Chris Selley in the National Post Your results may vary, of course. Earlier in January, Ekos tagged Mr. Harper with a whopping 59% disapproval rating, against 34% approval — so, a -25% approval deficit. (Bob Rae, by comparison, had 44% approval against 24% disapproval.) That sounds bad. But in September 2010, the last time Ekos [...]
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The State of the Debate on Housing Right Now in Saskatchewan
This comes from a December 14, 2011 Question Period in the Legislature. Direct from Hansard Ms. Chartier Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Social Services has been housing many people in hotels like the Coachman, the Sunrise and the Quality Inn in Regina. There’s been one man who’s had to call the Coachman home for [...]
No Social Services Checks before Christmas
From Joe Couture of The StarPhoenix A Saskatchewan Party government decision to change the date January social assistance cheques are released to after Christmas from before has come under fire from the NDP Opposition. As of 2011, Social Services changed the date cheques were issued and direct deposits paid to Dec. 29 from Dec. 23. [...]
Really? Is that all you got?
I was just surfing the National Newswatch and I noticed a Google Ad. Here is the larger version. That’s the best the NDP could come up with? Vote NDP and that’s it? Nothing witty? Nothing profound? Nothing at all expect Vote NDP. It’s like they aren’t even trying anymore. Off the top of my head [...]
What went wrong for the Saskatchewan NDP?
The view from Calgary (and the Toronto Star) “The NDP grassroots won’t even go door knocking anymore . . . the party only appeals to the mushy middle,” says Mitch Diamantopoulos, head of the journalism school at the University of Regina, a longtime activist and observer of Saskatchewan politics. For Diamantopoulos, the problems began in [...]
Brian Topp
Last week I got an invitation from Pat Atkinson to meet NDP leadership candidate Brian Topp at Amigo’s Cantina last night. I have always been fascinated by NDP leadership races, partly because they make absolutely no sense to me and I never know what is going to happen on the convention floor. (yeah I just [...]
Doomsday for the NDP?
Take a look at these poll numbers for the upcoming election. Premier Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party are heading into next month’s election campaign with what may be a level of support unprecedented in the province’s political history, according to a new poll. The Praxis Analytics survey, conducted for the Regina Leader-Post and Saskatoon [...]
Saskatchewan Seat Projections
From ThreeHundredEight.com A couple of interesting things to note. The Saskatchewan Party is leading in Saskatoon Eastview and in Meewasin which puts Judy Junor and Frank Quenell’s seats at risk. Both are longtime NDP MLA’s and former cabinet ministers. Quenell has pulled difficult elections out in the past and the 17% Liberal support could easily [...]
