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Scheer hoping for a come-from-behind win in Conservative race
Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer will soon know if he will have a chance at becoming the prime minister. But first, he has to win the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race. Members of the party...
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Scheer victory good for Premier Wall, maybe bad for Conservatives
Regina-Qu’Appelle MP Andrew Scheer winning the Conservative Party of Canada leadership this past weekend may not be the best outcome for the party. “The fact that he’s from Saskatchewan isn’t going to...
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Secretive carbon tax cost gives Wall legitimate fodder
About every time Premier Brad Wall’s obstreperous opposition to federal carbon pricing comes across as partisan and over the top, he’s been blessed with arrogance from the federal government that seems...
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Fingas column: Next federal NDP leader will have significant influence
The aftermath of the 2015 federal election created a panoply of potential paths forward for Canada’s federal parties. Newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first had to decide whether to follow...
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Fingas: Electoral competition can still allow co-operation on policy
The relationship between the NDP and the Green Party has long been fraught with conflict in any jurisdiction where both have enough strength to seriously contest elections. At the federal level, the...
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Liberals' Canada Day festivities not designed for the average citizen
For those looking to build national pride, Canada’s 150th birthday celebration has represented a ready-made opportunity for cheerleading. For anybody more interested in using the public purse toward...
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Wall's summer project all about rebuilding Sask. Party foundation
It appears Premier Brad Wall’s summer project is going beyond the usual patching and repairs we all tend to do at this time of year. Heavy work on his Saskatchewan Party foundation also seems in order....
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Letter: Trudeau's carbon tax is poorly designed
Tom Shelstad of Swift Current writes: I must say a resounding “no” to Trudeau’s carbon tax. The reason is that the carbon tax is supposed to provide a financial incentive for consumers to alter their...
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Language and rights priorities at AFN annual general assembly
Over the next three days, First Nations chiefs, elders, mothers, grandmothers and youth from all over the country will come together in Regina to discuss the most important issues affecting Indigenous...
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Fingas: If NAFTA deal harmful, walk away
This month, the thorny issue of NAFTA has resurfaced again. As part of its overall trade plan to strong-arm other countries in smaller agreements rather than working through multilateral structures,...
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Opinion: Canada 150 Research Chairs program misguided
Raymond B. Blake Canadian universities have begun interviews to fill Canada 150 Research Chairs, a $117.6-million initiative by the government of Canada to commemorate the sesquicentennial of...
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Five memorable moments from retiring Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall
Brad Wall, who has served as premier of Saskatchewan for nearly a decade, has announced his retirement from politics. The leader of the province’s right-leaning Saskatchewan Party, Wall was notable for...
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Editorial: Wall leaves big shoes to fill
Saskatchewan’s future got a whole lot cloudier on Thursday. Although most observers understood Premier Brad Wall wasn’t likely to hang onto the reins of power indefinitely, the news of his resignation...
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Lewis Black and Kathleen Madigan looking for some northern composure
Kathleen Madigan owns a Justin Trudeau T-shirt. Lewis Black does too, although he seems slightly less enthused about it. This information comes out during a joint interview with the two American...
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Regina business crowd cheers Scheer's Liberal tax plan attack
To the applause of Regina’s business community and the Saskatchewan government, federal Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer continued to denounce the Liberal government’s tax plan on Tuesday....
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Swenson brings much-needed reason to tax opposition frenzy
Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that Saskatchewan Progressive Conservatives are injecting some common sense into the debate over proposed federal income tax changes. The party’s last meaningful...
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Fingas: Voters need to be mindful of parties under a corporate thumb
In principle, our governing institutions provide us as a citizenry with control over our own destiny. And ideally, government as our collective voice should serve as a counterweight to the concentrated...
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Wall draws line between West, Ottawa in response to Energy East decision
Premier Brad Wall continued a years-long tradition in using heated rhetoric while commenting on the TransCanada Corp. decision to not go forward with the Energy East pipeline. Once dubbed a...
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Political messaging to the middle class is targeting a smaller audience
Canada’s federal political parties have spent ample time and effort jockeying for position as the voting choice of the middle class. And nobody has done so more conspicuously than Justin Trudeau’s...
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Mandryk: Wall's Energy East outrage fits into his 'One Canada' view
As a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, Brad Wall is hardwired to oppose anything Liberal — especially anything Trudeau Liberal. Many have simply written off Wall’s criticism of the Energy East pipeline...
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