Tag: Premier of Saskatchewan

Given that Saskatchewan was the first place in North America with a social democratic government, it’s not as if we are strangers to overheated rhetoric. But there are rules and one of the more important rules here (and most everywhere in the country) is that you confine your politics to your own jurisdiction. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe crossed that line this week in a tweet directed at Alberta voters urging them to unite behind one conservative party to defeat NDP Premier Rachel Notley. “Dear Albertans, Prior to the formation of @SaskParty 20 years ago, our province was the example of what dividing the free enterprise movement will do: electing NDP governments, over and over again. Moe is supposed to be the premier for everyone in Saskatchewan. You weren’t elected by anyone in Alberta. You don’t represent “the free enterprise movement.” Nowhere in your job description does it state that it’s your role to prevent “electing NDP governments.” Your job is not to hurry Rachel Notley along to her political demise, which seems an inevitability, anyway. It’s bad the next time Saskatchewan has to go to a western premiers’ conference to talk about the New West Partnership or to talk about stocking Saskatchewan beer in Alberta or even barring Alberta licence plates at Saskatchewan work sites. Party government’s need to pick a fight with Alberta over something.) It’s really bad because it represents a mindset of partisanship taking precedent over what’s good for the province.