Premier's Bus Tour Ditched

The people of Saskatchewan learned a lot about Lorne Calvert’s summer bus tour. Not so much for where it went but where it did not go. The Saskatchewan Party challenged Lorne Calvert to drive a route mapped out by the people of this province featuring their nominees for the worst sections of pavement in Saskatchewan. For some strange reason, the Premier declined the invitation.

This summer as we await a much anticipated Premier’s tour, we were all surprised by the announcement last week. There will be no Lorne Calvert bus tour this year. It’s been cancelled.

Why wouldn’t you want to hear from the people of Saskatchewan? Well, I guess Lorne Calvert had a pretty good idea about what people were going to say. They were going to complain about his government’s failure to provide any support or hope for rural communities facing school closures. They were going to tell the Premier how they are fed up with crumbling highways that ruin their vehicles and discourage tourist traffic to some of the finest recreational destinations in North America.

People were going to tell Lorne Calvert how it’s wrong to withhold information from police about public funds disappearing from the NDP caucus and keeping covering up the story. People were going to remind Lorne Calvert how upset they were when they heard how Murdoch Carriere received $275,000 after he was fired for harassment and convicted of assault.

The Premier has finally realized what people outside of the Legislature have known for months—most people are angry and fed-up with his out-of-touch government and want a new one.

So, Mr. Calvert, keep your bus in the garage if you want. You’ll be hearing from the people of Saskatchewan soon enough. And you probably won’t be very happy with their final judgement.

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