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    #31
    Originally posted by jazz View Post
    The bypass and the GTH and the stadium are pretty big fails in our recent history.

    The stadium is barely used and can only be operated if there are 15,000 fans in the seats. Has no utility for the general public.

    The bypass goes so far outside of Regina that you could fit another Regina inside. Someone has grandiose opinions on this town.

    And the GTH started out as trying to lure warehouse and container business, ended up as a payday for Boyd and crew then morphed into a chinese immigration scheme. Finally a few legit businesses have occupied it now.
    You're starting to sound like an NDP, don't build anything. If we ran our farms that way we would all be 2 quarter farmers looking for government handouts

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      #32
      Originally posted by sofa.king View Post
      Its pathetic. Imagine if a tragic plane crash happened at regina or saskatoon airport the whole provincial health system could fall apart. If the health system is this fragile some politicians should be in jail.
      The criminally careless ones are the ones filling the hospitals that did not believe the health care system and could have avoided having to go there.

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        #33
        Originally posted by jazz View Post
        The bypass and the GTH and the stadium are pretty big fails in our recent history.

        The stadium is barely used and can only be operated if there are 15,000 fans in the seats. Has no utility for the general public.

        The bypass goes so far outside of Regina that you could fit another Regina inside. Someone has grandiose opinions on this town.

        And the GTH started out as trying to lure warehouse and container business, ended up as a payday for Boyd and crew then morphed into a chinese immigration scheme. Finally a few legit businesses have occupied it now.
        Be glad the bypass was put that far out. Go travel circle drive in Saskatoon and see what a bypass ends up being when you have no future vision. Stadium was a waste of money. I like football but the old field was good enough for our little arena football farm team. It’s like all these big rinks that got built in these communities. It was enough of a chore to sc**** up the dough to build them but it’s the overhead that sinks them later. Local community had an old rink a bit past it’s time but nothing half a million wouldn’t fix. Well, all the big shot townies wanted a new one and expected the farms around to pony up loan guarantees. Guys did but if it wasn’t for a large corporate donor who covered it they’d be under. Still it costs lots to keep the plant and the lights on. Same time enrolment in hockey is shrinking. This is a fairly well populated area with lots of industry and young families. Lots are shying away from hockey, it’s not the only game in town. Public recreation works are a tough row to hoe. They are money pits no matter how much you rent them out. That is why they are public works.

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          #34
          Originally posted by newguy View Post
          The criminally careless ones are the ones filling the hospitals that did not believe the health care system and could have avoided having to go there.
          So you think! But its not so. Partially vaccinated and vaccinated is the information that I have.

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            #35
            The only point I was trying to make was if the province has money for varying projects , good or bad, it seems putting a few more ICU beds for either covid or regular surgeries wouldn't be the worst thing to spend money on.

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              #36
              Ya I think the health guy should be canned. I get it that Scott gets the blame but what is health minister doing? If Scott was smart he'd get new person

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                #37
                Originally posted by bucket View Post
                The only point I was trying to make was if the province has money for varying projects , good or bad, it seems putting a few more ICU beds for either covid or regular surgeries wouldn't be the worst thing to spend money on.
                Well yes, my neighbor who was just told that his back surgery is almost two years out would agree that expanded surgical capacity "...wouldn't be the worst thing to spend money on."

                When I needed back surgery 6+ years ago, it was the same story. And IIRC, COVID wasn't as issue yet.

                The problem of healthcare capacity lies entirely at the feet of government and healthcare bureaucracy. It seems like extra funding goes into the pockets of the inner circle and the plebeians can suffer.

                Locally, the administrator of the catchment area rakes in huge dollars while he rides the frontliners for the care shortfalls.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by sumdumguy View Post
                  Shahab can cry like Trudeau. 🙄
                  Or like Bogosch in April 2020, on CBC for days, all the "models" were WRONG! But he got exposure.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by shortbox View Post
                    You're starting to sound like an NDP, don't build anything. If we ran our farms that way we would all be 2 quarter farmers looking for government handouts
                    Not at all, but the politics behind these projects were insane. If you were to invest funds for some venture you would be looking at maximizing value. These 3 projects had none of that.

                    Case in point. At one point in these projects a very industrious person suggested the bypass be in a few miles closer to town and Mosaic be refurbished for those 10 rider games - basically building another covered side. That would have saved nearly $1B dollars which could have built an indoor hockey rink and with public rec center to replace Brandt and build 10 new schools in the city. Was rejected and that person is probably stuffing envelopes somewhere now.

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                      #40
                      Admittedly grant Devine was premier thru some tough years , but he did dig a hell if a hole to fill in even after selling everything that was not nailed down.
                      The NDP had to be lean and mean just to get the province solvent again.
                      Face it Devine spent like Trudeau.
                      Money that was not there.
                      You idolize one and trash the other

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by sawfly1 View Post
                        Admittedly grant Devine was premier thru some tough years , but he did dig a hell if a hole to fill in even after selling everything that was not nailed down.
                        The NDP had to be lean and mean just to get the province solvent again.
                        Face it Devine spent like Trudeau.
                        Money that was not there.
                        You idolize one and trash the other
                        the difference between Devine and Trudeau:

                        Devine invested in projects that improved Sask. and he did it during hard times creating jobs.

                        Trudeau spent money during good times and to my knowledge never created any jobs or improved anything.. an example: Water systems for reserves never got built..

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                          #42
                          SUN advertises that Sask has 10,000 nurses but we are perpetually short of specialized operating room and ICU nurses. Those specially trained nurses take time, money and incentive to train. Sask Health should concentrate on subsidizing those that will train for these positions. We need resperatoligists. calgary is closest college so subsidize if trainees will come here after to work for some years. JMHO

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                            #43
                            Seems like most on here are experts on saying what should have been yesterday.We all know at harvest time it is crystal clear what could have been done different to have produced a crop worth more money.

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by newguy View Post
                              Seems like most on here are experts on saying what should have been yesterday.We all know at harvest time it is crystal clear what could have been done different to have produced a crop worth more money.
                              Sadly, the people elected are paid to think and use some vision, they don't.

                              No sense saying how much the population has grown if the rest isn't growing along with it.

                              They justified the stadium because that's what big cities do.

                              Big cities build ICUs.

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                                #45
                                Newguy, au contraire, there are perpetual deficiencies in our health system. We pay big bucks for health boards and “experts” who aren’t forward-thinking enough to pinpoint the bottlenecks and dare to make bold moves to alleviate the shortages. Importing specialized professionals is not always the answer as they aren’t necessarily familiar with our conditions and we often need them up and running when they land.

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