Wall anonunces byelection

clipped from www.canada.com Wall announces byelection in Cumberland constituency Voters in the northern constituency of Cumberland will be going to the polls on June 25. Premier Brad Wall, speaking at the provincial cabinet office, announced the byelection Tuesday. The constituency became vacant in early-January with the resignation of NDP MLA Joan Beatty. "The constituents of Cumberland need to have a voice in the Legislature, and now they will have their MLA in place before the start of summer," Wall said. Wall said this campaign will give the government a chance to talk about some of the important initiatives it has taken in the first six months in office, as well as the role of the north in the Saskatchewan economy.

Right wing mentality constant Canada wide

How much more proof do we need that the entire mentality of the Conservatives spreads far and wide. From Ottawa to Manitoba to Sask, it never ends.

clipped from canadianpress.google.com Sask government member makes sexist comment, resigns as premier's secretary 2 hours ago REGINA — A backbencher with the Saskatchewan government has resigned his post after calling an Opposition member a "dumb bitch" during debate. Mike Chisholm of the Saskatchewan Party has quit his job as a legislative secretary to Premier Brad Wall after directing the comment to NDP member Deb Higgins. Chisholm used the sexist remark during debate earlier this week at an intergovernmental affairs and justice committee meeting. The remark wasn't noticed by committee members at the time, but was audible enough to be picked up and printed in the official transcript of proceedings. Higgins says the remark was extremely personal and is a blow to all women in politics. Chisholm, who will remain as member of the legislature for Cut Knife-Turtleford, says his words should never have been "thought or spoken."

Media $$$$$$ for the Sask Party

Wow, why am I not surprised!!!!!

clipped from mediamelon.net Private media companies contributed financially to the Saskatchewan Party in 2007 but gave virtually nothing to the NDP and the Liberals. According to this report, Rawlco Radio (whose properties include News Talk radio in Saskatoon and Regina) and the Rawlinson family contributed over 100 thousand dollars to the Sask Party. Other media contributors to the Saskies include: CTV, $1256; CanWest Media Works, $5,000 and Leonard Asper, $5,000; Harvard Broadcasting, $693.00; Access Communications, over $16,000 and Shaw Communications, $1500. Ad and marketing companies Prairie Advertising, Brown Communications and Phoenix Advertising also donated to the cause. Phoenix Advertising also contributed to the NDP while Access gave to the Liberals. Of curiosity was a donation of $629 from the Saskatchewan Roughrider football club to the Sask Party and contributions to the Saskies from both the University of Regina and University of Saskatchewan. Huh?

Sask Party owned by Corporate Donors

Funny how they claim that the NDP is in the pockets of Organized Labour.....

clipped from www.canada.com REGINA -- The Saskatchewan Party took in more than twice as much cash as the NDP in 2007 as it romped to victory in the November provincial election. In fact, the party's take from corporate donations alone -- $3.02 million -- exceeds the NDP's total haul of $2.28 million. The financial documents were disclosed just weeks after the Sask. Party accused the NDP of being puppets of organized labour for its reliance on union donations -- $165,999 in the 2007 documents.

Tiresome assembly of pure arrogance

Every once in awhile, you really have to agree with Murray Mandryk:

"That said, if it truly was the New Democrats' goal to portray Norris as pompous and idiotic in this committee, their greatest ally in this effort has been Norris himself.

Deliberately adopting a speaking style reminiscent of William Shatner on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, Norris has blithered on about Plato, Aristotle and dead trees casting a shadow on the province. No metaphor has gone untortured.

But while Norris's petulance in committee has served no purpose other than to annoy, insult and demean, it may be unfair to single him out."

http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/columnists/story.html?id=bd86cbd0-3cda-446f-ad97-bd84f30ebd97

Sask Party about face on spending - caught in the act and running

I see Wall and his "transparent" government run fast when they get caught with their hands in the cookie jar..

clipped from www.canada.com REGINA -- The Saskatchewan Party government has backed off, at least for now, from a legislative change the NDP charge would have led to less transparency in how public money is spent. The government had proposed to increase the minimum value of transactions that must be approved by cabinet in an order-in-council to $350,000 from $50,000. Such orders are made public within a week. "Once you've been caught you can do some quick retreating and that's what we're seeing today . . . it's either incompetence, which means they hadn't even read the bill, didn't understand what the bill said, or it was an effort to escape accountability," he said in question period.

Sask Party Justice Minister must resign

If Don Morgan knew who the police office was, and is hiding information from us then he should resign his Ministry...oh wait...the Sask Party is the same as Harper, they do not have to be accountable to the public...never mind...my bad!!!!

clipped from www.canada.com REGINA -- The NDP says Sask. Party Justice Minister Don Morgan should resign from cabinet for changing his story about how he knew an individual whom Regina police recently pointed to as the suspect in the leak of confidential police reports. Morgan first told reporters last week he didn't know the retired Regina police officer said to be the suspect in the removal of reports from police headquarters. The documents detailed an alleged 1992 theft from the NDP caucus office and ended up in the hands of the Sask. Party. Both Hansard records and newspaper files show that the Sask. Party raised issues on behalf of Regina police officers while in Opposition, and that Morgan was involved in a press conference about one of those issues. However, Morgan told reporters he didn't recall ever participating in a press conference with the individual he has since learned is a suspect in the matter involving the leaked documents.

Transparency and Wall....not this time either!!!

clipped from www.canada.com The NDP accused the Saskatchewan Party government Wednesday of drawing a veil of secrecy over government operations with legislation introduced this week. Bill 31 raises from $50,000 to $350,000 the dollar amount on transactions that must be approved by cabinet in an order-in-council, which are then made public within a week. "If, for instance, this premier and cabinet wanted to make some very significant expenditures of up to $350,000 to individuals or groups in a year leading up to an election, then of course none of those expenditures would be traceable or observable until well past the election," Opposition Leader Lorne Calvert told reporters.

Premier's Letter Misrepresents Consultation

I invite you all to see Larry Hubich's comments on the typical misrepresentation coming out of the Sask Party Governments office surrounding Labour's "consultation" on Bills 5 and 6

clipped from larryhubich.blogspot.com On April 16, 2008, Sask. Party Premier Brad Wall wrote to the Chair of the Regina Labour Council Political Action Committee to advise that he (the Premier) would not be able to attend the Labour Council's public forum/debate on Bills 5 and 6. (See letter here) The letter attempts to leave the impression that the government has engaged the labour movement in extensive consultation around the Bills. It refers to alleged meetings held with the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, with leaders of the labour movement, and with me specifically. Some of those meetings never occurred as suggested, and if they did occur - the portrayal of the purpose, and content of the meetings is false.

Fixed Election Date Passed

We now have a certain date to watch the Sask Party buy our votes . The end of the constant lies and misrepresentation by them will hopefully come to an end Nov 7th.

If you look at the announcement, you see one of the biggest lies stare us right in the face. Brad Wall said that due to public pressure they would not remove the sheaf as the provincial logo, yet every news release, website, billboard and letterhead has the sheaf removed and replaced with the Ministry logo.

Nov 7th cannot come soon enough. If they lie to our faces, imagine what they are doing behind our backs. Imagine the lies and misrepresentation behind Bills 5 and 6.

clipped from www.gov.sk.ca The Saskatchewan Party government today passed its first pieces of legislation since taking office last November. Six bills were given third and final reading, including a new law establishing a fixed election date every four years. "My very first act as Premier-elect was to announce the date of the next election on November 7, 2011, so I'm pleased that we have now passed the legislation to make this a reality," Premier Brad Wall said. The new law sets the provincial election date as the first Monday in November, every four years. Among the other bills passed today was consumer protection legislation to eliminate expiry dates on gift cards. "Today, we set an expiry date on governments and eliminated the expiry date on gift cards," Wall said. Wall said the government expects to pass several more pieces of legislation before the session ends on May 15, including new legislation that will ensure the provision of essential services in the province in the event of a strike.

MLA's have no problem with pay raise while the working class suffers

So here we have the average person in Saskatchewan earning just under $30,000.00 per year

While this is on no surprise to the working women and men in this province, what is surprising is that as of April 1, the wages of Saskatchewan MLAs will rise to $84,409.00

The 2.8% increase is equal to the raise in the provincial Consumer Price index in 2007. All bonus remunerations will rise by the same amount, meaning all cabinet ministers will get an extra $$2,974.00 for a total of $127,383. Premier Wall will make $!47,799 and NDP Leader Lorne Calvert $!27,383.

Usually, I do not tend to agree with the Canadian Federation of Taxpayers, but this time they actually raise a good point. I invite you to see their post and the comments there from Barb Cape, President of SEIU Local 299.

I also invite to read the quote from Finance Minister Rod Gantefoer also reportedly said he has never heard the public complain that MLA wages were too high.

Following the request from the CTF, please be one of "the first," and do let him know your objection to these raises:

Rod Gantefoer, MLA Melfort
Address: Minister of Finance
Government House Leader
Melfort Mall,
P.O. Box 2800,
Melfort, SK S0E 1A0

800.242.6796 (Toll Free)
306.752.9005 (Fax)
rgantefoer@mla.legassembly.sk.ca (Email)
www.melfortconstituency.ca (MLA Website)

Bill 5 and Bill 6? UNION BUSTING, plain and simple.

I invite you all to please check out Larry Hubich's blog for important information on BIlls 5 and 6. This is now in critical stage!!!!

The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) has posted it's brief to Sask. Party Minister of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour Minister Rob Norris on the SFL Web-Site.

and so the dismantling continues....

News Release
January 30, 2008

SASK PARTY SCRAPS SASKATCHEWAN COUNCIL ON DISABILITY ISSUES

The NDP is demanding to know what has happened to the Saskatchewan Council on Disability Issues. Several reliable sources have confirmed that the Sask Party has disbanded the council.

The council, established in 1999 by the NDP government, has improved the lives of hundred’s of people with disabilities.

“In a news release last month, Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer said one of the responsibilities of her ministry is to co-ordinate, develop, promote and implement social, economic and other policies and programs for the benefit of persons with disabilities in Saskatchewan.” NDP Disability Issues Critic David Forbes said. “One month later, we find the Sask Party is scrapping the council, without so much as a news release explaining why.”

Until recently, the 12-member council provided advice and input to the government on issues affecting people with disabilities. It also had a significant impact in the development of a government-wide Disability Action Plan and the recently announced Disability Inclusion Policy Framework, now in jeopardy. All members of the council had direct experience with disabilities.

“I must say that this action without any public notice, when coupled with the absolute lack of any reference to disability issues in the recent Throne Speech sends a very clear and troubling signal that persons with disabilities are not a priority at all for the new government. This is simply unacceptable,” Forbes said.

Forbes has outlined his concerns in a letter to Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer.

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For further information, please contact Jay Branch at the NDP Caucus Office - (306) 787-7388.

CWB - Harper and Wall's next target

Make no bones about it, Harper and Brad Wall are connected at the hip and couldn't care less about the CWB or anyone else in Saskatchewan. I mean what will it take for people to see the true story behind the "pretty new governments"?

The federal Agriculture Minister will introduce legislation as early as next month to end the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on prairie barley sales.

But because it's a minority government, turning Minister Gerry Ritz's legislation into law will require the support of the opposition, something neither the NDP nor the Liberals plan to provide.

Ritz delivered the news Tuesday after a controversial meeting with the wheat board and barley industry representatives. Ritz acknowledged he stacked the room with people who oppose anything short of full, open marketing choice for barley producers.

To add insult to injury, our own Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud ,is headed to Ottawa to show his support for the federal government's attempts to remove the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on barley marketing.

How many times does the Sask Party and the Conservatives have to attack the people of Saskatchewan before we wake up and see the real truth.

Either Stevie or Brad better pucker up fast, cause after they destroy the Labour laws, create massive manufacturing layoffs and destroy the CWB they need to find me. When I am getting screwed I like to be at least kissed!!!!

10 easy Steps to Political Omnipotence

Step 1:
Get Elected anyway you can. Make sure you do not actually make it clear what you are running on.

Step 2:
Set a fixed election date so that you know when to begin to buy the required votes to retain power, immediately begin to put into place, a plan to screw as many people as fast as you can. Don't worry they will forget all about it by the time you start to buy votes for the next election.

Step 3:
Target any groups, such as Unions and Organized Labour, who would be able to mobilize against you. Make sure you do it in such a way that they cannot increase their size or have the ability to use their Chartered rights to oppose your vision.

Step 4:
Create a "arms length" board where you can both control who sits on it as well as control what they do. Make certain that you, yourself, stay away from it. This way, if things get real tough, you have someone you can point the finger at for making recommendations. You can also pick and choose the ones you like and want to enact. Make sure you give any opposing groups only one seat so they cannot say you pushed them out but they won't have any real voice in the new Board. Also recommended that this group be comprised of "non-elected" people so that you can ultimately claim you were "listening to the voices of the People". What ever you do, do not be seen snickering for pulling the wool over their eyes.

Step 5:
Make a totally ridiculous announcement as soon as possible. Make sure it is one that would get the voters to respond against it, then announce that you heard them loud and clear and retract it. What ever you do, publicly say you will follow their wishes but continue on with the plan quietly and discreetly. This will result in two things. First it will fool them into thinking you actually care and listen (remember not to smirk) and second it will show you if they are actually watching what you do behind the scenes.

Step 6:
Align yourself with your Federal Counterpart. Be careful not pick a fight or open any old wounds but be passively aggressive with him. Although you should strive to be his "boy toy", do not let your voters see you doing it. Remain firm but do what he tells you. Is recommended that you get some type of promise that would bring money into your Province but make sure that it will come with no strings and that you can use it where ever you want.

Step 7:
Systematically and methodically, go through your Civil Service and eliminate anyone who does not or will not do everything you want, when you want it. Make sure you erase anyone who could or would question one of your policies. Remember, you are the boss, even the smallest chance of someone not obeying you, should be dealt with. Do not worry about collective agreements or severance pay, by the time they file the grievances, your labour laws would of been changed anyways and the cost of severance would be offset by the funds you got from your federal daddy.

Step 8:
Immediately upon starting Step 7, replace one of the top Board members with someone who will obey your every wish. The perfect candidate would be someone who was strongly connected to the previous administration but has left their ranks. The person should not only be someone who has left the political realm to advance his/her own agenda but someone who would allow you to pull the strings and tell them what to do. The perfect person would also be someone who is married to someone in a position, like a University President, who can not only help finance your Party but someone who can use his/her position to help bolster your agenda.

Step 9:
Invite a past Premier from a neighbouring Province who has been coaching you on how to become omnipotent, to come and address a group of young impressionable students. Make sure he insults anyone who might protest his visit and have him drop the notion of selling off some of your most value viewed assets. Then have one of your own puppets state that you would never do that. With the completion of Step 8, you will be able to repeat the results seen in Step 5 and the voters will be none the wiser. When ready, don't sell them but just shut them down. That way you can fall back on the line "as I had stated earlier...I wont sell them and I didn't".

Step 10:
Continue to move your agenda forward. Whenever possible publicly trash the previous administration and blame them for causing you to have to change things, after all, it was supposedly time for a change. No one ever said a change to what. Be very cautious not to admit that they played a lead role in both a booming economy, a population increase and new job records.

Although these 10 Steps are not set in stone for your transition to omnipotence, by both following them, consulting both your federal daddy and communicating to the other leaders who have the same goal of extreme power, you should be able not only eliminate anyone who dares to doubt you, you will be able to fool each and every citizen into thinking that it was time for a change and that you are indeed GOD!!!!

My way or the highway..."YOUR FIRED"!!!

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.

Sask. gov't "thought police" alive and well

This one is peripheral fallout to my previous post Star Phoenix

Free newspapers pulled from liquor stores

So Brad Wall and the Sask Party are all for removing barriers to business.

They want to change the Labour Standards so that they are more "business balanced". They want to legislate Essential Services so that we "the people" are not put in jeopardy by strikes. They want to possibly remove the minimum wage increases that the NDP brought in and they promote that Sask is now business friendly. They want something similar to TILMA where the barriers to business and growth are removed.

Can someone then please tell me why the heck they would have a problem with a small newspaper who had become a viable business in both Regina and Saskatoon, distributing FREE copies in Liquor Stores?

From CTV News:

In Regina, it's called the Prairie Dog. In Saskatoon, it's Planet S and you can pick up a free copy just about anywhere, except at liquor stores from now on. The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority has ordered the newsstands removed from it's stores. DAVID MORRIS, SLGA: "SLGA reminded store managers that any sort of material in stores that didn't align with SLGA's core business or didn't focus on social responsibility messaging should be removed." The newspapers relied on liquor stores for about 5% of distribution. They'd been available there for years. It's a setback to the employee co-operative that publishes the papers. TERRY MORASH, PUBLISHER: "We are a local business and I think part of the philosophy of this government is to remove roadblocks to business and so it's kind of odd that we would find this roadblock." The order to remove the newspapers from liquor stores came shortly after the Saskatchewan Party took office. The ministers office says it had nothing to do with the decision but some have been left wondering. WARREN MCCALL, REGINA NDP MLA: "I don't know if it's somebody with Liquor and Gaming trying to do something they think is pleasing to their new political masters or what." Prairie Dog, Planet S and other free tabloids are especially popular with university students who appreciate the focus on local arts and entertainment listings. STUDENT: "I don't see any problem with it being in stores and whatnot because it's free." STUDENT: "I don't see a problem with it. It's just there. You can pick it up if you want. You can leave it if you don't." STUDENT: "I don't think the government should be able to restrict where they can actually place free independent media." The government decision could also hurt the newspaper's advertisers. Ironically, one of the largest is the provincial government.

THE WORST LABOUR LEGISLATION IN THE COUNTRY

Commentary below is reproduced from the COPE 397 Website:

http://www.cope397.ca/

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THE WORST LABOUR LEGISLATION IN THE COUNTRY

As most of you know, Brad Wall and his crew of inexperienced college frat buddies have recently introduced legislation that put Unions squarely in the cross hairs.

Make no mistake, this time they are coming for us. Your rights are under serious attack.

There are two pieces of legislation recently introduced [so far, we anticipate more] that threaten to turn Saskatchewan's labour climate into a one-sided Employer's holiday.

These are Bill 5 which concerns itself with essential services, and Bill 6 which amends the Trade Union Act. Both have received first reading and will soon be law.

Bill 5

Bill 5 is a particularly nasty piece of legislation that allows Employers to designate classifications that will be identified as so called 'essential services'.

Those persons designated as 'essential' will be identified BY NAME [emphasis mine] as employees 'who must work during the labour stoppage to maintain essential services'. Those named 'must work during the work stoppage ....without regard to the availability of other persons to provide essential services'.

It is not clear whether or not those named individuals would be able to refuse overtime or whether they could be called back from, or denied holidays.

DO NOT THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE SO CALLED 'ESSENTIAL SERVICES' DESIGNATED AT SGI If this legislation is passed, it is almost a certainty that there will be individuals named as 'essential' in our workplaces. Those individuals completely lose their right to strike, and of course forcing them to work undermines everyone else who is undertaking a work stoppage.

But wait there's more.

The Government has given itself extensive powers to make regulations to this Bill without ever having to debate these changes in the Legislature. This represents an unprecedented lack of accountability.

Bill 6

Bill 6 poses as an amendment to the Trade Union Act. This Bill gives an unparalleled ability for the employer to give 'its opinion' on matters, in a manner that would previously have been illegal.

The specific wording is 'nothing in this Act precludes an employer from communicating facts AND ITS OPINIONS to its employees' [emphasis mine].

This means that an employer may comment on any grievance, workplace incident, strike vote including Collective Bargaining, as it sees fit. It is estimated that this Bill will make legal more than 90% of employer conduct which is currently illegal in almost every part of Canada and even much of the U.S.

There are other changes buried in this Bill as well, including the removal of the three year limitation for collective agreements. This potentially sets the stage for demands by employers for much longer agreements. Can the day of the ten year collective agreement be finally here? Wouldn't we all love 10 years of zero, zero, zero, zero, zero……… ?

There is no question, and no doubt that this is indeed the worst labour legislation in the entire country.

These two Bills are, in my opinion, a declaration of war on the middle class. They will undermine the effectiveness of the unions that one third of Saskatchewan working people belong to.

We encourage you to see this attack on your rights for yourself.

» Bill No. 5 - An Act respecting Essential Public Services - posted here.
» Bill No. 6 - An Act to amend The Trade Union Act - posted here.

We have copies of these two Bills in our office as well, which we will be pleased to give you on request. Please contact Patti Harris at (306) 352-4238 or by e-mail at cope397@sasktel.net.

Once you have seen the evidence, you may wish to write your MLA and tell them what you think of our province having the distinction of having the absolute worst labour legislation in the entire country.

Garry Hamblin
President

Feedback vs Consultation - Norris needs a dictionary

The Saskatchewan Party government is inviting groups to provide feedback on proposed labour legislation in private meetings, but won't opt for public hearings through the legislature's committee system.

"This process is going to be best for us and the stakeholders to ensure that we get their message very clearly," said Advanced Education, Employment and Labour Minister Rob Norris.

Letters of invitation are in the process of going out, and "feedback sessions" will be happening soon with representatives from labour, business and others.

When Brad Wall and Rob Norris were out on the hustings, they were constantly pushing how they wanted to open and transparent when they took government. When this government tabled Bills 5 and 6, Essential Service and amendments to the existing Trade Union Act, they again stated that they wanted to "consult" with the stakeholders.

The definition of feedback is as follows:

...a reaction or response to a particular process or activity: He got very little feedback from his speech.
.....evaluate information derived from such a reaction or response: to study the feedback from an audience survey

The definition of consult is:

1.	to seek advice or information from; ask guidance from: Consult your lawyer before signing the contract.

2.	to refer to for information: Consult your dictionary for the spelling of the word.

3.	to have regard for (a person's interest, convenience, etc.) in making plans.

4.	Obsolete. to meditate, plan, or contrive.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to consider or deliberate; take counsel; confer (usually fol. by with): He consulted with his doctor.

6.	to give professional or expert advice; serve as consultant.

There is a huge difference Mr Norris and if you and your co-horts really wish to know what the stakeholders thoughts, ideas and feedback is, then you should do what is required and hold open, public consultations with all the stakeholders.

When is this government, albeit new, going to stop hiding behind committees and actually go out and speak to the people of Saskatchewan that it was elected to represent?

When you actually take the time to read both Bill 5 and Bill 6, you will see that they allow for absolutely NO debate on legislation or changes to the Regulations. Any changes can be made by Order in Council which first, are not debatable within the Legislative Chamber and second, have no recourse to change them after.

This is not open consultation with stakeholders, this is not garnering feedback from the those involved, this in not open and transparent government, what is it is a dictatorship where you will do what Brad Wall says, shut up and take it. Rather like the Harper mentality Federally.

Watch this post carefully over the next little while and I will go over section by section of both Bills..you will see exactly what they mean and how the actions of Wall, Norris and the Sask Party are no where near being open and transparent or consultative.

It is no wonder that people like Larry Hubich and the Labour Leaders are concerned. They actually understand what the Bills mean and what this type of legislation means to Saskatchewan Workers, whether organized or not....

Stay tuned..this is going to make you sick!!!