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Why are Saskatchewan people okay with political behaviour rejected by pretty much every other region in the western world?

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I feel like I shouldn’t have to explain this.

Yet, I also feel like Saskatchewan has become so numb to the level of corruption - yes, corruption - we’ve allowed elected officials to get away with here, that I should anyway.

Pretty much everywhere on the planet except Saskatchewan, the public expects higher standards of integrity from public institutions, public services, government-controlled corporations, and government itself. Outside of third-world dictatorships and the Saskatchewan government, conflict of interest rules and laws are a constant consideration for those in a position of trust.

At a bare minimum, “integrity” in government means adhering to the proper use of public funds, resources, assets, and powers for the official purposes for which they are intended to be used: the public good.

A “conflict of interest” means a conflict between an official’s personal interests (specifically, what they could gain financially or otherwise, ie. a building permit) and their duty to promote the public good through their management of those public funds, resources, assets and powers.

In fact, not only are conflicts to be avoided, most regions acknowledge even the appearance of a conflict of interest is to be avoided, to protect the reputation of the government and each official’s personal reputation for integrity, as well as to preserve the public’s trust in decision making.

In Saskatchewan, the Sask Party’s monopoly on power has enabled them to completely bypass these fundamental components of healthy, democratic governance, as well as any concern for their personal reputations for integrity. They don’t give a rat’s ass whether you trust their decision-making or not.