Rural Saskatchewan is in trouble; we have new technologies allowing us to transcend time and geography, yet the we have now the national press joining our government in providing additional propaganda for the shrinking of Rural Saskatchewan. Lawrence Solomon, executive director of Urban Renaissance Institute, is telling the world that Rural Saskatchewan has been the curse of our provincial economy's downfall and has stated that the residents of Saskatoon and Regina don't pay just in dollars, and in fact, the cost of supporting an outsized rural economy has crippled the province, stifling innovation, hamstringing the province's many viable industries, giving its universities among the worst ranking in Maclean's annual survey, removing opportunities for the province's young, and compelling them to leave to the heartbreak of their parents.

We have written many articles on our decadent leadership headed by former premier Roy Romanow, and now to hear Mr. Solomon say that Rural Saskatchewan is at fault for all the wrongs the province is experiencing is another insult not to Rural Saskatchewan, but to anybody with a grain of intelligent common sense.

Therefore, we are pleased to include Lawrence Solomon to the Big Brains' Club headed by Roy Romanow.

References

Saskatchewan's curse, by Lawrence Solomon, April 24, 2001, National Post http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010424/541890.html

The Urban Renaissance Institute is dedicated to helping cities and their regions flourish by removing the many impediments to their proper functioning. http://www.urban-renaissance.org/urbanren/index.cfm

Relevant political and economics articles at Ensign http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign