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April 16, 2024 | Advertise with us
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Good morning. Today federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver her much-awaited budget. Pre-budget leaks from the government say the budget will include a tax hike on wealthy Canadians - one measure that will help pay for the $38 billion in new spending that has recently been announced. We will include the big news in the budget in tomorrow’s newsletter.
Here’s The SKoop for Tuesday, April 16:
‘Who’s the real Carla Beck?’: NDP launch new ads,
The Saskatchewan Party nominated a candidate in Saskatoon Southeast, and
SUMA Convention hears from Premier Moe.
Today’s Top Stories
‘Who’s the REAL Carla Beck?’ New NDP Ads about the Opposition Leader
The Saskatchewan NDP have launched a series of new digital ads with a clear aim of introducing their leader Carla Beck to Saskatchewan voters.
The 30-second video clips feature individuals speaking about the NDP leader. There are currently three versions of the ad. One features MLA Aleana Young holding her baby, saying “Carla Beck is comfortable in boardrooms and classrooms.” In another video, a woman says “Carla Beck really cares,” and in a third video, MLA Trent Wotherspoon says “Carla Beck is what this province needs.”
The NDP and Beck are working to introduce the leader to the general public ahead of the fall election. In a recent poll conducted by Angus Reid, 25% of Saskatchewan residents ‘strongly approved’ of Moe, while Beck’s number for the same question was at 11%. 18% of respondents in that poll also had no opinion of Ms. Beck at all - perhaps the most important question in that polling.
The digital ads appear to be paid out of the NDP’s caucus budget, and almost $1,400 has been spent in the past week on the ads, according to Facebook’s Ads Library.
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Sask. Party nominates candidate in Saskatoon Southeast
Dr. John Owojori won a contested nomination last night and will become the next Saskatchewan Party candidate for Saskatoon Southeast.
Saskatoon Southeast has been held by Sask. Party stalwart and longtime MLA Don Morgan since 2003. Morgan was one of the first incumbents to announce that he would not be seeking re-election. Saskatoon Southeast has traditionally been a safe Sask. Party seat, as it was one of the first three urban seats in Saskatoon won by the Saskatchewan Party.
Dr. Owojori is is a soil ecotoxicologist with a Ph.D. from Stellenbosch University, South Africa and postdoctoral fellowships in Canada and Germany. He decided to make Saskatoon his new home in 2009.
Owojori is the 47th candidate nominated by the Saskatchewan Party ahead of the 2024 election scheduled for October 28, and the winner of the party’s 10th contested nomination. The next Saskatchewan Party nomination will be in Weyburn-Bengough on April 23.
The next nomination meeting for the Saskatchewan NDP is Saskatoon Westview on May 8th.
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SUMA Convention kicks off in Regina
The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) is hosting its annual convention in Regina this week. Muncipal leaders from across the province will meet and hear from both the Premier and leader of the Opposition.
There’s a lot happening this week at the annual event, with Premier Scott Moe addressing delegates in a keynote yesterday, Carla Beck will give her pitch to attendees today, and the cabinet bear pit session closes out the conference tomorrow. Today the CEO of Abucus Research, David Colletto will address the crowd, presumably with some fresh data related to polling on municipal issues.
In his keynote address yesterday, Premier Moe touted the recent provincial budget and the record increase to municipal revenue sharing. After the address, Moe was asked if he would commit to meeting with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, or FCM, to discuss a new fiscal framework for municipalities, Moe said “Certainly more discussion is always better.”
The Premier also called on the federal government to address certain issues ahead of the budget today.
Tomorrow’s federal budget needs to restore certainty for families, businesses and communities across the country.
At my address to delegates at the SUMA convention, I continued to call on the federal government for predictable infrastructure investment and a removal of the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Scott Moe (@PremierScottMoe)
Apr 16, 2024
More news and info
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Saskatchewan promises money for Mounties if RCMP can recruit officers (CKOM News)
Advocates, Opposition continue calls to reopen hyperbaric chamber in Moose Jaw (Regina LeaderPost)
Integrity commissioner says Sask. should be publishing municipal finances: report (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)
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