Sask party wins!

[skhadenuf]

That's partly true, but also what is true in my humble opinion is that had Melnychuk (leader of the Liberals) not so stupidly sided with the NDP to keep the NDP afloat, there likely would be a Liberal government in Regina by now. the Liberals that defected weren't stupid, they realized that they were dead politically because of Melnychuk, the far right like Hermanson, etc would never form government on their own so the unity of both has brought us here. the NDP governed like the federal liberals without any real opposition. Time will tell how the Sask Party will fair, but one thing is for sure every decent idea the NDP had over the last few years was stolen from the opposition, and other than that they had no ideas of their own.

[sumdumguy]

I agree with Skhadenuf. No one who was there will ever forget the Liberal/NDP wedding. Talk about sheep in wolf's clothing.

[freewheat]

The worst thing Devine did was to choose the 1980's to shoot for premier. The worst economic climate (recession), cheap oil, cheap potash, cheap uranium, killed his open for business policy. Romanow came in, and soon after economic times strengthened enabling him to balance the books. Now, we are in an economic climate in which my pet rooster and red green's nephew could balance the books.
I read a book about the devine years we all should read to get some insight into how poor the economy was, the good policies he brought in, and the challenges of the eighties.
My highways were a helluva lot better then than now, notwithstanding his over borrowing, and attempt to spend like Calvert. At least he stood for the farmer. Calvert? He stood for his unions... Devine spent money like most of my farmer neighbors, borrow, borrow, borrow, in a recession period. A no no.

[just_wondering]

re:Wall also said his government will pull the province's support of a court appeal filed against the federal government.
Why would Wall not have retained interveenor status, in the barley case and just stayed with the people who got him elected.
Any farmer who's single issue is the CWB would not have voted SK party anyways, and even then an election is 4 long years away.
Why do small c conservatives not govern like that?

[grassfarmer]

Jensend, you say "and i think alberta .... has taught us not to leave the governing of the province to large corporations. raping and pillaging isn't going to help anybody but absentee, large shareholders."

If only that were true - it seems to me there is plenty of raping and pillaging going on, certainly in agriculture and the resource sectors.

[parsley]

Anybody hear the radio interview with Brad Wall saying there would be a referendum on wheat?

I didn't, but was told about it.

Parsley

[just_wondering]

this was on CBC's The House
yesterday am it's about a third of the way in.
Brad wall

http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/thehouse_20071110_3864.mp3

[Kodiak]

I heard it. Another case of a politician opening his mouth before he thinks.

He doesn't even have his team or Ag Minister in place yet and he's getting himself and his new government boxed in. I guess Wall is just another politician more willing to stick his finger in the wind than show leadership.

There would be no better way to invogorate the province's grain economy than to open it up for business. Opportunities for farmers and for new investmentments in technology and value-added industry will never happen in our hyper-regulated system.

Oh, and by the way, does anyone remember the plebiscite when the monopoly was brought in?

[SASKFARMER3]

Guys Guys Guys, Honestly do you think we wont be able to win a vote.
I personally believe that if every farmer, And I mean farmer who grows HRS or Durum no Landlords etc, we would win by 50% that vote. Most of Sask is so Pi--ed off at the CWB and all their games plus the Rural is sick and tired of the Liberals and NDP. Free market would win, Leaving Manitoba by itself. Alberta would also vote for change.

[cottonpicken]

Am i mistaken in thinking Harper can just introduce legislation and then it is just voted on in the house?