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In his acceptance speech, for the leadership of the NDP Party and as a consequence for the premiership of Saskatchewan, Lorne Calvert has confirmed the demagogic positioning of his leadership by stating that he will work to maintain the NDP-Liberal coalition, to counter what he calls the coalition of disaffected Liberals, disgraced Tories, and Reformers who make up the Saskatchewan Party.

Referring to his father who was a strong supporter of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), the forerunner of the NDP, Calvert said that he grew up with the doctrine that the 'The only friend of the working man is the CCF.' Calvert also said that 'The NDP is the United Church at work.'

So while Roy Romanow built the Saskatchewan's world for the Few and Privileged under the banners of the Saskatchewan Way and the Coalition Liberal Way, we can expect Calvert to build on Romanow's pile with the new banners of the Working Man Way and the Coalition Church Way. I ask myself, where is any learning way?

References/endnotes

List of relevant political and economics articles http://ensign.ftlcomm.com

Lorne Calvert to be Saskatchewan's new Premier, CBC Canada, January 27, 2001

Sask. premier designate Lorne Calvert a former United Church minister, CRAIG WONG, January 27, 2001 Canadian Press

Lorne Calvert named successor to Roy Romanow as Saskatchewan NDP premier, CRAIG WONG, January 27, 2001, Canadian Press