By: Jordan Twiss One thing we can always count on is the human tendency to make things more complicated than they ought to be.

By: Jordan Twiss “Knowing better, doing worse” has become somewhat of a theme in this space in recent weeks – a simple way to explain the Sask. Party government’s recent track record of ignoring any expert advice or evidence it doesn’t like, in favour of ploughing ahead with its own partisan agenda.

By: Jordan Twiss In the opening sentence of its Agricultural Drought Preparedness Plan, the Ministry of Agriculture (and by extension the Sask. Party government) makes an unexpected admission.

By: Jordan Twiss Last week, as Saskatchewan’s educators undertook work-to-rule actions, indefinitely withdrawing noon hour supervision and support for extracurricular activities, the odds of them reaching any sort of contract agreement with the Sask. Party government were rather bleak.

By: Jordan Twiss Policymaking is much like writing a novel. Unless the author of the policy (or novel) is some unprecedented virtuoso, it’s almost guaranteed their first draft will be a dud.

By: Jordan Twiss It’s easy, in trying times, to look back fondly on the past through rose-tinted glasses and view the present day in a more pessimistic light.

By: Jordan Twiss If you blinked at all last Wednesday (March 20), you may have missed all the excitement of the Sask. Party government’s delivery of Budget 2024-2025. Or what little excitement there was, at any rate.

By: Jordan Twiss As March barrels inevitably towards April, Canadians across the country find themselves in the midst of the much-dreaded, but also much-anticipated, provincial and federal budget season.

By: Jordan Twiss What’s been most remarkable in the ongoing war of attrition between the province’s educators and the Sask. Party government, is the almost complete radio silence from Premier Scott Moe.

By: Jordan Twiss Of all the words in the English language (the Oxford dictionary estimates there are just over 170,000 in active use), growth is perhaps the favourite word of this Sask. Party government.