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Carla Beck made history on Sunday afternoon in Regina, becoming the first woman elected to lead the Saskatchewan NDP.
Beck received 3,244 votes to Kaitlyn Harvey's 1,492 in the race, held after Ryan Meili's announced in February that he would be stepping down as leader.
"The only way I can thank you is to take back this province," Beck said after her victory.
Beck said the NDP are the party that can deliver the change people are looking for.
"We can win and then we can deliver the positive change and the future we all want for our province," she said.
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veerpaldaasi · 2 years
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A human being after acquiring the refuge of a true master or Guru must worship the true God for eternal peace and happiness.
Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj is the only true Guru in this world who guarantees peace happiness and salvation.
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The Holy Scriptures of Christianity and Islam proves that the Creator of the entire nature, the Destroyer of all sins, the Almighty, Eternal God is in visible human-like form and resides in Satlok. His name is Kabir, and is also called 'Allahu Akbar'.
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toge-bi · 4 months
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this plus this is so fucking embarrassing like holy fuck the sask party needs to die. pure misery. of course he invited danielle smith, they just feed off of each other's fascism and capitalist dick sucking it's so disgusting.
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roadwarrior1157 · 2 years
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Sask NDP Refuse To Invite Jagmeet Singh To Convention
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studentprotests · 2 years
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After heated debate, Sask. NDP votes to cancel plan to invite Jagmeet Singh to its convention..
One delegate said there are constituents who would vote for the Saskatchewan NDP but don’t like how the federal NDP has propped up the Trudeau government..
https://nationalpost.com/news/local-news/sask-politics/sask-ndp-cancels-plan-to-invite-jagmeet-singh-to
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espanolnews · 2 years
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Enlaces de senderos de migas de pan saskatchewan Sask. Política A Rod Johnson le dijeron que una resonancia magnética tardaría cuatro o cinco meses. Preocupado por la larga espera, está dispuesto a pagar para hacerlo antes. Rod Johnson afuera de su casa el miércoles en Regina. Foto de TROY FLEECE /Poste de líder de Regina Contenido del artículo Frustrado por su dolor continuo, Rod Johnson está preparado para juntar el dinero que necesita para pagar una resonancia magnética que desearía poder hacerse antes. Anuncio 2 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo Johnson dijo el miércoles que un funcionario de salud pública le dijo que pasarían cuatro o cinco meses antes de que pudiera hacerse una resonancia magnética sin cargo. La alternativa, dijo, era pagar $ 1,000 por un escaneo privado y hacerlo en una línea de tiempo más rápida. “Simplemente no creo que para mí y miles y miles de personas, que sospecho que son en su mayoría personas mayores o con ingresos fijos, debamos aportar este dinero”, dijo Johnson por teléfono. “Siento que me veo obligado a pagar por ello, y lo pagaré si es necesario. Es como si se hubiera convertido en un sistema de dos niveles”. Johnson se encuentra entre las miles de personas en la lista de espera de Saskatchewan para una resonancia magnética o tomografía computarizada. Según el tablero en línea del gobierno provincial, el tiempo de espera promedio para una resonancia magnética a partir de marzo fue de 86 días, un aumento del 53,8 por ciento con respecto a los 55,9 días de abril de 2015. Anuncio 3 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo Las esperas para tomografías computarizadas fueron un promedio de 73,2 días en marzo, un aumento del 201,2 % con respecto a los 24,3 días de abril de 2015. El tablero indicaba que 10.487 personas esperaban una resonancia magnética el 31 de marzo y 9.523 esperaban una tomografía computarizada ese mismo día. Cuando el funcionario de salud pública le dijo a Johnson que “miles y miles” estaban esperando, se sorprendió. “Quiero decir, ahí es donde saltan las alarmas en mi cabeza”, dijo. “Estoy enojado por el hecho de que si hay miles y miles esperando, no soy el único que espera una simple resonancia magnética. Me hace preguntarme, ¿a dónde fueron a parar todos los dólares de la atención médica?”. Johnson ha estado tomando medicamentos recetados para controlar su dolor. Dijo que no quiere que las píldoras conduzcan a la adicción. Su seguro médico tampoco cubre el costo total. Anuncio 4 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo “Me preocupa más volverme adicto si tengo que continuar”, dijo. Conocido como el sistema uno por uno, Saskatchewan permite que los pacientes paguen por un escaneo, pero requiere que las clínicas privadas proporcionen una resonancia magnética gratuita a alguien en la lista de espera pública dentro de los 14 días. La provincia ha defendido el sistema como uno que ayuda a sacar a las personas de la lista de espera, pero el NDP de la oposición y algunos expertos en políticas de salud argumentan que no ha funcionado como se anuncia. En 2020, por ejemplo, el auditor provincial descubrió que las clínicas privadas no cumplían con los plazos para las exploraciones gratuitas. Ese mismo año, la provincia adjudicó un contrato a Mayfair, una empresa privada, para abordar el atraso. De manera similar, la provincia ha presentado planes adicionales para financiar públicamente a operadores privados para realizar cirugías de cadera y rodilla para reducir la acumulación de aproximadamente 35,000 personas. Anuncio 5 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo Rod Johnson se sienta en la única silla en su sala de estar que no causa mucho dolor al entrar o salir el miércoles.
Foto de TROY FLEECE /Poste de líder de Regina El gobierno provincial ha dicho que las esperas de MRI se deben a una población creciente y envejecida. Tom McIntosh, profesor de la Universidad de Regina especializado en políticas de salud, dijo que la ralentización de los servicios de atención médica durante los primeros meses de la pandemia contribuyó al retraso. Además, las personas que se demoraron en buscar un diagnóstico ahora están comenzando a hacerlo, agregó. “No me sorprende que esto esté sucediendo, que tengamos personas en listas de espera durante largos períodos de tiempo”, dijo. “Y cada vez más, las personas que están en un nivel significativo de angustia, creo que este retraso puede aumentar el retraso en someterse a una cirugía si es hacia donde los apunta la tomografía computarizada o la resonancia magnética”. Bashir Jalloh, presidente de Cupe Local 5430, dijo en abril que parte del personal público de resonancia magnética se fue a trabajar a una clínica privada, lo que resultó en situaciones de escasez de personal y listas de espera más largas. Anuncio 6 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo Hablando durante una reunión del comité ese mes, el ministro de Salud, Paul Merriman, dijo que el sistema privado no compite con el sistema público. El Ministerio de Salud dijo en un comunicado el miércoles que continúa mejorando el acceso a los servicios de resonancia magnética aumentando el gasto. Dijo que realizó 53,800 resonancias magnéticas en 2021-22, un aumento del 11 por ciento con respecto a 2020-21. El presupuesto de 2022-23 incluyó 1,2 millones de dólares para aumentar los volúmenes de resonancia magnética para otros 1750 pacientes, agregó. Mayfair dijo en un correo electrónico el miércoles que no podía comentar sobre las listas de espera o la escasez de personal. McIntosh dijo que es posible que se necesite más dinero en el sistema para abordar las necesidades inmediatas. Agregó que una lista de espera quirúrgica centralizada podría ayudar. La idea es que los pacientes recibirían ayuda más rápido si fueran enviados a un grupo central de cirujanos. Anuncio 7 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo Para Johnson, cree que hacerse una resonancia magnética lo antes posible lo ayudará a comprender por qué tiene dolor y, con suerte, lo guiará por un camino que lo verá mejorar. “No quiero vivir en esta condición por el resto de mis días”, dijo. “Tengo nietos con los que quiero jugar. Tengo cosas que hacer a los 72 años”. [email protected] Las noticias parecen estar volando hacia nosotros más rápido todo el tiempo. Desde las actualizaciones de COVID-19 hasta la política y el crimen y todo lo demás, puede ser difícil mantenerse al día. Con eso en mente, Regina Leader-Post ha creado un boletín informativo Afternoon Headlines que se puede enviar diariamente a su bandeja de entrada para asegurarse de que esté actualizado con las noticias más importantes del día. Haga clic aquí para suscribirse. Comparte este artículo en tu red social Anuncio 1 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Titular de publicación de líder de Regina Regístrese para recibir noticias de primera plana diarias de Regina Leader-Post, una división de Postmedia Network Inc. Al hacer clic en el botón de registro, acepta recibir el boletín informativo anterior de Postmedia Network Inc. Puede darse de baja en cualquier momento haciendo clic en el enlace para darse de baja en la parte inferior de nuestros correos electrónicos. Red Postmedia Inc. | 365 Bloor Street Este, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4 | 416-383-2300 Gracias por registrarte! Un correo electrónico de bienvenida está en camino. Si no lo ves, revisa tu carpeta de correo no deseado. El próximo número de Regina Leader Post Headline News pronto estará en su bandeja de entrada.
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mtariqniaz · 2 years
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Freeze funding for Sask. Christian school facing 'sickening' abuse allegations: Opposition, students
Freeze funding for Sask. Christian school facing ‘sickening’ abuse allegations: Opposition, students
Provincial government funding to a Saskatoon Christian school must be frozen in light of  a series of abuse allegations, says the leader of the NDP Opposition. “I’m heartbroken to think this was the experience that shaped these young lives,” Carla Beck said Wednesday. Some former students of Saskatoon’s Christian Centre Academy, now called Legacy Christian Academy, are going even further. They…
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onlyexplorer · 2 years
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Mandryk: NDP debate shows why he has a bigger problem with his base
Mandryk: NDP debate shows why he has a bigger problem with his base
Breadcrumb Links Columnists The NDP’s problem is the same as Sask’s. A party that also fears losing fringe support if its policies do not cater to all the whims of the fringe. Publication date : June 04, 2022 • 52 minutes ago • 3 minute read • Join the conversation NDP leadership hopefuls Kaitlyn Harvey (left) and Carla Beck offered different visions on Thursday night, but may also have…
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NDP candidate Nathaniel Teed scored a resounding victory in the Saskatoon Meewasin byelection on Monday.
Teed received almost 57 per cent of the vote, beating four other candidates to win the riding previously held by former NDP leader Ryan Meili.
Teed will now sit in the provincial legislature on the Opposition bench beside 11 of his NDP colleagues.
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kayla1993-world · 2 years
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Tank: Sask. premier's Moe-jo may be departing with Alberta's Kenney | The Star Phoenix
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney quit as leader of his party, but some wonder whether he also quit as de facto leader of the governing party in his home province of Saskatchewan.
Many see Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe as so much a reflection of Kenney in terms of policy and strategy that you can’t help but wonder whether he’s got it all wrong.
What will he do without his mentor? Who will Moe copycat now?
One of Kenney’s most-referenced blunders was declaring the “best summer ever” in June 2021 before the lifting of pandemic restrictions.
As with Alberta, Saskatchewan suffered through one of the worst stretches in Canada during the pandemic last fall, with Moe only reluctantly opting to impose restrictions after Kenney had.
Moe takes an almost identical approach to foreign relations to Kenney’s, relying on western victimization and bashing of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the carbon tax.
Yet Kenney was consumed by the conflict within his own party and challenges to his leadership from the right wing inside his party.
Five years ago, Kenney arrived from a career in federal politics as a conquering conservative hero to unite the right and defeat the NDP in Alberta.
Moe trailed Kenney until the fourth ballot when he topped 30 percent for the first time.
If you had to guess who of England’s current party leaders would be the most likely to be replaced in less than five years due to internal division, you probably would have predicted Moe to be the man to end up at the top instead of Ed Miliband.
But the forces that doomed Kenney in Alberta also exist in Saskatchewan, except perhaps the serious threat the NDP poses to any right-wing party.
Saskatchewan’s governing party, the Saskatchewan Party, is under threat from a challenge from two new right-wing parties—True North Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan United Party—as well as an attempt by the Buffalo Party to join together.
Yet Moe has mostly given people opposed to vaccine mandates everything they wanted, starting with leading Canada in ending pandemic mandates despite the threat to public safety. More than 400 people have died of COVID-19 this year.
None of that proved enough for some in Saskatchewan—and it’s not just the right-wingers who want their way. If you try too hard to accommodate the right-wingers, you alienate the moderates, the so-called middle that is crucial to election wins, which the Saskatchewan Party has courted so successfully.
We see this dynamic playing out in the federal Conservative Party’s bid to take control of the House of Commons from the New Democrats. Pierre Poilievre’s bid to oppose pandemic mandates, supporting anti-mandate protesters and pandering to conspiracy theorists is part of an ongoing battle between the left and right in the Canadian political class over how best to address climate change.
Poilievre’s campaign website claims the support of 21 Saskatchewan Party MLAs, including cabinet ministers Dustin Duncan and Christine Tell.
Moe’s critics fail to give him credit for his political shrewdness, but no leader trying to hold together a centre-right coalition can avoid certain realities. A tent can only hold so many before it bursts.
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karalianne · 7 years
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I just saw someone comment on a friend’s Facebook status that they hoped Brad Wall would run for leader of the federal Conservative party.
First of all, he’s leader of the Saskatchewan Party.
Second of all, he is a complete and utter DISASTER provincially. He would be horrible federally.
What the hell, people?
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Hey hapo what's with the sea of blue in sask and Alberta during the election like did Sheer make that good of an impression on Sask voters??? NDP is option??
sea of blue you say? obviously we created our own blue sea since we’re not allowed access to tidewater JKJKJKJK
this is a really complicated question and I’m trying to think about how best to explain it. my feelings on the issue are very mixed because i feel like i have a foot or a hand in several camps like some convoluted twister game. it’s something that a lot of identity and emotion is tied up in for a lot of people and it’s rooted very firmly in inequalities that have existed for over a century and get expressed differently in different regions. It’s something that I grew up saturated in and I’ve done a lot of reading about (and of course there’s always more on my reading list) but I’ll try and highlight a few reasons that I’ve been musing about so as not to be too overwhelming. 
it’s something that is really hard to explain to people from outside the province because we’re quick to be written off (sometimes rightfully so, others not) but it’s something that’s equally hard to explain to people inside the province. As I said it’s something we’re all saturated in, we are born into it or we grow up in it and it’s really hard to confront a lot of things surrounding it. And I definitely have my own biases and background and relation to this issue and I must stress that as furious as I am with people in large groups making dumb ass decisions, I can’t be angry at individuals because I get a lot of why this happens even though I find it personally misguided or ignorant at best and actively harmful, selfish, and self-sabotaging at worst. But when I explain this I hope it makes sense why for a lot of people it feels like the only option.
And my last preface is that I am speaking from an Alberta perspective, if my followers in Saskatchewan want to add on to this please feel free. I’m glossing over a lot here because I’m trying to keep this short and understandable… but when have I ever done that lol.
Yeah, it got long.
so why does the west go conservative. it’s not scheer, and if you remember harper you’ll remember personality is never high on our list of priorities. [insert gif of harper explaining how he too is a human who watches netflix here] 
1. History 
To sum up two hundred years: Alberta and Saskatchewan were never equal partners in confederation with other provinces. They were purchased and carved up by the Canadian government which then imposed the two party system on the provinces, which prior had consensus government which (i believe) was similar to how NWT and Nunavut continue to operate. They were not given the rights to their own resources until decades after joining confederation. They were given Liberal governments because the Liberals were and are considered the “natural” governing party of Canada, and while Saskatchewan has flopped between Liberal and Conservative governments like many eastern provinces, Alberta has always had a radical streak and has NEVER re-elected an unseated party in its history. And no, I don’t consider the UCP a continuation of the previous 4 decades of conservative rule, even though they imagine themselves to be the inheritors of that legacy. 
Fast forward to the direct impacts: in the 70s, world events that severely impacted oil production caused Eastern Canada to absolutely panic and force Alberta and Saskatchewan (yet again) into providing discounts on their production to soften the blow in Ontario and Quebec of rising prices, forbidding them to sell for a profit to the United States. This included both oil products and potash, hugely lucrative products in AB and SK. It was a continuation of Eastern Canada imagining and treating the prairies as property, as chattel, where provinces like Quebec and BC would never be asked to undersell to benefit the rest of the country. 
The current federal conservative party is an amalgamation of reactions to this situation and related ones: the Progressive party (which was a complete misnomer) originated in Manitoba, the Reform party emerged from what I understand as the “first wave” of western separatism, and even though Reform was defeated federally it is still a direct ancestor to Stephen Harper and by extension Andrew Scheer. Harper’s policies are the natural product of decades of conservative governments dating back to Preston and Earnest Manning’s Social Credit party in Alberta.
That said, people from both inside and outside the provinces completely misunderstand Harper’s (and Kenney’s) “Western-ness” or “Albertan-ness”. Both of them ran on western issues and appear to speak up for western interests, but those issues and interests only go as far as the CEOs of the oil companies are concerned, not the working class in the industry. Harper and Kenney actively undermined the equalization formula for the west and had the gall to campaign on striking a good deal for the west. Federal politicians do not have to ever strike a good deal for the west, they will ALWAYS prioritize voters in Ontario and Quebec so long as our voting system remains this way. 
2. Identity
My next point in the long agonizing question of Why This is a sensitive one. In Alberta we have my parent’s generation who were voting age at the toppling of Social Credit by Lougheed’s Conservatives. For Alberta this was a monumental shift in taking no shit from Ottawa that people still look back on. Lougheed was a hero for demanding a fair price from Canada for Alberta, and he was incredibly concerned with managing the resource and the profits wisely. While conservative governments were natural and long standing in eastern Canada, this was the first time they had taken power in Alberta and they made a dramatic and revolutionary impression, which is not a thing that conservative governments are usually known to do. 
My parent’s generation remembers this time of intense prosperity. My parent’s generation raised their children in this boom-bust cycle and my parent’s generation watched as Lougheed’s heritage fund was spent out from under us. I grew up under Ralph Klein’s government- intensely popular for a premier and who’s legacy was as powerful as Lougheed’s, but incredibly polarizing. He gave $300 to every man, woman and child in the province (except my fam because we had just moved back and didn’t have residency, lol) which was memorable if irresponsible. But it was men like Klein who had the charisma and the presence to make people really take pride in the industry, to worship the boom-bust, and to consider all problems solved. Klein did not give a shit about the part of Alberta I grew up in, and friends who lived in the far north of the province fared even worse. It’s absolutely no wonder that the Edmonton area consistently votes “against” the rest of the province when we were left isolated and broken during the bust of the 90s and ignored repeatedly in the mid to late 2000s. 
I have a deep seated and extreme resentment for Ralph Klein’s government and it’s not because I missed out on my 300 Ralph Bucks or because I don’t have connections to the industry, it’s because I grew up with a deep seated fear that I wouldn’t be able to complete my education or that if I got sick something horrible would happen. I was legitimately terrified I would not be able to make it to secondary school because of the cuts his government made on rural schools, and for friends of mine who were not as lucky and well supported as I was, it was even worse. I won’t drag their personal stories onto the internet to make my point, but know 
But the point of this all is that the people alive today who vote are people who remember this time of prosperity, of fighting Ottawa, and of relative ‘freedom’ from taxation and so on and so forth are constantly trying to hold onto that time. The kids in my generation who I went to school with did not have to graduate high school - my school had a 70% drop out rate because people would go straight to the patch or into a related industry. In Alberta, every industry is a related industry. There is not an aspect of living in Alberta that the patch doesn’t touch. This is hard to understand for people outside the province. It was actual culture shock to me to come to Ontario where funders of schools and businesses are families that date back to confederation rather than Enbridge or Suncor. 
Moreover, the people who work in the patch do an incredibly difficult and dangerous job for incredible amounts of money and it’s no wonder they are so valourized. The people who work in the patch are more dependent on the companies than they are on the government. During the fire of 2016, it may have been the government providing evacuation stations, but it was the companies who got people out. Working class people feel seriously undervalued and are obviously seriously defensive about the industry for real, concrete reasons. 
The past four decades have shaped generations of people in this way. This is not something easily reversed. Voting conservative is almost inextricable from Albertan identity and it’s impossible to explain concisely. We all grow up with the same arguments and talking points, we are all imbued with anger and defensive remarks from birth, and to people outside the province our arguments can sound rehearsed to the point of sounding cult-like. Stop Using Plastic If You Don’t Like It. Stop Driving and Flying. Stop Importing from Dictatorships. Stop Being a Hypocrite. They are easy, simple mantras to absolve anyone related to the industry (which is everyone) of any guilt because they don’t have to be a hypocrite if they just embrace the reality. There is no room for any critical thought in this identity, there is no room for discussion, there is nothing beyond Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and Don’t Ever Criticize What Keeps Everything Running. It’s normal and natural to feel upset when people who don’t grow up with this line of thinking find it strange.
3. Alienation
So why doesn’t our valourization of the working class translate directly into NDP votes? Why does Rachel Notley become vilified for speaking and acting as Peter Lougheed did in the 1970s? Why do we continue voting conservative and say thank you when they betray us and kick us in the balls every single time? Why do we cover up our oh-so-shameful history of birthing the CCF/NDP out of the desperation and destitution of the Great Depression? 
As I’ve been saying it’s complicated, but it’s also really simple. No federal party ever speaks to us. Not a single one. The conservatives barely have to because they know our identity as conservative dates back to before a time when we even had a provincial upper-case Conservative government ourselves. Scheer can parade up and down parliament hill with his appeals to free speech and his pro life base and his white supremacist dogwhistles all he likes because he knows keeping Alberta and Saskatchewan “happy” (read: angry) is easy. This is a man who said himself that he doesn’t need ‘indian votes’ to win and he certainly was far more worried about keeping Doug Ford out of the spotlight during his campaign and pissing off Ontario than he was about us, and premier kenney spent all his time in office campaigning for scheer instead of running the goddamn province, including preparing us for an emergency. And we lap it up while screaming bloody murder if rachel notley is not personally handing out waterbottles on the side of the highway of death. 
No party, not even the conservatives, truly speaks to Albertans. We get hated on constantly by the rest of the country because we appear to be full of climate change deniers, but even the CEO of SUNCOR condemns deniers and politicians who cater to them. A lot of Albertans do acknowledge climate change is a reality despite how we’re painted, but because of the misunderstanding we feel directed at us constantly we tend to react badly and would rather hole up in our bunkers and let the rest of the country freeze in the dark - or melt in the sun as it were. No party speaks to working class rural people. No party makes the attempt to speak to people who are still only grappling with already outdated terminology like “global warming” while they are shoveling snow in August or September. No party is talking about actual grievances that working class people in Alberta face, such as long hours away from home and family or intense isolation that leads to addiction and death, that matter more to people than seemingly hypothetical change in climate that happens Elsewhere, not Here. Parties need to start coming up with concrete solutions that will make the inevitable transition more than just necessary but inclusive and beneficial. No one wants to feel like they have to start from scratch, no one wants to worry about what to do or how it will help. We aren’t used to thinking about solving problems, and we keep putting it on the next generation while we make it even harder for them.  
The more we are criticized the more militaristic the vocabulary becomes, and that’s why we provincially voted for a war room and tax cuts while taking the money from school lunch programs. We rest on our laurels of having the lowest child poverty rate in the country while stealing money from children and blaming their parents for them going hungry. It’s abominable. And a lot of us realize it. And a lot of us still feel as if we have no choice. A lot of progressive voices get drowned out in stifling silence and any change feels like an existential threat. We got ourselves into this mess, but we all need to work together to get out of it. And that means listening to the strongest opposition we’ve had in nearly a half century. That means being grown ups and sitting at the table with the rest of the country. That means fighting the gut reaction to sputter out talking points you were taught to say because it meant protecting your family. That also means that we need to be listened to in return without smugness or patronizing attitudes from politicians or the rest of the country. 
If you want us to switch to alternative energy, you all need to step up and start helping us do that. As long as we feel as if it’s being imposed on us we will struggle and we will fight, but it’s exactly why it’s so important to change the tone of the conversation. Listen to us. Help us. Make us feel like we’re part of the country. Give us the tools we need to be better. Encourage us to be leaders in the energy industry because we love being the best and thrive off healthy competition. Appeal to real, concrete issues for working class people with real concrete solutions. 
yeah. uh. [places mic shakily back on the stand] peace im going to bed, fight me or whatever. 
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fawndlymade · 4 years
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I'm very tired and disappointed in my province. We voted out the one NDP candidate in my city, the one that cared about the LGBT+ community, and elected a conservative.
Saskatchewan is blue now, and I'm tired and angry and upset because we can't seem to understand that Conservatives are not helping us. We're the Texas of Canada.
Everyone is acting like Trudeau is the devil, and I honestly don't get it. He's not great but he's not Scheer. And everyone is praising the Sask Party but all they've done is hurt students and many others.
I wish I didn't live here.
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pnwpol · 5 years
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Oct 3, 2019 | Polls suggest that a majority of Canadians view [the climate crisis] as a top election issue. And when we asked readers of The Tyee to identify election questions that they want doggedly pursued, this was the number one pick: “Do you agree Canada should be on an emergency footing regarding climate change, and if so what actions will your party take?”
Close behind was this: “How do we transition to a green economy without causing mass unemployment and upheaval?”
So a week ago, we asked those questions where it might matter most, in four ridings across the country that are already facing dire impacts from global heating and could be transformed beyond recognition over the coming decades. They include Richmond-Centre, B.C.; Prince Albert, Sask.; Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, N.S.; and Nunavut. Last Thursday, The Tyee asked more than a dozen candidates competing in those ridings for their climate emergency plans.
The results were not all that heartening. Only four candidates — two each from the Greens and NDP — provided in-depth responses.
Below is a list of who did, and didn’t, reply — as well as ideas for avoiding catastrophe.
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I was so excited to vote for the first time this year and then someone told me that basically the west’s vote doesn’t really matter so :/ that’s cool
it’s so disheartening how people act like the western vote doesn’t matter :( especially considering that the western provinces (bc, berta, sask, and mani) represent 30.7% of the ridings in the whole country (those seats numbering 42 in bc, 34 in berta,14 in sask, and 14 in mani). 
the election would definitely have turned out differently (specifically for the conservatives) if voters in alberta and saskatchewan hadn’t gone pretty much completely conservative. had there been more diversity in results, we could have ended up another liberal majority, or a closer race between the ndp and the tories.
as someone who lives in bc, it was really frustrating to see some people calling the election before the polls even closed here. it is... so sad that people think they can do that before a whooping 42 seats in my province alone have even been counted. i can’t speak for people in other western provinces, but i’m sure there’s similar feelings. 
i’m not a conservative at all, and i’m so glad my riding went ndp, but anyone who’s acting like western canada’s overall support for the conservatives didn’t impact the results either this year or historically is an idiot. we might not have as much power compared to ontario and quebec, but we definitely influence elections, and can alter the balance of power.
i’m sorry that someone tried to discourage you from voting and made you feel bad, but there are no worthless votes (unless you spoiled your ballot, but i doubt you did). your vote mattered, and so did mine, and everyone else’s as well’. 
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