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I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, and free to choose those who shall govern my country.” - -The Rt. Hon. John Diefenbaker, Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960

The whole judicial system is at issue, it's worth more than one person.”--Serge Kujawa, Saskatchewan Crown Prosecutor, 1991

The system is not more worth than one person's rights.”--Mario deSantis, 2002


Ensign Stories © Mario deSantis and Ensign

 

 

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Learning Stories by Mario deSantis
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Illustrations and Images by Timothy Shire

 

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Dr. Michael Rachlis & Co. Have the Paper Solution to Save Medicare: Revitalizing Medicare: Shared Problems, Public Solutions; Friday, January 26, 2001 (story 301)
Mario deSantis expresses his concern about Health care experts and their lineal thinking and failure to see the big interacting picture of reality.

 

Premier Designate Lorne Calvert: The Working Man Way and The Coalition Church Way? Sunday, January 28, 2001 (story 302)
Mario deSantis attacks the new Premier's acceptance speech. You can see and hear that speech on the CBC web site.

 

Sobeys' McEwan Explains Reason to Quit Buying from Software Giant; Sunday, January 28, 2001 (story 303)
Large Canadian food conglomerate dumps SAP after two years but government of Saskatchewan agencies are still solid customers.

 

Who Is right and Who Is Left, Lorne Calvert or Elwin Hermanson? Tuesday, January 30, 2001 (story 304)
Mario deSantis examines the political landscape as journalists attempt to quantify the political leanings of various leaders. This exceptionally well documented story gives some outstanding insight into the issue.

 

The Reasonabe Reasons for the Enrolment Drop in Our Schools; Tuesday, February 6, 2001 (story 305)
When bureaucrats and politicians tell us the facts there seems to be some deliberate confusion. Mario deSantis is trained to read those inscrutable statistics tables and today he explains what is happening.

 

It Is Not Only a Matter of Self(ish) Rights, But It Is a Matter of Whole Rights; Wednesday, February 7, 2001 (story 306)
Mario deSantis discusses the problems at Carry The Kettle.

 

Counterintuitive Behavior of Social Systems and Research on Native Housing; Thursday, February 8, 2001 (story 307)
Government to spend $1,000,000 on study of Saskatoon housing for aboriginal people. Mario deSantis gives us his thoughts on the issue.

 

Rule of Law; Friday, February 9, 2001 (story 308)
Mario deSantis keeps us up to date on the Grand Mere hotel affair that just will not go away as opposition politicians hammer away and the Prime minister digs a hole for himself with his comments.

 

Tobinism and Additional Rules of Law; Saturday, February 10, 2001 (story 309)
Brian Tobin defends the Prime Minister as the opposition raises more issues and questions about the golf and hotel businesses in Shawinigan.

 

The Implausibility of Professor Tom Flanagan; Monday, February 12, 2001 (story 310)
Once again we have the "ugly Albertan" point of view as Mario deSantis identifies the absurdity of Flanagan's premise.

 

Social and Economic Growth, Human Rights and Maintaining Property Rights; Monday, February 12, 2001 (story 311)
There is an ideological struggle in progress and Mario deSantis is alerting us to this dynamic conflict.

 

Human Rights Are Before the Rule of Law; Friday, February 16, 2001 (story 312)
Mario deSantis makes an outstanding case for us to consider the need to establish human rights as primary before other laws and rulings.

 

A Reflection on Conventional Commerce and Tough Leadership; Saturday, February 17, 2001 (story 313)
What's going on in business is not what should be going on as Mario deSantis discusses the issue of reliance upon leadership and how companies count more than people.

 

We Must Stop Playing the Politics of Free Market, Statism (and socialism); Sunday, February 18, 2001 (story 314)
Mario deSantis explores an interesting US web site that takes a crack at the UN's affection for Canada.

 

Unearthing One Example of Conventional Commerce: Stockwell Day's Recycling of Litigation Money; Monday, February 19, 2001 (story 315)
Grateful lawyers show their appreciation to Stockwell Day and the Canadian Alliance. And we thought the Prime Minister was the only guy pulling funny things.

 

Common Law Versus SGI; Tuesday, February 20, 2001 (story 316)
Mario deSantis directs our attention to the recent decisions by Provincial court ruling SGI in contempt.

 

Economic Reflections: Cretinism, the Threat of Tobinism and Old Joe Who; Saturday, February 24, 2001 (story 317)
Decades of popular economic trends have done little to make positive gains of any kind as Mario deSantis calls for a re-evaluation of the way we both evaluate and do things.

 

The Problem with Free Trade: the Structure of WTO and NAFTA; Saturday, February 24, 2001 (story 318)
Mario deSantis lets us consider the concept of trade as we see it in practice and try to understand the confusing thinking of British Prime Minister Blair.

 

The Truth on Free Trade as Told by Some Freed Traders and Economists; Monday, February 26, 2001 (story 319)
Mario deSantis let's us look over some theories and facts on free trade so we can make up our own mind about the process.

 

Business Must Not Be As Usual and the "Dalhousie School" of Economics; Tuesday, February 27, 2001 (story 320)
Mario deSantis helps us look at our present day political means of evaluating economic success and suggest that we need a new yardstick.

 

Jean Chretien's Slippery Slope and Francois Beaudoin; Wednesday, February 28, 2001 (story 321)
Mario deSantis explains the ups and downs of the government's counter attack on Federal Bank President Beaudoin.

 

Regina Health District and Interim CEO Jim Saunders; Thursday, March 1, 2001 (story 322)
Mario deSantis explains the management dementia system used to run Regina's hospitals.

 

A Common Economic Language: People Come First; Friday, March 2, 2001 (story 323)
Mario deSantis gives us some hint as to a basic troubling thought in our world of today, everything seems to be described in financial and economic language simply because that is what our society has come to emphasis.

 

Ralph Nader and the GDP Canadian Saga; Friday, March 2, 2001 (story 324)
Speaking in Toronto Ralph Nader discusses the main oponent facing our society, corporations, Mario deSantis takes issue with this position.

 

Advice to Dr. Barry Mclennan: The Integrity of Research Is More Important Than More Research; Sunday, March 4, 2001 (story 325)
Mario deSantis points out the extreme need for the University of Saskatchewan to clean up its act with regard to research.

 

The Third Way & Free Trade: The Bounded Rationality of Herb Gray and Tony Blair; Tuesday, March 6, 2001 (story 326)
Mario deSantis discusses the odd considerations and fractionated logic used to promote free trade initiatives.

 

Intelligence Is People and It Is Democracy, Intelligence Is Not Multinational Corporations and It Is Not Globalization; Tuesday, March 6, 2001 (story 327)
Mario deSantis points out the importance of understanding what it means to be intelligence and why humans as intelligent beings require democracy.

 

David Asper's Put Up or Shut Up: from Defending David Milgaard to Insulting Joe Clark and Our Journalists; Thursday, March 8, 2001 (story 328)
David Asper, VP of Global West the company that owns most of Canada's newspapers takes the unusal option of voicing his support of the PM after his own journalist had lead the main attack.

 

The Disgrace of the Residential School Programs: the initiative of Lawyer Tony Merchant Versus the Work of our No-Fault Government; Saturday, March 10, 2001 (story 329)
Mario deSantis points out how important the Service Tony Merchant and his law firm are doing for the people of Canada.

 

Profits Don't Come Before People; Friday, March 16, 2001 (story 330)
Mario deSantis reports his concern about Toronto journalist support of intellectual property rights.

 

Ken Fyke's Rediscovery of the Simple Whole Truth: our Health is More than spending more health money; Wednesday, March 21, 2001 (story 331)
Mario deSantis voices his comments about the pronouncements by Ken Fyke's.

 

Joe Clark Demands a Public Inquiry; Sunday, March 25, 2001 (story 332)
Mario deSantis presents us with a short and simple demand for Joe Clark's inquiry to go ahead and get to the bottom of the Chretien scandal.

 

Prime Ministers 1993 Sale of Golf Course; Wednesday, March 28, 2001 (story 333)
Mario deSantis offers us some important details about the Prime Minister and his sale of golf course shares so that when you read this you will begin to understand that this is a very troubling issue.

 

Something Is Terribly Wrong, With the System and With Jean Chrétien; Friday, March 30, 2001 (story 334)
Mario deSantis discusses the underlying and basic distrust the Chretien is producing in Canada's political climate. This is a thought provoking and thoughtful consideration of the problem.

 

Globalizing our Economies and Manufacturing our Justice; Saturday, March 31, 2001 (story 335)
Mario deSantis lets us consider some of the difficult ramifications of the federal court judgement in favour of Monsanto and against Bruno farmer Percy Schmeiser.

 

Lack of Democracy: Institutional Corruption, Justice and Punitive Damages; Monday, April 2, 2001 (story 336)
Mario deSantis laments the progressively curtailed version of Canadian Democracy and suggest some ways of reversing the trend.

 

Present Economic Globalization: Its Not about Free Trade But about Patents and Copyrights; Monday, April 2, 2001 (story 337)
You need to read this article carefully because it explains a lot about the protests we have seen and the odd proclamations of politicians. Mario deSantis has given us an important piece of vital information in this story.

 

Professor Jack M. Mintz and Globalization: Another Sanctimonious Leader Joins the Ranks of Jean Chrétien and Roy Romanow; Thursday, April 5, 2001 (story 338)
Mario deSantis lets us think through the economic issues that have become so much a part of modern politics and contrast them with the econmic principles of Paul Romer. ( Paul Martin also discussed this topic yesterday in his press conference in Toronto)

 

Effects of Globalization in Canada and Saskatchewan: Ossified Leadership and a Downsizing Economy; Friday, April 6, 2001 (story 339)
With confusing employment statistics what does globalisation mean to us in our day to day world. Mario deSantis warns that is means less, less of everything.

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: the Economics of Ideas and the Public Domain Economics; Monday, April 9, 2001 (story 340)
You have to really think about this radical concept, is it time to make sure that information and learning are for everyone, free and without copyrights? Superior article, read this carefully.

 

Quality of Life Is Not Economic Growth But Democracy; Tuesday, April 10, 2001 (story 341)
Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize, if you know nothing of him here is an outstanding introduction to one of the great thinkers of the modern era.

 

Democracy Is Not a Matter of Capitalism or Communism: It Is the Shared Will to Eradicate Poverty and to Get a Continuous Education; Tuesday, April 10, 2001 (story 342)
Mario deSantis helps us think through the natural consequences of uncontrolled corporate power and the mighty need to educate and address the issue of global poverty.

 

Ken Fyke's Prescription to Cure Health Care: More Downsizing and More Phony Savings; Friday, April 13, 2001 (story 343)
The editor of Ensign has been to emotional to even discuss the Fyke report, but Mario deSantis has been able to put it in perspective and explain what this report means and why it like other initiatives in the past will not produce successful results.

 

Effects of Fyke's Prescriptions; Saturday, April 14, 2001 (story 344)
Mario deSantis shares some insight into the implausibility of the conclusions drawn by Mr. Fyke's report on medicare.

 

Debunking Classical Economics and the New Economics of a Human Voice; Thursday, April 19, 2001 (story 345)
We are fortunate to have Mario deSantis with his background and experience to do the research for us and show us what is going on with the theories that govern both political and business decision making. This short article just points the direction modern theory is going and the six references have the information a person needs to sort out these basic and underlying concepts that shape our world.

 

Conflicts at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City; Saturday, April 21, 2001 (story 346)
Mario deSantis gives us something to think about as we observe the outbreak of violence in Quebec City.

 

Fyke's Report: Supporting the Tacit Self-fulfilling Prophecy to Shrink Saskatchewan to Greatness; Sunday, April 22, 2001 (story 347)
Mario deSantis points out some fears that he shares with all of us about the dreadful prospects for this province as its becomes less and less.

 

Lawrence Solomon Joins the Big Brains' Club Headed by Roy Romanow; Wednesday, April 25, 2001 (story 348)
Mario deSantis points out that National Post writer Solomon agrees with former Premier Romanow's policies of extinguishing all but urban life in Saskatchewan.

 

The Health Care Prescription: A Change of Mind Set Is Better Than Obsolete Leadership and Research; Thursday, April 26, 2001 (story 349)
Mario deSantis discusses the overwhelming need to reform healthcare but to do so by side stepping the mismanagement and poor leadership.

 

Fyke's Report: A Step Forward to Fraudulent Studies; Wednesday, May 9, 2001 (story 350)
Mario deSantis explains the problem of not understanding data so that decisions can be made based on reality.

 

The Herd Mentality of Our Health Researchers; Wednesday, May 16, 2001 (story 351)
Mario deSantis points out the trend for evidence based researchers to demand restructuring of restructuring of restructuring of restructured health care.

 

The Fallacy of Evidence Based Research; Friday, May 18, 2001 (story 352)
Talk about "make work projects" instead of improving medicare we seem destine to do more research.

 

North East Population Study; Monday, May 21, 2001 (story 353)
Mario and James deSantis have challenged us and the HSURC to consider the remarkable nature of the population of this part of Saskatchewan and just looking over the tables will give you insight and understanding of some of the serious demographic and social issues they raise.

 

Statistical Research and Today's Journalism; Friday, May 25, 2001 (story 354)
Mario deSantis let's us in on the splish splash technique of using figures in a news story.

 

Wheelbarrowing Our Population Study; Saturday, May 26, 2001 (story 355)
Mario and James deSantis give us some simple facts that give one pause when considering the ramifications of these facts.

 

Elderly Population Scenarios for North East Health District; Monday, May 28, 2001 (story 356)
Mario deSantis has plotted out the projects for aging population in the North East Health district. This article gives us interesting insight into what numbers can tell us.

 

Could There Be Fraud in Our Socially and Democratically Contracted Governments? Saturday, June 9, 2001 (story 357)
Mario deSantis wonders about the need to deceive and what it does to our system. This story is really only a guide to the extensive and revealing links that are referenced at the bottom of the page.

 

CUPE's Strike and SAHO Pension; Saturday, June 9, 2001 (story 358)
Some times there are deep and divisive causes for employers and employees to fail to trust one another, this strike has some nasty under currents, Mario deSantis explains one serious issue that needs to be resolved.

 

Canadian Politics and Political Economy; Monday, June 11, 2001 (story 359)
Mario deSantis points out the paradox of getting those who create problems to solve them. To get the most out of this story be sure to check the references as they actually carry the load of the argument presented.

 

The Spiraling Cost of Downsizing Healthcare Workers; Wednesday, June 13, 2001 (story 360)
Mario deSantis points out the incredible follie in overworking the medical and support staff and thinking that this will save money. Be sure to check out the links that Mario has provided with this story.

 

The Unpotency to Look Into the Social Causes of Injustice; Thursday, June 14, 2001 (story 361)
Please check out the various links and references has included with this editorial as Mario deSantis leads up to consider the ramifications of government, not necessarily directed toward assisting its citizens.

 

Common People Being Squeezed by both Governments and Businesses; Friday, June 15, 2001 (story 362)
Mario deSantis points out the remarkable paradox of reduced government spending, costing more and providing less.

 

Beginning to Assert Common Law over 'Regulatory Diligence;' Sunday, June 17, 2001 (story 363)
Mario deSantis points out the importance of the independent judicary system to provide some balance in the way governments and their agencies act.

 

Active Social Spending and Well Being vs Taxes and GDP ;Wednesday, June 20, 2001 (story 364)
Take a look at the National Post's state of the Nation, Mario deSantis has a link to this important document in this story and he takes you through his thinking on what it means.

 

The Root of our Economic and Health Care Problems: Our Leaders Don't Walk their Talks; Thursday, June 21, 2001 (story 365)
Common sense sometimes is so obvious and sensible we wonder why everyone has not seen the problem from this perspective. Mario deSantis shares with us the simple truth about the healthcare problem.

 

Unconventional Thinking for a New Mindset to Solve Our Own Problems; Tuesday, June 26, 2001 (story 366)
Mario deSantis asks us to think about our thinking, are we seeking alternatives to the rut our society appears to have fallen into?

 

Canada and the United States: the 30% productivity gap and the dollar devaluation; Thursday, June 28, 2001 (story 367)
Mario deSantis applies some common sense and asks us to consider some of the confusing and illogical conclusions economists and politicians toss out to explain the obvious.

 

Retired Judge Tom Wakeling and Honourable Doreen Hamilton: Defending SLGA's Double Standard at Public Expenses; Thursday, June 28, 2001 (story 368)
Time to wonder about the way government acts and time to wonder what we should be doing with plain dumb excuses.

 

Walkerton, Mike Harris' GDP and Social Capital; Saturday, June 30, 2001 (story 369)
Mario deSantis views the actions of the Harris government as far less than charitable and demands that government re-acquaint itself with the reason government exists.

 

The Supreme Court of Canada: A First Step to Curtail the Lying of our Politicians; Wednesday, July 4, 2001 (story 370)
Mario deSantis points out that a new chapter in Canadian history has been written as the Supreme court rules that a cabinet decision and commitment must be upheld to a Montreal hospital.

 

Using the Word of God to Make Money in a Dysfunctional Social System; Friday, July 6, 2001 (story 371)
All seemed to need to justify what they do and what better justification that invoking the supernatural. Mario deSantis strikes gold with this commentary.

 

A Message for Gordon Nixon: Globalisation Is Not Irreversible, and Life Is More Important Than Money; Saturday, July 7, 2001 (story 372)
The head of Canada's biggest bank sees the world through the eyes of what is good for his bank, Mario deSantis points out that this is a myopic view of things.

 

Ottawa's Spoonful of Sugar: A Change of Mentality Is Better Than any Romanow; Sunday, July 8, 2001 (story 373)
Mario deSantis explains that the Romanow commission on Medicare is doomed by the man's former decisions and methods of operation.

 

Is GLOBALISATION Weakening National Sovereignties? Monday, July 9, 2001 (story 374)
Transnational corporations and globalisation have threatened every corner of the third world to the benefit of themselves.

 

Class Action; Tuesday, July 10, 2001 (story 375)
Advancing the rights of people against the Rule of Law of our Governments: Class Action is tabled in Newfoundland and Tony Merchant contacts people in North Battleford.

 

Bombardier and Globalization: Externalizing Costs at the Expense of Governments and Democracies; Tuesday, July 10, 2001 (story 376)
Why is it so easy for governments world wide to find no difficulty in supporting the interests of huge businesses?

 

Watch Out for the Conventional Wisdom of Governments, Judges and Lawyers: Project Loophole and Tony Merchant's Pursuit of Justice; Wednesday, July 11, 2001 (story 377)
Mario deSantis discusses government action and legal struggles.

 

The United Nations Is Giving Us Too Many Numbers; Thursday, July 12, 2001 (story 378)
Mario deSantis takes time to help us think over the rating system used by the UN and tosses in some other factors we should all be thinking about.

 

Corporate Globalization: David Korten versus the Chretiens of the World; Friday, July 13, 2001 (story 379)
Mario deSantis points out the cheerleader status of the press when it comes to the free trade agenda.

 

Defending our Hegemonic Democracies in Genoa; Monday, July 16, 2001 (story 380)
Mario deSantis gives us some important background to the upcoming G3 summit in Genoa as it braces for violence.

 

Dodge's Hinted Solution to the Productivity Gap With the U.S.: Drop the Loonie; Tuesday, July 17. 2001 (story 381)
Governor of the Bank of Canada wants to solve Canada's problems by adopting the US dollar.

 

Ontario's Health Care Report Card: Reward and Punishment; Wednesday, July 18, 2001 (story 382)
Government by opinion poll, its not new but it is truly distasteful when carried to such extremes. Mario deSantis gives us a glimpse of the wonderland of Ontario.

 

G8 Summit In Genoa: Defending Democracy with Missiles; Friday, July 20, 2001 (story 383)
Mario deSantis chronicals his disillusionment with the betrayal of trust and how ultimately things seem to come down to violence.

 

Minister of Justice Chris Axworthy : Disguising a Racist Mentality with a Separate Justice System for Natives; Friday, July 20, 2001 (story 384)
The failure of Saskatchewan's government to preserve equality has seen crime statistics rise to the worst in the country, instead of accepting responsibility the Minister of Justice blames the victims for the situation.

 

G8 Summit in Genoa: a Reaffirmation of Endemic Violence in the New World Order; Tuesday, July 24, 2001 (story 385)
Mario deSantis considers the violence both governmental and public confrontation as a sad example of the sort of world we have become.

 

Health Public Policies: Taxing Fatty Foods and Exporting Health Hazards; Thursday, July 26, 2001 (story 386)
Mario deSantis points out the nasty twist of corporation and government alliance attempting to shift costs of healthcare while benefiting from abuse, after all as the tobacco industry says dead people do not require Medicare

 

Debunking the Myth that Speculators Increase the Stability of Market Prices; Saturday, July 28, 2001 (story 387)
With the stock market so susceptible to manipulation it is clear that its volatility is of its own making.

 

No One Talked; Sunday, July 29, 2001 (story 388)
No one ever said the courts would be fair nor should we expect justice but sometimes the distance widens considerably from what should be and what happens. Mario deSantis helps us consider the gap.

 

You Owe Me One; Monday, July 30, 2001 (story 389)
Market Place spots shady dealings as inspectors look the other way. Mario deSantis is not amused. You must check out the links on this page to find out more about this astonishing story.

 

Economic Development in Saskatchewan: Additional Casinos; Tuesday, July 31, 2001 (story 390)
The face of growing social crisis in Saskatchewan the decision to increase the number of Casinos in the province seems bewildering.

 

Jean Chretien's Constitutional Economics: The Law of Network of Friends? Thursday, August 2, 2001 (story 391)
Economic theories and the ironic twist of reality which seems to create new theories which are in fact just old theories with new names. Patronage is still just simply helping out a friend.

 

Genetically Modified Crops: A Matter of Life or Money; Friday, August 3, 2001 (story 392)
Mario deSantis lets us consider the problem of property and human rights in the light of what some thinkers have had to say about it late

 

Better Health Care Is a Change of Mind; Sunday, August 5, 2001 (story 393)
Mario deSantis gives us a clue as the rising cost of healthcare by pointing out that it is a top down structured operation and the top is the problem.

 

We Must Stop the Economic Mantra of Productivity Growth; Thursday, August 9, 2001 (story 394)
Mario deSantis wants us to realise that measuring growth and success and failure by creating something called productivity, is a foolish and misleading practice.

 

Debunking the Economics of Public Policies through Correlation Numbers; Friday, August 10, 2001 (story 395)
Public policies are being formulated upon statistics and often ones that are linked erroniously together. This article points out how dangerous and simply wrong this method of decision making is to us all.

 

Economic Development Before Productivity Growth, Civic Virtue Before Statistical Correlation; Saturday, August 11, 2001 (story 396)
Mario deSantis explains to us the research that is going on with the use of "Social Capital" in the business world. This is a really positive concept and a welcomed change from other trends.

 

The Fraser Institute's Obsession with Numbers: Productivity Growth by Fewer Governmental Regulations and Fewer Pages; Sunday, August 12, 2001 (story 397)
Mario deSantis shows us the counter trend as the Fraser Institute condemns all government regulation.

 

The Fraser Institute: Ignoring Corporate Welfare and Eliminating Welfare for the Poor; Sunday, August 12, 2001 (story 398)
A recent report by the Fraser Institute clearly illustrates that we Canadians are a sorely divided bunch as wealth and wealth protection replace caring and sharing.

 

WOW! We Are Not Alone in Debunking Economics Scientism; Tuesday, August 14, 2001 (story 399)
Mario deSantis points to some bright light as academics look for more positive and human solutions in the realm of economics.

 

The Hypocrisy of our Leadership: Roy Romanow Says "Act Like Canadians Again;" Thursday, August 16, 2001 (story 400)
MPs get 20% and their government employees are offered 2.5%.