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Sask. United Party nominates first candidates

The Saskatchewan United Party has officially nominated their first candidate.

Cody Lockhart was named the party’s candidate for Rosthern-Shellbrook. Lockhart was acclaimed. Originally from Alberta, he worked in the oil field and owned a construction company in Red Deer. He is an RM councillor for Canwood and farms in the area.

This week SUP made it official that MLA Nadine Wilson would carry the party’s banner in her riding of Saskatchewan Rivers, and party leader Jon Hromek would once again challenge the riding of Lumsden-Morse.

The Saskatchewan United Party has only contested one by-election in the past. Last year in Lumsden-Morse the party placed second with 22% of the vote. There are currently no more nominations publicly scheduled for the party.

Sask. United collected over half a million dollars in donations last year, with $200,000 from Hromek’s company alone. The party has spent thousands on advertising and social media content, but the last Saskatchewan poll had the party at less than 5% support.

This brings the total number of candidates nominated by the party to three. The next-to-obsolete Progressive Conservative Party has nominated five candidates, the Buffalo Party has nominated three candidates, and the Green Party has nominated 16 candidates. The Saskatchewan Party has 50 candidates and the NDP has nominated 42. The Progress Party has no candidates nominated.

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NDP, seniors raise concerns over living conditions

Some Saskatoon seniors are voicing their concerns about their living conditions at Scott and Forget Towers.

NDP MLAs Meara Conway and Matt Love were at the properties and held a news conference this week. Conway said, “The answer to 17 years of Sask. Party mismanagement and neglect is not to throw everyone together in one building without planning and the right resources.”

The seniors are voicing their concerns after individuals with complex needs and addictions were placed in some units. In the past weeks, there have been reports of a fire in an elevator and feces smeared on the walls.

One senior told a reporter, “Nobody should be homeless, but mixing addicts with seniors is not the answer.” Another said, '“I see the civic and provincial governments as offloading all these people, the homeless, the addicted, the mental health cases, onto seniors.”

Roger Parenteau, executive director of the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation said that individuals with complex needs are not getting “mixed in” with seniors. Parenteau noted that Scott and Forget Towers are for low-income people over the age of 55 to let them live independently and meet the requirements of senior social housing.

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Each week leading up to the 2024 election, The SKoop Political Briefing will highlight a constituency that has nominated a candidate from at least both major parties. Today, we look at Regina Coronation Park. There is a slight change in the ridings boundary and is a north-central constituency that includes Uplands and Highland Park.

The incumbent: Noor Burki was first elected for the NDP in a 2023 by-election. Born in Pakistan, Burki immigrated to Canada in 2003 and owns and operates a driver training school.

The challenger: Riaz Ahmad was the Sask. Party candidate in last year’s by-election, setting up a rematch this fall. Also born in Pakistan, Ahmad immigrated to Canada in 2013 and works at a family-owned pest control business.

The takeaway: Coronation Park is safe NDP territory. Burki won the riding by over 25 points in the by-election against the same candidate. The NDP has historically held this seat but former Sask. Party MLA Mark Docherty held the riding for three terms.

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