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Mandryk: Governing party built for politicking runs into policy glitch
Politics tamfitronics Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe's four years of constant politicking is strangely making the politics of a campaign rather difficult. Get the latest from Murray Mandryk straight to your inbox Published Oct 11, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute readScott Moe is having to adjust from selling politics to selling policy. Photo by Liam Richards /The Canadian PressIt does seem Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has it backwards: You are supposed to govern for four years and campaign for four weeks in an attempt to get re-elected.Instead, Moe’s Sask. Party government has been politicking for most of the last four years and now appears to be trying to stuff as much policy as it can into a 27-day campaign.This is not to say that policies in the Sask. Party...
Mandryk: Beck’s “tough of crime” plank plays off Sask. Party politics
Politics tamfitronics For Beck, there's an added benefit in underscoring that the Sask. Party's crime solutions have been tarnished by its own politics. Get the latest from Murray Mandryk straight to your inbox Published Sep 02, 2024 • Last updated 20 hours ago • 3 minute readNDP leader Carla Beck's "tough on crime" policy plays off the politics of crime and policing in Saskatchewan. Photo by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenixYes folks, an NDP leader is telling us we need to “get tough on crime” … although Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck’s tough-on-crime approach seems more about pre-campaign politics.There again, much of what Premier Scott Moe and his government have done to address crime has also seemed to be political posturing.It’s hardly fair to criticize Beck and the NDP for responding in kind.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED...
Mandryk: Moe, others right to apply pressure to end rail disruption
Politics tamfitronics Moe and others did what responsible political leaders should be doing. It's not the politicians who need to put the politics aside. Get the latest from Murray Mandryk straight to your inbox Published Aug 23, 2024 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 3 minute readPremier Scott Moe and others have so far taken a much-needed firm and reasoned approach to ending the crippling rail worker labour dispute. Photo by Darryl Dyck/The Canadian PressOne gets why it might be hard to trust a Saskatchewan premier who has cried wolf over virtually everything the federal government does.One further gets why many might automatically assume Premier Scott Moe and his Saskatchewan Party government were again eagerly playing wedge politics in another labour dispute.Hardly a day went by during the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation dispute when Moe...
Mandryk: Sask. Party was wise to move away from Crown privatization
Politics tamfitronics While politics is bolstering Sask. Party re-election bid, it avoidance of past Crown corporation politics that's bolstered its longevity. Get the latest from Murray Mandryk straight to your inbox Published Jul 10, 2024 • Last updated 18 hours ago • 3 minute readKeeping utility Crowns like SaskPower in public hands may be one of the wisest political moves this government has made. Photo by BRANDON HARDER /Regina Leader-PostThere was a little politics at the SaskPower annual report news conference on Tuesday, but maybe not as much as one might have expected.After all, we live in a time when every government-related announcement seems tinged with politics.And seldom in the history of our “family of Crown corporations” — some of you might be old enough to remember the politics swirling around former NDP premier Allan...