Juxtaposition
Verbatim Brad Wall then:(W)e may -- possibly -- campaign on in the next election, but people will be able to decide then. In other words, we would never change the…
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Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives rounds up some noteworthy responses to the federal budget. Barbara Sibbald and Laura Eggertson write that while a…
On unstable platforms
With Saskatchewan's main political parties having released their election platforms, now is the time when I'd planned to put together platform reviews to better examine voters' options.But a funny thing…
New column day
Here, on the contrast between a Saskatchewan Party platform (and government) dedicated to handing money to the people who need it least, and an NDP which plans to help where…
Saskatchewan Politicians Excusing Drunk Driving #SKdrunks
Darcy Moen, involved in a business solution to decrease drunk driving, sent me the following criticism of Wall and Broten: As long as politicians think DUI’s are nothing more than…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- The Star-Phoenix calls for Saskatchewan's election campaign to focus on the future rather than the past. And Paul Orlowski reminds us of the continued…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Elise Gould studies the continued rise of wage inequality in the U.S. And Teuila Fuatai points out how a strong movement to improve minimum…
New column day
Here, on the Wall government's embarrassing excuse for a strategy to reduce poverty in Saskatchewan - and the people who are being left behind or shipped away as a result.For…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- CBC exposes the galling amnesty deal offered by the Canada Revenue Agency to wealthy individuals who evaded paying tax through a sham offshoring…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Don Pittis rightly notes that there can be a significant difference between an economy trumpeted as growing due to share prices and profits, and…
Saskatchewan Democracy’s Unsolved Problem Didn’t Fix Itself
Please show you support democracy in Saskatchewan. Last Saskatchewan election, this happened instead thanks to our lackluster media ignoring the Greens who fielded a full slate of 58 candidates. A…
New column day
Here, on the contrast between Brad Wall's choice to spare no public expense in planning for his own comfort while travelling, and his apparent lack of any forethought in navigating…
Canada Falling Behind in Renewable Energy Because It’s Never The Time For Wall
Wall said. “Our principle here … is that we do no further harm to an economy that already has its hands full.” Canada is dropping behind its major trading partners…
Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Tom Parkin writes about the tendency of far too many Canadian governments to put the wealthy at the front of the line, and leave…
On poor excuses
I've previously discussed why there was little reason to think we'd ever see Brad Wall's government lift a finger to deal with poverty in Saskatchewan. But I must admit I'm…
On failed obstruction
I've written several times before that any federal climate change plan was doomed to fail if it allowed Brad Wall a veto over any emission reductions.Well, it appears the Trudeau…
Wall Can’t Cut Pollution? Cut the Crap.
WEYBURN, Sask. – Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says a federal government cannot tax a provincial government and that might play a role in any potential national carbon tax. Wall says…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Alison Griswold points out how little systemic information we have about the growing gig economy. And both Scott Santens and Richard Reeves make…
New column day
Here, on Brad Wall's preference for unethical oil over sustainable development.For further reading...- Again, Shawn McCarthy reported here on Wall's new declaration that he won't accept carbon pricing or regulation…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Ian Welsh discusses the attitude of meanness underlying so much of the U.S.' political and cultural scene. - Ryan Meili and Adrienne Silnicki write…