Sent: Wednesday, January 1, 2020 7:40 PM
To: 'Robert Mcdonald' <rhmcdonald@apegs.ca>
Subject: APEGS funding of Sask Party and Sask. NDP.
Hi Robert McDonald,
Further to our conversation, the following message is for the committee of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) that deals with APEGS funding the Saskatchewan Party and Saskatchewan NDP:
I saw that APEGS made a donation of $7680 to the Saskatchewan Party in 2017:
https://www.elections.sk.ca/reports-data/candidate-political-party-finances/fiscal-period-returns/2017-returns/sask-party/
Also, I saw that APEGS made a donation of $1567.02 to the Saskatchewan NDP in 2017:
https://www.elections.sk.ca/reports-data/candidate-political-party-finances/fiscal-period-returns/2017-returns/ndp/
In our conversation, you said that people from APEGS attended dinners hosted by these political parties and APEGS had to pay to attend the dinners, that the Saskatchewan Party charged more than the Saskatchewan NDP for the dinners, and that these dinners were attended for government relations by APEGS, but the money paid by APEGS to attend these dinners was listed as political donations.
The Saskatchewan Party received much more money from APEGS than the Saskatchewan NDP. However, neither party should receive a dime from APEGS.
I understand that APEGS wants to do government relations, but it should not be doing government relations in a way that funds the political parties. I have very frequently spoken to provincial, federal, and local politicians and their staff including party leaders and cabinet ministers about countless public policy issues without ever paying a dime to fund a political party. If I can do that, APEGS certainly can too.
Also, the amount of money that APEGS is spending on government relations in these dinners is exorbitant.
Professional engineers and geoscientists are forced to join APEGS in Saskatchewan. It’s extremely inappropriate for the money that they are forced to spend on their APEGS fees to go to political parties that they oppose.
I extremely strongly oppose the Saskatchewan Party and almost everything it stands for. For example, I strongly oppose the Saskatchewan Party support of government funding of religious schools, its selling off public assets, and its changes to the net metering program. I would not want a dime of money I’m forced to pay to APEGS going to the Saskatchewan Party to help in its campaign efforts. Also, I strongly oppose the Saskatchewan NDP support of the mandatory retirement age and government funding of Catholic schools. This is totally unacceptable.
APEGS needs to immediately and permanently stop funding the political parties. Please let me know about the outcome of this serious complaint.
Subject: APEGS funding of Sask Party and Sask. NDP.
Hi Robert McDonald,
Further to our conversation, the following message is for the committee of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) that deals with APEGS funding the Saskatchewan Party and Saskatchewan NDP:
I saw that APEGS made a donation of $7680 to the Saskatchewan Party in 2017:
https://www.elections.sk.ca/reports-data/candidate-political-party-finances/fiscal-period-returns/2017-returns/sask-party/
Also, I saw that APEGS made a donation of $1567.02 to the Saskatchewan NDP in 2017:
https://www.elections.sk.ca/reports-data/candidate-political-party-finances/fiscal-period-returns/2017-returns/ndp/
In our conversation, you said that people from APEGS attended dinners hosted by these political parties and APEGS had to pay to attend the dinners, that the Saskatchewan Party charged more than the Saskatchewan NDP for the dinners, and that these dinners were attended for government relations by APEGS, but the money paid by APEGS to attend these dinners was listed as political donations.
The Saskatchewan Party received much more money from APEGS than the Saskatchewan NDP. However, neither party should receive a dime from APEGS.
I understand that APEGS wants to do government relations, but it should not be doing government relations in a way that funds the political parties. I have very frequently spoken to provincial, federal, and local politicians and their staff including party leaders and cabinet ministers about countless public policy issues without ever paying a dime to fund a political party. If I can do that, APEGS certainly can too.
Also, the amount of money that APEGS is spending on government relations in these dinners is exorbitant.
Professional engineers and geoscientists are forced to join APEGS in Saskatchewan. It’s extremely inappropriate for the money that they are forced to spend on their APEGS fees to go to political parties that they oppose.
I extremely strongly oppose the Saskatchewan Party and almost everything it stands for. For example, I strongly oppose the Saskatchewan Party support of government funding of religious schools, its selling off public assets, and its changes to the net metering program. I would not want a dime of money I’m forced to pay to APEGS going to the Saskatchewan Party to help in its campaign efforts. Also, I strongly oppose the Saskatchewan NDP support of the mandatory retirement age and government funding of Catholic schools. This is totally unacceptable.
APEGS needs to immediately and permanently stop funding the political parties. Please let me know about the outcome of this serious complaint.
