To advertise the Saskatchewan budget;
Television and radio advertisements on the graduate tax exemption and seniors’ prescription drug program will run for three weeks, while brochures will go to homes and ads will appear in some specialty print publications, Saskatchewan Finance spokesman Mike Woods confirmed Friday.
“There’s always some really key initiatives in the budget, and the government and the departments feel it’s in the best interest of all the taxpayers that they become aware of these programs,” Woods said.
The post-budget ads won’t feature Finance Minister Andrew Thomson like last year’s, which cost taxpayers about $450,000 and created controversy in the assembly about what the Opposition called a partisan campaign.
On the other hand, think how much they saved by not featuring Tom Cruise.
““The people of Saskatchewan of course will see all of our numbers as they do in the public accounts. We now report to the people of Saskatchewan on a quarterly basis,” Calvert said.
“In years prior to our government you were lucky to get a report once a year and it was often months and months out of date.””
Amazing how he still manages to bring up the prior government after all this time. It amused me that Mr. Thomson didn’t buy a pair of shoes for this budget… says a lot about what he thought about the sustainability of it.
The Star-Phoenix is running a poll on its website: Who would you vote for if a provincial election were held today? It’s a good chance to let the NDP know what you think of its budget and $350,000 taxpayer-funded advertising campaign.
Here’s the link. http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/index.html
Scroll down. It’s on the right.
Oh, thats good news! So did you get your check for $200 000 yet? My cut should be about $100 000 if they split it evenly amongst the most popular web-sites. I don’t think I will wait for the mailman. I have no food left, my room-mate’s put $5 gas in the car and I am eating their food. Want to buy a stereo? No, Youtube won’t let me sell it and Kenny’s pawn shop said they will give me $40 for the brand new mp3 deck and a scanner to boot. Any higher bidders? Everything is for sale! I have to make $500 before the end of the month to keep the car and hopefully drink some beer during the Juno PartyFest. Spring cleaning is taking on a new meaning this year!
If a provincial election were to be held today, who would you vote for?
NDP
3.16 %
Saskatchewan Party
92.72 %
Liberal
1.58 %
Other
2.53 %
Please, let it happen this morning.
I agree with Cal. Let’s do it and start turning this province around.
” Free Prozac perscriptions for all voting age citizens” Now go back to sleep in your drug enduced comas until we need you in another 4 years.
Landru loves you.
I wish that legislatures would pass laws against spending of this kind.
This is way too common, and it drives me nuts. I know the federal Conservatives did it recently with radio ads, and when I lived in BC both the Liberals and the NDP did it while they were in power.
If the party that is in government would just do a good job while in government, then maybe they wouldn’t have to spend so much money letting me know. It seems to me that if they want to spend money letting me know what a great job they are doing, it ought to come from party coffers.
Poll If a provincial election were to be held today, who would you vote for?
NDP
55.24 %
Saskatchewan Party
40.99 %
Liberal
2.35 %
Other
1.41 %
Darn Cal, you waited too long!
Looks like you canadians have the same trouble with pork as we do
No wonder why the Star Kleenex is so pro NDP.
They are by far the biggest advertiser. Would you slam your best paying customer?
Josh! I, and many more like me, am more than willing to call your bluff. Call the election! Lets get it on, you phoney. We will kick your sorry ass from here to Russia where it belongs!
If you really believe the BS you just posted then by all means convince your (for lack of a better term) “leader?” to call an election right now. NOW! Josh. Right now! Lets get it on!
Now, realistically speaking, I would like to know what you will be drowning your sorrows with on the night of the election. What will your libation be? Well VODKA!, OF COURSE!!!!!
How silly of me to even contemplate anything else! Now, what shall we be celebrating with? Oh, I don’t know. Maybe an exceptional strip loin steak from one of our great beef ranches accompanied by an outstanding cabernet wine produced by a ‘free-enterprising’ vineyard from British Columbia. Sounds good to me!! How about you, Josh? What will be you be doing? Crying in your vodka? Ya, I think so.,
a different Bob,
Don’t get so upset over a jab from a Socialist, after all, where is their political success story? We have the entire free world and they have the ruins of Russia, Hugo Chavez and Castro’s Cuba. Socialists have nothing to brag about.
You’re right Trent. He was just “Joshing” me. Actually I approve of the money they are spending advertising one of the worst budgets in our province’s history. The more people know about it the better for the Sask Party.
Josh,
Go and check the poll now!
hahahaha the BS I just posted? Well that BS now has the sask party in lead there Bob. All this is shows is that internet polls are not scientific!
But I do agree it does not look good for the NDP, and rightfully so, they’ve been in power far too long for a healthy democracy. It’s just a shame that what is lining up to replace it is one of the most incompetant yet cocky oppostion party’s in this provinces history.
Either way its just sad you have to resort to calling anyone who thinks different than you an alcoholic.
And back to Russia where I belong? And phoney? Just because you clearly have some personal issues does not mean you can take it out on me there buddy. I believe I’m entitled to my freedom of thought, opinion and expression am I not? If you think I’m not then I guess it’s not really me who should be moving to Russia now is it?
P.S. Trent I don’t mean to be a stickler but you forgot about China and most of Europe. But thats ok.
Hey Josh, perhaps Bob’s comments were out of line however, it is hardly fair to call the government in waiting incompetent and cocky! The current socialist regime has held us back as long as they could and despite them, we are becoming an economic powerhouse! Just imagine what we could be with a forward thinking business friendly government.
Wanting all the rights and freedoms that go with being a socialist powerhouse like China is just not on my wishlist!!
This government is still better than any crooked Tory gov’t we’ve ever had. You people can hope a pray,and wish you had come up with these ideas but guess what? You didn’t. And no Tory gov’t will ever have a good idea. I watch you guys on TV. The Saskparty calls us old and we need change. We did that once and what happened? You are all still upset with the fact you got nailed to the floor. You are old and out of ideas all you can do is scream in the legislature and call people names and tell us you’ll do better.