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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
This Murray Mandryk column is interesting. As I mentioned briefly in the Cumberland by-election results, it is clear that some kind of rot has settled into the Saskatchewan NDP. More than 6 months after the provincial election that saw the party booted from public office after a 16 year run in government, the socialist party is holding its own, and that is about all that can be said. There doesn't...
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Buckdog (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Joan Beatty was a Saskatchewan NDP cabinet minister in the government of Lorne Calvert. She vacated her provincial seat to run in a federal byelection in the riding of Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River. She lost. Today, there is a byelection in her abandoned provincial constituency AND Ms. Beatty has also announced that she will be a Liberal candidate again in the next federal campaign. -Voters go...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Political fundraising is finally being discussed in Saskatchewan.This debate is coming about a year too late in this province. Former Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert had the opportunity every day that he was Premier to introduce legislation that would have put some boundaries in place for political fundraising in Saskatchewan. Yet, it is only now that his Saskatchewan NDP is in opposition, and when...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Wow! Holy shit! It has actually occurred to Premier Brad Wall, that maybe, his government should try to reduce and/or eliminate Saskatchewan's public debt! That must have been quite a revelation! Well no shit Sherlock!As for Saskatchewan NDP Leader Lorne Calvert saying debt reduction "should not be the single focus here", I respectfully and fundamentally disagree with him.As it says in the Leader Post...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
I see I missed this. I can't say that I am surprised that Calvert is going to stick around for at least another year. Actually, I don't think Lorne plans to exit the Saskatchewan NDP leadership at all. And, since the party lacks a mechanism for leadership review, in theory, Calvert can stay where he is for as long as he likes. What incentive is there for Calvert to retire? With the Wall Government...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Premier Brad Wall says he will lobby for a new federal-provincial deal for Saskatchewan worth as much, or more, than the equalization plan that infuriated former premier Lorne Calvert.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Joan Beatty made a mistake leaving the NDP to run for the Liberals federally and the decision will cost her at the ballot box, Saskatchewan NDP Leader Lorne Calvert says.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/26/2007
Former Saskatchewan premier Lorne Calvert and his New Democrats are getting ready for life in Opposition.
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John Murney's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2007
Lorne Calvert isn't wasting any time holding Premier Brad Wall's feet to the fire over yesterday's comments about the state of the provine's books! It seems our former Premier is stepping up to the plate to be a genuine Opposition Leader.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/23/2007
Suggestions from the Saskatchewan Party that the NDP left government finances in a mess have been vigorously denied by former premier Lorne Calvert.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 11/22/2007
Yesterday, Brad Wall made the successful transition from Premier-Elect to Premier. He also completed a Premier?s hardest task ? selecting the Cabinet. According to some, Wall had much more to work with than Lorne Calvert. I am not sure how a career as a police officer makes you qualified to be the Minister of Tourism, but I guess that when you are talented you get the promotions. Wall's new Cabinet...
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Vive le Canada (Free subscription) | 11/09/2007
The Saskatchewan Party has won a majority in the province's election, handing the New Democrats their first defeat since coming into power in 1991. Brad Wall, the 41-year-old leader of the Saskatchewan Party, will now replace NDP Leader Lorne Calvert...
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Angry in the Great White North (Free subscription) | 11/08/2007
The results of last night's provincial election in Saskatchewan showed the province shift to the right, ejecting Lorne Calvert's NDP in favour of Brad Wall's Saskatchewan Party. One riding in particular interests me. The provincial riding that overlaps the federal riding of Wascana shift hard to the Saskatchewan Party. Federally, that riding is held by Ralph Goodale. Is this a cause for concern for...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/08/2007
A desire for change pushed the NDP out of 16 years of rule in Saskatchewan, but leader Lorne Calvert said the party has no regrets.
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Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy (Free subscription) | 11/08/2007
I’m writing this before polls close, and it goes live before I’m back from work, so please troll to your heart's content. Tell me how much longer Lorne Calvert will rule the most square province in the country? If you say anything longer than “2 hours”, I’ll have something funny/terrifying to read when I get [...]
