You Gotta Love It. Gary Mason Takes Scott Moe to the Woodshed

 


Saskatchewan premier, Scott Moe, has always struck me as - what's the word I'm looking for? - a buffoon. It makes me wonder what sort of glue Saskatchewan voters are sniffing.

The other day premier Moe stood up on his hind legs to proclaim it's time that Saskatchewan received some sort of recognition as a nation within Canada. Apparently the word didn't get to Moe that the Corner Gas grain elevator burned to the ground. That's the "after" picture above. There goes the "cultural identity" argument.

Nobody is quite sure what to make of Moe's outburst, a bit of gas maybe? Globe columnist, Gary Mason, found it sufficiently amusing to write a column about it.



That rumbling sound you heard this week was the very foundation of the country being shaken by calls from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe for nationhood status within Confederation.

And the populace responded with a collective: say what?

This week on the Roy Green radio show, Mr. Moe made this very case, suggesting his province deserved to have special status within Confederation because, well, it deserved it. Now one could take this statement seriously or recognize it for what it is: preposterous pandering to a party base that hasn’t exactly been thrilled with the Premier’s performance of late.

It’s Mr. Moe creating yet another distraction from his government’s gross mishandling of the fourth wave of the pandemic. And the way you deal with that is you talk about “independence” instead.

The Premier lamented the fact that Mr. Trudeau didn’t go to the COP26 conference in Glasgow and tout the benefits of Saskatchewan energy, which he said was the most sustainable anywhere on the planet. This would be news to environmentalists who have long lamented the province’s environmental record.

Methane leakage from gas wells in Saskatchewan has been a huge problem for ages, yet the gas helps generate more than 40 per cent of the province’s electricity. Another 40 per cent is produced using coal. I’m not sure Mr. Moe wants anyone going to international conferences singing the praises of Saskatchewan’s environmental record because this fantasy would be exposed in a hurry.

The fact is, what Mr. Moe, and his BFF next door, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, specialize in these days is corrosive and divisive grievance politics. Everything is the fault of the big, bad Liberal government in Ottawa that is allegedly singling out the two provinces through its energy plan and other policies.

Now I know people from Saskatchewan and I can attest they're fine people, not remotely as dimwitted as the guy they elected premier. Then again they elected him, didn't they? 

I've always thought of Moe as a Hank Hill sort of guy. Well, Hank Hill minus the intellect. Take a look. Tell me I'm wrong.




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