So our illustrious Premier has struck out again.
The Star Phoenix reports that "As many as 70 Saskatchewan civil servants have been dismissed -- including some who had political ties to the former NDP government and others who were longtime civil servants without any party affiliation."
For a Government that wants people to come and stay in this Province, and a Government that denies any need for fear, they sure are not living up to their ideals.
Civil Servants are dedicated employees who put their heart and souls into this Province and they help build this Province daily.
Sure we all bitch and complain about them but when you see the workload they carry and the dedication they have to both their jobs and the people of Saskatchewan, it completely disgraceful that Brad Wall would go in and fire "without" cause 70 people.
Deputy premier Ken Krawetz says "There are definitely people who have very close (political) association with the former government," he said. "That had some bearing."
This has got to be the biggest crock of crap ever!!!!
Yes some of our Civil Servants are NDPers, just like some of them are Sask Party supporters, some are Liberal supporters, Green supporters, Communist supporters and so on. Last I checked, we lived in a Democratic society where people have the right to vote and support any Political Party they so choose. Every day I read and hear the news where our Brothers and Sisters are giving their lives fighting for those same rights in other countries.
One political scientist, Ken Rasmussen, is calling it a purge that flies in the face of Wall's election night proclamation that the Nov. 7 vote was a case of hope triumphing over fear;
"This government hasn't done anything yet. How would you know what kind of advice they're getting from the public service?" asked Ken Rasmussen, director of the Johnson-Shoyama graduate school of public policy at the University of Regina.
"Somebody at some point needs to say this is not good. It's destructive for the professional civil service. It's not helpful for the people of Saskatchewan and it's not acceptable."
What is next? Will anyone who has ever voted or participated in an election, or who has not voted for the Sask Party or Conservatives be routed out and dismissed? How many of our Civil Servants now have to live in fear that if they speak up at a meeting or question a policy will be dismissed?
So far our new government has shown that if you are unionized or have supported a political party other than theirs, you need to be wary of them coming after you.
Gee, kind of scary, what if I support gay marriage, or volunteer at Big Brothers or give blood? Do I need to worry that by exercising my rights I may be fired? Who knows if Wall and his puppets like those organizations?
Get a grip Mr. Premier, why don't you just concentrate on running the Province. There are a lot more issues here: Poverty, Housing, Highways , Equalization, PA Pulp Mill for a few, that are more pressing than the fact that Mr Smith and Mrs. Jones have an NDP membership or a small newspaper company that offers its paper free in your stores.
You deny that you want to make Saskatchewan an Alberta Lite yet you are following Ralph Klein and Gordon Campbell's "How to make a province mine" manual page by page!!!!
Maybe we need to pay more attention to exactly what you are doing behind the scenes! With Klein in Saskatoon preaching the "winding down of Crowns" do we need to start to fear that as well?
We have already seen that you will not follow the wishes of the citizens of Saskatchewan.
We have clearly stated that we want the Wheat Sheaf to remain and yet as you publicly say you heard our wishes, you are still removing it from all the Government websites, advertising and letterhead.
You won the damn election already, your safe for 4 years, now would you mind stop hounding out the people who may think different and concentrate on the entire Province. Get to the real issues.
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