The Editor:聽
In a March 18, 2015, press release, the then Sask. Party Finance Minister Ken Krawetz is quoted as saying the government was going to 鈥渂orrow to build,鈥� referring to the intense capital infrastructure financing plans for the 2015-16 fiscal year.聽
However, given what has transpired over this past year surrounding the Regina Bypass, and the growing scandal surrounding land transactions, I can鈥檛 help but ask the question 鈥� are they borrowing to build, or borrowing to destroy?聽
Let鈥檚 be clear on one thing, they have all but destroyed several long-standing Saskatchewan homesteads, some over a century old, severely and negatively impacted commercial industries that oppose the project, divided farming operations, making it impossible to continue and destroyed the health of many great individuals who have been dealing with the undue stress of the expropriation process. While some are making more money than any of us would see in a lifetime, others are barely getting enough to replace their homes.聽
While I would love to see the government building more in the name of progress, I don鈥檛 see this as progress, only another way to destroy the Saskatchewan that I鈥檝e known and loved since I was a child.聽
Please don鈥檛 let the Saskatchewan Party destroy more of our heritage in the name of what they call progress. If we鈥檙e going to build, let鈥檚 do it with everyone鈥檚 well being in mind.聽
In the meantime demand a judicial public inquiry as requested by the RM of Sherwood.聽
Donald Neuls
Coppersands, Sask.
