Legislative Report

Voters Should Be Skeptical of NDP Largesse

Right now, the NDP is like a cook trying to prepare for a big party. The Premier and his cabinet are running around the kitchen and are making alarming discoveries — they are a few ingredients short of what they need.

Based on what we’ve seen so far in 2007, it appears the NDP will spend the next few months trying to stock up on political capital prior to an election call. However, it’s not going to work. People will see these efforts for what they are: a desperate attempt by a tired, old government, vainly clinging to power.

Whether it is the Saskatchewan! ad campaign, or the sudden realization that the SGI Auto Fund suddenly has $100 million excess dollars, people are justifiably cynical.

When they see what’s happening in Saskatchewan politics. They see a tired, desperate and directionless government that has been in power so long it has run out of ideas. It is a government that was dragged kicking and screaming into changing one of the most regressive capital tax structures in the world. Lo and behold, the tax cuts worked —witness the growth we are currently seeing in job creation. However, there’s a difference between reluctantly stealing some parts of the Saskatchewan Party platform and implementing a full growth agenda, an agenda that will set the foundation for continued prosperity well into the future. That’s what the NDP doesn’t understand as it cynically attempts to buy off voters with their own money.

When the guests start arriving for dinner, they will discover the NDP cupboard is still bare. And the guests won’t be very happy, since the cooks have had 15 years to get something ready.

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