The Wall government is spending $49,000 a month for a former Republican Ambassador's advice on how to talk to the Obama White House.

"It's not the most fun in the world and I can't say it's been the stellar week of my career but life goes on. (Gantefoer, after comments on the harmonized sales tax (HST) and on health user fees raised both as issues for the NDP and the media)"

- Minister of Finance, Rod Gantefoer

Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco criticizes Wall Government for broken promises...
December 12, 2009
Two days after Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco's public criticism of the Saskatchewan Party government, Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association president Allan Earle made similar remarks. "Quite frankly, it worries us when we have a Municipal Operating Grant that's less than a year old and we're talking about possibly having to change it," he told reporters during a break from a SUMA board meeting. -Joe Couture, The Leader-Post