Apperently the National Post knows something we don't
In this article on TILMA there is a very interesting paragraph:
In reality, TILMA exempts non-profit corporations (such as the Riders), regulations governing water, taxation, standards for health and social services, agriculture and Crown Corporations. What it will do, says Mr. Gartner, is turn the West into Canada's second-largest economy, next to Ontario (where politicians have also mused about possibly signing on to TILMA). For Saskatchewan's NDP, boosting business against the wishes of the party's big union backers is risky -- especially with an election in October
Never mind that they are wrong about TILMA - the only mention of Crown Corporations is in the transitional period section (section 6) and not in the exemption section (section 5) - they are not otherwise protected.
But how is it that the National Post knows the date of the next election?
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They're also at best disingenuous about the 'Riders and other non-profits. Those entities are indeed listed as exceptions - but then, the parties also agree to reduce the number of exceptions with time.
Meanwhile, the definitions of "enterprise" and "person" ensure that a non-profit can't challenge any measure. Which means that if the exception were removed (as is the agreement's eventual goal), the for-profit teams would be able to challenge any assistance to the 'Riders, but the 'Riders would have no comparable recourse against assistance to other teams.
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