The Race Is On

   Today is the day Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall

   Visited the Lieutenant Governor to have the legislature dissolved, and the official campaign for the April 4th election start. And it's going to be an aggressive campaign, as well. There have only been 2 parties represented in the Legislature since 2003. Wall's Saskatchewan Party, and the New Democratic Party, currently lead by Cam Broten

   The SaskParty has been in power since 2007, when they won 38 of the 58 seats in the Legislature. They also won a commanding victory in 2011, taking 49 seats, leaving the NDP with 9.
   That's not to say there aren't other political parties vying for seats. The Liberals will be running candidates, as will the Progressive Conservatives, Green Party and others.
   Wall's approval rating has been, and remains, well above 60%, making him the most "popular" premier in the country. But he's not taking anything for granted. In fact, Wall told me on more than one occasion that he always runs his campaign as if he was trailing in the polls.
   Mr. Broten and the leaders of the other parties I am not as familiar with, but I'm sure they will be running very hard trying to either defeat the SaskParty or at least cut into their seat total. And there will be 3 more seats in the legislature when all is said and done, due to population increases, for a total of 61.
   Where do my political tendencies lie? I can't tell you, and even if I could, I wouldn't. How will this all shake out? A former premier, the NDP's Lorne Calvert said (at least I think it was he) the 2 things you can't predict in Saskatchewan are the weather and election outcomes.
   We'll know April 4th.

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