The complete story is available at this link:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-saskpower-coal-refurbishment-9.7198807

The results from local elections weren’t as bad as the worst case scenario. So 24 hours of talk about how Keir Starmer might hang on. But now, his own cabinet ministers don’t want this anchor around their necks. Now, it’s only a matter of time.

A new Commonwealth record??

Apparently, one still needs to think critically. Comforting.

Help us to see ourselves in all creation,
and all creation in ourselves, ourselves in one another.

Invocation. By Everett Hoagland.

Everyone should take a look at today’s tragic report from Saskatchewan’s Children’s Advocate. It highlights 13 tragic cases where children under the age of five have died since 2019, with toxic illegal drugs in their systems.

The CBC coverage of the report is available here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/13-kids-died-toxic-illegal-drugs-since-2019-child-advocate-9.7181401

Here’s a link to Saskatchewan’s Children’s Advocate: https://www.saskadvocate.ca/

And here is the link to the news release from the NDP Caucus on this issue:

https://www.ndpcaucus.sk.ca/thirteen_saskatchewan_children_under_the_age_of_five_lost_their_lives_to_toxic_drugs_over_the_last_eight_years

Add to this today’s development in the Saskatchewan Legislature, regarding a young girl who can’t go to school every day because she has….wait for it: diabetes. It’s 2026. The fact that the Ministry of Education does not have contingencies in place to support in a travesty.

Sadly, this must all be combined with recent news of Saskatchewan’s appallingly high child child poverty rate:

The Premier and his Ministers are fond of saying Saskatchewan provides what the world needs.

Seemingly, we can’t even provide what our own children need.

There’s a quick lesson you learn in politics. Decisions have consequences. Be careful. Things can come back to haunt you.

Consider this example from the past week in UK politics.

When he became Prime Minister, Keir Starmer dumped a woman from an important job, and replaced her with his friend.

Now that woman, Emily Thornberry, chairs the parliamentary committee that will play an important role in determining whether the current Prime Minister has much of a political future.

It’s rich. It’s wonderful. It’s strangely appropriate. Serve it cold, Ms. Thornberry.

Loyalty should still count for something.