Time for an Abstract Post
With all the last few posts being so specific, I think it’s time we stumbled a little into the abstract for a bit. (I’ve tried to write a few specific…
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Saskatchewan Round-Up
Source: Star Phoenix: Contract Was to Produce Spin, NDP SaysSource: CBC News: Sask. Government Pays to Study Film Tax Credit After it was CutSource: Leader Post: Sask. Party Not Straight…
Saskatchewan Budget Day
Well, it was Budget Day here in Saskatchewan and everyone is stopping to take a moment and examine the budget and the details that it contained. I’ve said before on…
Those Who Can’t Do…
Source: CBC News: Province Won’t Limit Classroom Sizes, Minister Says There certainly is no shortage of things to talk about; from SGI motorcycle rates, to unanimous approval to move forward…
Coming Down the Pipeline
*This post has been amended from it’s original content, due to SK NDP Leader Cam Broten coming out in favour of Keystone; the ** denotes the area where the editing…
Campaign Wrap Up: There’s Got To Be A Morning After
The post is a little later than expected, but I found myself wanting to take a little bit of extra time to digest the events of the weekend, and wrap…
Convention Update: And The Leader Is…
By a very tight margin, of 44 votes, the new leader of the Saskatchewan NDP is Saskatoon-Massey Place MLA. Cam Broten. Broten edged out first ballot leader, Ryan Meili, as…
Convention Update: First Ballot Results
And now for something completely different, we go from talking about the campaign to talking about the convention. As of 1:30pm, the first ballot results are in and are posted…
Editorial Content: The Recuse
In addition to an increased lack of time, I’ve found myself struggling a little to update the blog for a very important reason: I can no longer call myself undecided.…
Campaign Update: Where With Weir?
Well, by now everyone should have heard that Erin Weir has withdrawn from the Sask. NDP Leadership race and thrown his behind Ryan Meili. As mentioned yesterday, it was one…
Campaign Update: An Interesting Development
A media release went out today with regards to a joint announcement from Ryan Meili and Erin Weir coming tomorrow morning. Needless to say, this has started the speculation wheels…
Editorial Content: Compare and Contrast
While Ryan has released his healthcare policy, and we will talk about that in another post, one of the more interesting things to come out the campaign recently has been…
Campaign Update: Ryan Meili
Ryan’s Website: http://www.ryanmei.li/democratic_renewal Best laid plans…No discussion of the debates for now, due to losing the bulk of my weekend. So, we will talk a bit about Ryan’s democratic renewal…
Editorial Content: Some Loose Thoughts
As this race has gone on, I thought it would become more and more clear which candidate I would get behind. As of this posting, that still remains and elusive…
Campaign Update: Cam Broten
The major announcement, which could have some interesting implications on the rest of the leadership race, is the word that Massey Place (Cam’s constituency) now has the most NDP members…
Campaign Update: Trent Wotherspoon
And on wards to Trent Wotherspoon. Trent continues to gather endorsements from both former candidates, caucus members, and party members. Among the ‘featured’ endorsements would be that from Glenn Hagel,…
Campaign Update: Erin Weir
On the Erin Weir campaign front, the campaign picked up the endorsement from two former elected officials in Saskatchewan; MLA Evan Carlson and MP Ron Fisher. For a full list…
Campaign Update: Ryan Meili
Due to some increased time constraints on my schedule, we’re going to modify the way the blog reports on some of the campaign announcements. Up until now I’ve put the…
Notes on the Yorkton Debate
It would seem my own prophecy has come to fruition, as here we are about to talk about the Yorkton Debate before getting to some of the ones that have…
Campaign Update: General Posting
A quick moment to take a look at what the candidates have been up to and any major events that have come out in the last couple of weeks. I’m…