The Sask. Party has had a solid rural base for 17 years. Could health care be a disruptive force? – CBC

Oct 23, 2024

Rural voters have ‘long memories’ and resentments over NDP closures 3 decades ago, says one candidate

There’s a common sight obscuring the recently harvested fields alongside Saskatchewan’s rural highways these days. Giant political billboards, often sporting the familiar green and yellow colours of the 17-year-long reigning Saskatchewan Party, dot the landscape.

Near the province’s eastern border with Manitoba, newly minted Saskatchewan Party candidate for Canora-Pelly Sean Wilson says he feels the pull his party’s name seems to have with rural voters.

As he walks around the village of Theodore, people approach him and ask for lawn signs.

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