An interesting story that has developed outside of the NDP Leadership Race has been the recent treatment of Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce President Steven McLellan inside the legislature. Due to Mr. McLellan holding a press conference in the rotunda, with regards to the Chamber’s and SaskFilm’s report on the Film
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Canadian 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
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*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
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A bit to go over today, as Erin has put out a new mailer and Trent has put forward a new policy announcement, and I’m in the mood to do some editorializing later on as well. But we’ll start with the mailer from Erin Weir. The mailer concerns Saskatchewan’s latest
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The one release came out yesterday, but I found myself outside of a blogging mood, hence it being discussed today. Two things have come out from the Weir Campaign this week, firstly the release of their plan dealing with labour policy in Saskatchewan. Secondly, a much briefer, explanation on Erin’s
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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
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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
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I’ll put together another Saskatchewan NDP leadership roundup post later today. But first, I’ll point out one development which calls for some attention of its own. Erin Weir has put together a policy comparison page – showing all of the policies announced by each contender, along with the other candidates’
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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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A quick look at the latest developments in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign… – Erin Weir has unveiled an ambitious child care plan intended to make publicly-delivered daycare and early learning available to all parents. But perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of Weir’s plan is that it may actually undersell
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Erin’s website: LINK Costing Backgrounder: LINK Erin Weir’s campaign also made a major announcement today with their introduction of Erin’s childcare proposal for the province. In addition to the link for the media announcement, I’ve included the link to the costing backgrounder provided. We’ll talk a bit about the plan,
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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
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Moving along to Erin Weir. The bulk of the information coming from the Weir Campaign thus far this week has been revolving around the early strategy of taking the fight directly to the government. Primarily, Erin has been busy challenging the current government’s numbers on manufacturing in the province; but
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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
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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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While all has been relatively quiet from two of Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership camps, there’s still been some activity worth highlighting over the last few days. – First, Scott Stelmaschuk has made another massive contribution to coverage of the race with a thorough candidate questionnaire. And Erin Weir’s response tells us
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