SK: Two Thumbs Up Minister McMorris

If you care about the quality of health care services available in the province, you’ll be pleased to hear what the Saskatchewan government is doing. By working with certified health care partners, the government’s new service model will reduce wait times and costs for taxpayers. Read more »

SK: Send Taxi Study to the Curb

Like most cities in Canada, Regina’s municipal government already has its fair share of challenges. Yet a new report prepared for council wants the city to take on even more duties, such as regulating the appearance of taxi drivers and the age of their cabs. Talk about ludicrous. Council should do the right thing and send the report to the curb. Read more »

SK: Hold the Government Hot Sauce

Did you know the Saskatchewan government spent $28,750 on celebrations for Quebec City's birthday and over $2,200 on hot sauce? The two bills were recently discovered by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) and are just a couple examples of how promotional and sponsorship expenditures have gotten out of control. Read more »

SK: Sell-Outs a Sign

If Mosaic Stadium is such a 'bad' place to catch a football game then why on earth are the Riders shattering attendance records? Perhaps the ol’ facility isn’t as dire a place to catch a game as the pro dome crowd likes to suggest. Read more »

Sask MLAs Trump MPs on Transparency

Recently, most of our federal politicians have been kicking and screaming like little children at the prospect of letting the Auditor General investigate Parliament’s $533 million in annual spending. Thankfully, provincial politicians in Saskatchewan had the opposite reaction when the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) called for improved transparency for their expenses. Read more »

SK: Good News For Sask Motorists

Saskatchewan motorists will be pleased to know that all of the tax dollars collected at gas pumps across the province this year will be put back into road construction and repair. However, the fight against tax gouging at the pumps and the push for gas tax accountability continues. Read more »

SK: Budget Good, But Not Great

The provincial budget recently tabled by the Wall Government is one of the best in Canada. Despite Saskatchewan's edge over most other provincial budgets, there still is plenty of room for improvement. Read more »

SK: Dome Democracy Please

>>VIEW OUR STADIUM SENSE CAMPAIGN One week the Wall government is calling for cuts to health care and education spending in order to balance the budget, and the next it is pondering a new dome for the Roughriders. Confused? Apparently so are they. For guidance on how to proceed with the dome issue, the government should turn to taxpayers by holding a referendum. Read more »

SK: Unshackling bureaucratic potential

The Wall government recently disclosed that they have asked every department to cut their budgets by 10 per cent in order to balance the budget this year. That’s a good start to reaching an important target, but implementing something called “managed competition” could help them achieve the same goal. Read more »

SK: Reserve Band Council Pay Reform Needed

Imagine if you asked Brad Wall how much he was paid last year to be Premier and he responded by telling you it’s none of your business. Unfortunately that’s the type of response that many reserve residents face in Canada when they question their band council's pay. It’s time for the Department of Indian Affairs to do something about the situation. Read more »