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Does growth work for everyone in Saskatchewan?
Breaking down some of the latest economic data shows deeply unequal division of riches in the province
Sask. Budget 2023: One weird trick to underfund public services
Faced with a crisis in health care and underfunded schools, the government of Saskatchewan is using its huge surplus to pay down the deficit.
No strings attached
As emergency rooms are overwhelmed, surgery wait times continue to lengthen, and under-resourced childrens’ hospitals face surges related to viral infections like COVID, the provincial…
No strings attached
There’s more money on the table—but without adequate strings attached, the provinces could end up spending it on tax cuts instead of fixing health care.
Saskatchewan politicians love meaningless words
It’s hard to interpret recent political announcements as anything other than deceptive
A public vs. private battle is brewing in Saskatchewan education
Religious education in Saskatchewan is leading a charge against public education. Can communities fight back?
Flush with cash
In March 2022 we published a report predicting that most provinces would be in fiscal surplus territory by the end of the 2021–22 fiscal year…
Flush with cash
This is a remarkable story of economic recovery from the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown impacts. The next chapter will be written by the provinces as they decide what to do with their unexpected budget surpluses.
Where will Scott Moe draw the Line?
The Saskatchewan government’s Drawing the Line: Defending Saskatchewan’s Economic Autonomy is more a political document that doesn’t bode well for Scott Moe’s government or those that live under it.
Back on Track or Falling Backwards? 2022-23 Saskatchewan provincial budget analysis
The budget attempts to turn the page from COVID-19, but the pandemic is still raging and there’s little vision for a future economy that deals with the province’s many challenges
Saskatchewan budget: Could be worse, but is it enough?
The Saskatchewan government appears to have no appetite to enact and defend the types of cuts it made in 2017. Maybe those tropes are dead? Or maybe the pandemic is making the obvious impossible to completely ignore.
Balanced budget painted Saskatchewan into a corner
Who could have predicted that a pandemic would be so unpredictable?
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