By: Jordan Twiss And just like that, we’ve somehow completed another orbit around the sun, bringing about the beginning of a brand-new year.

By: Jordan Twiss As we gather with family, friends, and loved ones for the Christmas season and look forward to another new year, it’s hard to ignore the storm clouds looming over the holiday cheer.

By: Jordan Twiss Much like fencing or chess, politics is often as much about gamesmanship as it is about the act of governing.

By: Jordan Twiss The fall sitting of the Legislature came to a close last Friday, effectively marking the end of the first year of the Sask Party government’s renewed four-year mandate from the people of Saskatchewan.

By: Jordan Twiss In the House of Commons, wars of words between opposing parties are an every day occurrence.But in a parliamentary system where the expectation seems to be that MPs will blindly and mutely go along with their party leader, conflicts within individual parties are rare (or, perhaps, just easier to hide).

By: Jordan Twiss Though I’ve never watched the British science fiction series Dr. Who, I have on many occasions heard the quote, “I reject your reality and substitute my own.”

By: Jordan Twiss Though Canada’s democracy affords opposition parties the opportunity to take the reigning government to task over its perceived failings, budget day is likely the day they look forward to the most.

By: Jordan Twiss At long last, federal budget day has come and gone.Prior to last Tuesday’s tabling of Budget 2025, Canadians hadn’t been granted a peek at the federal government’s ledger since December 2024 – before former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his long-awaited exit from politics.

By: Jordan Twiss Much like hockey, politics are highly adversarial in nature.Politicians assemble teams based on their personal beliefs, choose a captain to lead them, then duke it out in arena of public opinion (with words, rather than fists) in hopes of getting enough support from the electorate to form government.

By: Jordan Twiss It’s been 45 days since Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre made his return to the House of Commons by way of a victory in the Battle River-Crowfoot by-election.