Guess who ?

"Unfortunately it is the majority of one race that is making up the major majority of the problems with drug abuse and the penitentiary occupation in Saskatchewan."

It wasn't me. But I did say something alarmingly close to that in my last journal here - Crime - by johnny-come-lately. It was about crime statistics and what I referred to as the 'elephant in the room (EITR) '. A report is out now that puts Saskatchewan at the top of the list for substance abuse problems.
This article from the Leader Post talks about differences in the use of alcohol.

There seems to be in Western Canada -- a different attitude towards drinking than there is say in the urban centres or larger centres in Eastern Canada. Somehow, binge drinking is a right of passage and that it is somehow OK [Graham Addley - Sask. Healthy Living Services Minister]

The report the article cites (pdf) does not mention race at all. So I am not going to argue that Aboriginals are a significant factor in Saskatchewan topping yet another chart.
I just wanted to say again that Saskatchewan has some significant problems and they ignore them at their peril. No one seems too concerned. Poverty, substance abuse and racism are real problems and I am not hearing any solutions, proposed or real, from provincial politicians.

Oh, the opening quote ... that's from this guy.

Regina resident Christian Waters is a high-ranking officer with the Canadian branch of the Brotherhood of Klans (BOK), considered to be the largest Klan group in North America.
Waters, who writes under an alias on the group's Web site, claims that over the past two years, the BOK's membership in Saskatchewan has gone from one (himself) to roughly 250 members, and around 3,500 Canada-wide.

Nice, real nice. If I see any white pointy hats from the top of my milk pail there will be a reckoning. This is the article from the Leader-Post.

Here's another snippet from the article.

Ron Bourgeault, a sociologist at the University of Regina, says he is not surprised to hear of a rising interest in the KKK in Saskatchewan.
"In fact, I'm wondering why it hasn't been sooner," he says.
Bourgeault suggests members of the group may be right-wing political supporters who have become disenchanted with the Conservative party, especially in rural areas.

Golly Bob Howdy - that is a hell of a statement. One has to remember that the University of Regina is a hotbed of left wing socialist thought. I am not buying that line of reasoning. I don't think the Reform Party, precursor to the Conservative Party, was ever attractive to KKK types. That said, if a KKK type was to vote, they would vote for the farthest right party on the ballot. The Cons have moved farther right, hell they did drop the word 'Progressive' from their name.

I kinda went two ways with this journal. It distresses me that those I vehemently disagree with can say roughly the same things as me. The second vibe was that the Cons had Klan sympathizers in their ranks and lost them when the Cons couldn't effect changes quickly enough.

250 people is not a lot, but it is too many thinking the wrong way.