Carla Beck, the newly elected leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, faces an uphill struggle in the province after the disappointing February byelection loss of the Athabasca seat, an NDP stronghold for over 20 years.
With Saskatchewan's NDP leader stepping down, Premier Scott Moe is switching targets to the entire party. Ryan Meili told 980 CJME on Friday morning t.
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There are notable exceptions, of course. Many otherwise reasonable people have directed astonishing vitriol at Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in particular for their perceived pandemic lassitude, including on the issue of mandatory vaccines. But elected Canadian officials, even Ford’s and Kenney’s direct opponents, have been far more subdued and I’m not sure that’s a healthy sign at all. (It’s not as if they have abandoned vitriol and hyperbole altogether!) Unpleasant as the notion may be, mandatory vaccinations deserve far more champions in Canadian legislatures than they currently have.