If the rumor mill is to be believed, Brad Wall reign as Premier of Saskatchewan may be drawing to a close. The current theory is that Wall will resign in 2018, allowing him […]
Dear Brad Wall… Do You Really Want To Go Out Like This?
Lessons From the Formation of Alberta’s Single Health Region (Alternate Title: Blurred Lines)
“At its core, health is about people… complex interactions among many individuals and organizations, requiring effective working relationships…(which) depend on people respecting each other’s roles and responsibilities, understanding how they relate to […]
Screwing With a Century-Old System: A Brief History of Libraries In Saskatchewan
“In times of economic hardship such as we’re going through right now, libraries are used even more by people than they are in good times… with the cut-backs that the libraries have […]
Cash-For-Access Fundraising Is a Massive Problem in Saskatchewan
We need to talk about the SaskParty selling access to the Premier, because it’s out-of-f**king-control. In spring 2016, the Globe and Mail ran a series of stories on Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and her […]
Saskatchewan’s Budget 2017: The Good, the Bad…Actually Let’s Just Say It’s a Bloodbath
I wanted to title this post ‘Saskatchewan Budget 2017: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’, but it didn’t work out, because there’s nothing good about it. If I had stayed with […]
The Saskatchewan Government: Making Kellyanne Conway Blush
Recently a SaskParty Cabinet Minister – a really, really lovely person who I truly like – said to me, “You know, you could write something nice once in a while.” I want to. […]
Saskabroke Education: Provincial Politics, Priorities, and Pandering.
There’s no doubt changes are coming to the way education is delivered in Saskatchewan. The status quo isn’t sustainable: funding for K-12 education in Saskatchewan has gone up 170% since 2008, while enrolment has […]
SaskaBroke: The Demonization of Public Service and Where All That Money Really Came From
We can all agree on one thing, so let’s start there: Saskatchewan is broke. Okay, two things – we all know resource revenues are low. Oil prices plunged two years ago, in […]
Saskatchewan: From 459 Oil Spills in 2014 to 146 in 2016? I Doubt It.
This was supposed to be a very different post. With recent news of another oil spill in Saskatchewan, the spotlight is back on the regulation of our province’s extensive network of energy-industry […]
2016 Sask Auditor’s Year-End Report: What You Didn’t Hear
On December 8th, 2016 the Provincial Auditor (PA) of Saskatchewan released her year-end report. The PA’s office generates two (giant) reports per year, one in June and one in December, plus any ad […]
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