By: Jordan Twiss With another provincial budget season in the rear-view mirror, we’ve effectively reached the halfway point of the Sask. Party government’s current four-year mandate.
Read MoreGovernments failing on fiscal responsibility
By: Jordan Twiss As few of us have experienced it in our lifetimes, it’s unlikely we’ll ever arrive at anything resembling a consensus about what constitutes good governance.
Read MoreNebulous war will make world more dangerous
By: Jordan Twiss In 2011 (and again in 2012 and 2013), before his lofty political ambitions became clear, current U.S. President Donald Trump suggested then-President Barack Obama would begin a war with Iran to distract from sagging poll numbers and his alleged failings as a negotiator.
Read MoreSask. re-opens door to private care homes
By: Jordan Twiss They say the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.In Saskatchewan, we can glimpse the truth of this adage in the Sask. Party government’s handling of long-term care facilities.
Read MoreDefence strategy key to Canada’s security
By: Jordan Twiss Since shortly after World War II – and especially since the end of the Cold War – Canada hasn’t had much cause to defend itself militarily.
Read MoreTrade talks with U.S. on shaky ground
By: Jordan Twiss At times, as one thinks of the Canada-U.S. relationship in the new context of President Donald Trump’s second term, it’s hard not to feel as if we’ve been transported into a classic mobster film.
Read MorePipeline prospects look increasingly murky
By: Jordan Twiss A little more than two months have passed since Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sat down and signed an MOU that could result in the construction of a new pipeline to Canada’s west coast, and, for all the incessant talk about the prospective project, very little has changed.
Read MoreCuts to ag research threaten food security
By: Jordan Twiss Saskatchewan producers – and Canadian producers, more broadly – just can’t seem to catch a break.
Read MoreA new world order, whether we like it or not
By: Jordan Twiss When the term “New World Order” became part of the lexicon of international relations in the period spanning World War 1 and World War 2, its meaning was simple and straightforward.
Read MorePrinciples forgotten as world order shifts
By: Jordan Twiss Since the re-election of United States President Donald Trump, the world has been flipped on its head.
Read More