With a couple of weeks’ worth of developments to address, I’ll take a slightly higher-level look at the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race than I normally do. (And for those worried about missing out, note that we should have an opportunity to revisit ne…
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Canadian Political Viewpoints: Weekend Campaign Update
As I fear I will lack the motivation to do a post tomorrow, I think we’ll just get it out of the way and over with now.We’ll start with Trent Wotherspoon, who as noted earlier today, released his environmental platform plank.Cam Broten was in Prince Al…
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Leadership Questionnaire: Cam Broten
Well, the third of our leadership questionnaires has been returned to us and is ready to be published. Since it’s been awhile since we last posted one, let me remind the reader that everything post is as it was submitted (with a slight bit of wiggle room for grammar and
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Campaign Round-Up: Weekend Edition
So, let’s look at what some of the campaigns got up to this weekend. Please note, this is just standard recapping. If you’re looking for something in-depth, say regarding Erin’s questioning of job numbers in Saskatchewan, use the label system to find the previous post regarding that. We’ll start with
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Editorial Content: Please, Have a Seat.
*Editorial Note: During this post, I will make some arguments that do not reflect my own personal view. In my attempt to explain my line of thought, I approached the issue as I would if I were a SK Party strategist. As such, I have crafted some arguments I could
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: "The Fiendish Four" and Campaign Updates
I’m going to use the term Fiendish Four to describe the most recent event from the Sask. NDP Leadership Race, if only because it’s a nifty term with a Stan Lee vibe, and it also calls attention to the ridiculousness of putting out ads to attack four candidates. Much like
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2013 Roundup
Yesterday saw two significant new developments in Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race, as the two candidates outside the Legislature took the initiative to earn coverage as the fall legislative session opened. – Let’s start with Ryan Meili’s economic plan, which featured a few important concrete policies (such as a minimum wage
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Here a Poll, There a Poll
A recent, non-scientific poll came out today via the Erin Weir campaign. The telephone poll was conducted in the middle of October (and I’m pretty sure I actually got one of the calls, so full-disclosure on that one), and has some pretty interesting results. So, let’s take a look at
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: An Update
With the opening of the legislature today, I expect we’ll see some big developments from the Cam Broten and Trent Wotherspoon campaigns; given that they will be ‘taking the fight’ to the government for every day that the legislature is in session. This post is going to be more of
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Planet S Magazine: LINK Cam Campaign Video: LINK Building on his release last week about strengthening our democracy, Cam’s campaign has been quick with sending out links bemoaning the status of our parliamentary democracy (specifically focused on Dalton McGuinty’s decision to prorogue Queen’s Bench in the wake of his resignation;
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One might have thought that the final days of municipal elections around the province would make for a relatively quiet stretch in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign. But instead, it looks like most of the campaigns are neatly using greater public awareness of politics generally to build interest in the
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Campaign Update: Cam Broten
This is the first in a flurry of posts for today, given that all of the campaigns have been abuzz with activity recently. We’ll start with Cam Broten. Cam’s campaign put out a release today calling for ‘strengthening our democracy in the Legislature and the NDP’ (LINK) The release is
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On parity
Jason, Scott and Joe Couture have all discussed the first month’s financial reports from Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign. But I’ll add a couple of other points that jump out at me. First, the fund-raising numbers show just how different this leadership campaign will be compared to the 2009 version. While
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Campaigning By The Numbers, Redux
Well, every once in awhile an update to an older post is needed, and given that we’re dealing with the issues of numbers (and this is me we’re talking about) this update is needed pretty quickly. So, we’ve already seen some response to our last post regarding financial donations to
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Source: Saskatchewan NDP: Financial Reports Well, the first financial report for the Saskatchewan NDP race has come and revealed a few interesting things. I’ve provided the link to the direct website, but we’ll include the numbers here as well. Now, I’ve spoken before about my disdain for mathematics, but there’s
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2013 Roundup
There’s a common theme to the last few days’ developments in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race. While plenty of the campaigns are doing plenty worth talking about, they may have work to do in making sure interested members understand what’s happening. Perhaps most notably, there’s the contrast between Erin Weir’s
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: More Erin Weir Releases
As promised, this post will look a little closer at the newest release from the Weir Campaign; when I made that vow, there was only one to talk about, but the campaign has put out another release so we’ll talk about both in this post. We’ll start with the release
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With Thanksgiving out of the way and everyone back in the swing of things, let’s take a look at some of the things that have developed since we last posted. Broten Campaign Cam has been scoring up endorsements from former MLAs, including the most recent one from Eric Cline (Cam’s
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Assorted news from the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign over the past few days… – Ryan Meili explained his choice not to start unveiling policy just yet by suggesting that leadership starts with listening – and the list of user-submitted ideas on his website looks to be expanding nicely to signal
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: The First Shot Across the Bow
Yesterday, the Weir Campaign introduced their plan to reform the Saskatchewan Small Business Tax loophole that currently allows larger companies to take advantage of a lower tax rate in Saskatchewan. And it seems that the first shot of the campaign between two candidates has emerged from this issue. Another release
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