The Saskatchewan Way to Manage Government Misspending: Revenue Management and Saving Money

The Saskatchewan Way to Manage Government Misspending:
Revenue Management and Saving Money

Nipawin - October 11, 2000 - by: Mario deSantis

more focus
The saga of our governmental corruption is precipitating. Last week, Minister of Energy

and Mines Eldon Lautermilch fired the entire board of the Saskatchewan Research Council

since this board would not make changes as requested by oil companies⁽¹⁾. Lautermilch

justified the firing of the SRC's board by saying that this primary sector of the economy

is about 9% of the provincial economy and therefore more focus should be provided for

this growing industry.

marketing strategy
SaskEnergy, a monopolistic utility crown corporation, has jumped to the opportunity to

assist the government in increasing the 9% economy's share of the energy and mines

sector and has applied to the Saskatchewan Rate Review panel for unprecedented rate

hikes for both gas prices and delivery charges⁽²⁾. We commend SaskEnergy for their

foresight in their revenue management policies, however we remind the top brass of

SaskEnergy that this kind of marketing strategy would be more appropriate within a

quasi private market.

parallel
push
As our SaskEnergy is intelligently increasing the economic share of the energy and

mines primary sector by increasing gas and delivery rates, so we have a parallel push

by some politicians to saving money in the health care sector.

Brian Rourke
Chris Axworthy, Minister of Justice, has announced his candidacy for the leadership of

the NDP party, and has promised that if he becomes premier he will do away with the

health care districts⁽³⁾. Brian Rourke is afraid that the dissolution of the districts will

entail the losing of his chair and assets from the Saskatchewan Association of Health

Organizations (SAHO) and therefore he has stated that the proposal to scrap the health

districts is 'misguided⁽⁴⁾.' Rourke says Axworthy's idea won't save money since

management is only a fraction of health budgets. Rourke has a lot of expertise in saving

money, in fact he is very well known for his economic strategies to spin off our constructive

economy by digging holes in the grounds.

health care payroll
Rourke's holes in the grounds include a strong leadership contribution to the Stargarden

healthcare payroll project⁽⁵⁾, the implementation of the Saskatchewan Health Information

Network (SHIN)⁽⁶⁾, the closing of the Plains Health Centre in Regina⁽⁷⁾, and the further

Sap-ping of health care payroll⁽⁸⁾.

health care hoodlums
We thank Chris Axworthy for his critical thinking in providing a new alternative for

saving money in healthcare, however we advise him that one of the first priority in

health care is the booting out of our health care hoodlums⁽⁹⁾.

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

1.
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The firing of the entireSaskatchewan Research Council's Board, by Mario deSantis, October 9, 2000

2.
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Kaboom! Gas rates blast off: Homeowners likely to see bills rise by $17 per month, by Colleen Silverthon, The StarPhoenix, October 7, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

3.
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Axworthy makes leadership bid: Justice minister vows to axe health districts if elected premier, by James Parker, The StarPhoenix, October 7, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

4.
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Official says health district plan 'misguided', CBC Saskatchewan http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Oct 7 2000 11:12 AM EDT

5.
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Letter dated April 28, 1997 from Mario deSantis directed to all Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers of Saskatchewan District Health Boards. Re: Computerization of Health Care Payroll and Economic Policies. http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-letterToChairsCEOs-Apr28-97.htm

6.
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Associate Minister of Health Judy Junor: defending the SHIN flop at the Legislature, by Mario deSantis, April 14, 2000

7.
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The closure of the Plains Health Centre: The $50 million overrun and the gimmick of savings money in health care, by Mario deSantis, December 19, 1999

8.
Healthcare Payroll and SAHO's Big Brains, by Mario deSantis, November 20, 1999

9.
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The two primary needs of health reform: independence of the districts & booting out the hoodlums, by Mario deSantis, April 7, 2000,

The Saskatchewan Way to Manage Government Misspending: Revenue Management and Saving Money

Nipawin - October 11, 2000 - by: Mario deSantis

more focus	The saga of our governmental corruption is precipitating. Last week, Minister of Energy
	and Mines Eldon Lautermilch fired the entire board of the Saskatchewan Research Council
	since this board would not make changes as requested by oil companies⁽¹⁾. Lautermilch
	justified the firing of the SRC's board by saying that this primary sector of the economy
	is about 9% of the provincial economy and therefore more focus should be provided for
	this growing industry.

marketing strategy	SaskEnergy, a monopolistic utility crown corporation, has jumped to the opportunity to
	assist the government in increasing the 9% economy's share of the energy and mines
	sector and has applied to the Saskatchewan Rate Review panel for unprecedented rate
	hikes for both gas prices and delivery charges⁽²⁾. We commend SaskEnergy for their
	foresight in their revenue management policies, however we remind the top brass of
	SaskEnergy that this kind of marketing strategy would be more appropriate within a
	quasi private market.

parallel push	As our SaskEnergy is intelligently increasing the economic share of the energy and
	mines primary sector by increasing gas and delivery rates, so we have a parallel push
	by some politicians to saving money in the health care sector.

Brian Rourke	Chris Axworthy, Minister of Justice, has announced his candidacy for the leadership of
	the NDP party, and has promised that if he becomes premier he will do away with the
	health care districts⁽³⁾. Brian Rourke is afraid that the dissolution of the districts will
	entail the losing of his chair and assets from the Saskatchewan Association of Health
	Organizations (SAHO) and therefore he has stated that the proposal to scrap the health
	districts is 'misguided⁽⁴⁾.' Rourke says Axworthy's idea won't save money since
	management is only a fraction of health budgets. Rourke has a lot of expertise in saving
	money, in fact he is very well known for his economic strategies to spin off our constructive
	economy by digging holes in the grounds.

health care payroll	Rourke's holes in the grounds include a strong leadership contribution to the Stargarden
	healthcare payroll project⁽⁵⁾, the implementation of the Saskatchewan Health Information
	Network (SHIN)⁽⁶⁾, the closing of the Plains Health Centre in Regina⁽⁷⁾, and the further
	Sap-ping of health care payroll⁽⁸⁾.

health care hoodlums	We thank Chris Axworthy for his critical thinking in providing a new alternative for
	saving money in healthcare, however we advise him that one of the first priority in
	health care is the booting out of our health care hoodlums⁽⁹⁾.

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

1. -	The firing of the entireSaskatchewan Research Council's Board, by Mario deSantis, October 9, 2000

2. -	Kaboom! Gas rates blast off: Homeowners likely to see bills rise by $17 per month, by Colleen Silverthon, The StarPhoenix, October 7, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

3. -	Axworthy makes leadership bid: Justice minister vows to axe health districts if elected premier, by James Parker, The StarPhoenix, October 7, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

4. -	Official says health district plan 'misguided', CBC Saskatchewan http://sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted \| Oct 7 2000 11:12 AM EDT

5. - -	Letter dated April 28, 1997 from Mario deSantis directed to all Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers of Saskatchewan District Health Boards. Re: Computerization of Health Care Payroll and Economic Policies. http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-letterToChairsCEOs-Apr28-97.htm

6. -	Associate Minister of Health Judy Junor: defending the SHIN flop at the Legislature, by Mario deSantis, April 14, 2000

7. -	The closure of the Plains Health Centre: The $50 million overrun and the gimmick of savings money in health care, by Mario deSantis, December 19, 1999

8.	Healthcare Payroll and SAHO's Big Brains, by Mario deSantis, November 20, 1999

9. -	The two primary needs of health reform: independence of the districts & booting out the hoodlums, by Mario deSantis, April 7, 2000,