Campfire Permit Fee Removed

In the tradition of exemplary and totally unbiased reporting on behalf of the LP, we're told the Saskatchewan Party is keeping its promise of removing the much-maligned $3 campfire fee in Saskatchewan's provincial parks:

During the fall election campaign, Premier Brad Wall repeatedly promised that if elected a Saskatchewan Party government would eliminate what he called the "wiener roast tax."

The $3 per day fee to purchase firewood in Saskatchewan parks was put in place in 2004.

The government said the removal of the fee will save park visitors a combined total of about $375,000 a year.
(Leader-Post, March 17, 2008)

However:

• The article should tell us that the $375,000 saved by park visitors will be coming out of the GRF.
• An addition of $158,400 to the GRF would then leave us with a net loss of roughly $217,000. Isn't this a problem in such a stark fiscal period?
  
• There's no mention if the annual impact of $650,000 is to the plus or minus.

I suppose this is all well and good: no one really liked that stupid campfire fee in the first place. And all cutesie Sask Party nicknames aside, if the NDP were trying to upset the people who use provincial parks, mission accomplished.

Another promise kept. Congratulations, Mr. Wall and Ms. Tell. We're going to be seeing a lot more of these announcements the Sask Party. But watch carefully: the promises, like this one, will be the ones that are easy to keep. The harder ones -- the ones with more impact on Saskatchewan's people -- will be swept under the carpet or blamed on either the opposition or outside forces.

We saw it happen with Harper, and we'll see it happen with his lapdog, too.

Edit: added link to article