SK: Send In Your Budget Wishes

Almost every day, special interest groups meet with provincial politicians and put in requests to receive your hard earned tax dollars. Read more »

Three Cheers for the Chief

There are lots of unfortunate news stories lately about horrible things happening on aboriginal reserves, but there’s also a really good news story happening right now that deserves more attention. Read more »

Saskatchewan Doesn't Need More Politicians

During the recent provincial election do you remember Premier Brad Wall saying anything about a dreadful shortage of provincial politicians? Read more »

Aboriginal: Single Letter Helps Change Law

You never know what a single letter can do. Consider that on December 9, 2009, a whistle-blower from the Peguis aboriginal reserve in Manitoba sent a brown envelope to all three national political parties (Conservatives, Liberals and NDP) and our non-profit organization, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Read more »

SK: Wall's Road Ahead

Put yourself in Premier Brad Wall’s shoes for a moment.You’ve just won one of the largest majorities in Saskatchewan history, the provincial government is rolling in resource revenues and more and more people are investing in and moving back to Saskatchewan every day. Read more »

SK: No Excuse to Not Vote

The NDP, Saskatchewan Party and Liberals have each released their party’s election platforms and one thing is clear – voters have three very different plans from which to choose. This isn’t one of those elections where someone can sit back and try to excuse not voting by saying “all the parties are the same.”>>SpendingTracker.ca. Read more »

SK: Grill Your Local Candidate

If a candidate in the provincial election knocks on your door tonight, have you thought about what you might ask him or her? Read more »

Canada's Top Labour Issue

Back in the early 1900s, top labour issues in Canada included things like; safe workplaces, a five-day work week and decent wages. Through government legislation and voluntary business decisions, the aforementioned issues are no longer problems in most workplaces. Read more »

SK: Plug pulled on video games in jail

After filing information requests with the government, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation recently discovered that Saskatchewan taxpayers have been picking up the bill for video games in government-run youth jails. Yes, video games. Read more »

SK: Part III - Taxpayer Friendly Platform

The ideas were offered up to provincial political parties for consideration as they work on their own platforms for the upcoming fall provincial election.In two previous columns, we examined policy ideas the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) floated as part of our “taxpayer friendly platform.” Read more »