Premier Roy Romanow flip-flops on
Farm Aid |
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By Mario deSantis, February 29, 2000 |
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| shrank this province to greatness | We have been saying all along that Premier Roy Romanow is a hypocrite leader(1) who has |
| balanced the budget(2) and who has shrank this province to greatness for the few and | |
| privileged(3). Therefore, I was pleased to find out that journalists are becoming more vocal | |
| in criticizing Premier Romanow's leadership. | |
| government as short on principles as on cash | In particular, the article "Farm aid cynical(4)" depicts this government as short on principles as |
| on cash. This article reports that Ottawa and Saskatchewan have struck a deal worth about $300 | |
| million, with $180 million coming from the feds and the rest from the province. I have no deep | |
| knowledge of the problems affecting the farm crisis, but what is very relevant in this article is the | |
| recognition that Premier Romanow is a flip flop leader, that is a confirmed hypocrite. | |
| the greatness of the Canadian federation | The deal was reached even though Roy Romanow has stated that the farm crisis was a federal |
| problem, that Saskatchewan was being alienated and forgotten by Ottawa, that Saskatchewan | |
| was giving notice to pull out of the AIDA program. The deal has reversed all of these positions, | |
| and a content Roy Romanow has begun talking about the greatness of the Canadian federation. | |
| --------------Endnotes: | |
| SUN's Strike and Premier Romanow's Paper Legislation, by Mario deSantis, April 22, 1999 | |
| Another magic of Premier Romanow: balancing the books, downsizing people and increasing the GNP, by Mario deSantis, February 14, 2000 | |
| Making money is not creating wealth Mr. Premier Romanow, by Mario deSantis, February 7, 2000 | |
| Farm aid cynical, SP Opinions, by Steven Gibb, Les MacPherson, Sarath Peiris and Lawrence Thoner; The StarPhoenix, February 26, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |