Now available in paperback from UBCPress for a mere $37.95 (www.ubcpress.ca/the-new-poli...) ... makes great beach reading this summer! Or a fun addition to your fall course outline!

Canada's bromance with the Carney Liberals continues. The latest numbers from Eric Grenier's The Writ seem to indicate that (a) Poilievre's re-embrace of his election campaign persona has not helped and (b) Lewis has maybe got a slight bump for the NDP (though the avg. projection remains dire).

While it might not be the only cause of the increase, the closure of Prairie Harm Reduction & the loss of those services has to be a very significant reason for the increase.

How you know you live in Saskatchewan — You wait until the middle of May to take off your winter tires and the next day there’s snow on the ground when you wake up.

Congrats to our UofR Faculty of Arts winners at the 2026 SK Book Awards: Ken Wilson (ECW) won the Non-Fiction Award; Melanie Schnell (ECW) won the City of Regina Award; ECW alumna Tea Gerbeza won the SK-Arts Poetry Award. In addition UofRPress took home the Publishing in Education Award as well.

As one who has qualms about Lewis as NDP leader, this interview w PWells is an excellent showcase for what Lewis believes & distinguishing btwn being an activist & a party leader. Kudos to Wells for letting him speak at length & give nuance to the soundbites. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-avi-le...

Likely to be overheard next week while boarding: "No, sir, that steamer trunk will not fit in the overhead" "Ma'am, I'm sorry but 3 Macy's shopping bags do count as luggage" "Excuse me, but that Everest-appropriate backpack isn't a 'personal item'" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/t...

Nailed it ...

This, combined with moves like AB’s plan to let people bypass referrals for diagnostics, is a formula for putting additional pressure on an already stressed health system. Yet prov govts continue to whistle past the graveyard & pretend all is fine. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

My interview with CBC Radio's Edmonton AM on Danielle Smith's latest healthcare silliness -- order your own diagnostic test, just because you can ... www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

As an undergrad I picked up Lewis @ the Edmonton Airport & drove him to a speaking engagement on campus. The long drive gave me plenty of time to talk to him about his life in politics & his work at the UN ... a memorable conversation w a fascinating man. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

That’s is definitely a fun fact …

Tho I suspect a fed/prov split in the NDP is inevitable, I wish Nenshi & Beck had held off firing the first shots. Lewis at least deserved a chance to make a big tent for everyone. I’m not sure he wants a big tent, but by hitting out first they look like poor losers & give Lewis the high ground.

For some reason I missed this when it was first posted. A nice piece from the UofR Website on @caulfieldtim.bsky.social's 2026 Woodrow Lloyd Lecture earlier this month www.uregina.ca/stories/2026...

Question for @caulfieldtim.bsky.social. What are the legal protections for a doc communicating medical advice to their patients? Can the gov't limit when and how docs bring up legally available services? Asking for your home province! www.timescolonist.com/national-new...

Have not had a chance to look at the SK budget in detail, but kudos for the 3% increase in funding to PSE in the prov (plus some targeted funding in specific areas). This is not what we have come to expect from this govt, so the surprise is a pleasant one. Other provs take note ...

Nailed it …

Disinformation is a deliberate strategy to discredit science and scientists — @caulfieldtim.bsky.social The Lloyd Lecture at UofR

Is Gwenyth Paltrow wrong about everything? The Lloyd Lecture with @caulfieldtim.bsky.social …

@caulfieldtim.bsky.social launches into the 2026 Lloyd Lecture to a full house at UofR

It's hard to disagree with much of what is in SK's Patients First plan. But that's because it very much resembles plans we've been seeing from prov govts (including this one) in the 25 year's since the Romanow Report. It says all the right things and paints a compelling picture of the future 1/2

BACK TO THE FUTURE DEPT: Today the Sask Party govt released its Patients First strategy. Sound familiar? That’s cuz in 2010 the Sask Party govt released the Patients First Review. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Next year, they’ll announce they’re creating 32 health districts …

Still time to reserve a free ticket to see Tim Caulfield deliver the 2026 Woodrow Lloyd Lecture at UofR on March 12th. www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-woodr...

That 87% seems like a long time ago … no post-convention bump, polls look ever more depressing and now the LPC coax Jeneroux out of his self-imposed exile. Poilievre just cant catch a break www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

There are no limits to Trump’s narcissism: Schumer Pressured to Support Renaming Dulles and Penn Station for Trump www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

For someone who likes to tell the feds to stay in their lane, Premier Smith is certainly one for swerving all over the highway. The fed govt appoints fed judges. Full stop. Next she'll demand a say in when and how the personnel at CFB Cold Lake can be deployed ... they're in AB after all! 🙃

The Nation has nominated the City of Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize for both their solidarity with their vulnerable neighbours and their courage and discipline in confronting ICE. Can the FIFA Peace Prize be far behind? www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...

I wonder if they will do a tribute to Catherine O'Hara ...

The judge’s decision to release 5yr old Liam Ramos and his father from ICE detention uses humour to make a deadly serious point. In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

For those UofR undergraduates who like to plan ahead ...

Question for my AB peeps (@duanebratt.bsky.social, @jlisayoung.bsky.social & @jaredwesley.ca) -- What's the public/press reaction to the NDP's "I ain't no separatist" pledge? Effective manoeuvre? Silly stunt? I'm very curious how it is being viewed inside the province ...

A truer headline never there was … www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/nati...

She was a marvel ... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/a...

Early Bird Announcement: Dr. Tim Caulfield (@caulfieldtim.bsky.social) will deliver the 2026 Woodrow Lloyd Lecture entitled "The Knowledge Crisis: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do?"@ URegina on March 12th @ 7:00pm. Free ticketss can be reserved at www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-woodr...

Not usually a Brooks fan, but this is a very interesting and scary read … www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...

I feel seen …

There is no world in the multiverse in which Pierre Poilievre delivers the speech that Carney delivered to the World Economic Forum. It is a mic drop moment, a line in the sand, a declaration of independence. We have to hold him to this course. www.weforum.org/meetings/wor...

A different kind of Greenland strategy: It was revealed today that Trump is determined to take Greenland because Denmark didn't give him the Nobel Peace Prize. He clearly feels hurt and under-appreciated. So let's all do a Machado and send him our trophies ... 1/3

Two power outages in a single evening … delightful

Who says the academic life doesn't pay! Just got a $52 royalty cheque from UofT Press for the e-book versions of three edited collections published 21 years ago.

Merry Christmas one and all! This year I got Funko Pop’d … which is kinda cool … a bit too much hair on top but the fedora & orange cat are spot on

One of the best parts of my job is seeing the look on the face of a doctoral candidate who has just been told they have passed their dissertation defense. That never gets old ... congrats to Dr. Irene!!!

The willingness of GOP reps to buck the President and the Speaker may be growing, esp. for those in swing states ... this can only be good news.

Is it just me, or does it not seem that Freeland's resignation happened years ago? It has been a pretty packed 12 months ...

Just when you thought he couldn’t go any lower he finds a way …

From The Beaverton …

Wow!

Whenever Premier Moe raises the issue of how unfair equalization is to to Saskatchewan, I am reminded of Brad Wall’s comments to the Empire Club in 2008. Full speech here: empireclubfoundation.org/speech/the-h...