The United Conservative Party will be Alberta’s new government, receiving a majority mandate from voters Tuesday night. The party, with premier-designate Jason Kenney at the helm, will send at least 60 MLAs to the legislature this spring with a strong rural voice. “Our province has sent a message to Canada and the rest of the […] Read more
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Sask Party hopefuls address ag concerns
Saskatchewan Party leadership candidates tackled agricultural issues January 4 at a forum organized by agricultural organizations. Farmers in the crowd said it was important to hear the leadership candidates, especially because the winner will eventually become premier once Brad Wall steps down. The candidates, Tina Beaudry-Mellor, Ken Cheveldayoff, Alanna Koch, Scott Moe and Gordon Wyant, […] Read more
Saskatchewan MLA dies suddenly
Flags at the Saskatchewan legislature are at half-mast after Kevin Phillips, the Saskatchewan Party MLA for Melfort, died suddenly Nov. 13. He was 63. Premier Brad Wall expressed his condolences to Phillips’ family. “Kevin was back in Regina yesterday, getting ready for another week of doing what he loved to do — representing the people […] Read more
Sask. Conservatives left out of shadow cabinet
UPDATED – August 30 – 1655 CST – Conservative leader Andrew Scheer named a new shadow cabinet last week and it doesn’t include two of his Saskatchewan colleagues. Gerry Ritz had been international trade critic, and David Anderson was agriculture critic prior to the duties announced Aug. 30. Late Wednesday afternoon CTV News was reporting […] Read more
Wall shuffles cabinet
Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall shuffled his cabinet Aug. 30 after five ministers stepped down to run to replace him. Wall will resign after the Saskatchewan Party leadership convention Jan. 27. The cabinet now includes six ministers who retained their current positions, five current ministers who changed portfolios, and five new members, four of them first-time […] Read more
Deputy minister to Premier – Koch seeks top Sask Party post
Long-time agricultural insider and most recently top civil servant, Alanna Koch wants to be Saskatchewan’s next premier. She announced her candidacy for the Saskatchewan Party leadership Aug. 28 at a farm south of Regina. Flanked by her family she told a crowd of supporters, including caucus members Dan D’Autremont and Don McMorris, that she has […] Read more
Alta.’s conservative parties to try a merger
Alberta’s Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties have inked plans to form one party, at this point called the United Conservative Party with the goal of defeating the NDP government in the next provincial election. At a news conference yesterday, Wildrose leader Brian Jean and Progressive Conservative leader Jason Kenney signed an agreement in principal to […] Read more
Bernier takes on supply management in Conservative leadership race
The future of Canada’s supply management system for milk, eggs and poultry has been thrust onto the national political agenda by a top candidate for the federal Conservative party leadership Maxime Bernier. Bernier is calling for the abolition of the system after a new levy on dairy products builds enough funds to reimburse farmers for […] Read more
Alberta MP dies
Jim Hillyer, the Conservative MP for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner in Alberta, has died. Hillyer was found dead in his Ottawa office earlier today after complaining of feeling unwell the previous day. He was 41. First elected as the MP for Lethbridge in 2011, he was easily re-elected in last fall’s election in Medicine Hat after the […] Read more
Harper deals major cabinet shuffle
Eight new faces | Gerry Ritz becomes longest-serving agriculture minister in three decades
Gerry Ritz was reappointed federal agriculture minister July 15 after committing to running in the 2015 election. As well, trade minister Ed Fast kept his trade portfolio position. He will continue to lead the push for trade deals with the European Union, India, Japan and Pacific Rim countries. They both survived a major cabinet shuffle […] Read more
