By Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan premier sets campaign in motion for Oct. 26 election

Sep 29, 2020 | 10:26 AM

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has officially launched the campaign for the Oct. 26 provincial election..

Moe met with Lt-Gov. Russell Mirasty this morning at Government House to ask him to dissolve the legislature.

Saskatchewan was the the only province that had an election scheduled for this year. 

But that was before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and restrictions to keep it in check sent the global economy into a tailspin.

In March, despite the health crisis,  Moe suggested he might call an election in the spring because he wanted a mandate from voters “sooner rather than later.”

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But he stuck with the October date, and Elections Saskatchewan is working to hold the vote safely by increasing the number of polling locations and stocking up on face masks and sanitizer.

Moe’s Saskatchewan Party had 46 seats in the legislature at dissolution and the Opposition NDP had 13.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 29, 2020

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