The Saskatchewan Party government released its 2023-24 budget this week. The biggest news coming from it was the government announcing a $1 billion surplus. Resource revenue in the province has climbed significantly over the past year which has …
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What to expect for Saskatchewan’s economy and politics in 2023
2023 will be a challenging year for Canada -- both economically and politically -- however Saskatchewan will weather the headwinds better than most jurisdictions. Most economic forecasts point to a Canadian economy slowing down with high interest …
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Pierre Poilievre win signals shift in Conservative Party
The election of Pierre Poilievre as the new Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is significant in many ways. Poilievre delivered a first round knock-out to his leadership rivals with a commanding result of over 68 percent of the vote. In …
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Saskatchewan Party cabinet shuffle adds up to low-risk adjustment
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe made the biggest adjustment to his cabinet to date, but the changes reflect a low-risk adjustment rather than a bold change to the front bench. Changes to Saskatchewan’s cabinet What changed on May 31 is that five …
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Saskatchewan budget 2022-23 needs balanced approach
Saskatchewan’s government is signalling with the tax increases in its 2022-23 provincial budget that it is relying on additional revenue rather than cutting spending to find balance. Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer delivered the …
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Getting Western Canadian issues recognized by Conservative leadership candidates from Eastern Canada
The race to lead the federal Conservative party is filled with candidates strongly tied to Eastern Canada whose interest in Western Canadian issues will be closely watched. To date, there are six officially declared candidates (in no particular …
A true-blue day for Erin O’Toole as Conservatives vote him out as party leader
Erin O’Toole is out as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada after roughly 62 per cent of his caucus voted to strip the leadership title from him on Feb. 2. Back in November 2021, Saskatchewan Senator Denise Batters began a petition drive to …
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Saskatchewan politics – 2021 in Review
When it came to news, Saskatchewan was not unlike other jurisdictions where the pandemic dominated each cycle. That being said, Saskatchewan politics remained as interesting as ever in 2021. On the government side the SaskParty led by …
After this election did anything change.
Six hundred million. That is what it cost the Canadian taxpayer to watch the political equivalent of groundhog day. Consensus on the snap election was that it was unnecessary. There was no urgency for the Prime Minister to send Canadians to the …
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Are advanced polls a predictor of election outcomes?
Can anything be read into strong turnout at the advanced polls for the federal election? Approximately 5.8 million voters took advantage of the advanced polls Sept. 10 to 13 compared to 4,879,312 advanced poll voters for the 2019 …
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