Ryan’s Video: LINKRyan’s Policy Announcement: LINKLots to talk about as we head into the first leadership debate in the NDP Leadership Race; sadly, I won’t be in Regina tomorrow, but I will do my best to make sure to catch the live-stream (though, I ha…
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Accidental Deliberations: Leadership 2013 Debate Preview
I’ll put together another #skndpldr roundup later today. But for now, I’ll point out that the campaign’s debate schedule starts tomorrow night in Regina (live-streamed here) – and discuss briefly what I see each candidate needing to do as the debates u…
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Campaign Update: Another Month, More Numbers
Well, the financial reports for the month of October have come out and we’re going to take a look at them. Stupidly, I didn’t save the old PDF donor lists, so I don’t think I can go through and subtract connected campaign workers and such as we did las…
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Editorial Content: Hey Buddy, Spare Some Change?
One of the big issues coming out of the Saskatchewan NDP Leadership Race thus far is the idea of change; or at the very least, the idea of renewal. I was spurred onto this post after reading Jason’s post over at Head Tale (LINK) regarding which candida…
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Video Link: LINKRyan Meili’s campaign has put out a new video, exploring Ryan’s past run at the leadership; the launch of his current run, and what he’s been up to between the two points.It’s an interesting video, and an interesting approach, as it hig…
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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…
Continue readingCanadian 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: 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: Campaign Update: Ryan Meili Town Hall
The Meili Campaign has entered into the new media format this evening through their hosting of a live-telephone town hall meeting. The use of telephone ensured that disruptors, the like found at Erin Weir’s online town hall, were kept from the event and I don’t think anyone will say that
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
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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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As noted yesterday, Ryan Meili’s campaign introduced their first policy release today. While I was not there in person to hear the announcement, I did receive a copy of the media release and shall use that to construct what was said and what the policy involves. Also, for those of
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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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Ryan’s Website: LINK Gender Equality: LINK Continuing along with the latest developments, Ryan Meili’s campaign has brought forward a throwback to the past as a means of developing policy future. In a general call for discussion and contribution, Ryan has reposted his campaign’s approach to the environment and gender equality
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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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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 right along, we come to the latest from Ryan Meili’s campaign. In addition to new ideas popping up on Ryan’s “Your Ideas” page (LINK), the most recent development from the Meili campaign has been to address the hot button issue of refugee health care. (Perhaps once I’ve done all
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
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