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YXE Council races heat up, NDP nominate a candidate, and Liberals confident deal with NDP will last until June
August 28, 2024 | Advertise with us
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Here’s The SKoop for Wednesday, August 28:
Race for YXE City Council heats up,
NDP nominate candidate in Swift Current, and
Liberals confident C&S agreement will last until June.
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The race for YXE City Council heats up
Ward 2 candidates Karen Kobussen and Senos Timon
Saskatoon City Council will look very different this fall. At least half of the council will consist of new faces after incumbents Mayor Charlie Clark, Hilary Gough, David Kirton, Mairin Loewen, and Serina Gersher will not be running again, plus Cynthia Block is leaving Ward 6 to run for Mayor.
One of the wards that will elect a new councillor is Ward 2. This ward includes the neighbourhoods of Pleasant Hill, Montgomery, and Riversdale. Former councillors include Hilary Gough and Pat Lorje.
In this cycle, there are two faces already in the race. Karen Kobussen is the Senior Director of Strategy and Growth for the Saskatoon and Region Homebuilders Association. She is also the Vice President of the Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP).
Senos Timon is the other candidate in the race. He serves on multiple community boards and founded The People Bridge Advocacy. His website describes him as a champion of advocacy.
This is just one of ten wards where Saskatoon voters will elect a councillor. The SKoop will bring you continued coverage of these races.
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NDP nominates candidate in Swift Current
Last night in the Lyric Theatre in Swift Current, local NDP members acclaimed Jay Kimball as their candidate for the provincial election.
Kimball is a small business owner, ceramic artist, instructor, and father in Swift Current.
Swift Current is a safe seat for the Saskatchewan Party and was the constituency represented by former Premier Brad Wall. The Sask. Party has nominated incumbent MLA and cabinet minister Everett Hindley as their candidate.
Kimball is the 51st of 61 candidates nominated by the provincial New Democrats. The party’s next nomination is tonight in Moosomin-Montmartre.
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Federal Liberals confident in NDP deal to keep power until next June
The current federal Liberals are in power with a minority government. This means they have the most seats, but not a majority. The Liberals and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been working under a confidence and supply agreement with Jagmeet Singh and the NDP.
At the federal cabinet retreat in Halifax this week, Government House Leader Karina Gould told reporters she is confident in the agreement with the NDP and expects to stay in power until June of 2025, its initial end date. Under Canadian law, the next federal election does not need to happen until next October, over a year from now.
Gould said, “I'm fairly confident that agreement is a good agreement, it's a strong agreement and we'll get to the end of June. We signed the agreement until the end of June — that's something that has been signed and agreed to, so I'm going to be working on that premise.”
In response, the NDP put out a statement that read, “Leaving the agreement is always on the table for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP.”
Tensions between the two leaders have recently emerged, with Singh expressing frustration that the Liberal government forced binding arbitration over last week’s potential rail disruption. Singh said, “By setting that anti-worker precedent again and again, Justin Trudeau sent a clear message to CEOs: he'll reward big corporations when they refuse to negotiate in good faith by serving up their workers on a silver platter.”
The agreement between the two parties stipulated pharmacare and dental care, anti-scab legislation, and more. The NDP say they still have work to do on long-term care.
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