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Donald Neuls of Coppersands writes:

There have been many comparisons between Brad Wall and Grant Devine over the years. Most notably, how each of them managed to rack up mounds of debt, paying out favours of party friends and supporters, while maintaining a primary target on privatization.

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While Devine didn’t manage this very well, it would appear that Premier Wall has succeeded on many levels. The only difference is, he isn’t going down with the ship, like any good captain ought to.

He gleefully racked up our provincial debt through sneaky P3 partnerships and questionable land transactions, during the biggest boom time in our history. He has successfully managed to introduce controversial legislation that opens the road to the privatization of any and all Crown corporations. He managed to close the long-standing Saskatchewan Transportation Company, through a sneaky, albeit apparently legal, selloff/shutdown. Amongst many more things, he also successfully made us the only province without a film employment tax credit and with a tax on insurance premiums.