Congratulations to SaskDesk editor Brad Farquhar in winning the Conservative nomination to take on Librano Ralphie in Wascana.
You know, I used to actually have some respect for Ralph Goodale. I was disappointed that the didn’t distance himself from his party when the immensity of Adscam began to be uncovered, and phoned his office to say so. Then it became clear he was as willing to misrepresent the facts as effortlessly as the rest of the Libranos gang. So much for respect.
Now that he’s become Jack Layton’s willing bitch, Saskatchewan’s first ever Finance Minister is little more than a yank-the-chair prank foisted on us by the Liberal party.
Hopefully the voters of Wascana will yank back.
Update: add Brad’s new campaign blog to your blogroll!
Hello Kate. His site is great with the options for volunteers, donations, PayPal. Could his template be easily adopted by other candidates? Does the federal party even have templates? If blogging is the way to go surely an easily navigable website for all candidates is a good starting point.
Here’s hoping that the post election day headline reads “Wascana Ralphs on Goodale”.
Yes, but it sounds like Wascana et al could have a snake in the woodpile back home…
Just found this posted tonight on Macleans site:
“May 9, 2005 – 21:52
Sask. premier off to Ottawa to land an equalization deal for the province
TIM COOK
REGINA (CP) – Taking advantage of a fragile federal government, Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert is heading to Ottawa for talks which he hopes will lead to a new equalization side-deal for his province.
Calvert has a meeting with Finance Minister Ralph Goodale on Tuesday and, if all goes well, a meeting with the prime minister will follow, he said. He said he is planning to return home with a cheque…”
so I guess we’ll be hearing more “wait for the budget to be passed…” (since he can’t REALLY believe he’ll be coming home with a cheque, can he?)
Not only that, but there was an announcement that the airports would have to pay only around $44,000 in federal fees, as opposed to the previous quote of $700,000…..