Who's afraid of Whom...Big Brad Wolf?

I will finally give in that Brad Wall is not a wolf. A wolf is a smart and majestic animal that fears little. Brad Wall does not fit either of those descriptions.

It is pretty clear, that he is scared speechless of Larry Hubich and the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour who represents 100,000 unionized workers within Saskatchewan.

Premier Wall keeps saying that he is wants to "consult" with the major stake-holders in the province. He, and his Deputy Ministers, are looking for "feedback" on issues such as Bill 5 and Bill 6 and yet he refuses to meet with Federation President Hubich in person.

Hubich has offered via letters, calls and statements, to meet with Wall and work in a cohesive, open and co-operative manner and still, Wall has refused to meet with Hubich,

Offers to both Rob Norris and Brad Wall, who happened to be right next door, to attend the SFL Executive meeting were refused. The SFL Exec went as far as to open their agenda to accommodate their attendance. Wall states he wants Labour to participate in Enterprise Saskatchewan, yet he has not invited them to the table.

Wall is too busy trying to spark a labour fight in this province so that he can sit back and tell the CTF, CFIB and NSBA "see I told you Labour wouldn't work with us" and yet is it Wall himself who is afraid of Hubich.

I can see why Premier Wall is afraid though..

If one looks at the recent election results, you will see that the Sask Party garnered 230,671 votes, the NDP 168,704 and the Liberals 42,585 votes.

With Larry Hubich and the SFL representing close to 100,000 workers, the SFL would effectively be the second opposition party in the Legislature and Wall would have no choice but to deal with Hubich as a peer!!! That scares him to no end.

So rather than facing his fears and risking the chance that Hubich is sincere about working towards fairness, Wall resorts to typical grade two antics of name calling and accusations; ..."union leaders who were outside (in) the rotunda yesterday swearing and sputtering rather than entering into a meaningful debate."

Well Mr.Premier, you can run and you can hide, but at the end of the day, it is YOU that will have to bear the full blame for any Labour reaction to your government.

It is YOU that refuses to enter into meaningful debate, it is YOU that is refusing to meet with the SLF, it is YOU that is attacking the workers of this Province, it is YOU that is pointing the finger and name calling, and Mr Premier, it is YOU that is terrified at the thought of sitting at a table with Larry Hubich.

Whats the matter Brad....afraid that Hubich is actually a peer and wields a strong voice?

Whose afraid of the Big Brad Wolf.........