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Fingas: Trudeau's Liberals light on 'meaningful change' they promised
When Canadian voters went to the polls last year, their emphatic message was that it was time for meaningful change from a decade of a government that we’d come to know all too well. During the course...
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Andrew Scheer hopes to bring positivity to leadership campaign
Called an out-of-touch elite by Kellie Leitch’s campaign manager, Andrew Scheer, MP for Regina-Qu’Appelle, says he just wants to focus on his Conservative leadership campaign and stay away from what he...
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Sask. government 'stunned' by federal carbon tax announcement
Premier Brad Wall did not hold back in his response to the carbon pricing plan announced by the federal government on Monday, saying in a statement, “the level of disrespect shown by the Prime Minister...
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Mandryk: Lack of Wall climate-change strategy paved way for Trudeau
The big problem with accepting Premier Brad Wall’s opposition to carbon pricing is his lack of an alternative. Let us accept that Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to impose a carbon price —...
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Sask. government unhappy with federal plan that doesn't increase health...
Saskatchewan’s government is “very disappointed” with the federal Liberal government’s plan to keep health care spending at the same levels as its Conservative predecessors. In July, Canada’s premiers...
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Fingas: A poor policy, clumsily announced
For all of Justin Trudeau’s “sunny ways” branding, he certainly knows how to kick up a storm. In theory, there might be a less-appropriate time to make a surprise announcement about the federal...
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Johnstone: Where's your climate change plan, Mr. Wall?
Is Premier Brad Wall taking a principled stand against carbon pricing or simply grandstanding for partisan political purposes? Let’s do a quick “reality check” on what Wall has said so far about the...
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Mandryk: Carbon pricing merits better explanations
To suggest Premier Brad Wall’s opposition to a federal “carbon tax” is solely based on partisan politics gives short shrift to the economic realities of the new Saskatchewan. Let’s get real here. Most...
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Riders enjoy run on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA — The group often referred to as “Canada’s Team” took over Canada’s front lawn on Tuesday. The Saskatchewan Roughriders, who earned that nickname because of their rabid fan base across Canada,...
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Mandryk: Wall government focused on the economy, not the environment
With all due respect to Scott Moe, why is he Saskatchewan’s environment minister? Or, perhaps better put, why does Premier Brad Wall’s government bother to have an environment minister at all? Right...
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Mandryk: Wall set to reinforce carbon capture policy
Asked by reporters Wednesday about his commitment — financial and otherwise — to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Premier Brad Wall referred to the old adage that past behaviour is a pretty...
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New poll shows Fougere with commanding lead in race for mayor
A new Postmedia poll conducted by Mainstreet Research, shows incumbent mayor Michael Fougere a huge lead less than two weeks from the election on Oct. 26. Among all voters polled, 41 per cent said...
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Letter: Public will support Premier Brad Wall on carbon tax
Ron Bezo of Regina writes: Re: Bruce Johnstone’s Oct. 8 column, Where’s your climate change plan, Mr. Wall? The federal Liberal environment minister recently called a meeting of provincial environment...
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Mandryk: Wall's climate plan no better than Trudeau's carbon tax
So much for the days of Saskatchewan being the most Canadian of Canadian provinces. That description was coined by the late CBC Morningside host Peter Gzowski, whose early years as a journalist with...
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Editorial: Caution warranted on carbon tax issue
Depending on your point of view, a carbon tax will either help save the planet from global warming or fry the Saskatchewan economy. The truth likely lies somewhere in between, but the issue is already...
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Letter: The high cost of Liberal policies
George C. Sharpe of Regina writes: When it comes to choosing their political representatives, Canadians seem to often have short memories. Here we are on the verge of a carbon tax being imposed that...
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Mandryk: Wall gets nowhere with carbon tax debate
One is far more likely to find more political gamesmanship than answers in the Saskatchewan legislature … or, in the case of Monday’s debate on a government motion opposing a national carbon tax, any...
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Fingas: Federal Tories regressive and divided
For the moment, both major federal opposition parties face significant challenges. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are securely entrenched as a majority government and have managed at least temporarily to...
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Fingas: Time to clean up political funding
Given the close connections between Brad Wall and Alberta’s conservative power brokers, the Saskatchewan Party’s name has always been as much a matter of dark comedy as of plausible branding. And a new...
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More private health care could help preserve public system
Dr. Charles S. Shaver “Provinces aren’t going just to need more money; they’re going to need maximum flexibility, to experiment and innovate.” — Columnist Andrew Coyne, Oct. 6 Regina Leader-Post. At...
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