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Time for Cam Broten to belly up to the bar and start kicking some Wall right-wing butt!
May 14, 2015 - 5:18pm
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June 21, 2015 - 9:03pm
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Not necessarily in fitting with this thread title but good for Cam to do this.
NDP calls for ’60s Scoop apology
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/calls+Scoop+apology/11155297/story.html
Otherwise get out of the way now and let someone else do it.
Both Broten and Horgan need to be strong aliies to Notley as she will now be subjected to a full court press by the right.
The problem isn't the Saskatchewan NDP, it is the popularity and likability of Premier Brad Wall. Once he is gone anything could happen.
In the meantime, it can't hurt for Broten to show at least a little Tommy Douglas-style "prarie fire". What could he possibly have to lose by bringing the passion? It's not like blandness is working for them on any level.
Come on Cam, get going. Now's the time.
Premier Brad Wall faces tough new political reality
Instead, Wall will now stand out as the primary obstacle to agreement in many areas - both among the Prairie provinces in regional discussions, and among wider groups of provinces working on issues such as climate change.
And many of Wall's policy priorities now look utterly out of place compared to Saskatchewan's neighbours.
Lobbying for pipelines designed to transport oil primarily from Alberta was always a bizarre choice for the government of Saskatchewan. But it will look all the more misplaced now that Rachel Notley has acknowledged that the fight over Keystone XL isn't worth pursuing on behalf of the oil sector. And to the extent Notley succeeds where the PCs have failed in winning social license for a more focused set of export options, even some of Wall's energy backers may find themselves changing allegiances.
Likewise, privatized health services might have been easier to sell when Alberta's PC government was always several steps ahead on the road toward corporate medicine. But with Notley's NDP having been elected to defend rather than sell off public services, Wall will now need to justify his own preference to put profit before patients.
At the same time, many of the corporate donors who have helped Wall into his current position figure to be calling in favours - which might explain why Wall feels the need to go out of his way to present controversial plans such as privatized MRIs even as he faces greater challenges in trying to answer for them.
But if Wall is facing pressure from the business sector to cheerlead even more for them to make up for the loss of Alberta's bully pulpit, those new demands will significantly reduce his ability to pretend to have voters' interests in mind.
The more Wall feels compelled to act like the heir to the Alberta PC throne, the sooner he figures to meet a similar fate at the hands of Saskatchewan's voters.
http://www.leaderpost.com/business/Fingas+Premier+Brad+Wall+faces+tough+...
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NDP critical of surgery changes in Regina
NDP links changes to provincial budget
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ndp-critical-of-surgery-chang...
Get going Cam or get out of the way!
Alberta NDP win boosting hopes, spirits of Saskatchewan New Democrats
http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/05/22/alberta-ndp-win-boosting-hop...
Hundreds descend on Regina for NDP convention
Broten: "It's about coming together"
http://www.cjme.com/story/hundreds-descend-regina-ndp-convention/556626
So, no change there.
So, no change there.
Yes, and I do not understand the undying loyalty to the people who oversaw the destruction of the organization.