The Campaign Has Started

Make no mistake. The election campaign in our province is now on. Saskatchewan voters may not know exactly when they will be heading to the polls, however, voters can be certain of this: a tired, old NDP government is going to stop at nothing in their desperate attempt to retain power.

First came grants to communities far and wide under the “Building Communities Program”. The community projects given extra money are by and large worthy of support. However, you have to ask yourself: Why was this spending delayed until the weeks before an election call?

Then came the bus advertisements featuring a wolf covered in sheep’s clothing. A brochure obtained and released to the media by the Saskatchewan Party showed the bus ads were part of a broader attempt to suggest the Saskatchewan Party had a hidden agenda that included privatization of the crowns, private for profit health care and a lower minimum wage for our young people. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Who, in fact, had the hidden agenda? Well it appears it was the Calvert NDP. Someone in their campaign headquarters failed to mention to the City of Regina that these were political ads that would go against city policy. The city has a policy that prohibits ads considered demeaning or defamatory on busses. Once the true nature of the ads was discovered, the city pulled down the advertising. Funny, the NDP were adamant the Liberals take down bus ads in 1998 that said “Save The Plains” (hospital) because the NDP considered them political. The ads were removed, and they weren’t even mean-spirited like the wolf campaign!

The NDP have chosen to begin an early pre-election campaign with lies, scare tactics and selective quotations. The people of Saskatchewan will see this for what it is—a desperate attempt to hang on to power.

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