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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Accidental Deliberations: Leadership 2013 Roundup
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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Trent’s Website: LINK On the campaign front, Trent Wotherspoon has release his newest campaign plank that focuses on addressing the problems (and causes) of poverty within Saskatchewan. Provided at the top of this post is a link to Trent’s page, but we will summarize the points made there here. The
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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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And rounding out this long string of posts, comes the latest from Trent Wotherspoon’s campaign. In addition to his campaigning around the province; Trent’s team has release their first policy guideline revolving around education in our province. (LINK) Trent has drawn heavily on his own background in teaching, and on
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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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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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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
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: A Quick Break from the Provincial Race to Bring You…
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
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As mentioned in my previous post, today will be a look at what I gleaned from attending a Trent Wotherspoon event here in Saskatoon the other day. For the most part, it was a pretty standard event. It was fairly well attended, coffee and tea and treats were served, and
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: 4. Trent Wotherspoon
Trent Wotherspoon Slogan: Forward Together Initial Thoughts: Again, due to the similarities with Ryan’s “Better Together” slogan, some of the impact is diminished with this slogan. However, despite the similarities, there are also some differences. Whereas Ryan’s slogan suggests bringing people together, Trent’s slogan seems to suggest more that no
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Source: Prince Albert Herald Of the candidates thus far, it seems that Trent Wotherspoon is getting the jump on having the most public appearances; as the candidate sat down with a group of people in Prince Albert this week, and will be heading to Saskatoon this coming week. While all
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
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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