This is from the CBC. This is Sask. Party Xmas time when faithful hacks and workers are rewarded with plums by Brad Wall. To be fair often party workers spend countless unpaid hours working for their respective parties so there is some justice that they should be rewarded when as a result their party gets into power. However, there is no tenure granted as the outgoing 70 NDP workers have discovered.
70 Sask. civil servants being dismissed, minister says
Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2008 3:53 PM CT
CBC News
The Saskatchewan Party government is handing out more pink slips, the latest firings since it came to power last year.
The minister responsible for the government transition, deputy premier Ken Krawetz, said earlier this month that hundreds of people may lose their jobs because of the change in government.
On Wednesday, however, Krawetz said the number would be around 70, including eight deputy ministers dismissed last year.
The positions of the people being dismissed Thursday and Friday wasn't immediately known, although both Crown corporations and ministries are affected.
Krawetz said people were being evaluated individually, on their ability to do the job, and on whether they share the same philosophy as the new premier.
The dismissals are without notice, meaning people will receive severance pay.
Some 150 ministerial assistants and other politically appointed staff were also dismissed last fall by the outgoing NDP government.
A number of deputies and political staff also received their walking papers when the NDP won the election in 1991
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