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Political Panel: Sask. first carbon tax free province. Why now?
Mar 28 2025 • 12 mins
One week after the budget and a few days into a federal election campaign, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe made a new commitment. Moe pledged to eliminate its provincial industrial carbon tax. Mirroring a campaign promise from the Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre. Our political panel looks into the timing of Moe's pledge.
The Saskatchewan roots of Elon Musk's conspiracist grandpa
Mar 26 2025 • 26 mins
Tech-utopian, conspiracist and apartheid fan, Elon Musk’s grandpa was shaped by politics in Saskatchewan. The CBC’s Geoff Leo offers us a fascinating look at Joshua Haldeman and Musk’s Canadian roots.
Political Panel: New session has Sask Party seeing red
Mar 21 2025 • 13 mins
A new spring session of the legislature kicked off with the opposition NDP wrapping themselves in the Canadian flag and accusing Premier Scott Moe of not outright condemning the actions of Donald Trump. Murray Mandryk calls the brand new balanced budget an “instant classic work of fiction” for not accounting for tariffs.