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Crown corporations on sale?
Waldeck - Thursday, February 21, 2013
by:Henry Nuefeld

Murray Mandryk’s 700 word rebuke of Brad Walls crown privatization record leaves much to be desired (Leader Post Feb. 13 2012).

Let’s get Wall’s record strait:

2009

2010

2011

2012
  • Television and Internet installations contracted out
  • Wireless Broadband Internet contracted out
  • Rural Internet and telephone infrastructure contracted out (Chinese-based Huawei)
  • All but five SaskPower walk-in locations closed to the public.
  • 120 million siphoned from SaskPower forces a 4.9% increase in residential rates.

And of course 2013 - three private liquor stores approved plus 60% of ISC privatized.

Prior to the 2007 election, Wall said, “the Saskatchewan Party will not be privatizing Crowns or their subsidiaries – not in whole or part.” Was he lying or hiding his true colours?