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Saskatchewan Economic Priorities: Education, then Lower Taxes, and not more Phoney Research

Nipawin - July 11, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis

assessing our economic and social performance
We must be careful about being complacent and rejoice to the news that Canada is again number

one in standard of living⁽¹⁾ after being ranked 30 with respect to its health care system⁽²⁾. The

most important consideration in assessing our economic and social performance doesn't come

from the ranking of our status by Statistics Canada nor from the United Nations; we must look

at ourselves in the mirror and we will find the answer, that is what we need is to put more value to

our common sense and less value to the ongoing reductionist statistics of economic performance.

economic
under
achievement
Canada's real personal income has decreased by 5% i n the last 10 years, while the United States'

real personal income has increased by 13% ⁽³⁾. Today, the gap between the Canadian and US

personal income is some US$6,000 (CND$9,000) and therefore we must recognize that this

economic under achievement is mainly the result of regressive and outdated economic policies

of our federal and provincial governments. And our comparative under achievement doesn't limit

to the US, in fact France has been growing three times faster, Norway six times faster and Ireland

eighteen times faster.

Ireland
Ireland has become the fastest growing economy in Europe and its social and economic policies

are today taken as an example to follow by any other country. Lower taxes, foreign investments,

research and education have been the main strategic componen ts for the economic growth of

Ireland⁽⁴⁾.

basic
education
In Canada , we have always pursued economic growth by attracting foreign capital, and therefore

in the last budget an effort was put to improve our higher educational system by announcing the

creation of 2,000 research chairs. In accordance to many politicians and economists what is left is

to pursue the cutting of personal and corporate taxes. The creation of 2000 research chairs at the

expense of improving the basic education of our youth is a debatable economic decision, and if we

consider Ireland, we must point out that this country began to pour money into basic education in

the 60's and only after that they put money into research and development.

spur
economic
growth
If we refer to Saskatchewan, the cutting of personal or corporate taxes will not do, by itself, the trick

to spur economic growth, especially so when one considers the tremendous and futile funding in

research⁽⁵⁾ at the expense of providing better education for our young children and our university

graduates⁽⁶⁾.

aboriginal
people live in poverty
Most of our aboriginal people live in poverty, and their percentage of the population is expected to

rise from the present 14% to 45% by the year 2045 and unless we focus on the needs of these

people we will become a socially bankrupt province. Eric Cline, Minister of Finance for

Saskatchewan, has been trumpeting economic growth for the last nine years⁽⁷⁾, yet our real

economic growth has been decreasing and deteriorating, and our a boriginal people are continuing

to suffer in silence the consequences of these governmental policies. The highest economic priority

of this province is education, then lower taxes , and certainly not the phoney research presently

carried out by our universities.

----------References and Endnotes:

CANADA'S ECONOMY IN THE NEWSPAPERS, by Brian K. MacLea n, MacLean's Economic Policy Page http://www.geocities.com/brian79/macecon.html

Articles by Mario deSantis published by Ensign http://www .ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantisNG.html

1.
Canada's No. 1, United Nations says, Steven Edwards, National Post, June 29, 2000

2.
The Rubbish of the WHO's Ranking and Saskatchewan Health, by Mario deSantis, June 25, 2000

3.
-
-
CANADA'S STANDARD OF LIVING: WHY DO WE LAG BEHIND THE U.S.? Productivity is only part of the problem, Marc LE9vesque, Ruth Getter, May 26, 1999, Toronto Dominion Bank http://www.tdbank.ca/tdeconomics/marketanalysis/current/ml0526.htm

4.
-
It takes more than a simple tax cut and the luck of the Irish, Madelaine Drohan, Globe and Mail, July 4, 2000

5.
Research, Reputations and Responsibility, by Timothy Shire, July 2, 2000

6.
-
Honourable Eric Cline has not balanced the budget yet, he forgot our school-children, by Mario deSantis, April 2, 2000

7.
-
-
Budget Address: A Plan forGrowth and Opportunity, Honourable Eric Cline, Minister of Finance, Government of Saskatchewan, March, 2000 http://www.gov.sk.ca/finance/budget/budget00/2000papers.htm

Saskatchewan Economic Priorities: Education, then Lower Taxes, and not more Phoney Research

Nipawin - July 11, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis

assessing our economic and social performance	We must be careful about being complacent and rejoice to the news that Canada is again number
	one in standard of living⁽¹⁾ after being ranked 30 with respect to its health care system⁽²⁾. The
	most important consideration in assessing our economic and social performance doesn't come
	from the ranking of our status by Statistics Canada nor from the United Nations; we must look
	at ourselves in the mirror and we will find the answer, that is what we need is to put more value to
	our common sense and less value to the ongoing reductionist statistics of economic performance.

economic under achievement	Canada's real personal income has decreased by 5% i n the last 10 years, while the United States'
	real personal income has increased by 13% ⁽³⁾. Today, the gap between the Canadian and US
	personal income is some US$6,000 (CND$9,000) and therefore we must recognize that this
	economic under achievement is mainly the result of regressive and outdated economic policies
	of our federal and provincial governments. And our comparative under achievement doesn't limit
	to the US, in fact France has been growing three times faster, Norway six times faster and Ireland
	eighteen times faster.

Ireland	Ireland has become the fastest growing economy in Europe and its social and economic policies
	are today taken as an example to follow by any other country. Lower taxes, foreign investments,
	research and education have been the main strategic componen ts for the economic growth of
	Ireland⁽⁴⁾.

basic education	In Canada , we have always pursued economic growth by attracting foreign capital, and therefore
	in the last budget an effort was put to improve our higher educational system by announcing the
	creation of 2,000 research chairs. In accordance to many politicians and economists what is left is
	to pursue the cutting of personal and corporate taxes. The creation of 2000 research chairs at the
	expense of improving the basic education of our youth is a debatable economic decision, and if we
	consider Ireland, we must point out that this country began to pour money into basic education in
	the 60's and only after that they put money into research and development.

spur economic growth	If we refer to Saskatchewan, the cutting of personal or corporate taxes will not do, by itself, the trick
	to spur economic growth, especially so when one considers the tremendous and futile funding in
	research⁽⁵⁾ at the expense of providing better education for our young children and our university
	graduates⁽⁶⁾.

aboriginal people live in poverty	Most of our aboriginal people live in poverty, and their percentage of the population is expected to
	rise from the present 14% to 45% by the year 2045 and unless we focus on the needs of these
	people we will become a socially bankrupt province. Eric Cline, Minister of Finance for
	Saskatchewan, has been trumpeting economic growth for the last nine years⁽⁷⁾, yet our real
	economic growth has been decreasing and deteriorating, and our a boriginal people are continuing
	to suffer in silence the consequences of these governmental policies. The highest economic priority
	of this province is education, then lower taxes , and certainly not the phoney research presently
	carried out by our universities.

----------References and Endnotes:

	CANADA'S ECONOMY IN THE NEWSPAPERS, by Brian K. MacLea n, MacLean's Economic Policy Page http://www.geocities.com/brian79/macecon.html

	Articles by Mario deSantis published by Ensign http://www .ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantisNG.html

1.	Canada's No. 1, United Nations says, Steven Edwards, National Post, June 29, 2000

2.	The Rubbish of the WHO's Ranking and Saskatchewan Health, by Mario deSantis, June 25, 2000

3. - -	CANADA'S STANDARD OF LIVING: WHY DO WE LAG BEHIND THE U.S.? Productivity is only part of the problem, Marc LE9vesque, Ruth Getter, May 26, 1999, Toronto Dominion Bank http://www.tdbank.ca/tdeconomics/marketanalysis/current/ml0526.htm

4. -	It takes more than a simple tax cut and the luck of the Irish, Madelaine Drohan, Globe and Mail, July 4, 2000

5.	Research, Reputations and Responsibility, by Timothy Shire, July 2, 2000

6. -	Honourable Eric Cline has not balanced the budget yet, he forgot our school-children, by Mario deSantis, April 2, 2000

7. - -	Budget Address: A Plan forGrowth and Opportunity, Honourable Eric Cline, Minister of Finance, Government of Saskatchewan, March, 2000 http://www.gov.sk.ca/finance/budget/budget00/2000papers.htm