://sask.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/08/24/youth010824

Interprovincial productivity differences: 1996-97, The Daily. Friday, August 24, 2001 http://www.statcan.ca:80/Daily/English/010824/d010824a.htm


Nipawin - Saturday, August 26, 2001 - by: Mario deSantis

relevancy	We have been saying for a long time that the keeping and the publishing of GDP statistics have no sound relevancy to appreciate our well being. We have been saying all along in our writing that Roy Romanow has downsized the people and the economy of Saskatchewan. We have been saying all along that our leadership is obsessed by a linear mentality looking for numbers to substantiate our economic growth and our scientific wisdom.

economics	We must stop the number game played by our hegemonic leadership of any political colour. We are experiencing the devastating results of neoclassical political economics all over the globe and we hear our patriot Prime Minister Jean Chretien wanting to share Alberta's wealth for all Canadians while his Shawinigan's businesses get federal welfare and go bankrupt.

changes	We need political and social changes, and I realize now that such changes cannot occur within our institutional settings; needed changes can only occur within the exercise of our own civic responsibilities.

unsafe at night	And listen to these latest news about Saskatchewan. The Saskatoon police is telling people that the streets are unsafe at night, while Statistics Canada is hailing Saskatchewan as the province with the third highest productivity rate (GDP per job) at $54,000 a mere $2,000 behind Ontario's, while experiencing the highest productivity in the extraction of natural resources.

GDP	Let us stop the GDP number game, let us change the linear mentality of our leadership, let us have our streets safe for all, and this is our civic responsibility as our governments and businesses are working to produce bigger numbers at the expense of people's lives.

------------------References
	Related social and economic articles published by *Ensign*

	Firm in PM's riding goes under despite $618,000 in federal aid, Andrew McIntosh, National Post, August 25, 2001 http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010825/666289.html

	Youth crime a growing problem in Saskatoon, CBC Saskatchewan, August 24, 2001 http://sask.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/08/24/youth010824

	Interprovincial productivity differences: 1996-97, The Daily. Friday, August 24, 2001 http://www.statcan.ca:80/Daily/English/010824/d010824a.htm