Roy Romanow
Roy John Romanow, PC, OC, SOM, QC ( born August 12, 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian politician. He was from 1 November 1991 to February 8, 2001 Prime Minister of the Province of Saskatchewan. From 1987 to 2001 he was chairman of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP ).
Provincial policy
Romanov's parents had immigrated from Ukraine to Canada. Little is known about his youth, because he is very careful to protect his privacy and for many years even date and place not announced. From 1957 to 1964 he studied political science and law at the University of Saskatchewan. He was president of the student council, supported the former Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF ) and stood up for a free health service.
In October 1967, Romanov won the seat in the constituency of Saskatoon Riversdale in elections to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. In 1970 he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, the successor party to the CCF. 1971 he was appointed Allan Blakeney to the Cabinet and Romanow was then eleven years Deputy Prime Minister and Attorney General. Romanov designed the first declaration of human rights in the province and created an ombudsman.
However, its main role was that of negotiator in the negotiations for the new Canadian constitution. In 1981 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that according to unwritten law, the provinces would have to be involved in the constitutional process. Since the provinces of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms were skeptical to Federal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was forced to accept a conditional clause. This clause was part of the agreement concluded on November 4, 1981 agreement called the Kitchen Accord ( "Kitchen Accord "). This agreement was so called, because it was taken during a night session in a kitchen of the Conference Centre of Ottawa. They had negotiated Jean Chrétien, Roy McMurtry and Roy Romanow, the Minister of Justice of the Federal, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
In the provincial elections in April 1982 Romanow lost his seat by a margin of only 22 votes. He retired temporarily from politics and wrote a book about the creation of the Canadian Constitution. In October 1986, he won back his seat and on 7 November 1987, he was elected party leader of the NDP Saskatchewan.
Prime minister
Romanow led the NDP on October 21, 1991 in a landslide election victory. On November 1, he took over the premiership. His government was seen as more moderate than earlier CCF and NDP provincial governments. She pursued a course that was like the third way of the British Labour Party under Tony Blair. From the previous Conservative government Romanov took over a debt of $ 14 billion. His government was forced to make spending cuts to close a number of hospitals and to raise taxes. In 1995, she managed to present a balanced budget for the first time after twelve years.
In the elections of November 1999, the NDP government was indeed confirmed for the second time in a row, but the party did not win enough seats for an absolute majority. The NDP was still strong in the cities, but had the support of the rural population lost. They formed a coalition government with the Saskatchewan Liberal Party and Romanov took a Liberal MP in his cabinet.
Other activities
End of September 2000 Romanow his imminent resignation, he handed over his office on 8 February 2001 at Lorne Calvert. At the direction of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed Governor General Adrienne Clarkson Romanov on 4 April 2001 as chairman of a royal commission to develop proposals for the reform of the Canadian health care system. The Commission published in December 2002 the " Romanow Report", which two years later was the basis for a reallocation of costs between the federal government and the provinces.
Since November 13, 2003 Romanow is owned by the Canadian Privy Council in the same year he was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada and received the Order of Merit of the province of Saskatchewan.