Saskatchewan NDP Northern Affairs Shadow Minister Jordan McPhail

In Northern Saskatchewan, municipal leaders are navigating challenges that are as complex as they are urgent.From housing shortages and highway infrastructure concerns, to funding pressures, houselessness, and growing mental health and addiction challenges, communities across the North are working to address serious issues — often with limited resources and, in some cases, ongoing barriers to moving goods in and out of remote communities.Yet despite those challenges, northern municipalities continue to adapt, innovate, and push for solutions.Jordan McPhail, Saskatchewan New Democratic Party Shadow Minister for Northern Affairs, says municipal leaders are sounding the alarm on many of these concerns as he travels across the northern part of the province, hearing directly from communities on the pressures they’re facing — including the ongoing aftermath of last year’s wildfires.At the recent Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention in Regina, we caught up with McPhail to discuss what he’s hearing from municipal leaders, how he and his Saskatchewan NDP colleagues are working alongside communities to address issues of importance, and what he believes needs greater attention moving forward.This is Municipal Affairs.------This episode of Municipal Affairs was sponsored by: Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policyhttps://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/------Support The Show Today: https://www.crossborderinterviews.ca/support-the-showJoin The Show: https://www.crossborderinterviews.ca/be-part-of-the-show ------Listen To The Show:Apple: https://apple.co/41p5I2ISpotify: https://bit.ly/3tkvb0E YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/crossborderinterviewswithchrisbrown------Follow Us On Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crossborderpodcast/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crossbordernetwork.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@crossborderpodcast Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CrossBorderInterviews/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crossborderinterviews/ Website: https://www.crossborderinterviews.ca/Municipal Affairs is Part of The Cross Border Network©2026