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 [...]
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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 [...]
What I learned
Local MPs performance don’t matter much : NDP’s Vegas candidate won, their English speaking candidate in a 98% francophone riding won, Ken Dryden and Lawrence Cannon lost. Never bring down a minority government when you are behind. Ignatieff thought it was because Canadians weren’t paying attention to him, in truth, we just didn’t like him [...]
Jack Layton’s Long Weekend
So back in 1997 Jack Layton was found in a “massage” parlour according to Toronto Sun crime reporter Sam Pazzano. Pazzano doesn’t have a national profile but according to many reporters last night on Twitter, he has an excellent reputation as a “just the facts” reporter so I tend to believe the story. While Jack [...]
All Candidates Forum in Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar
I got an email from Doug Ramage and the Saskatoon Riversdale Community Association that they are hosting an all-candidates debate on April 28th. All of the candidates except for the incumbent Kelly Block have committed on attending. Hopefully the Conservative campaign will change their mind and decide to participate in this forum. Speaking as an [...]
The Campaigns in Saskatoon
I was looking for a list of nominated Saskatoon candidates for the federal election and I realized that none listed, even the Liberals don’t have a complete list of nominated candidates on their site (same thing happened under Stephane Dion) and while the NDP don’t have a list of their candidates anywhere. So after spending [...]
My political worldview
Economically (apparently I prefer deficits) and on defence spending I agree with the Conservatives but on Senate Reform, Quebec, and Moral Values, I am with the Liberals. It’s kind of a fun survey but I realized that locally I find myself politically at odds with four of the city councillors at the left end of [...]
Meet Michael Ignatieff
I am not sure if these make a big difference (anyone remember the Stephen Harper sweater vest commercials) but this does show a picture of Michael Ignatieff that isn’t often shown in the media. I am actually a little surprised that other political leaders haven’t done similar videos. Unless I missed something it was one [...]
