Moe served in Brad Wall's cabinet before replacing the popular premier and Saskatchewan Party leader in a contest almost three years ago. "Just never lose your gut instincts … on where people are, and how people want to be treated, and what they want to hear," Moe said his former boss told him. After months of leading the province through a hard stretch of the pandemic, Moe, 47, begins a new year facing the continued threat of deaths and hospitalizations, plus the added challenge of delivering vaccinations. "There’s no doubt that it does weigh on you professionally, but it weighs on you as a person." he said.