legislation

The province of Alberta will be an intervenor in Saskatchewan’s appeal of the Parents’ Bill of Rights case going to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. The province is appealing the decision of Justice Michael Megaw at the Court of King’s Bench on the UR Pride court case against the province’s Parents’ Bill of Rights legislation […]

 With Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation members expanding to work-to-rule job action this week across the province, details have emerged about the efforts from the province last week towards trying to get both sides back to bargaining. Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill confirmed to reporters one new development in the back-and-forth discussions between the government and STF: that the province had proposed […]

A judge will be hearing a legal challenge over a law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school. The law was put in place and is protected by the “not withstanding” clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Lawyers for UR Pride, an LGBTQ organization […]

The provincial government is adding some teeth to legislation, to make sure landowners get paid for allowing their land to be used for oil drilling, and exploration. The Ministry of Energy and Resources and the Surface Rights Board of Arbitration will have more power to make sure these fees are paid to landowners. “Maintaining strong relationships between industry and […]

The Saskatchewan Party government is to deliver the throne speech today and outline its priorities for the year.  Premier Scott Moe says the government plans to address concerns around affordability.  He says the province is looking at how it could help people struggling with housing costs.  The Opposition NDP says it plans to continue to focus on […]

The CEO of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association is in the nation’s capital this week, focused on two pieces of federal legislation. Grant McLellan says one of the bills is C-282, a private member’s bill that he says makes it illegal for the federal government to discuss supply managed sectors during trade negotiations; the other is […]

Lane Mountney spreads a map over his kitchen table at his farmhouse in southeast Saskatchewan, pointing to yellow and orange arrows slithering across the document. Many of the arrows represent existing channels and ditches, moving across fields and out of wetlands to drain water. The arrows eventually make their way to a creek, causing what […]

Delegates attending the legislative assembly of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan unanimously supported their leadership’s rejection of The Saskatchewan First Act. The legislation looks to unilaterally amend the Constitution to reassert the province’s jurisdiction over its natural resources, but has already been opposed by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations who say it ignores treaty rights. The […]