Premier Roy Romanow's Saskatchewan Way: Lack of Constitutional Directions

Premier Roy Romanow's Saskatchewan Way:
Lack of Constitutional Directions

Nipawin - August 16, 2000 - by: Mario deSantis

devolution
Timothy Shire has pointed out that the abandonment of the railways system has

contributed to higher transportation cost for grain, to the gradual degradation of

our rural highways, and as a consequence to the isolation of our rural communities⁽¹⁾.

Shire refers to this process of moving backward in economic and developmental

terms as devolution. I may add, that our government is especially efficient in this

new field of economic devolution; in fact, this government has been saving money

by externalizing the transportation cost to the farmers, and at the same it has been

covering its assets for any liability due to the disastrous up keep of our roads by the

implementation of no-fault insurance.

conversion
to gravel
Sinclair Harrison, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities,

has praised no-fault insurance by stating that it has saved money for the municipalities,

and we hardly agree with him when we see the poor conditions of our highways.

Earlier this year, our government stated that it is planning the conversion of many

rural paved highways to gravel.

Nokomis appraisal
forms
Today, this same government is telling the farmers to haul grain in the winter so that

the roads cannot be further deteriorated⁽²⁾. In the meantime, the residents of Nokomis

will be complaining about the status of Highway 15 by sending to the highway

minister a collection of completed appraisal forms where most drivers state that

they will not travel the highway on their next visit to the area⁽³⁾.

hazardous to your financial health
I read today that five billboards will go up at entrances to the province and major

cities⁽⁴⁾. These billboards will include the message "The law and roads of our

province may be hazardous to your financial health and well-being." Well said,

it wraps up everything which is wrong with this governmental leadership: lack of

constitutional directions.

-------------Endnotes:

1.
Raillessness, by Timothy Shire, August 3, 2000

2.
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Government urges farmers to wait for winter to haul grain, CBC Saskatchewan http://www.sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Aug 15 2000 10:41 AM EDT

3.
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Town gets road complaints on paper CBC Saskatchewan http://www.sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Aug 15 2000 9:28 AM EDT

4.
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Group opposed to no-fault to take message to Sask. Streets, by Colleen Silverthorn, The StarPhoenix, August 15, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

*Premier Roy Romanow's Saskatchewan Way:* *Lack of Constitutional Directions*

Nipawin - August 16, 2000 - by: Mario deSantis

devolution	Timothy Shire has pointed out that the abandonment of the railways system has
	contributed to higher transportation cost for grain, to the gradual degradation of
	our rural highways, and as a consequence to the isolation of our rural communities⁽¹⁾.
	Shire refers to this process of moving backward in economic and developmental
	terms as devolution. I may add, that our government is especially efficient in this
	new field of economic devolution; in fact, this government has been saving money
	by externalizing the transportation cost to the farmers, and at the same it has been
	covering its assets for any liability due to the disastrous up keep of our roads by the
	implementation of no-fault insurance.

conversion to gravel	Sinclair Harrison, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities,
	has praised no-fault insurance by stating that it has saved money for the municipalities,
	and we hardly agree with him when we see the poor conditions of our highways.
	Earlier this year, our government stated that it is planning the conversion of many
	rural paved highways to gravel.

Nokomis appraisal forms	Today, this same government is telling the farmers to haul grain in the winter so that
	the roads cannot be further deteriorated⁽²⁾. In the meantime, the residents of Nokomis
	will be complaining about the status of Highway 15 by sending to the highway
	minister a collection of completed appraisal forms where most drivers state that
	they will not travel the highway on their next visit to the area⁽³⁾.

hazardous to your financial health	I read today that five billboards will go up at entrances to the province and major
	cities⁽⁴⁾. These billboards will include the message "The law and roads of our
	province may be hazardous to your financial health and well-being." Well said,
	it wraps up everything which is wrong with this governmental leadership: lack of
	constitutional directions.

-------------Endnotes:

1.	Raillessness, by Timothy Shire, August 3, 2000

2. -	Government urges farmers to wait for winter to haul grain, CBC Saskatchewan http://www.sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted \| Aug 15 2000 10:41 AM EDT

3. -	Town gets road complaints on paper CBC Saskatchewan http://www.sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted \| Aug 15 2000 9:28 AM EDT

4. -	Group opposed to no-fault to take message to Sask. Streets, by Colleen Silverthorn, The StarPhoenix, August 15, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan