Murray Mandryk

"Our entire focus is to de-escalate the entirety of the conversation around tariffs." — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

Budgets are seldom, if ever, about curtailing spending and living within our means — even when our economy is threatened by a tariff war.

'Governments should pay $50 to each susceptible person getting a measles vaccination and recover that money with tax increases' — Ashu Solo.

There are a million issues to deal with here — probably, 1,250,909 issues. It seems each and every person has one.

Grievances over Ottawa polices annoying the hell out of us hardly makes Saskatchewan and Alberta distinct societies.

Attracting (or at least keeping) good-paying jobs seems to top every Saskatchewan government's priority list.

Smith affords the Saskatchewan premier the luxury of being seen as the less bombastic alternative. He is the good cop to her bad cop.

The better example politicians could set right now is to provide public funding to those very places they cherish and recognize are in need.

'It makes 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' look like a cruise ship.' — Jeff Nachtigall, describing Pioneer Village.

All this doesn't make consensus easy ... or perhaps even achievable.