Wednesday, November 11, 2015

On dramatic conclusions

Presenting a one-act play starring Saskatchewan's Minister of Highways and Infrastructure, along with one of her party's most troublesome adversaries.

Reality: How can you possibly justify spending more public money on highways to get less done?

Nancy Heppner: There's a perfectly good explanation for that. It's because we're spending on the...(flips pages in the Compendium of Random Transportation-Related Terms)...culverts and bridges!!!

Reality: That's demonstrably false. So again, how can you justify spending more money on highways to get less done?

Nancy Heppner: There's a perfectly good explanation for that. It's because we're spending on the...(again flips pages in the Compendium of Random Transportation-Related Terms)...multi-year projects and flood repairs!!!

Reality: That comes nowhere close to accounting for the increased cost, and doesn't explain the reduced amount of road repaired. So again, how can you justify spending more money on highways to get less done? 

Nancy Heppner: There's a perfectly good explanation for that. It's because we're spending on the...(once again flips pages in the Compendium of Random Transportation-Related Terms)...viaducts and esplanades!!!

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