Election season

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe, right,

and Meadow Lake MLA Jeremy Harrison

This will be my first time covering the provincial election. I monitored the 2021 federal election at the Saskatoon Inn when People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier lost his Parliament seat.

However, there won't be a national election this time after Bloc Québécois and the NDP chose not to support the Tories' bid for a no-confidence vote on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.

Back to the Saskatchewan elections, MLA candidates here would rather focus on discussing the issues affecting Saskatchewan's people and policies on how to solve the problems.

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck, third left, with

Saskatoon Nutana MLA Erika Ritchie and candidates

Keith Jorgenson (Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood) and

Kim Breckner (Saskatoon Riversdal)

For me, they remain polite to each other despite having different political views. There are no Three G's here (guns, goons, and gold), unlike in the Philippines, where there's violence and money given away "secretly" in elections, even at the barangay level.

So far, the ruling Saskatchewan Party and the opposition Sask. NDP only attacked each other with words, pointing out what they failed to address or what programs, federally and provincially, they supported that impacted the province's residents.

The provincial election is on Monday, Oct. 28, while the City of Saskatoon will choose a new mayor on Wednesday, Nov. 13, after incumbent Charlie Clark announced he is not seeking reelection early this year. Ten councillors and the school boards of the public and catholic schools are also on the ballot.

Four candidates are looking to replace Clark led by former mayor Don Atchison, Ward 6 Councillor Cynthia Block, engineer Cary Tarasoff, and ex-Sask. Party MLA Gord Wyant.