On end goals

I don't have a lot to add about the individual moves between Brad Wall's cabinet shuffle that hasn't been noted elsewhere. There, the largest head-scratchers are obviously putting the Crown Investment Corporation and several Crown corporations in the hands of brand-new minister Tim McMillan at a time when the Sask Party is rightly facing a barrage of criticism over its complete politicization of the Crowns, and leaving Don McMorris in charge of Health despite his many failures this spring.

But perhaps more noteworthy is Wall's overall framing of the shuffle - including the addition of new ministers this late in his mandate - as being about "building capacity and experience" for his party's MLAs. After all the bad press he's faced this spring due in large part to glaring mistakes by cabinet ministers, one would think Wall's top priority would be to start getting a handle on the job of governing, not shuffling as many members as he can into cabinet. And those of us who see our province as more than a training ground for the use of the Sask Party would seem to have plenty of reason to wonder just when it is that Wall plans to fit "competent government" into his goals.