By: Jordan Twiss For the second time in the past three months, it seems I’ve no choice but to fall back on words I’ve previously written about the overheated political climate in North America (and the United States, in particular) and the inevitability of it breeding political violence.

By: Jordan Twiss Though everyone knew it was coming – well, everyone who cares about the federal NDP, at least – the arrival of September brought with it the official launch of the NDP’s search for a replacement for former Leader Jagmeet Singh.

By: Jordan Twiss It took a little longer than expected to get there, but when Parliament resumes on Sept. 15, Canadians can expect it to mark the beginning of the four-year heavyweight showdown between Prime Minister Mark Carney and newly re-elected Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre.

By: Jordan Twiss There are few things the federal Liberal and Conservative Parties won’t argue over, but one of their most enduring debates is about which of them is the best when it comes to the interests of workers.

By: Jordan Twiss It’s been nearly two years since the Sask Party government introduced its Parents’ Bill of Rights, imposing the law by pre-emptively enacting the notwithstanding clause to thwart legal challenges filed by LGBTQ+ advocacy groups.

By: Jordan Twiss By now, after thousands of years of organizing societies under all sorts of governments, you’d think humans might have figured out what role they want governments to play in their lives.

By: Jordan Twiss In general, elections are pretty simple affairs – where voters are concerned, at least.While there’s always a small group of undecided voters, who either can’t make up their minds or are waiting to see each party’s platform, most know which party they’ll be voting for before the shiny promises are rolled out.

By: Jordan Twiss There’s no question that governments (and the people who make them work) have a difficult job of balancing a myriad of conflicting interests in a way that satisfies everyone, while somehow sticking within a budget that is almost always too small.

By: Jordan Twiss Anyone who’s heard U.S. President Donald Trump speak, should know by now that he has a tumultuous relationship with the truth.

By: Jordan Twiss At the risk of sounding like a broken record, here’s a reminder of what Premier Scott Moe had to say after his Sask Party government won the provincial election last fall with a greatly reduced (but still majority) mandate.