Dr. Gray has stated that the higher farm family income in recent years is a reflection of off-farm income(1). Dr. Gray makes common sense and his statement is consistent with our earlier observation that the growth of employment in Saskatchewan was not the result of the good work of honourable Janice MacKinnon, Minister of Economic Development, but rather an inevitable necessity for farmers to be alive while their agricultural income is dwindling(2).

Dr. Michael Freeman is putting some common sense to the experiences of no-fault insurance in Saskatchewan. After the questionable manipulation of statistical no-fault numbers by Dr. David Cassidy(3), Dr. Freeman will reestablish some integrity to our statistical researches by listening to the stories of no-fault victims in regard to their recovery from injuries and to the appropriateness of their rehabilitation programs(4).

We commend Dr. Gray and Dr. Freeman for finally emphasizing commons sense as a guiding principle of science and of our lives, and putting the stories of people before statistical numbers.

Endnotes

1. Farm incomes inflated by off-farm work: economist, CBC Saskatchewan http://sask.cbc.ca Web Posted | Jul 26 2000 8:38 AM EDT

2. Don't trust statistics, don't trust Honourable MacKinnon, trust yourself, by Mario deSantis, February 10, 2000

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

4. U.S. doctor doing his own no-fault study CBC Saskatchewan http://sask.cbc.ca Web Posted | Jul 26 2000 8:27 AM EDT

Dr. Freeman's article on bad medical research.

University of Saskatchewan page on Dr. Richard Gray

School of Agriculture page on Dr. Gray