CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan election campaign kicks off for Oct. 28 vote

By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on October 1, 2024.

In this composite image made from two file photographs, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, left, and Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck are shown during press conferences in Regina, both taken Wednesday, March 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

REGINA – The Saskatchewan election campaign has kicked off with voting day set for Oct. 28.

A media release says Premier Scott Moe has asked Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty to dissolve the house and issue writs directing the election.

Moe’s Saskatchewan Party is seeking a fifth straight majority after spending 17 years in office.

He says he’s running on his record of growing the economy while making investments in education and health care.

Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck says it’s time for change

Beck is promising a break on the gas tax and removing the provincial sales tax on children’s clothes and some grocery items, along with more spending on health care and education.

Polls suggest a tightening race between the two parties, with the NDP seeing greater support in Regina and Saskatoon, while the Saskatchewan Party remains strong in rural areas.

More coming.

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