The firing of the entire Saskatchewan Research Council's Board: a further step in the sapping of our economy

The firing of the entire Saskatchewan Research Council's Board:
a further step in the sapping of our economy

Nipawin - October 9, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis

depletion
of our
resources
After the building of the Synchrotron's mausoleum and the planned economic diversification

of rural Saskatchewan with the production hogs and hamburger patties, it is now the time for

this government to accelerate the pace for the depletion of our resources. In fact, as our most

indigent and weakest segment of our population are being ignored and the education of our

children takes second place to our evidence based researches of our sold out scientists, our

regressive primary economy is becoming one of our main economic driver for the future of

the province.

informed
by fax
Therefore, the government has fired the entire board and president of the Saskatchewan

Research Council (SRC) because they refused to make changes requested by oil

companies⁽¹⁾. The fifteen fired board members were informed by fax from Energy and

Mines Minister Eldon Lautermilch who thanked them "for their years of service and

dedication to the SRC and the citizens of Saskatchewan."⁽²⁾

recent
hiring
The SRC's board was afraid that small business and agricultural research would suffer

with the new obsession with the oil and gas industry, an obsession aggravated by the recent

increases in oil price and the recent hiring of former deputy premier Dwain Lingenfelter by

Canadian Occidental Petroleum⁽³⁾.

review of
its mandate
In justifying the firing of the entire board and president of the SRC, Lautermilch has stated

that the oil and gas sector makes up nine per cent of the provincial economy and growing.

Also, Lautermich has stated that there was the need of a change in leadership, and in an

effort to extend the Sap-ping⁽⁴⁾ of our primary economic sector has appointed a

three-member interim board composed of an oil company president, a vice-president of

SaskEnergy and a bureaucrat from Saskatchewan Energy and Mines. Lautermich has

reassured the business and research community that there will be "no further shakeup"

planned at the SRC, although he has also announced a review of its mandate.

oil and gas
We congratulate our government and Honourable Eldon Lautermilch, for furthering the

sapping of Saskatchewan on behalf of the oil and gas corporations.

------------References/Endnotes:

List of articles by Mario deSantis http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantisNG.html

1.
-
Gov't tosses out entire SRC board: Lautermilch called a 'thug' after shakeup at research council, by Jason Warick, The StarPhoenix, October 6, 2000. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2.
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NEW SRC BOARD, Government of Saskatchewan News Release, October 5, 2000. Energy and Mines - 613 http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/2000/10/05-613.html

3.
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Honourable Dwain Lingenfelter: Love for money stronger than love for politics, by Mario deSantis, July 14, 2000

4.
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Our leaders can't recognize an asset from a hole in the ground, by Mario deSantis, December 2, 1999

The firing of the entire Saskatchewan Research Council's Board: a further step in the sapping of our economy

Nipawin - October 9, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis

depletion of our resources	After the building of the Synchrotron's mausoleum and the planned economic diversification
	of rural Saskatchewan with the production hogs and hamburger patties, it is now the time for
	this government to accelerate the pace for the depletion of our resources. In fact, as our most
	indigent and weakest segment of our population are being ignored and the education of our
	children takes second place to our evidence based researches of our sold out scientists, our
	regressive primary economy is becoming one of our main economic driver for the future of
	the province.

informed by fax	Therefore, the government has fired the entire board and president of the Saskatchewan
	Research Council (SRC) because they refused to make changes requested by oil
	companies⁽¹⁾. The fifteen fired board members were informed by fax from Energy and
	Mines Minister Eldon Lautermilch who thanked them "for their years of service and
	dedication to the SRC and the citizens of Saskatchewan."⁽²⁾

recent hiring	The SRC's board was afraid that small business and agricultural research would suffer
	with the new obsession with the oil and gas industry, an obsession aggravated by the recent
	increases in oil price and the recent hiring of former deputy premier Dwain Lingenfelter by
	Canadian Occidental Petroleum⁽³⁾.

review of its mandate	In justifying the firing of the entire board and president of the SRC, Lautermilch has stated
	that the oil and gas sector makes up nine per cent of the provincial economy and growing.
	Also, Lautermich has stated that there was the need of a change in leadership, and in an
	effort to extend the Sap-ping⁽⁴⁾ of our primary economic sector has appointed a
	three-member interim board composed of an oil company president, a vice-president of
	SaskEnergy and a bureaucrat from Saskatchewan Energy and Mines. Lautermich has
	reassured the business and research community that there will be "no further shakeup"
	planned at the SRC, although he has also announced a review of its mandate.

oil and gas	We congratulate our government and Honourable Eldon Lautermilch, for furthering the
oil and gas	sapping of Saskatchewan on behalf of the oil and gas corporations.

------------References/Endnotes:

	List of articles by Mario deSantis http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantisNG.html

1. -	Gov't tosses out entire SRC board: Lautermilch called a 'thug' after shakeup at research council, by Jason Warick, The StarPhoenix, October 6, 2000. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2. -	NEW SRC BOARD, Government of Saskatchewan News Release, October 5, 2000. Energy and Mines - 613 http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/2000/10/05-613.html

3. -	Honourable Dwain Lingenfelter: Love for money stronger than love for politics, by Mario deSantis, July 14, 2000

4. -	Our leaders can't recognize an asset from a hole in the ground, by Mario deSantis, December 2, 1999