Tuesday 2 October 2007

Union advertizing in Saskatchewan

How can the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses claim that the closure of rural hospitals is due to a shortage of nurses? When the reason for these closers is the same reason rural schools are being closed. Which is based on economics eg: the number of people using the facility verses the cost to run it. So why is this false statement being allowed to circulate unchallenged by anyone including the media. There are laws that govern advertizing, which provide fines, and possible jail time (to repeat offenders) for making false or miss leading statements in any form of public advertizing. So why do the Unions in Saskatchewan seem to be allowed to get away with lying outright to the people of Saskatchewan without being held to account?
Where is all the money coming from for all theses ads?
These ads tell us they are working hard to keep us safe, and what a good job they are doing.
Really?? Then why are there more people than ever accessing the food banks in Saskatchewan? Why do our cities have the highest crime rates in the country? Why are our roads in the worst condition ever? Why are a large number of our schools not meeting the minimum level of education required by the Provincal board of Education? Why is the health care system such a mess? Yes the government is working on improving wait times for surgery. There shouldn't have been a problem in the first place. Remember that for the government and unions of this province to be working on a problem doesn't mean their are ever really going to do something about it. Yes other provinces may face similar problems but they are also dealing with a much larger population base than Saskatchewan. Come on people!!! The Greater Metropolitan city of Toronto alone has four times the population of this whole province!!
So why do the unions and NDP government of this province being allowed the lie? Believing the lie doesn't make anything right. (It might make the people who should be doing something about these problems feel better about not doing their jobs properly.) Nor does it change anything for the better. There are real problems that need to be addressed in this province, and pretending that they don't exist is not the way to solve them.
I don't know about you, but I hate being lied too!!

Sunday 9 September 2007

Why?!

I am a who, what, where and why kind of person. Although I love to read a wide range of material from factual to science fiction. I am finding it harder and harder to watch anything on TV including the commercials. I have called it, "The Idiot Box" for a long time, which to my dismay is turning into a fairly accurate description of the thing. As the list of programing that has absolutely NO value what so ever is definately getting longer and more mindless. I wouldn't have thought this possible a few years ago. What use to be news is becoming more and more just one persons' opinion on the subject, which is frequently not at all objective but subjective.

So I have decided to start a blog that asks questions in an attempt to get you thinking and hopefully talking about some of the things we are watching and reading.