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Fingas: Grits, Tories won't start national pharmacare program
It’s easy to assume that a proposal which is both popular and demonstrably effective should be readily implemented as policy. But this week’s vote in Parliament on a national pharmacare program...
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Mandryk: Rejection of GHG issue costs Sask. gov't carbon high ground
The biggest news at the Saskatchewan Party annual convention might have come from Sunday morning’s bearpit session, when Premier Brad Wall revealed it’s unlikely the federal government has time to...
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Wall accuses Governor General of mocking faith
Premier Brad Wall is criticizing Canada’s Governor General and asking her not to mock faith. Wall wrote a letter to Gov. Gen. Julie Payette over concerns recent comments she made mocked the religious...
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Fingas: Liberals favouring their inner circle rather than tax reform
In recent years, we’ve heard plenty about the increasing concentration of wealth. A new study by Credit Suisse released this week highlighted how fewer and fewer people now control an increasing share...
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Border Services staff protest in Regina after 3 1/2 years without contract
Six days before Christmas, Santa Claus had a message for Canada Border Services Agency employees who have been without a contract for 3 ½ years. “You’ve all been good boys and girls, and kept me and...
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Vanstone: Deck the wall with vows of Donnie
NORTH POLE — A shivering scribe has just arrived at Santa Claus’ own global transportation hub. As the reindeer decompress from yet another world-wide whirlwind tour, jolly old Saint Nick prepares for...
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Prime Minister Trudeau addresses party faithful in Regina
Justin Trudeau found a friendly audience at the Hotel Saskatchewan Thursday, as he urged Liberal donors to build up the party’s strength in a politically inhospitable province. The prime minister used...
View ArticleTrudeau talks pot and trade during tour of Regina's Evraz steel mill
Saskatchewan’s new marijuana plan met with the approval of the prime minister Wednesday, as Justin Trudeau passed through Regina to meet with steel workers and the mayor. “We’re very pleased to see...
View ArticleMandryk: Sask. Party equalization fight based on who's running Ottawa
At some point, Premier Scott Moe has to stretch Saskatchewan Party government policy beyond finding excuses to pick fights with the federal Liberals. This is not to say there isn’t legitimacy in Moe’s...
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Trudeau, Harper chiefs of staff discuss their roles guiding Canada's leaders
Katie Telford had committed to being in Regina on Thursday to talk about her job as chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The same morning, the American government announced tariffs on...
View ArticleMandryk: Scheer partisanship no help to Sask., feds in U.S. trade war
Usually, Saskatchewan governments can depend on like-minded federal parties for support … or at least they can if that federal equivalent is in opposition. Sure, it gets complicated if that federal...
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Johnson impressed with Trudeau, not the rouge
Jovon Johnson’s motor never quits. The 34-year-old defensive back is heading into his 12th CFL season, and his second with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He remains among the league’s top cornerbacks...
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Trudeau visits Regina to meet with steelworkers on Canada Day
For the second stop of his three-city Canada Day tour, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Regina steelworkers and posed for selfies with their kids. “I’m glad to be here to remind everyone that...
View ArticleMandryk: Avoiding federal Tories' extremism may be Moe's best strategy
How Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government managed to survive this long, hot summer of conservative discontent is a fascinating political story in itself. Maybe it’s partly because the long, hot...
View ArticleMandryk: All of us have right to be frustrated by chiefs' tactics
There was very little about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to Saskatchewan last week that merits him getting the benefit of the doubt. But it’s largely partisan nonsense that Trudeau behaved...
View ArticleVanstone: Media bailout announced Justin time for Grey Cup
First off, please be assured that despite a $600-million media bailout furnished by the federal government, the integrity of this (burp) column will not be compromised. To all of you who are concerned...
View ArticleVanstone: A lighthearted look ahead to the year in sports
Through a cracked and cloudy crystal ball, we can see it all while looking ahead to 2019 … Jan. 5: The United States defeats Canada 13-0 to win the world junior hockey championship. There is wailing...
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Andrew Scheer at Regina store to mark first day of carbon tax
Bananas cost 77 cents; Ritz crackers are two boxes for $4. Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is standing between those products, at a Giant Tiger supermarket in Regina’s east end. He doubts the prices...
View ArticleMandryk: Brace for a year of disingenuous politicking over carbon tax
What might be the worst thing about the carbon tax debate in 2019 — a federal election year — is the likelihood it will bring out the worst in our politicians. In so many ways, it already has. Sure,...
View ArticleMandryk: Academic papers add new perspective to carbon tax fight
The Saskatchewan Party has been successful in its carbon tax fight because it has so far won the most basic arguments. Consider the arguments set forth by the provincial government so far: — Prairie...
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