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Well, in the madness of King Brad, now is the perfect time to free the Calgary oil executives from the shackles of Rachel Notley NDP socialism and lead their descent from the mountains to the promised flatland. Holy Moses. If only there were a sea to part between our two land-locked provinces.

In a letter to Whitecap Resources dated five days after the budget, Wall offered to subsidize relocation costs, help find space in unused government buildings and even “help with other hurdles as you define them.”

Wall’s letter released by the government Wednesday cited this budget’s corporate and personal income tax breaks — doubling down on the incongruent notion that tax decreases on wealthy business types were somehow appropriate. And, of course, Wall reminds them there will be no carbon tax under his watch.

“Given these major tax changes and your production presence in our province, I would therefore like to formally ask you to consider a relocation of your head office from Calgary to Saskatchewan,” Wall stated in the letter.

Now, understand it’s Wall’s job to do whatever is within reason to encourage private business to move here. Heaven knows, he certainly hasn’t been shy about doing all he can, whether it has meant corporate tax breaks, softened labour law or emphasis on P3s.

But at a time when the Saskatchewan Party government has done little else than belly-ache about the fall of non-renewable resource revenues, how is any tax break justifiable?And what does “help with other hurdles” mean? Even-lower royalties and taxes for the sake of a few head-office jobs? It would seem ridiculous, but — given the tone and tenor of Wall’s letter — one wonders how far this government is willing to go.