We deserve better from new premier

We are days away from Saskatchewan Party members deciding who the next premier of Saskatchewan will be.

The selection of candidates seems to be a good cross section of representatives from the party. However, one question lingers over my head — what, exactly, will the new premier bring to the table that Brad Wall didn’t? Accountability? One should hope so. Transparency? One can only wish. No matter what, though, taxpayers deserve both of these things, and to demand them from the next premier is something that we should all hold on to.

From the Global Transportation Hub land scandal, to the highly suspect land deals surrounding the Regina bypass, to questionable deals with a Chinese investment firm, Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party have not been the most transparent government by a long shot.

Which candidate will bring the Saskatchewan Party back to reality, by showing they truly care about what all Saskatchewan residents expect out of them, and not just their members? Which candidate will call for a full judicial public inquiry into the Regina bypass and Global Transportation Hub? What can we expect from the next premier that will ensure we have a viable future for our great province?

Growing debt, higher taxes, and out of control spending are what Brad Wall seems to have thought we wanted, and we can see how far that line of thinking has got us.

At the end of the day, we as taxpayers need to hold whomever is elected to account.

Remember that they work for us, not the other way around. Donald Neuls, Copper sands