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Simon Enoch
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Zombie climate change denial: we’re in the “bargaining” stage
The fossil fuel industry is moving away from outright denial, and towards negotiating for their version of an energy transition.
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Sask. Budget 2023: One weird trick to underfund public services
Faced with a crisis in health care and underfunded schools, the government of Saskatchewan is using its huge surplus to pay down the deficit.
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Saskatchewan politicians love meaningless words
It’s hard to interpret recent political announcements as anything other than deceptive
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Implementing Equity
A Renewable Regina that Works for Everyone Download 2.66 MB25 pages As cities around the world lead on climate action, recognition is growing that success…
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Where will Scott Moe draw the Line?
The Saskatchewan government’s Drawing the Line: Defending Saskatchewan’s Economic Autonomy is more a political document that doesn’t bode well for Scott Moe’s government or those that live under it.
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Making a living in Saskatchewan
This year the CCPA Saskatchewan office released our living wage calculations, hot on the heels of the provincial government’s decision to raise what is currently Canada’s lowest minimum wage at $11.81 per hour to $15 per hour over the next two years.
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The Big Reset: Setting up Newfoundland and Labrador for failure
Privatization of liquor. Asset sales. Public service cuts. Saskatchewan went down this road out of deficit fears. It didn’t work. Other provinces should heed this lesson.
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Seven reasons why privatization of public services is the wrong answer
Is the public really getting more bang for its buck?
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Big Oil in City Hall
Climate and Energy Politics in the Queen City Download 2.46 MB32 pages Big Oil in City Hall: Climate and Energy Politics in the Queen City…
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Is There Value in Value for Money Assessments? Testing the VfM Test in Western Canada
Download 1.07 MB15 pages For governments that seek to defend the public-private partnership (P3) model and their continued use of it, the “value for money”…
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Saskatchewan budget: Could be worse, but is it enough?
The Saskatchewan government appears to have no appetite to enact and defend the types of cuts it made in 2017. Maybe those tropes are dead? Or maybe the pandemic is making the obvious impossible to completely ignore.
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Balanced budget painted Saskatchewan into a corner
Who could have predicted that a pandemic would be so unpredictable?
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