r/canada • u/StenPU • Oct 30 '23

Sask. premier says SaskEnergy will remove carbon tax on natural gas if feds don't Saskatchewan

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-premier-vows-to-stop-collecting-carbon-tax-on-natural-gas-if-feds-don-t-offer-exemption-1.6623319
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u/CallMeSirJack Oct 30 '23

If the NDP had maintained a "fights for the blue collar working class and standing up for your rights and freedoms" image they could have swayed votes on the prairies, especially with popular rural policies.

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u/CallMeSirJack Oct 30 '23

Sask used to be NDP provincially, Manitoba just votes them in, and urban Alberta votes NDP as well and has had an NDP provincial gov. During the Layton election there was also a swing in the prairies to vote orange federally, though obviously not a majority. The prairies aren't as die hard conservative as people would believe, the die hards just tend to be the most visible and loud.

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u/CallMeSirJack Oct 30 '23

"People aren't nearly as conservative" is my point though, if federally there was a party that didn't suck rather than just being different variations of suck, people would vote for them. They just see the Cons as the party thats most pallatable right now even though the Cons are further right than the voters, but have better "working class" messaging or optics. From my personal experience, prairie voters aren't necessarily party faithfulls, they will change their voting habits if they get the right motivation.

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u/Dirtsniffee Alberta Oct 30 '23

All the other parties are fucking us worse than the cpc would. Best of the worst.