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Mar 24, 2025
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It’s not just regular voters who’ll be watching for the next five weeks what happens in the federal election campaign, politicians from other levels of government will be as well.
Saskatchewan Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Jim Reiter called it an important election on Monday.
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“It’s no secret where our government’s been on the federal Liberal government, (which) over the last numbers of years have put a number of laws and policies in place that have damaged our economy, the economy of Western Canada,” said Reiter.
He wouldn’t explicitly say whether he wanted people not to vote for the Liberal party, instead saying he wanted people to look at the party platforms and consider what’s happened in the province in the last few years.
“And I would encourage everybody to get out and vote,” said Reiter.
He also pointed to a list of things Premier Scott Moe wanted from Prime Minister Mark Carney, which was published to social media on Friday. It included reaching out to China on its tariffs on Canadian canola and seafood, committing to no export tariffs in the U.S. trade war, and the complete removal of the carbon tax.
Today was my first opportunity to speak with Prime Minister Carney, and probably my last opportunity to do so before a federal election is called.
On behalf the province and people of Saskatchewan, I call on the Prime Minister to commit to the following:
1. Reach out… pic.twitter.com/X9zYD9Wb2Z
— Scott Moe (@PremierScottMoe) March 21, 2025
Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck published her own list on Monday, which she sent in a letter to all the federal party leaders vying to become the prime minister.
“These are important questions, these are important areas of decision that I think people in this province want to know before they mark their ballot in the upcoming election,” said Beck.
The letter said she was asking for a commitment from the leaders on these needs of Saskatchewan people.
The list includes expanding trade infrastructure, getting rid of the federal carbon tax, and pushing back the 2035 timeline for reaching net-zero on the electricity grid.
Today, I wrote to the leaders of Canada’s three major political parties outlining a series of Saskatchewan priorities for the next Prime Minister.
The Saskatchewan NDP is focused on the future and a big part of that is having an ambitious and thoughtful federal government in… pic.twitter.com/xTRRlP1CX6
— Carla Beck (@CarlaBeckSK) March 24, 2025
Beck believes the ground has shifted federally, and there’s a willingness for change.
Whether she gets a personal response or not, Beck said she’ll be looking for the issues in the federal platforms, and she encouraged Saskatchewan voters to look for clear answers on the issues as well.
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