SUN's Strike and Premier Romanow's Paper Legislation

SUN's Strike and Premier Romanow's Paper Legislation

By Mario deSantis, April 25, 1999

Our Premier is a hypocrite. He is a hypocrite because he is a constitutional lawyer⁽¹⁾ and he

knows that the essential ingredient of any law is the good faith of the emanating body and the

integrity or constitution of the law. In passing the back-to-work-legislation just after few hours

the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) called the provincial wide strike, Premier Romanow

showed again to be a strong leader who makes the tough decisions⁽²⁾; he walked all over the

collective bargaining right of the nurses, expressed his intolerance for any dissension to his

authoritarian administration⁽³⁾, and used the legislation as the last resort for enforcing his

personal will⁽⁴⁾. The nurses' back-to-work-legislation is a paper law, conceptually void of any

constitutional ingredient and as such against the right of the nurses and the right of the

Saskatchewan people. The never ending repetitive threats⁽⁵⁾ by Premier Romanow,

Honourable Pat Atkinson, Minister of Health, and Brian Rourke, Chair of the Saskatchewan

Association of Health Organizations (SAHO), that the nurses broke the law, that they were

in contempt of a court's injunction, and that they will be fined, are typical devious tactics of

these abusive leaders⁽⁶⁾.

In his speech to the 1997 NDP Convention⁽⁷⁾, Premier Romanow proudly alluded to the

"crossing of the floor" by Mr. Krawetz and charged him of stabbing his leader in the back.

Premier Romanow is a very smart man, in fact he doesn't have to cross the floor to back-stab

the Saskatchewan people, he just uses paper legislation.

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Roy Romanow was one of the key players in the federal-provincial negotiations which resulted in the Constitutional Accord of November, 1981. In 1984, he co-authored a book on those negotiations, Canada Notwithstanding. http://www.gov.sk.ca/bios/premier.htm

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In our New Economy we don't need strong leaders, instead, we need invisible leaders who cultivate the creativity of people by being coaches, teachers, designers or architects.

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Saskatchewan Tin Pot Dictatorships: Lack of Integrity Is Lack of Leadership, by Mario deSantis, February 8, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

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Premier Romanow doesn't believe in empowering people and as a consequence we find him as a "Factotum" shaking hands and making deals for the Saskatchewan people.

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These threats are very well documented in many articles of the current provincial newspapers: The Leader Post of Regina, and The StarPhoenix of Saskatoon; and in the press releases of the Government of Saskatchewan: http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/archive.html

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Refer to the pertinent articles published in the North Central Internet News by Mario deSantis http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign

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NOTES FOR REMARKS by Premier Roy Romanow to the Annual Convention of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/saskndp/SPEECHES/convention_speech_97.html

SUN's Strike and Premier Romanow's Paper Legislation
*By Mario deSantis, April 25, 1999*

	Our Premier is a hypocrite. He is a hypocrite because he is a constitutional lawyer⁽¹⁾ and he
	knows that the essential ingredient of any law is the good faith of the emanating body and the
	integrity or constitution of the law. In passing the back-to-work-legislation just after few hours
	the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) called the provincial wide strike, Premier Romanow
	showed again to be a strong leader who makes the tough decisions⁽²⁾; he walked all over the
	collective bargaining right of the nurses, expressed his intolerance for any dissension to his
	authoritarian administration⁽³⁾, and used the legislation as the last resort for enforcing his
	personal will⁽⁴⁾. The nurses' back-to-work-legislation is a paper law, conceptually void of any
	constitutional ingredient and as such against the right of the nurses and the right of the
	Saskatchewan people. The never ending repetitive threats⁽⁵⁾ by Premier Romanow,
	Honourable Pat Atkinson, Minister of Health, and Brian Rourke, Chair of the Saskatchewan
	Association of Health Organizations (SAHO), that the nurses broke the law, that they were
	in contempt of a court's injunction, and that they will be fined, are typical devious tactics of
	these abusive leaders⁽⁶⁾.

	In his speech to the 1997 NDP Convention⁽⁷⁾, Premier Romanow proudly alluded to the
	"crossing of the floor" by Mr. Krawetz and charged him of stabbing his leader in the back.
	Premier Romanow is a very smart man, in fact he doesn't have to cross the floor to back-stab
	the Saskatchewan people, he just uses paper legislation.

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

1. - -	Roy Romanow was one of the key players in the federal-provincial negotiations which resulted in the Constitutional Accord of November, 1981. In 1984, he co-authored a book on those negotiations, Canada Notwithstanding. http://www.gov.sk.ca/bios/premier.htm

2. -	In our New Economy we don't need strong leaders, instead, we need invisible leaders who cultivate the creativity of people by being coaches, teachers, designers or architects.

3. -	Saskatchewan Tin Pot Dictatorships: Lack of Integrity Is Lack of Leadership, by Mario deSantis, February 8, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

4. -	Premier Romanow doesn't believe in empowering people and as a consequence we find him as a "Factotum" shaking hands and making deals for the Saskatchewan people.

5. - -	These threats are very well documented in many articles of the current provincial newspapers: The Leader Post of Regina, and The StarPhoenix of Saskatoon; and in the press releases of the Government of Saskatchewan: http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/archive.html

6. -	Refer to the pertinent articles published in the North Central Internet News by Mario deSantis http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign

7. - -	NOTES FOR REMARKS by Premier Roy Romanow to the Annual Convention of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1997 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/saskndp/SPEECHES/convention_speech_97.html