Simon Enoch
@simonenoch.bsky.social
Senior Researcher - Saskatchewan - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Interested in populism, propaganda and political economy. "Good things all get shoved in shadows."
This is the real question, has anti-Ottawa rhetoric made it impossible for Smith to satisfy her base? If so how does she pivot to blame Ottawa if no private pipeline investment comes forward? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | How Danielle Smith's deal with Ottawa will go over with her anti-Ottawa base | CBC News
Alberta-federal accord? Many activists at this weekend's UCP AGM will have separation on the mind instead.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is the real question, has anti-Ottawa rhetoric made it impossible for Smith to satisfy her base? If so how does she pivot to blame Ottawa if no private pipeline investment comes forward? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why is the SK govt allergic to rent control as an affordability policy? www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Why is the SK govt allergic to rent control as an affordability policy? www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Even if Carney is calling Smith’s bluff here, any bets on how soon the UCP starts demanding a govt-built (or heavily subsidized) pipeline once they realize there is no business case for this project?
But is this abandonment of principle, or savvy politics at a low cost? @maxfawcett.bsky.social argues it's the latter.
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
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November 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Even if Carney is calling Smith’s bluff here, any bets on how soon the UCP starts demanding a govt-built (or heavily subsidized) pipeline once they realize there is no business case for this project?
Publishing this list has created a mobilized coalition of community groups opposed to cuts, but also focused the entire budget narrative on austerity, which will win out? leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
City reveals list of options for 2026 Regina budget cuts to soften tax increase
City administration says some serious cuts could be coming to Regina services if council is determined to avoid a major 2026 tax increase.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Publishing this list has created a mobilized coalition of community groups opposed to cuts, but also focused the entire budget narrative on austerity, which will win out? leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
“The results were equally bleak. Of the 70 wells he tested, 68 violated the safety threshold, with an average concentration of nitrates close to four times the federal limit.”
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‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis | Food and Environment Reporting Network
In the spring of 2022, Jim Doherty kept having the same conversation with folks at the only grocery store in Boardman, his eastern Oregon hometown, or at the grain depot where he picked up food for…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“The results were equally bleak. Of the 70 wells he tested, 68 violated the safety threshold, with an average concentration of nitrates close to four times the federal limit.”
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nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/22/o... “We went to Shopify and said, 'Can you help us redesign this process?' Somewhat embarrassingly, they came back in 48 hours and said, 'Do this.' We looked at it for three months and then we did what they said," he said to laughter in the room.
Ottawa is 'rebooting' its relationship with the tech industry,…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/22/o... “We went to Shopify and said, 'Can you help us redesign this process?' Somewhat embarrassingly, they came back in 48 hours and said, 'Do this.' We looked at it for three months and then we did what they said," he said to laughter in the room.
For 2025, the Regina Police Service by itself represents 26% of the overall mill rate increase. In fact, just three entities, the RPS, Economic Development Regina and REAL combine to account for over half (4.59%) of this year's 8.5 percent mill rate.
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For 2025, the Regina Police Service by itself represents 26% of the overall mill rate increase. In fact, just three entities, the RPS, Economic Development Regina and REAL combine to account for over half (4.59%) of this year's 8.5 percent mill rate.
As Regina's City Council considers across-the-board austerity, important to note that the Police Operating Budget has increased every year - from $71.6 million 10 years ago to $116.1 this year - a 62% increase. Why is the RPS immune to the calls for cuts that other city services are subject to?
Holy shit you guys. The city has released the list of cuts to services that would be required to hit Clr Dan Rashovich's proposed 5% mill rate reduction, and I am having difficulty comprehending the scale of damage Dan is making us imagine. It is like a bomb going off in the city's finances. #yqrcc
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As Regina's City Council considers across-the-board austerity, important to note that the Police Operating Budget has increased every year - from $71.6 million 10 years ago to $116.1 this year - a 62% increase. Why is the RPS immune to the calls for cuts that other city services are subject to?
“Incident raises questions about whether ‘toxic culture’ persists at Regina training centre.” theijf.org/rcmp-cadet-s...
RCMP cadet removed from training program following sexual assault charge
Incident raises questions about whether ‘toxic culture’ persists at Regina training centre
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November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“Incident raises questions about whether ‘toxic culture’ persists at Regina training centre.” theijf.org/rcmp-cadet-s...
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My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
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Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
An awful lot of these departments claiming AI will reduce their costs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here's what each federal department plans to cut under Budget 2025 | CBC News
Tuesday's federal budget offers a glimpse into how dozens of government departments plan to rein in spending following this summer's comprehensive expenditure review. Here's a department-by-departmen...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
An awful lot of these departments claiming AI will reduce their costs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“Following Mandryk’s departure, the newspapers have published just four columns focused directly on Saskatchewan government policies as of Nov. 1. One was penned by a University of Saskatchewan finance student and three by the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation.” j-source.ca/no-room-for-...
No room for debate - J-Source
Postmedia quietly whittles away local viewpoints from the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post. Photo by P.W. Elliott
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November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“Following Mandryk’s departure, the newspapers have published just four columns focused directly on Saskatchewan government policies as of Nov. 1. One was penned by a University of Saskatchewan finance student and three by the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation.” j-source.ca/no-room-for-...
I believe this what Lenin meant by “dual power.”
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I believe this what Lenin meant by “dual power.”
“Applauding the prime minister too much would diminish his utility as a catch-all villain that can be blamed for every misfortune that befalls Alberta and Saskatchewan.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Will the feds’ climate climb down placate petro-province premiers? - CCPA
Perhaps lost in yesterday’s federal budget news dominated by job cuts and military spending is the extent to which the federal government is also abandoning the climate commitments of the previous gov...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“Applauding the prime minister too much would diminish his utility as a catch-all villain that can be blamed for every misfortune that befalls Alberta and Saskatchewan.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
“This budget contains a poison pill of deep funding cuts, the extent of which hasn’t been witnessed since the Harper cuts of 2011 to 2014.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Post-election budget could plunge Canada into another federal election - CCPA
With so much on the line, the newly elected federal government has tabled a budget that, in many ways, could pass as a Conservative budget.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“This budget contains a poison pill of deep funding cuts, the extent of which hasn’t been witnessed since the Harper cuts of 2011 to 2014.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
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‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
“The problem is Alberta and Saskatchewan have adopted a worldview that says that's simply not necessary, which forces the feds to bring out the stick … which sets us up for a constitutional showdown,”
A showdown is looming as petro-provinces and nearly 100 oil and gas executives pressure Carney to walk back the workhorse policy for emissions reductions: the industrial carbon price.
Canada risks becoming 'rust-belt petrostate' without industrial carbon pricing, critics say
A showdown is looming as petro-provinces and nearly 100 oil and gas executives pressure Carney to walk back Ottawa's role enforcing the industrial carbon price.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The problem is Alberta and Saskatchewan have adopted a worldview that says that's simply not necessary, which forces the feds to bring out the stick … which sets us up for a constitutional showdown,”
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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The feds will likely quietly “sunset” programs as part of their cost-cutting in the Nov 4 budget.
@davidmaccdn.bsky.social examines 84 federal departments that may rely on saving money by letting hundreds of programs disappear when their funding runs out
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@davidmaccdn.bsky.social examines 84 federal departments that may rely on saving money by letting hundreds of programs disappear when their funding runs out
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Budget cuts by stealth: Letting programs “sunset” to cut costs won’t be painless - CCPA
The feds will quietly “sunset” programs as part of their cost-cutting in the November 4, 2025 budget. Quiet cuts can still hurt.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The feds will likely quietly “sunset” programs as part of their cost-cutting in the Nov 4 budget.
@davidmaccdn.bsky.social examines 84 federal departments that may rely on saving money by letting hundreds of programs disappear when their funding runs out
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
@davidmaccdn.bsky.social examines 84 federal departments that may rely on saving money by letting hundreds of programs disappear when their funding runs out
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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WATCH: Sask. physician blasts province’s plans for involuntary addictions treatment
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October 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
WATCH: Sask. physician blasts province’s plans for involuntary addictions treatment
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Flores said that “questions remain about the wider effects of criminalizing harm reduction supplies.” She expressed concern about whether the act serves as a stepping stone to a “forced treatment” approach to addictions care from the province. leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
Regina city council passes bylaw to enable Safe Public Spaces Act targeting street weapons
Regina city council has cleared the last hurdle for opting in to Sask. legislation controlling the possession of weapons in public spaces.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Flores said that “questions remain about the wider effects of criminalizing harm reduction supplies.” She expressed concern about whether the act serves as a stepping stone to a “forced treatment” approach to addictions care from the province. leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
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In the newest edition of the Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca "Western Canadian politicians have not been mere spectators as the flames of western discontent have gathered strength... No, they are the arsonists." By @simonenoch.bsky.social
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The arsonists: The politicians stoking the fires of Western separatism - CCPA
The same federal government who alienated our oil and gas industry is now putting global food security at risk by attacking the hard working agriculture producers across western Canada with an arbitra...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In the newest edition of the Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca "Western Canadian politicians have not been mere spectators as the flames of western discontent have gathered strength... No, they are the arsonists." By @simonenoch.bsky.social
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With SK being lobbied to build these here, we are expecting volatile fresh water supplies on SK to provide more irrigation, cool reactors, expand mining & fracking, satiate growing populations and slake AI thirst? www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...
Thirsty AI data centres are coming to Canada, with little scrutiny or oversight | CBC News
Canada is poised to join the data centre boom. But as such projects face greater scrutiny around the world, there is little debate here about what this will mean for the country’s water.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
With SK being lobbied to build these here, we are expecting volatile fresh water supplies on SK to provide more irrigation, cool reactors, expand mining & fracking, satiate growing populations and slake AI thirst? www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...