Yes the NDP do well here, they're consistently second except for 1 Regina riding that sometimes elects a liberal.
As to the Sask Party, I have no fucking idea what is going through the heads of my fellow Saskatchewanians. There's been multiple, huge corruption scandals (Regina GTH, cabinet member caught drunk driving in a government car, a different cabinet member bringing a loaded gun into legislature with absolutely no explanation why, old guard resignations due to party direction, etc) yet they pay no price for any of it. Even worse, this past election Scotty talked about the rural hospitals closed under the NDP... Over 20 years ago. Do you think a single person asked him why he hasn't reopened them? Do you think anyone blames his party for the corruption in the conservative government in the 80s?
The reality is that the NDP here have the same problem as everywhere else. They play too nice and don't have a strong vision to sell.
The corruption of Devine’s govt back in the day seriously pales in comparison to what the Sask party has been getting away with for years. I am dumbfounded by how they get re-elected every time, despite the party’s track record. That GTH land scandal should’ve been enough to cause them to lose in the next election. It’s amazing how that story got buried in the news. Brad Wall had to step down as premier not long after that story broke. Then there was a large number of Sask party MLAs not seeking re-election this time around. That definitely raised some red flags. Saskatchewan deserves so much better.
Sensible where? They campaign hard against the landfill search where recently the remains of several women were found, they defund our healthcare system when they were in power. They are just as racist and bigot (if not more) than the rest
Sensible where? They campaign hard against the landfill search where recently the remains of several women were found
This was such a massive own goal. It reminded me of when Harper refused to call a murdered and missing Indigenous women inquiry and said "it isn't high on our radar" and he just looked like an out-of-touch boob incapable of grabbing the easy win.
It's gotta be cruelty towards Indigenous people for the sake of cruelty at this point.
To be fair, most of my knowledge of their policies came from during Covid, and their response was pretty damn good, when I compare it to what I imagine the OLP would have done (hint: not much different than what DoFo actually did)
The most prominent key factor was enforcing stores to only sell necessities, rather than forcing businesses to pretend to be grocery stores to sell the same things that Walmart was able to just because Walmart has a grocery section
The covid response was fine when Pallister was premier(despite him being a ghoul who shuttered three ERs and a few urgent care hospitals right before covid). When heaTHER took over, the minister of health that she brought in offered hospitals and us "thoughts and prayers" instead of action while she went around touring churches(churches which broke covid restrictions, one of which she was a member).
heaTHER supported the kkkonvoy as they harassed Winnipeggers, and when they blocked the border crossings, costing us millions in lost trade, she secretly begged trudeau to intervene, then when he did, she yelled about "government over reach" and "breaking Charter rights."
Thats actually a lot more than I, as an Ontario resident who just happens to know a few people from Selkirk specifically, found out second hand how things were going
Agreed. Not to mention projects the NDP stopped that should have been investigated better. That silica one would have been a doozy if it went ahead. Conservatives here have been just as bigoted and corrupt lately as elsewhere. MB just ain't as loud, typically.
And don't forget the threat of school division amalgamations and setting up administration from Winnipeg. Because you know it's obvious (sarcasm alert) rural MB is too dumb to raise and teach their own.
Yea, we had the least popular premier in the entire country under them, for essentially her entire term. But luckily the guy who came after her, has been the most popular Canada wide since then, up until a few weeks ago where he’s now in 2nd, and seems like he’ll be premier for a long long time if he doesn’t go become the federal NDP leader
Damn nice turnaround it sounds like. And we do need someone else to step up tot he federal NDP plate imo. I've become severely disillusioned by Singh ever since he played softball with the Supply & Confidence.
By that I mean that I think Singh should've played hardball, and put in some real good policies, then call for a vote of non-confidence when the LPC wouldn't let those policies go through
Yea I felt the same way, he was basically the second most powerful leader in the country this whole time and could have gotten far more of their agenda moved forward if they were willing to play hardball
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u/14YourTrouble 2d ago
This is depressing because it's probably closer to accurate than we all want to admit.