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As for the much-vaunted transparency that Mr. Wyant attributes to the P3 Value-for-money reports? It’s difficult to be more blunt than that of the U.K’s deputy comptroller and auditor-general Jeremy Coleman, who called Value for Money reports “utter rubbish” and “pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo.”

Politicians have fallen in love with the P3 model because it allows them to push debt way down the road, with bills that come due long after they have left office. As the evidence from the United Kingdom clearly demonstrates, we can’t afford to let this love affair continue in Saskatchewan.

Simon Enoch, Regina

Brain disorders should replace mental illness

When will society realize that the word “mental” in relation to a brain illness is an outdated and depreciative word that should be discarded.

Why is it that sympathy can be garnered for those who are struck by horrific brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or epilepsy but not nearly as much for someone with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder?

Are those who have equally disabling symptoms of the brain but are labelled differently somehow less deserving of our compassion?

Now is the time to eliminate the word “mental” from our collective vocabulary and accept that all brain illnesses are devastating to those who have been afflicted by them and to their families.

To view others with a mistaken view that you are better than those struggling with anxiety or depression shows that you are not on an even keel yourself.

Think about it.

Use your brain.

Harvey Peever, Saskatoon