Here, on how the Saskatchewan Party's actions speak far louder than the pundits' words as to whether or not there's a real chance for change in the November election.
For further reading:
- James Wood has nicely covered the Sask Party's anti-whistleblower legislation and its attack on First Nations voters.
- Murray Mandryk noted the political games involved in the Sask Party's North Battleford hospital announcement - particularly to the real funding and non-election timing of the NDP's previous plans which were axed by Wall after he took power.
- And naturally, similar questions have to be asked about the Sask Party's Moose Jaw hospital announcement.
From the article about the attack on First Nations voters: "Yates said it is disturbing the government has copied the federal regulations "word for word" except as they pertain to voters on reserves."
ReplyDeleteThat's very disturbing. This was done fully intentionally. Since they took the rest of Elections Canada's work word for word, they must not have done detailed research and analysis on their own. Yet they specifically trash the one section related to First Nations. The excuse?
"There could be a large number of band members that do not reside on reserve and a band officer may not know that"
Well, the band officer has to find out anyways before he/she signs an attestation of residence. This is exactly the same deal as for "students and residents of senior residences or health-care facilities", yet these regulations didn't get scrapped. No accusations of fraud have been made on First Nations, and the Sask Party refuses to say who came up with this idea in the first place.