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Saskatchewan Party wins majority government

Premier Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth straight majority government Monday, losing in big cities but retaining their iron grip on rural areas to secure victory.

Moe’s party was shut out by Carla Beck’s NDP in Regina and lost all but one of its seats in Saskatoon.

But he found enough support everywhere else to be elected with 34 seats in the 61-seat legislature, compared to 27 for the NDP.

“Thank you once again, Saskatchewan for putting your trust in our party, the Saskatchewan Party,” Moe said as Shellbrook supporters clapped and shouted.

“This was a much closer election than we’ve seen in some time.”

He said his government heard the message sent by voters that the province was unhappy with how it provided health care, education and made life affordable.

“We have to do better and we certainly will,” he said.

The New Democrats effectively doubled their seat total from the 14 they had at dissolution, retaining seats and gaining more in Regina and Saskatoon. In doing so, they defeated Saskatoon ministers Christine Tell, Bronwyn Eyre and Paul Merriman as well as Regina’s Laura Ross and Gene Makowsky.

Beck retained his seat in Regina Lakeview.

The NDP also reclaimed the rural northern riding of Athabasca, which it won in 2020 only to lose to the Saskatchewan Party in a subsequent by-election.

But with 31 rural seats versus 30 urban seats, the NDP’s margin for error was very slim. He needed victories in both Moose Jaw seats and both Prince Albert seats – but he didn’t get it.

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Eby’s NDP wins narrow majority, but there are recounts

Elections BC says the final vote count in British Columbia’s Oct. 19 provincial election gave Premier David Eby’s New Democrats 47 seats, just enough to form a majority government.

Forty-seven is the magic number for a majority in British Columbia’s 93-seat Legislative Assembly.

But Elections BC says two seats are subject to an automatic judicial recount because the results in the Kelowna Center and Surrey-Guildford ridings are too close.

The BC Conservatives, who won 44 seats, are currently leading in Kelowna Center and the NDP are leading in Surrey-Guildford.

Eby and British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad have scheduled news conferences today in Victoria.

Nova Scotia election: Party leaders in the Halifax region

Nova Scotia’s three main political parties begin the election campaign this morning with events in the Halifax area.

The NDP will hold a press conference on housing at an apartment building in Dartmouth.

The Liberals will also be in Dartmouth, at a supermarket, to discuss financial accessibility for working families with journalists.

Meanwhile, the Progressive Conservatives are expected to make a morning announcement in Halifax.

On the campaign trail Monday, the Conservatives promised to cut income taxes and raise the minimum wage, while the Liberals promised changes aimed at combating public cynicism in politics.

House committee to investigate India claims

RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme is among a group of senior security officials scheduled to meet with the House of Commons national security committee, weeks after making explosive allegations against the Indian government.

On October 14, the RCMP alleged that Indian diplomats and consular officials were persons of interest in cases of extortion, coercion and violence, including murder, targeting Canadian citizens.

The RCMP said it took the extraordinary step of speaking publicly about ongoing investigations due to threats to public safety.

The same day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, announced that Canada was expelling the Indian high commissioner and five other diplomats.

The Indian government denies these allegations and has expelled six Canadian diplomats.

Liberals reach deadline for support for the Bloc Québécois

The Bloc Québécois is set to begin negotiations with other parties to oust the minority Liberal government, which missed its deadline to pass two key bills.

Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet set the deadline last month, warning the Liberals that to avoid an election “before Christmas” they must pass two private member’s bills.

One of the Bloc’s bills aimed at safeguarding supply management in trade negotiations has the support of the government and is being studied in the Senate.

The other, which would increase old age security benefits for people under 75, is one the Liberals say they don’t support.

The Bloc’s demands came weeks after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced that his party had ended the credits and confidence agreement that had supported the government for more than two years.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published October 29, 2024.

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