Dear residents, Get a life. Stop being entitled, and stop being bullies. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

My prediction for 2026: Canadian's will amplify their blaming of taxes and newcomers on their social woes, rather than the politically and financially powerful in our country cranking up prices and replacing people with machines. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Huh. Decades of centrism didn't pay off for the NDP. What a surprise. Maybe stick to solid principles rather than chasing political trends is a better approach. www.blacklocks.ca/ndp-blames-c...

Link to the live #YQR 2026 budget podcast. What I find interesting is that Sask is a petro-state, YQR is surrounded by wealthy farmers and MNC mines. Yet our public finances are drained and "we have no money". Why is that? @pdcityhall.bsky.social www.myaccess.ca/watch/live/r...

A report I put together with Angele Poirier on the union advantage in Alberta. Thanks, Parkland Institute for supporting the research. www.parklandinstitute.ca/union_advant...

From the #YQR city budget package.

Great interview with Councillor Mark Burton! He takes lumps like a champ, and has fun along the way. @pdcityhall.bsky.social queencityib.com/podcasts/202...

I'm cool with this: 'Jim Southam, president of Prairie Cannabis in Saskatoon, said “the government are the only ones making money in the industry.' Should have been sold in publicly-owned dispensaries in the first place. leaderpost.com/news/local-n...

From the parties that brought you "vaccine mandates violate your rights", here's involuntary imprisonment. Above the doors of this facility is the sign, Arbeit macht frei. globalnews.ca/news/1149225...

Interesting and inspiring.

Because Iraq and Afghanistan are such success stories.

This is BS! Where's my offer from Moe's inner circle?

Just when you thought Saskatchewan's political leadership would have to take responsibility for their own problems now that Trudeau can't be blamed, we discovered a new pinata: Premier Eby. That should buy some time. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Support community centres, community grants, and community spaces in #YQR. Please sign this petition before December 10. c.org/prKR6bxQdp

Street Culture is an amazing organization. Please consider supporting this fundraiser.

“The Saskatchewan Government attempts to appeal on the basis that the final reports of the TRC and the NIMMIWG are ‘patently unreliable,’" lawyers representing Cheekinew said in a statement to CBC. Yeah, but MLAs do land acknowledgements. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Admin talks about this budget process being transparent. Here's why. In the past, staff would give council a private report with a mill rate that was actually *needed.* That # went public for interesting reasons. This year is different. @pdcityhall.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

There are more homeless people in Saskatoon than residents of most towns in Saskatchewan. Let that sink in. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The people of Saskatchewan used to own this company. When potash corps played hardball with our government in the 1970s, Premier Blakeney nationalized half the industry. Problem solved. Then it was privatized... www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

The #YQR 2026-2027 budget. Enjoy! The pie charts says a lot about how the money is spent, at a glance. reginafiles.blob.core.windows.net/media/cc1215...

Where's all this gender education right-wingers tell me is overwhelming school curriculum? Because I'm up to my eyeballs in Grade 9 science and math, and I'm tired of it.

Carney should "green light" this project under the condition that both Sask and Alta stop suspending constitutional rights now and into the future. Make that condition public. Then grab the popcorn. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

This deserves a lot of attention in Saskatchewan. CBOs shoulder a significant burden. Staff burn out is real, and many organizations can't afford to pay living wages - yet the provincial gov't relies on them to deliver core social services. @sgeu.org #YQR www.sgeu.org/news/sgeu-ne...

Should out-of-towners pay more to use Regina's recreation facilities? Check out CBC's "This is Saskatchewan" podcast featuring this former #YQR councillor and other elected officials from neighbouring communities. @pdcityhall.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Federal Conservatives blame municipal "red tape" for housing soaring costs and the slow pace of development. But it's usually the right-wing city councillors who maintain or create new obstacles to urban development. Let that sink in. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Typical pattern. In #YQR years of mill rate freezes were accompanied by fee increases (water & sewer rates, "alley maintenance") that were even more regressive. Lower income residents shoulder even more of a financial burden. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

WHITE City. There's a strong case to make that explicitly banning rental units is a human rights violation. That there are self-proclaimed law enforcement officers residing in White City demeaning the lower-income residents they serve in public is even worse. www.change.org/p/say-no-to-...

Oil rig poisoning your land and your herd? Fuck off. Windmill blocking your view of the sky? UCP has your back. www.timescolonist.com/alberta-news...

Looking forward to joining the CUPE 3912 picket lines later this week in Halifax. CUPE 3912 members are an essential part of student education at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) and Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU). cupe3912.ca/2025/11/07/o...

Katz's book, "Gangsters of Capitalism", is a good Remembrance Day read. It's a biography of the decorated American officer, Smedley Butler, who famously wrote "War is a racket". You won't be disappointed. jonathanmkatz.com/gangsters

On this Remembrance Day we should think about the fact that fascism didn't really die. It just went dormant. The fight continues. On the left is a pic my grandfather shared with me of German POWs. On the right, him and his buddies in Italy.

Andrew Scheer is an awful person and an awful representative. He needs to resign. .... Andrew Scheer and party whip Chris Warkentin "barged" into [d'Entremont's] office, pushed open the door ... and yelled at him about "how much of a snake" he was. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

A headline that makes sense. colenotcole.substack.com/p/zohran-mam...

New post on Canada's corporate welfare strategy for the auto sector. Doug and I are breathing new life into a labour news project that we started in 2011. @unifor.org @saskfedlabour.bsky.social www.rankandfile.ca/canadas-fail...

Sabbaticals are a privilege, but sometimes being locked up at work/home 24 hours a day comes with a price.

Textbook case of how wealthy elite in Saskatchewan exercise their influence. Council voted against his stadium proposal several times. Residents even said no to a mayoral candidates who ran on building this stadium. @pdcityhall.bsky.social leaderpost.com/news/local-n...

I've encountered a growing number of anti-immigrant comments all over social media in the last 12 months. I'm told we can blame newcomers for crime, yet here we go again with the most white, Regina-born Canadian murderer you can imagine. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Just another normal day around campus.

In Saskatchewan, the Riders call the shots. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

On the surface this is a fun story about what it means to sell the naming rights to a Sask village. But it's really about the death of small town Saskatchewan, and the growing infrastructure deficit facing our communities. Desperate times. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“It takes all three orders of government to [address encampments]" The province's tone has finally changed. A former Minister of Social Service once said that he didn't believe homelessness was a real thing in SK. We're now at least 15 years behind. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Excellent move.

A dated, yet important, statement from my union (University of Regina Faculty Association). More unions need to be voicing their support for Palestinian human rights. @saskfedlabour.bsky.social @unifor.org @uswmetallos.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social www.urfa.ca/news/stateme...

Imagine being a municipal leader and your job is to literally rebuild you city after it was destroyed in the wake of Israel's genocide. In #YQR, parking is the big issue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTM...

“That (coal) is going to be the bridge by which we get to that nuclear future". Hilarious and rich. So coal, which has been used as a source of energy for a couple of centuries, is now a "bridging" fuel? Got it. We're cooked. leaderpost.com/news/local-n...

What's fun about this read is how the Riders act as though they own the stadium and the stadium grounds. They are mere tenants who usually pay rent. This is Saskatchewan politics. #YQR @pdcityhall.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Keeping taxes low" was the mantra for a better part of the last quarter century. It just means under-funding core services and necessary infrastructure projects. No one wins, no one comes away happy. leaderpost.com/news/local-n...

Canada should have partially nationalized or demanded a controlling share of auto companies that begged for bail-outs in 2008 onward. Same with corporations demanding EV handouts. There's no way public $ should go into the pockets of companies planning to move operations south.

I love municipal politics.

@alexanderquon.bsky.social Well played with this headline, sir. Drive your truck to the game. Get drunk. Drive home. Blow a stop sign. Hit a car. No problem. Addicted to meth? It's the camps for you. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...