A number of NDP constituency assistants I've spoken to are fed up with the Saskatchewan Party government. Apparently it's impossible to get casework done: phone calls are not being returned, there's little communication within the Ministries, and even the Deputy Ministers are having trouble communicating with the Ministers.
This was not the case when the NDP were in government. When SaskParty MLAs came to the Ministers with a genuine concern and not just some flaming bullshit, the work was handled as judiciously as possible. Now it seems that the works are gummed up, and the CAs are frustrated.
I think this points to one of five scenarios:
- The SaskParty is deliberately trying to shaft the NDP
- Brad Wall is attempting to pull a Stephen Harper, with expected results
- The SaskParty is incompetent and doesn't know what the hell they're supposed to be doing
- The SaskParty is inexperienced in the role of government, and the machinery just isn't working properly
- This doesn't have anything to do with lowering taxes, busting unions, or selling Crowns, so it's not a priority
While options 1 and 5 aren't outside the realm of possibility, they are unlikely: the public opinion backlash of playing politics with peoples' problems would be hard and immediate. This leaves 2, 3, and 4. And while Wall does fancy himself to be a tiny Stephen Harper, he doesn't have the balls of steel nor the weak-kneed press necessary to pull this off. If I were a betting man I'd choose 3 over 4, but the truth is it's probably somewhere in the middle.
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