The whole story, in one graph:

| Ian Hanna

Visuals are very important in story telling. They must enhance, not detract…from the main message. However, sometimes you get the whole story in one graph.

Power is concentrated in UK politics. Most debates, conflicts and disagreements are about class. One percent of the population attends either Oxford or Cambridge. Just over half of the new UK cabinet attended these elite institutions. This is not a healthy society, with diverse voices at the table making rich, nuanced decisions. Those attending elite institutions are over 50 times more likely to reach an elite position. Nothing will change until social mobility improves.

A link to the whole story:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/26/burnham-oxbridge-cabinet-social-mobility-

Job Numbers in Saskatchewan–Digging A Little Deeper.

| Ian Hanna

Here’s a very nuanced analysis from Ron Styles, a very smart and experienced voice in our province:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7482298332850180097

Overall, Saskatchewan has lost 3,200 jobs between June of 2025 and June of 2026. However, dig a little deeper, and the story becomes even more disturbing.

As Ron mentions in this post, you have to look beyond the provincial totals to get the full picture of economic growth in Saskatchewan. And you deserve a strong economy, regardless of where you live:

Between June 2025 and June 2026, employment increased in only two of Saskatchewan’s five economic regions. Regina–Moose Mountain added approximately 2,000 jobs, while Saskatoon–Biggar gained about 1,700 jobs.

The picture was much different elsewhere in the province.

Yorkton–Melville lost approximately 3,000 jobs, Prince Albert and Northern lost 2,400 jobs, and Swift Current–Moose Jaw lost 1,400 jobs. Overall, Saskatchewan had 3,200 fewer people employed than a year earlier.

These regional differences matter. Strong economic growth should create opportunities across the province—not just in a handful of communities.

Families living in rural and northern Saskatchewan deserve the same opportunities to find good jobs close to home as those living in our largest urban centres.

Understanding where employment is growing—and where it is declining—is essential to building economic policies that support every region of Saskatchewan.

A billion dollar miss.

| Ian Hanna

So, your budget predicts a surplus and you the reality is a billion dollar hole. At some point it starts to look a lot like incompetence and mismanagement. Combine this report with the recent work by Saskatchewan’s Provincial Auditor and incompetence starts looking like the answer.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/budget-deficit-spending-debt-health-9.7254569

https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/saskatchewan-reports-nearly-1-billion-deficit-to-close-out-2025-26