I'm Starting to Feel Sorry for Him

Not!

First of all, the $77-million figure is "disingenuous" and Lingenfelter knows it. A closer examination of PotashCorp's 2010 financial statements indicates the corporation reported $3.4 billion in "cost of goods sold" (which includes base royalties) and $642.8 million in income taxes (which include provincial corporate income taxes).

Lingenfelter is completely lost... And he's hoping to take this province with him.
Saskatchewan is much smarter than Lingenfelter needs us to be.

Gormley Nails It!

Lingenfelter is finding it hard to campaign on emotion when those damn facts keep getting in the way.

The Rent Is Too Damn High Party

Dwain "Jimmy McMillan" Lingenfelter...

"Listen! that's a child's stomach growling and the NDP desperately looking for a wedge issue"

Get Them While They're Young and Impressionable

Hey kids welcome to Utopia, Sask union style!

By the way, SOSC doesn't think you deserve more than one company to deal with. They don't want Rogers, or Bell or Telus. They don't want you to have an iPhone until the Crown says you can.

Well I suppose as long as there's cool banjo pickin' in the background, it might be OK.

(By the way, this video is insulting to every young person out there with a brain. These people hold you in utter contempt. They don't think you know or deserve any better!)

The Former Calgary Oil Executive

Continues his hard left turn back to the 1970's

In advance of PCS President Bill Doyle's address to the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce today, the NDP issue a media release

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When Will Potash Corporation Head Office be Repatriated?

When the President of the Potash Corporation, Bill Doyle, addresses the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce later today, Saskatchewan people will want to know when the company’s current Chicago Head Office is to be closed, and its 200 executive jobs moved back to Saskatoon, NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter said.

“Last fall, the people of Saskatchewan came together to stand up for the Potash Corporation in its bid to fight a hostile takeover attempt by BHP Billiton of Australia. Now it’s time for the Potash Corporation to stand up for the people of Saskatchewan,” Lingenfelter said.

“Bill Doyle’s speech is billed as a “progress report” on the Potash Corporation’s publicly advertised Pledge to Saskatchewan. Nearly five months later, Saskatchewan people are expecting a detailed plan for the closure of the Chicago Head Office, and its repatriation to Saskatoon, along with its 200 executive level jobs,” Lingenfelter added.

“Suggestions that the corporation plans to move as few as 50 jobs back to Saskatoon are worrisome. Anything less than the full repatriation of the Head Office amounts to a broken promise by the Potash Corporation to the people of Saskatchewan,” Lingenfelter said.

“The argument that the Potash Corporation needs to maintain a Chicago Head Office for its American-based Phosphate and Nitrogen divisions, ignores the fact that the corporation was only able to expand into these new lines of business using its profits from the sale of Saskatchewan potash. Expansion into these areas should have resulted in more Head Office jobs for Saskatoon, not a relocation of the Head Office to the United States,” Lingenfelter added.

“It will also be very important to hear that the President of the company, Bill Doyle, will be moving his family back to Saskatoon and will be living here full-time. Talk of keeping a “residence” here means nothing. Will he be living and working out of Saskatoon or not?” Lingenfelter asked.

“In January, the Premier promised that a Memorandum of Understanding, a binding legal document, would be signed with the Potash Corporation prior to the spring sitting of the Legislature to enforce the company’s Pledge to Saskatchewan. Has an MOU been signed? What are its terms? And if not, how does the provincial government plan to enforce the company’s commitments to the people of our Province? These are all questions Saskatchewan people await the answers to,” Lingenfelter concluded.

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Think about what Lingenfelter is saying. He is demanding that a publicly traded company forget about any business strategy or competitive advantage it may have, and move its entire head office to Saskatchewan or it will be an affront to the people. This is Marxism!

Lingenfelter is basically calling the nationalization of the potash industry. And it all begins with this media release and their call for a royalty review.

That will kill us as a province! But that may be his intention. Less independence for the individual and companies, and more reliance on the government where they can control you.

Just like the 1970's.

If he can demand this of PCS, what will he demand of your company if the NDP ever get in power again!?!

Business needs to wake up and realize what Lingenfelter and the NDP plan on doing to the province. And to you...

Why Politicians Shouldn't Tweet

"I still prefer Rubiela"? To what or rather to whom? I thought once you got married to someone, your preference was pretty much nailed down.

Dwain, word of advice. I know your party is real hot on this social media stuff, but tweets should be made in context so that your followers know to what you are referring.

Otherwise, you might come across looking like a letch.

Happy Valentine's Day!

The Saskatchewan COC Grows a Pair

The notoriously weak Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce comes out swinging against SP/Leader Post columnist and NDP apologist Murray Mandryk

Murray Mandryk is completely off base in saying an argument for changing potash royalties is "(Bill) Doyle's vast personal wealth created via the Saskatchewan people's resource."

I can't think of a weaker argument. It's rooted in envy, and reflects the very reason we were a have-not province for so many years. The idea seems to be that Saskatchewan people somehow are losers because a world-class CEO has built a successful company here and is rewarded handsomely by his employer.

It's about time, Steve... Let's just see if you can continue down this new found path.

The Company You Keep

Mairin Loewen is Saskatoon's newest city councillor.

Praisies are being sung for her youthfulness and how it will add a new energy to the council. But what I find most intersting is who Ms. Loewen has been hanging around with.

According to the Star Phoenix she's "completing a master's degree in political studies at the University of Saskatchewan and worked as chief of staff for NDP MLA Pat Atkinson"

Also, if the article today Ms. Loewen is pictured with her boyfriend, Will Robbins. Is this the same Will Robbins who was responsible for this when he was editor of the Sheaf?

People may have forgotten young Mr. Robbins "error", but I haven't. Remember this blog as a direct result of Mr. Robbins guiding hand?

Her supporters are a "who's who" of city leftists.

I wish Ms. Loewen the best of luck. I hope she keeps in mind the entire city than just the ambitions and desires of her leftist friends.

The NDP and the Unions - A Soundtrack

This was picked up by a regular reader of the blog. Watch these two videos...

This first one is from the NDP and was posted on October of 2007

The second is from the SGEU and was posted on October of 2010

Three years apart...

Now listen carefully. What do you hear?

Maybe they just didn't want to pay royalties twice...

h/t Nolan

Does This Surprise Anyone?

Another LTTE in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix from Tony Linner...

Two examples: The coalition of the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals in Saskatchewan has demonstrated terrible fiscal mismanagement, inadequate support for communities and families in crisis, abysmal foresight in health care, and an inability to respect unionized workers.

Of course this is a line right out of the NDP playbook. It's almost like the NDP communications department wrote the letter and got Tony to sign his name.

But who exactly is Tony Linner? Oh, the retired STF administrator?

It's just so easy to pick out these NDP Orcs. It's not even a challenge any more.