$tephen Harper's Broken Promise AND Brad Wall's Weak Leadership Is Hurting Saskatchewan

$tephen Harper and the Conservatives pledged to remedy Canada's Equalization Formula by removing non-renewable resources from the calculation. That is how it is done for the provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland BUT NOT done for Saskatchewan.

Harper campaigned on fixing this inequity and Saskatchewan voters elected 12 Conservatives MP's.

However, as soon as he formed a minority government, he dropped his campaign pledge and Saskatchewan's New Democratic government was forced to take Ottawa to court to repair this provincial imbalance.

After 16 years in power, the New Democrats were replaced in Saskatchewan by Brad Wall's Saskatchewan Party. But as soon as he was elected, Premier Wall let Harper and the Conservatives off the hook on the resource inequity and dropped Saskatchewan's court challenge.

Bad move! Wall allowed Saskatchewan to be treated differently than other provinces and Harper has been padding the national treasury with Saskatchewan money ever since.

Anyone who believes that $tephen Harper and Brad Wall have been good for Saskatchewan need to give their heads a shake. Anyone who believes that $tephen Harper and Brad Wall will do the right thing for Saskatchewan with regard to our Potash industry needs psychiatric help.

Harper and Wall are committed to Right Wing, 'unfettered free market' ideology. It is hurting Saskatchewan.

Wall is now beginning to understand that unfettered free markets are NOT necessarily good for his province. But his awakening is coming too late.

Brad Wall's weak leadership and mistakes in the past are hurting Saskatchewan's economy today.

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Premier Brad Wall Has A BAD Record On Proceeding With Lawsuits against Ottawa

Brad Wall is a bit phony when he threatens $tephen Harper with a lawsuit over the looming BHP takeover of the Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan.

The former government of Saskatchewan initiated a lawsuit against the federal government for inequitable treatment on the issue of natural resources and Equalization. When Brad Wall was elected Premier, the first thing he did was let Harper off the hook by dropping Saskatchewan's lawsuit.

So here is how Wall operates ... he dropped a lawsuit that fought for Saskatchewan to be treated the same as Quebec and Newfoundland on Equalization .. a suit that sought to counter the $800 Million that was withheld from Saskatchewan .. but he is now threatening a $300 Million lawsuit over Potash. HUH!??

Brad Wall is NOT looking after the interests of the Province of Saskatchewan.

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Progressive Blogger Larry Hubich WINS Fifth Term As President Of The Saskatchewan Federation Of Labour

Prog Blog readers will be familiar with Larry Hubich. Over the past weekend, Mr. Hubich was re-elected President of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour in convention in Regina.

Larry is a leading edge advocate for working people throughout the nation. He is a tough negotiator with a no nonsense approach to the issues that organized labour faces from the likes of Brad Wall and $tephen Harper. Apologists and hacks for the Right Wing continue to throw everything they can at Larry. That alone makes him an asset to progressives, trade unionists and social democrats both in and outside of Saskatchewan.

If you don't read his blog ... well, you should.

Congrats to Larry Hubich.

-Regina Leader-Post


Photograph by Troy Fleece - courtesy Leader-Post

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