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Sask. Party, NDP spar over the use of stock photos

We are truly in the dog days of summer.

The Saskatchewan Party took to social media last week to point out that a NDP MLA and candidate for Saskatoon Centre used a stock photo in a post about Saskatchewan farmland.

The post on X stated, “NDP MLA Betty Nippi-Albright recently posted about the price of farmland in Saskatchewan. She posted this picture. Does that look like a SK farm to you? If not, that’s because it’s a stock photo from Chaing Mai, Thailand.”

This post comes a few weeks after the NDP accused the Sask. Party favouring jobs in Putin’s Russia than use a Saskatchewan photo in their YouTube ad attacking the NDP.

At the time, NDP MLA Aleana Young said it was a sloppy mistake, “This is a beautiful province. There’s a lot of people trying to get work in the film and television industry right now. I know when we shoot ads, we shoot in Saskatchewan towns, with Saskatchewan people.” In response, Sask. Party Director Patrick Bundrock said, “People will visit stock sites and pull footage and we pulled that particular clip,” he explained. “We’ll do a better job in the future making sure we vet our clips and the origin of those clips.”

The use stock images and video are very common in digital media products. Agriculture communications professionals like Cole Christensen have recently advocated for better use of Canadian farm stock imagery.

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Canadians prefer provinces standing up to feds

Canadians are used to provinces disagreeing with the federal government.

In the past year, voters watched Scott Moe defy paying the carbon tax on home heating, BC’s David Eby call for changes to equalization, Alberta’s Danielle Smith pick numerous fights with the feds, and Manitoba’s Wab Kinew call for the federal government to reach the 2% of GDP NATO goal on national defence spending.

Angus Reid recently ran a poll titled ‘Play nice or talk tough?’ that surveyed Canadians on their feelings around conflict with Ottawa. The findings say, “Half (51%) say they want their provincial government to stand-up for their province’s interests even if it means disagreement with Ottawa. One-third (35%) would go further and believe their province should do what it takes to defend provincial interests, including refusing to participate in federal initiatives to make a point.”

Two in five Canadians say their Premier does a poor job of standing up to Ottawa. Moe, Kinew, and Smith fared the best by far. The study found, “Two-in-five (42%) in Alberta say Smith is doing a good or excellent job on this front; half (47%) in Saskatchewan say the same of Moe. Kinew (56%) performs best on this metric, though having served for the least amount of time in that position.”

This shows further proof that standing up to Ottawa is a winning political strategy, especially in Saskatchewan and Alberta where a vast majority of the population prefer a ‘tough’ approach.

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Kamala Harris looks to replace Biden as Democratic Party nominee

Joe Biden shocked the world over the weekend by announcing he would stand down as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

The move comes after three weeks of speculation and calls from senior Democrats for the President to reconsider after a disastrous debate performance. The announcement was made on X and has been viewed more than 375 million times, demonstrating the power of social media. Later in the day, Biden endorsed his vice president as the candidate.

Kamala Harris accepted his endorsement, saying she wants to earn and win the nomination. In just 24 hours, she raised over $80 million for her campaign, the highest donation period for the Democrats ever. Harris served as a Senator and Attorney General for California.

Harris has already gone viral with thousands of memes and videos on X and TikTok with her saying “did you just fall out of a coconut tree?”. Her new campaign account has a Charli XCX ‘brat’ theme. Harris has been endorsed by multiple delegations for the convention, over 200 democratic lawmakers, and notable figures like Hillary and Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and of course Joe Biden. The Democratic convention begins on August 19 in Chicago.

In Canada, Prime Minister Trudeau reacted to the Biden news by saying, “I’ve known President Biden for years. He’s a great man, and everything he does is guided by his love for his country. As President, he is a partner to Canadians — and a true friend.”

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More news and info

• Former Sask. Party candidate apologizes for role in 2014 play (Sask Today)

• Pierre Poilievre was 20 when he wrote what he would do as Prime Minister - here’s what he said then and where he stands now (Toronto Star)

• Canadian politics ‘not safe right now’ and MPs are ‘in harms way’ says former public safety minister (Hill Times)

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