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Topic: Any NDP seats possible in Saskatoon?
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remind
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posted 04 October 2008 04:43 PM
quote: Unlike Stephen Harper and his 14 Saskatchewan Conservative candidates, Jack Layton and his Saskatchewan NDP team are not afraid to put out a platform, talk to media, attend debates and address the issues that are important to families,” Wiebe said. “We are proud of our plan for Saskatchewan and we will stand behind it anytime, anywhere and anyplace.”The NDP platform also invests $5 billion over five years in First Nations and Métis communities and entrenches the Canadian Wheat Board. Investments in transit would see $40.6 million for public transportation in Saskatoon and an additional $37.1 million for similar initiatives in Regina. The NDP climate change plan penalizes big polluters and not Saskatchewan families and there is also a comprehensive affordable housing strategy. The NDP plan is also the only one that fully commits to a fair equalization deal for Saskatchewan which would bring in an additional $800 million per year that could be used for various infrastructure upgrades
http://www.ndp.ca/page/7174
From: "watching the tide roll away" | Registered: Jun 2004
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bekayne
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posted 04 October 2008 08:12 PM
quote: Originally posted by pebbles:
Ask the NDP MP, who rejected a redrawing of the map a decade ago that would have obliterated the ability of the Conservatards to represent Regina, and most of Saskatoon, in the House of Commons.
Dick Proctor?
From: Kelowna, BC | Registered: Jan 2006
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pebbles
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posted 04 October 2008 08:22 PM
Yeah, Proctor. And it was the 2004 redistribution, not the previous one.Criticism about boundaries meddling hitting home Dick Proctor Special to Times-Herald I seem to be hitting a raw nerve with my criticism of Ralph Goodale and other Liberal ministers for their meddling in the redrawing of federal electoral boundaries. ... By way of background, a boundaries commission decided last summer that the Palliser constituency should disappear, and be replaced by one called Long Lakes, which takes in an immense territory, from the American border to just south of Saskatoon. It's a riding that is so scattered that it would be almost impossible to serve as an MP. BTW, this was the map that so offended Mr. Proctor. Goof.
From: Canada | Registered: Jul 2004
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Malcolm
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posted 04 October 2008 09:02 PM
The names weren't so bad - although Parklands is also commonly used in the southern part of the Quill Lakes seat.In any event, had the last two elections been run under those boundaries, the NDP would likely have won all three Saskatoon seats and two of the Regina seats. Disck's criticism of the Long Lakes boundary is not without merit. A riding that runs from the edge of Saskatoon to the border is an anti-democratic monstrosity And, although Dick would doubtless have been welcomed as a candidate in Pasqua, he lived in the proposed Wascana and would likely have felt obliged to offer against Ralph Goodale - not a desirable prospect. Dick's decision to call for a return to the old - and already a decade out of date - boundaries ccut the party off at the knees. How could the NDP support the new boundaries when one of our two Saskatchewan MPs was opposing it?
From: Regina, SK | Registered: Mar 2004
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Krago
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posted 05 October 2008 03:42 AM
Here are the rural/urban votes breakdowns in the eight Saskatchewan 'rurban' seats in Regina and Saskatoon (excludes mobile, advance and special voting):Palliser Regina -- CONS: 3,954 (31%), NDP: 4,671 (36%), LIB: 3,643 (28%), GRN: 562 (4%) Moose Jaw -- CONS: 6,037 (46%), NDP: 4,581 (35%), LIB: 1,946 (15%), GRN: 436 (3%) Rural -- CONS: 2,528 (75%), NDP: 441 (13%), LIB: 322 (10%), GRN: 79 (2%) Regina--Lumsden--Lake Centre Regina -- CONS: 7,596 (36%), NDP: 7,074 (33%), LIB: 5,910 (28%), GRN: 651 (3%) Rural -- CONS: 4,727 (55%), NDP: 1,541 (18%), LIB: 1,992 (23%), GRN: 308 (4%) Regina--Qu'Appelle Regina -- CONS: 4,012 (31%), NDP: 5,267 (41%), LIB: 3,142 (24%), GRN: 429 (3%) Rural -- CONS: 7,145 (48%), NDP: 3,836 (26%), LIB: 3,355 (23%), GRN: 514 (3%) Wascana Regina -- CONS: 9,327 (28%), NDP: 5,073 (15%), LIB: 17,289 (53%), GRN: 1,214 (4%) Rural -- CONS: 1,079 (48%), NDP: 219 (10%), LIB: 878 (39%), GRN: 58 (3%) Blackstrap Saskatoon -- CONS: 10,833 (42%), NDP: 8,795 (34%), LIB: 4,880 (19%), GRN: 934 (4%) Rural -- CONS: 5,574 (62%), NDP: 2,071 (23%), LIB: 910 (10%), GRN: 270 (3%) Saskatoon--Humboldt Saskatoon -- CONS: 9,343 (43%), NDP: 7,275 (34%), LIB: 3,871 (18%), GRN: 951 (4%) Rural -- CONS: 6,288 (60%), NDP: 2,299 (22%), LIB: 1,487 (14%), GRN: 281 (3%) Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar Saskatoon -- CONS: 6,693 (37%), NDP: 8,142 (45%), LIB: 2,657 (15%), GRN: 517 (3%) Rural -- CONS: 4,181 (64%), NDP: 1,763 (27%), LIB: 380 (6%), GRN: 140 (2%) Saskatoon--Wanuskewin Saskatoon -- CONS: 6,673 (39%), NDP: 4,624 (27%), LIB: 4,880 (29%), GRN: 781 (5%) Rural -- CONS: 8,260 (63%), NDP: 2,243 (17%), LIB: 2,176 (16%), GRN: 374 (3%) Regina - Combined CONS: 24,889 (31%), NDP: 22,085 (28%), LIB: 29,984 (38%), GRN: 2,856 (4%)
Saskatoon - Combined CONS: 33,542 (41%), NDP: 28,836 (35%), LIB: 16,288 (20%), GRN: 3,183 (4%)
From: The Royal City | Registered: Sep 2002
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