The Saskatchewan Party government's refusal to even discuss punishment for former MLA Gary Grewal's conflict of interest breach hardly fits Moe's new beginning.

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Former Saskatchewan Party MLA Gary Grewal’s motel business with Social Services went from $1,309 before he became an MLA in 2020 to $731,194 during his one term in government — a breach of conflict of interest regulations for which the commissioner requires the MLAs to decide punishment.

Grewal is now enjoying a sizeable taxpayer-funded MLA’s “transition payment” — likely amounting to half a year’s worth of the six-figure annual MLA’s salary — but Premier Scott Moe and new Social Services Minister Terry Jenson see no reason to harass him over this.

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It would set a precedent to call a “private citizen” back to the legislature to account for what the Conflict of Interest Commission says is a violation, Moe and Jenson said on Thursday.

It would similarly be unprecedented, Moe further suggested to........

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