Well, the second of our four questionnaires has been returned and is now ready to be published. As always, questions are BOLDED while answers retain their regular formatting. So, here are the answers from Ryan Meili. Background/Personal Questions 1.) Let’s start at the beginning; what was it that first drew
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Canadian 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
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As stated, previously, it’s time to look at some of the developments on the Ryan Meili campaign front. So, let’s start with the Your Ideas page on his website. As stated before, Ryan’s approach to this campaign has been mostly about reaching out to supporters and getting their ideas before
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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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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
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Meili Campaign Update Another day, another update on the campaigns. Most of the campaigns have gone ahead and sent out appeals for volunteers, and the Meili campaign has furthered their approach to democratic based policy creation. As noted before, the Meili campaign has been actively reaching out to the electorate
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A few notes from the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign over the past few days… – Cam Broten’s supporters have been highlighting his statement of values, with his focus on long-term thinking offering a particularly noteworthy development if put into practice (while also setting up a noteworthy test for Broten on
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2013 Candidate Profile: Trent Wotherspoon
By most accounts, Trent Wotherspoon’s campaign launch vaulted him immediately to frontrunner status. But let’s take a closer look at whether he’s likely to maintain that lead throughout the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race. Strengths Wotherspoon starts out with two significant advantages over his competitors. First, he’s a natural retail politician:
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2013 Candidate Profile: Ryan Meili
Ryan Meili started the 2009 Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign at a distinct disadvantage against his opponents in terms of both time and name recognition. But he nonetheless came within just over five hundred votes of emerging as the party’s leader. For the 2013 campaign, Meili starts out as much more
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A few quick words on the provincial NDP race, and then we’ll broach some Federal news that I have let languish in limbo for far too long. Firstly, I should make note that Ryan Meili had a book reading at McNally Robinson on Saturday evening; I was unable to attend
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2013 Candidate Profile: Erin Weir
Erin Weir has wasted no time in carving out a place within the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign – with a pre-campaign “draft” movement presaging a quick launch once the campaign officially started. But what can we expect from him as the leadership race progresses? Strengths First and foremost, Weir brings
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2013 Candidate Profile – Cam Broten
As promised, let’s start taking a closer look at the four candidates in Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race – starting with Cam Broten as the first to formally announce his candidacy. Strengths To the extent NDP members plan to vote based a checklist of experience and personal traits, Broten is positioned
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2013 – The Basics
Before I start taking an individual look at the candidates in Saskatchewan’s 2013 NDP leadership campaign, I’ll point out a few areas of discussion from past leadership races which don’t look to be matters of great distinction between the candidates this time out. Endorsements As I’ve noted before, I tend
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Slogans, Logos and Thoughts: 3. Ryan Meili
Ryan Meili Slogan: Better Together Initial Thoughts: Unfortunately, the Meili Campaign has fallen into the same problem as the other campaigns; in that the slogan being used is very similar to another, in this case to Trent Wotherspoon’s “Forward Together”. However, the approach is very different than Cam or Erin’s.
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TweetNew Democrats from across Alberta have gathered in Edmonton this weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their party’s founding. Attendees at this weekend’s annual convention will hear from NDP leader Brian Mason, MLAs Rachel Notley, Deron Bilous, and David Eggen, Member of Parliament Linda Duncan, and federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair.
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Since we talked a bit about Trent Wotherspoon’s campaign stop in Prince Albert, we should take a moment to talk about what the other campaigns are up to. Cam Broten scored an endorsement from former NDP MLA Len Taylor, and spent sometime in and around The Battlefords. Ryan Meili’s campaign
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Here, taking a quick look at the early-campaign strategies of Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership candidates. For more analysis on the race…– Pat Atkinson offers her take on what the NDP needs to do while building through the leadership campaign and beyond.– Murray Mandryk focuses largely on Trent Wotherspoon’s crowd as defining
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