Holiday Housekeeping: Slowing Down for Christmas, Back Full Speed in January
Slowing publication for two weeks, pausing the Doherty series, and an update on the contempt hearing (plus where I’m finding peace while homesick).
Just some light housekeeping from me today.
My publishing ability has skyrocketed in recent months thanks to three key factors: securing research backing, the incredible resources Substack has provided, and your ongoing support.
In January, we’ll go straight back to that daily schedule.
Meanwhile, I’ve noticed open rates on what I’m publishing have been plummeting over the last week, presumably because folks are checking out for Christmas, as they should.
The ongoing snowmaggedon you’ve been enduring probably isn’t helping either.
So, I’m going to slow the pace of publication over the next two weeks. Hopefully this will allow some of you to catch up on what you haven’t read yet, though I’m sure y’all also have much more entertaining things to do.
I’m also going to pause the Saturday series of public questions for former Minister of Finance Kevin Doherty, which is based on his statement of claim against me. Now that the hearing for the contempt charge he filed against me is over, I just can’t stand the idea of thinking about any of it. I need a break from the subject matter.
However, we’ll resume again on January 10, 2026 and it will be full steam ahead from there, cause this is not going away.
He started this. I will finish it.
In respect to that contempt hearing, which was on Tuesday, in public, open court so I’m pretty sure I’m allowed to write about it, even if “some” people don’t like it: from what I understand from my lawyers, it went well.
There’s two thresholds that Doherty’s lawyers had to prove in order for me to be found in contempt: one is that I violated an actual law, and the second is I did so wilfully and in bad faith, in contempt of a court order or said law.
Since there was no court order, I guess we’ll find out if I broke a law and if so, which one. My position remains that I did not, but if I did, they still had to prove it did it knowingly and in bad faith.
That’s a pretty high bar.
There are no guarantees and the judge reserved her decision, so I won’t know anything for sure, probably until January.
Once again, a huge thank you to my lead counsel, Tavengwa Runyowa, and his associate Brandon Cain. They are so great. With no shade to my previous lawyer, I know we would be in a much different place today if I’d hired Runyowa in June.
In fact, it’s been difficult for me to process how different my life could have been if I’d had Runyowa for advice and to take action, circa 2018.
But, we won’t ruminate.
I can’t forget Substack and their legal team, who have also been incredible. I struggle with feeling like I don’t deserve it, but the gratitude I feel for their support is overwhelming. If you write for this platform, please, get enrolled in its Defender program immediately.
If you’d like to further support my work, including costs like the multiple media subscriptions and ISC documents I need to access and purchase information provided in posts like this one, etransfers are gratefully accepted at tammyrobert0123@gmail.com. Thank you and Merry Christmas!
My team is pushing me to do another subscription promo for both of my Substacks, so don’t be surprised if you see those in your inbox over the holidays.
The first promo they created went so well that I actually couldn’t believe it. They know what they’re doing, so I’ll follow marching orders. My legal bills may now be covered by Substack, but the rest of my bills are not, so I need to keep growing these publications.
One final note: I’m resuming collection efforts on unpaid Saskatchewan invoices.
If you have an outstanding balance, you know who you are. Payment is expected now, or contact me immediately to arrange terms. If you’re broke, I can accommodate credit cards. Like you, I don’t work for free. Let’s resolve this professionally, or you’re going to court.
I will never again be used by people in Saskatchewan who think they can get away with it because it’s Tammy Robert, and no one has her back.
Anyway, that’s it for today:
OurSask publication schedule will slow between now and New Year’s;
Saturday series suspended until January 10, 2026;
probably also pause Sunday’s “Look Back” series, til January 4, 2026;
decision reserved on my contempt hearing, presumably until after the holidays;
might do some subscription promos in the coming weeks;
pay your bills or I’ll be the one suing going forward;
I have the best lawyer ever.
I’ll talk to you before Christmas I’m sure, but, I hope you’re already in the holiday spirit. If we’re friends or family in real life, I miss you all so much. I’m really homesick right now.
If I was religious, I’d be praying for a better Saskatchewan government in 2026. One free and open to scrutiny, because it has nothing to hide, and to the challenge of being productive and accountable.
A government with the maturity, democratic courage and economic strength to allow critical thinking, contrary ideas and opinions to exist simultaneously, in the spirit of collaboration for a better future for Saskatchewan - without destructive personal attacks by the Sask Party.
I’d pray that I could live in Saskatchewan again and keep doing what I do, on all fronts.
For now, I’ll leave you with a snippet of where I do find peace these days.
Talk soon,
