Why I didn’t know that sooner ?
Is there any Saskatchewanean (???) in the room that could give me a « on the ground » critic of their services ?
I lived in Regina for a few years and it’s everything a public service should be. We should probably have more public services, and we shouldn’t let the government sabotage them on behalf of private interests so that the private sector can pretend they’re saving the day. Don’t let the private interests and their government lackies scam you. A government is perfectly capable of running an extraordinarily effective public service. The governments we vote for aren’t interested in doing that, though.
I have lived my life in Saskatchewan, when I see people say how much their bills are I can tell if they are in Saskatchewan or not. Having real competition rocks.
I work for SaskTel so make of these statements what you will.
SaskTel is not perfect. We do what we can to ensure good coverage for the people of Saskatchewan at decent prices. Unfortunately the SaskParty has been chipping away at us via underfunding and headcount mandates. This makes it much harder to keep services supported as well as they should be.
SaskTel is under attack. Quietly. Stealthily. All in an attempt to prove that it would be better to sell to private interest. If anyone else is here from SK, please don’t vote SaskParty. They are quietly killing our crown corps (SGI, SaskPower, and SaskEnergy too).
I’m not surprised it’s being attacked. Conservatives and neoliberals alike are terrified of how successful a model it is. We should be doing Sasktel style companies nationwide, for everything where simply nationalizing it doesn’t make more sense. It’s proof that there are ways of keeping consumer prices down without getting into the politically fraught territory of price controls. We should all be pushing for more of Sasktel, everywhere.
My colleague has them, cheap and good
