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We have shown that in Saskatchewan we have an open loop thinking leadership, a deceptive government lying to its people, an academic standard which has progressively eroded to reach the very bottom, a social environment for the benefit of the few and privileged, and a justice system molded by the unconstitutional Premier Roy Romanow. We cannot observe the continuous decadence of our leadership and say nothing. Doing nothing means to give up our hopes, our aspirations and our democracy, and let the Big Brains run our lives. The Big Brains must not run our lives, we must take back our democracy, and therefore, we will continue to identify the wrongs of this government and of this leadership.

Our Economic and Co-operative Development Minister Janice MacKinnon has consistently deceived the public about the real conditions of the Saskatchewan economy and because of this we have labeled her the Star of Deception(1). We also mentioned that she requires a reality check on the economic conditions of the province and that she would need a good doctor and not a spindoctor(2). Janice MacKinnon didn't listen to us, and last week she let Spindoctor Highways and Transportation Minister Maynard Sonntag speak on her behalf. Spindoctor Sonntag has stated that "according to year-end Statistics Canada figures released today, there were 485,000 people working in Saskatchewan in 2000, up 5,000 over the previous record set in 1999... These yearly statistics reflect a Saskatchewan economy that is succeeding through diversification(3)"

Poor Honourable Sonntag, after spending so many years in the Cabinet with Premier Romanow & Company, he has lost his own mind and has become another dummy. We can tell Spindoctor Sonntag that Saskatchewan has not succeeded through diversification. We can also tell Spindoctor Sonntag that Saskatchewan will succeed only after himself and his cabinet friends will be able to diversify their gears in their big brains.

In order to settle the record with the myopic sight of Mr. Sonntag, I am sad to provide the following excerpt from Statistics Canada(4): Employment grew in every province in 2000, except for Newfoundland (-3.1%) and Saskatchewan (-1.0%)

References/endnotes

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

1. Honourable Janice MacKinnon says: Saskatchewan is the Star of the Nineties, by Mario deSantis, December 3, 2000

2. Saskatchewan Economic Development:Honourable MacKinnon Requires a Reality Check, by Mario deSantis, November 7, 2000

3. SASKATCHEWAN SETS ANOTHER JOBS RECORD. News Release. Government of Saskatchewan, Economic and Co-operative Development - 4. January 5, 2001

4. Labour force update: Year-end review, 2000 The Daily for: 2001-01-17. Statistics Canada

The NDP caucus web site has a simple biography of Maynard Sonntag.

His own web site has a more detailed biography with a nice picture of he and his family.