A Saskatchewan Way Of Economic Growth: |
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Nipawin - October 21, 2000 - by: Mario deSantis | |
stupid statement |
It was two years ago, at the time of my youngest son's high school graduation that I heard |
from the master of ceremony that in accordance to the United Nations Human Development | |
Index, Saskatchewan was the best place to live in the world. As I heard such stupid comment, | |
and I want to point out that every absolute statement is a stupid statement, I raised my | |
eyebrows and told my sons James and Eric "here we go again with another B.S.; instead to | |
be constructive, have a vision and work for a better future, we continue to live in our past | |
glory." | |
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sobering tale |
So, as I read the article How do I measure thee? Let me count the ways(1) by Jeffrey Simpson, |
journalist with The Globe and Mail, I don't feel alone with my sense of alienation in | |
understanding our politicians and bureaucrats. In this article, Simpson states that Canada is | |
not number one among industrialized countries and that The Conference Board of Canada | |
has developed a much more comprehensive set of yardsticks by which to measure Canada's | |
international performance against six other countries. Simpson says that these yardsticks | |
comparing Canada to the United States, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Australia and Japan tell a | |
sobering tale and he is disappointed by our sunshine patriots who govern us and who continue | |
to expose this Canada No 1 fallacy. | |
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skewing of information |
As I have been publishing my articles on Ensign, I have gradually appreciated the outright |
abuses of power of this government, their lying,their skewing of information and their pursuing | |
of social growth by the so called good psychology. The truth is that we must forget the use of | |
the good psychology approach to run our business, and be realistic in appreciating our social | |
conditions and in creating our own future. | |
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deceiving ourselves |
We in Saskatchewan are not No 1, and we will be No 1 only at the time when we are going to do |
better than in the past and not when we are going to compare ourselves to others! We must stop | |
deceiving ourselves, but then, how can anyone help when we hear Minister of Health Pat Atkinson | |
saying that the problem of our medical specialists leaving the province is due to "personality | |
conflicts"which are not conducive to "a positive environment(2)." | |
-----------References/Endnotes: | |
List of articles by Mario deSantis | |
How do I measure thee? Let me count the ways, by Jeffrey Simpson, The Globe and Mail, October 9, 2000 | |
Saskatchewan Health Care: Confirmation Of The Most Mismanaged System In Canada, by Mario deSantis, October 12, 2000 | |