Administrative agencies are generally entitled to develop policies.
Doing so assists agencies in discharging their statutory mandates in a coherent
and consistent manner. Those who come into contact with agencies also benefit:
it ought to be easier to predict the application of a general rule than the
exercise of discretion.
From the Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan comes a reminder that the power
to develop policies is not unlimited. In particular, policies must be
consistent with the statutory provisions they purport to implement.
