By: Jordan Twiss What’s been most remarkable in the ongoing war of attrition between the province’s educators and the Sask. Party government, is the almost complete radio silence from Premier Scott Moe.
Read MoreSask. Party proves not all growth is positive
By: Jordan Twiss Of all the words in the English language (the Oxford dictionary estimates there are just over 170,000 in active use), growth is perhaps the favourite word of this Sask. Party government.
Read MoreWill desperate Liberals doom pharmacare?
By: Jordan Twiss Going by the latest polling numbers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal federal government’s odds of being re-elected with even a minority mandate are sitting squarely in “cross your fingers and toes and pray for a miracle” territory, perhaps even trending more towards “snowball’s chance in hell.”
Read MoreSask. Party obfuscation leaves taxpayers in dark
By: Jordan Twiss Despite the near-literal Mount Everest of evidence to the contrary, I still choose to believe that people, no matter their political leanings, only get into politics with the best of intentions.
Read MoreEducation Minister gets failing grade on honesty
By: Jordan Twiss Though the origins of famous sayings are notoriously tricky to pin down, Mark Twain is most often credited with coining the old adage “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
Read MoreEmergencies Act ruling highlights Act’s problems
By: Jordan Twiss When the Public Order Emergency Commission’s inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy concluded last February with Justice Paul Rouleau’s ruling (mostly in the government’s favour), I suggested nothing would actually change.
Read MoreSask. Party’s boasting distracts from real issues
By: Jordan Twiss If Sask. Party government press releases were your sole source of provincial news, you could be forgiven for thinking Saskatchewan has never had it so good.
Read MoreNew year brings old renewable rhetoric
By: Jordan Twiss To be a serious player in the game of politics, it’s important for one to never miss an opportunity to score points against one’s opponents.
Read MoreSask. Party must get back to basics on education
By: Jordan Twiss If the Sask. Party government was in the business of making new year’s resolutions, the press releases it issued last week might lead one to believe it was planning to take the challenges facing the province’s education sector more seriously.
Read MoreNew year demands new approach to crime
By: Jordan Twiss Despite everything 2023 threw at us, we’ve made it to another new year.
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