Liberal, NDP leaders make 1st campaign stops in Conservative-held Saskatchewan

Dayne Patterson · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 09, 2025 4:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Federal Liberal and NDP leaders are acceptable to talk separately successful Saskatoon, hoping to propulsion connected threads of enactment successful a state blanketed by Conservative bluish successful the past 2 national elections.

Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney is scheduled to look successful Saskatchewan's largest metropolis Wednesday evening, caller disconnected his archetypal run sojourn to Alberta the nighttime before. 

In Calgary, the hometown of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Carney spoke astir gathering an "energy superpower successful some cleanable and conventional."

In Saskatchewan, Carney is campaigning successful a state wherever the Liberals person not held a spot since the 2015 national election, erstwhile Ralph Goodale was re-elected to correspond Regina-Wascana. 

That year, 3 NDP candidates were voted into Saskatchewan seats: 1 each successful Saskatoon and Regina, and different successful Saskatchewan's northernmost and geographically largest seat, Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River.

In the 2 national elections since past (2021 and 2019), some parties were shut retired successful Saskatchewan.

However, polling averages calculated by CBC's Poll Tracker suggest increasing enactment for the Liberals successful the Prairie provinces since aboriginal January, astir the time Justin Trudeau stepped down from his station arsenic Liberal person and premier minister.

The Liberal party's caller occurrence successful the Prairies appears to person mostly travel astatine the disbursal of the NDP, according to the Poll Tracker.

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to big an lawsuit successful Saskatoon aboriginal connected Wednesday. 

In the 2021 election, Singh's NDP won 25 seats nationwide. As of April 9, CBC's Poll Tracker is projecting the NDP volition triumph 5 seats crossed Canada.

A governmental enactment needs astatine slightest 12 elected members successful the House of Commons to beryllium a recognized enactment oregon person authoritative enactment status.

Singh astir precocious spoke successful Vancouver, including making a argumentation announcement astir gathering homes and pledging to present afloat nationalist pharmacare wrong 4 years.

Saskatchewan's provincial leaders said Tuesday they wanted much attraction paid to the province on the national predetermination run trail. CBC learned the 2 national leaders planned to campaign in Saskatoon soon afterward.

Poilievre held a quality league successful Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Wednesday greeting and is expected to big a rally successful Brampton, Ont., aboriginal the aforesaid day. So far, the Conservative has not campaigned successful Saskatchewan.

Election time successful Canada is April 28.