By Mario deSantis, October 28, 1999

Our socialist Premier Romanow took over the Saskatchewan government in late 1991 from the overspending Devine's conservatives. Unimaginative and reactionary, our Premier understood that the secret for staying in power was not to create wealth(1) for the people but to do better than the previous conservative government. Therefore, Premier Romanow, even though he realized that doing nothing would have been enough to do better than the past conservatives, stretched his imagination and did something. In fact, he directed a "lean and mean" economic policy against the people of Saskatchewan and on behalf of the monumental projects such as the renovation of the Regina hospitals(2), SHIN(3) and the Synchrotron(4). This lean and mean policy eventually led to the balancing of the governmental budget, the digging of big and deep holes in the ground(5), and the overall shrinking of this province to success. Today's legacy of this mean and lean political direction is a stagnant economy where everybody and every agency is crying for more money for healthcare, for education, for highways, for agriculture, for increasing the monopolistic revenues of our crown corporations, for you name it and everything else. In short, under the political and economic decisions of Premier Romanow's government and his Tin Pot dictators(6), we have become a province of beggars.

In the last election, Premier Romanow received the message that his past performance was not enough for his party to form a majority government. However, our astute Premier was able to bribe the few liberal members of the legislature and form a majority coalition government(7). To the disappointment of the electorate, Romanow is once again in full power and telling us what to do. Poor Premier Romanow, he needs help, the government has run out of money, he has run out of his magic and he still needs to make political decisions. The last political decisions of this Premier have been catastrophic. Let us consider, for example, his involvement in the affairs of the University of Saskatchewan. He has fully supported the building of the Synchrotron at the expense of the university welfare; then in an effort to stall the increase of university fees he diverted money from the Millennium Fund(8); then again, at election time, he played the magic to promise free tuition to students entering post secondary educational institutions(9) at the expense of all the students of any age of Saskatchewan; and now that the University of Saskatchewan has not accepted the bean counters' proposal to provide differential tuition fees(10) in accordance to the cost and benefit analysis of different degrees, our Premier doesn't know what to do.

We want to help our Premier and his Tin Pot dictators. They must not expect ever again to pass unconstitutional laws and claim the Rule of Law for their observance(11). Governments of any level must make decision on behalf of their citizens, and they must be respectful of the law. Therefore, even though we are not the experts, we are going to mention in our future articles some tools which can assist our Premier and his Tin Pot dictators reach informed democratic and accountable decisions rather than rely solely on their greed, power or magic.

Endnotes

1. Note: This hypocritical reactionary government reengineered the provincial social system by pursuing "reductionist" policies at any level and sector of the economy and ultimately affecting the intelligence of our research environment.

2. Premier Romanow: playing the number game. Publicizing the 22% salary increase and covering up the $40 million overrun, by Mario deSantis, April 19, 1999

3. Technological Changes In Saskatchewan Health Care: An Abysmal Disaster, by Mario deSantis, May 27, 1999

4. Premier Romanow's Shining Light To The World: The Canadian Light Source Synchrotron, by Mario deSantis, April 5, 1999

5. Health Reform in Saskatchewan: Digging Holes in the Ground, by Mario deSantis and reviewed by James deSantis, October 20, 1999

6. Saskatchewan Tin Pot Dictatorships: Lack of Integrity Is Lack of Leadership, by Mario deSantis, February 8, 1999

7. Governmental coalition in saskatchewan: A private contractual deal at the expense of the electorate?, by Mario deSantis, October 2, 1999

8. Premier Romanow's Latest Magics: Shuffling Numbers & Mysterious Bank Accounts, by Mario deSantis, May 16, 1999

9. Roy Romanow: The Ultimate Electoral Number Game In Education, by Mario deSantis, August 29, 1999

10. Tuition report trashed: U of S students storm campus meeting to protest committee's suggestion of what they should pay, By Gerry Klein, The StarPhoenix, October 22, 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

11. Premier Romanow: Reinventing The Rule Of Law And Becoming Above The Law, by Mario deSantis, September 2, 1999 http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/desam/paper-ReinvenLaw-Sept02-99.htm