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Singh ends Supply and Confidence Agreement with Liberals

Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh announced he is calling off the supply and confidence agreement with the governing Liberals.

In the video posted to social media, Singh said, "Today I notified the Prime Minister that I have ripped up the supply and confidence agreement. Canadians are fighting a battle, a battle for the future of the middle class. Justin Trudeau has proven again and again that he will always cave to corporate greed. The Liberals have let people down and they don’t deserve another chance.”

Singh continued, “In the next federal election Canadians will choose between Pierre Poilievre’s callous cuts or hope.” The video ends with Singh’s NDP’s new tagline, “It’s the people’s time.”

It remains unclear if this will trigger a federal election. Parliament resumes on September 17th where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party have a minority of the seats. The NDP say they will vote on a bill-by-bill basis going forward. Bills can still be passed by working with other parties, like the Bloc.

Last week, Poilievre challenged Singh to rip up the agreement and call a ‘Carbon Tax election.’ Singh is saying the next election will be a choice between his NDP and Poilievre’s Conservatives.

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NDP nominate a candidate in the Premier’s constituency

The Sask. NDP has nominated another candidate ahead of this fall’s provincial election.

Mark Thunderchild won a contested nomination and will be the candidate in Rosthern-Shellbrook.

Thunderchild is a First Nations children’s book author who wrote Kohkums Kitchen in 2023. He previously sought the nomination for Warman. He also works for SaskEnergy.

This is the NDP’s 53rd of 61 nominated candidates ahead of the provincial election. The only other nomination scheduled will be NDP leader Carla Beck’s own nomination, making it official once the slate has been filled.

The remaining seats are Cannington, Carrot River Valley, Estevan-Big Muddy, Kindersley-Biggar, and Weyburn-Bengough, all safe Saskatchewan Party seats.

The Saskatchewan Party will nominate its 60th candidate next Tuesday in Moosomin-Montmartre. The party’s remaining nomination is for Regina Douglas Park.

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Sask. Ag, Trade Ministers pen letter calling for swift resolution of canola dispute

Two Saskatchewan cabinet ministers have written a letter to their federal counterparts calling for a swift resolution to a growing dispute with China.

Agriculture Minister David Marit and Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison published a letter that was shared on Premier Scott Moe’s social media addressed to the federal ministers.

The letter reads, “Saskatchewan is deeply concerned by the announcement from China to launch an anti-dumping investigation on Canadian canola, just days after the Government of Canada announced the 100 percent tariffs on electric vehicles from China.”

The ministers say the market access bans put in place by China from 2018-19 led canola exports to China to drop by $2 billion. Exports from Saskatchewan made up half of that figure.

According to the province, Canada’s top exports to China continue to be goods from Saskatchewan including canola seed ($2 billion), potash ($903.8 million) and peas ($576.2 million). In 2023, those exports totalled $5.5 billion.

SaskCanola echoed the province’s concerns in a press release on Tuesday, saying, “We are confident in the quality of Canadian canola,” the organization said in the release. “We await further details on the investigation and will work closely with the federal government on this situation to support rules-based international trade.”

Earlier this summer, Prime Minister Trudeau announced a 100% tariff on Chinese-manufactured electric vehicles, mirroring the policy of the Biden administration in the United States.

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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 Cypress Hills. This rural riding is located in the southwest corner of the province and includes Maple Creek, Shaunavon, Gull Lake and more.

The incumbent: Doug Steele was first elected MLA in 2016 and was reelected in 2020. He and his family operate a fourth-generation farm. Before his election, Steele chaired the Crown Lands Appeals Board and worked as a marketing manager of an inland terminal.

The challenger: Clare McNab worked for 27 years with the Canadian government spending 10 years as a Community Health Nurse and seventeen years as a Senior Manager with Correctional Service Canada. She spent a decade as the Warden of the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge near Maple Creek.

The takeaway: This is a safe Sask. Party seat. The Saskatchewan Party has represented this constituency since its inception. In the 2020 election, the Saskatchewan Party won with 65%, the Buffalo Party placed second with 19% and the NDP placed a distant third with just 9% of the vote.

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