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Given the results, one gets why Premier Brad Wall has no interest in taking any lessons from his predecessor Lorne Calvert on the Spudco file.

Really, why would he?

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But at a time when Wall ‘s popularity appears to be taking a nose-dive, he should be taking stock of his handling of all matters.

After all, it’s rather evident the public isn’t buying his budget message that the service cuts and tax increases were absolutely necessary. Perhaps other matters in play are causing the public to lose faith in government.

The Lorne Calvert of the mid 2000s probably could have related, which might be why he at least attempted to show sincere contrition on the Spudco debacle.

The NDP government broke its own policy by taking more than a 51-per-cent stake in the building of potato sheds, thus giving potential investors the impression this was a more successful entrepreneurial venture.

Far worse, the NDP kept this important little tidbit from the public for seven years until it was disclosed by the Regina Leader-Post. By keeping up the canard that this was a fair-minded private-public enterprise, the government was even able to get around its own policy of having to use union labour to build the three sheds.