The creation of this commission comes as the Coalition Against No-fault Insurance(2) is doing the job for the No-Fault governmental review, and as people in rural Saskatchewan are taking over the maintenance of rural roads from the government(3). This government doesn't understand yet that a vision can only be built with the trust and emotional involvement of the people and their leaders. A vision is not built by bringing in another expert and coming up with another number.

We got a number from Neil Gardner(4) when he became the major architect of the Saskatchewan Health Information Network, we got another number from Louise Simard(5), new CEO of the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO), we got another number from Dr. Steven Lewis(6), former CEO of Health Services Utilization and Research Commission (HSURC) of Saskatchewan, we got many numbers from Brian Rourke(7), fixed chair of SAHO, we got many numbers from Minister of Health Pat Atkinson(8), we got more numbers from health consultant Bert Boyd(9), and we got the last phony numbers from Dr. David Cassidy's study on whiplash injuries(10).

Please Premier Romanow, stop the number game, stop your no-fault government, stop this alienation from the people(11), stop the double talking of your ministers(12) and stop managing by the number game.

References & Endnotes

Quote by Donella Meadows "challenging a paradigm is not a part-time job. It is not sufficient to make your point once and then blame the world for not getting it. The world has a vested interest in, a commitment to, not getting it. The point has to be made patiently and repeatedly, day after day after day" ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4143-1.pdf http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/meadows/default.htm

General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by Ensign

1. PREMIER CREATES COMMISSION ON MEDICARE, Government News Release, June 14, 2000 Health - 363, Saskatchewan Government

2. Transcipts Of Our First Meeting In Regina! And Transcipts Of Our Second Meeting In Saskatoon! COALITION AGAINST NO FAULT IN SASKATCHEWAN http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/

3. Climax residents to fight highway conversion, by James Parker, The Leader Post, June 14, 2000, Regina, Saskatchewan

4. Healthcare in Saskatchewan: Getting ready for re-reengineering and shifting the blame, by Mario deSantis, October 31, 1999

5. A Saskatchewan Vision for Health, The Honourable Louise Simard, Minister of Health, August 1992, Saskatchewan Health Louise Simard is the new CEO for SAHO, by Mario deSantis, March 13, 2000

6. Dr. Steven Lewis and HSURC Commission of Saskatchewan: Contributing sources to the decline of health care in Saskatchewan, by Mario deSantis, March 12, 2000

7. Never enough money for SAHO, by Mario deSantis, March 30, 1999

8. Minister of Health Pat Atkinson and Health Indicators: "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics" by Mario deSantis, March 24, 2000

9. The Big Question for Saskatchewan Health Care: Underfunding or Mismanagement? By Mario deSantis, March 3, 2000

10. The incredible abuse of Saskatchewan No-Fault insurance, by Mario deSantis, May 28, 2000 and reviewed by James deSantis

11. Gov't is losing touch, by Murray Mandryk, The StarPhoenix, June 13, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

12. Honourable Judy Junor: a skewed government and her skewed statistics, by Mario deSantis, June 7, 2000