An Expression of Democracy:"Are you in favour of forced municipal amalgamation?" |
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Nipawin - March 30, 2000 - By:Mario deSantis | |
down sizing both the economy and people in rural Saskatchewan |
I personally object to the Star Pheonix Opinions that the referendum proposed next month by the |
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is laughable(1). I also agree with | |
SARM that the academic studies on rural governance commissioned by this government at the | |
tune of $850,000 are a waste of money. This government has no record whatsoever for assisting | |
rural Saskatchewan to diversify its economy and create wealth. Instead, it is relentlessly pursuing | |
an economic policy of down sizing both the economy and people in rural Saskatchewan. | |
save money |
At a time when rural Saskatchewan requires special assistance for the re-dimensioning of the |
agricultural industry, this government continues an economic policy of wealth extraction by | |
undermining the basic infrastructure for rural growth: local governance, schools, hospitals, | |
public services and good roads(2). The two University of Saskatchewan academic works, the | |
first by professor Joe Garcea and the second by professors Jack Stabler and Rose Olfert, | |
recommend the dramatic reduction of municipal governments. These professors claim that the | |
reduction of municipal governments will save money and facilitate economic growth in rural | |
Saskatchewan. And this government is using the paper works of these professors to carry its | |
agenda of killing rural Saskatchewan(3). | |
ultimate economic solution |
This government, these academicians, and these Star Pheonix journalists, all claim that it is time |
to change the status quo by the establishment of municipal government regions. I tell you readers, | |
that this government is a phony government, that these academicians have sold out their souls to | |
this government, and that these journalists just like to have opportunities to write more of their | |
own opinions. These people are telling rural Saskatchewan that they have the economic solution | |
for rural Saskatchewan. Yes, they have the solution, but it is the ultimate economic solution: the | |
killing of rural Saskatchewan. | |
new |
By now, we all know the political strategies of the Romanow's government: have corrupted |
politicians write a paper vision(4), have economists support the paper vision(5), introduce | |
legislation to dictate the vision(6), have Tin Pot dictators and puppets to implement the vision(7). | |
As Carrot River mayor David Stanger has said, this government takes you by the nose through | |
all their processes only to stab you in the back(8). This government is not serving the people, it is | |
serving itself and their friends(9). This government, these economists and these Star Pheonix | |
-journalists, they all tell you that it is time to change the status quo and keep up with the changes | |
of a new knowledge economy. I tell you readers, that these same people who are telling you | |
they want to change the status quo and save money in the process(10), are the same people who | |
have a mausoleum mentality made of brick and mortar(11). | |
SARM is defending the democratic rights |
SARM is right in submitting the referendum with the question "Are you in favour of forced |
municipal amalgamation?" In doing so, SARM is defending the democratic rights of rural | |
Saskatchewan(12) along with the inalienable individual rights of all people, be urban or rural. This | |
government is a phony government and it is a shame for all the people it is supposed to represent. | |
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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 North Central Internet News http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html | |
SARM vote waste of time, SP OPINONS, The StarPhoenix, March 27, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Steven Gibb, Les MacPherson, Sarah Peiris, and Lawrence Thoner collaborate in writing SP editorials. | |
United We Stand, by Kevin McIntyre, March 22, 2000 | |
IF, by Edwin Wallace, March 22, 2000 | |
Louise Simard is the new CEO for SAHO, by Mario deSantis, March 14, 2000 | |
A Partial Diagnosis of Health Care Corruption: The Quality Circle of the Big Brains Includes our Renown Health Economists, by Mario deSantis, March 10, 2000 | |
Bill: An Act respecting Health Districts, Government of Saskatchewan, The Queen's Printer, 1993 | |
Saskatchewan Health Care: the most corrupted system in Canada, by Mario deSantis, March 27, 2000 | |
North East Health District: the closure of Carrot River Hospital and Telehealth, by Mario deSantis, March 11, 2000 | |
Governments must stop serving themselves and their friends, by Mario deSantis, February 13, 2000 | |
Premier Romanow's Government: The Obsession of Saving Money Versus Building Healthier Communities, by Mario deSantis, March 21, 2000 | |
A Museum Mentality is Cheating Our Economy: Healthcare, SHIN and the Synchrotron, by Mario deSantis, November 9, 1999 | |
Is It Time To Take Down the Flag, FTLComm - Tisdale - March 22, 2000 |