God Bless Saskatchewan

[wakopa]

i could come on here everyday and tell all the government screwups here in manitoba,that is whining,its a well know fact government are the most ineffeciet poeple and its not going to change until someone with balls get rid of unions and let the better workers move up to the higher positions and run things right,these engeneers in manitoba are srewing up just about everything and we are paying app 3 times more then we should for projects.there are two coffee shops in town i use to go to, not any more,i stay away from the whiners.the stupid things that go on with government isnt gonna change.look at the background of a lot of ndp in manitoba,they are losers.i try and have fun,life is short.in manitoba we are sending poeple to school to become stupid.

[cottonpicken]

Could we all agree that it would really suck to live in Brooks ab,if i was mayor of that place id have free bingo every 2nd night.

[wmoebis]

I spent two weeks working in Brooks. Turned down next job I was offered there.

[samhill]

Well forage, I've lived in Mb most of my long life, 5 years in Regina and i year in Lethbridge.
Mb is not as bad as Ontario and Quebec from what I can see, but our gov't is so rotten that they don't even try to hide it, and BiPole proves it. Add on that provincial helicopter deal costing 10 times what it should. Then government tenders kept secret, sometimes work not even tendered, just awarded. I drove OTR 7 years through the states and one winter Minny was putting in new overpasses on 694, "ring road" of Minny. They shut down the south side one weekend and put in 6 overpasses and opened on Monday. Then did the same on north 694 another weekend. Here a small bridge on hi way 3 took 2 years, and was covered in so they could "work" on it in the winter. Absolutely no government authority on collusion and unfair trade practices, 91.9 for reg gas with oil at $US36 per barrel. The legal system for sale, try going to court to protect your property and get shellacked. The education system in public schools is a joke, kids know its better to get a gov job like Dads than an education. There's more, the opposition doesn't bring any of this up in the upcoming election.
But, still better than some provinces.
I always say, the best people in the world live in Saskatchewan. Drop in to any small town restaurant and sit down and have a friendly conversation with anyone, only parts of Mb like that, lots of places your likely ignored after a "hello".

[Oliver88]

Good post Klause, you have identified a lot of truth about what we take for granted in Saskatchewan.
We have reduced the ratio of Saskawhiners to Saskawinners which is noticeable in the attitude in the province. 👍

Hopefully Manitoba can take the first step to being a great province again and rid themselves of their socialist regime and culture of defeatism that is holding them back.

[Klause]

I posted this thread on here because there's so many guys complaining about this that and the next thing... the message was supposed to be "be thankful for what you have".


Manitoba has plenty of good... and yes it is far better than other provinces...


Forage, my Dad still lives in Dauphin. I haul to Bunge Altona routinely....


grassfarmer is right... where you are is how you build your judgment... Dauphin is one of the roughest places to grow up and live... I'll take Lac La Biche over it any day.

There's some good areas like Rivers, Brandon, Altona/Winkler/Morden (If you're Mennonite)....



Big thing, as someone else pointed out, in Sask, anyone will strike up a conversation... There's way less racism and "this is my town get out" mentality than large areas of Manitoba...

[grassfarmer]

I've found Manitoba to be very welcoming and the people friendly wherever I've gone. That has been one of the most noticeable differences from Alberta.

[foragefarmer]

Samhill

You stated:

" Here a small bridge on hi way 3 took 2 years, and was covered in so they could "work" on it in the winter. Absolutely no government authority on collusion and unfair trade practices, 91.9 for reg gas with oil at $US36 per barrel."

On Highway #12 4 bridges were built in two summers, two bridges per summer. I don't find anything wrong with that. Besides in most cases it's private contractors building the bridges, not sure what that has to do with the provincial government?

I go to SE SK to visit the in-laws 3-4 times a year and when I cross the MB-Sk border the gas pump price immediately increases 3-5 cents per litre. The MB provincial sales tax on gas is 14cents/litre while in SK it's 15cents/litre. So not sure what you mean by your statement above when SK provincial gas tax is higher than MB.


Klaus

Your message " be thankful for what you have", is very true. But, your method of running down MB to make SK look good with your inaccurate perceptions is not the best way of doing it.

[stonepicker]

Take a look in the mirror forage! The way you've run down alta and canada in the past under conservative gov. has been ridiculous! Klause speaks the truth and your calling him a liar!? He's covered more ground than most people, i'll take his word over yours everytime.

[riders2010]

Have to remember klaus moved from interlake area of flatland floods and frost were the two main crop options. To humboldt in an area where crop is most likely a sure thing. Situated in the middle if terminals potash etc. Life would look a lot better.

[stonepicker]

Riders, what does that have to do with the prov. spending extra needless BILLIONS on bi-pole, poor health care, hallway medicine, 36 billion deficit, very poor roads ( especially southern half of prov. ) highest number per capita of gov. employees in the country, poorest test scores in the country ( people are going to school here to get stupid! ) burdensome regulation, moratorium on any hog barn building in the prov., no economic activity in the prov., high tax rate ( the personal tax exemption is approx. $4,000. higher in sask. ) etc. etc.

[Klause]

Forage the fuel think mistifies me. Dad and I talk about it often. Price of gas in Dauphin is 4 to 9 cents higher than here... consistently. However we are way lower than Estevan or Weyburn or moosomin. Not sure what aeffects that.


Highest price for clear diesel in Western Canada is around Winnipeg. Always. That's why our semis get filled in Gladstone when we haul down there or back from there.


As far as running MB down I'm calling it as I see it. I've lived, payed taxes, and worked in MB Sk and Ab...


Oh yeah.. reason #0 above #1 is sask girls. God bless my wifey