Elections - Prairies on rabble.ca

To state the obvious, Saskatchewan's provincial election result was not good for progressives. I was especially surprised by the NDP's loss of constituencies like Regina Douglas Park.

As incidents in the provincial election show, racism is used to rationalize Aboriginal deprivation and exonerate the rest of society from historical reality and sharing the wealth.

Regarding the NDP platform's reliance on additional potash revenue, columnist Murray Mandryk asks, "What if potash tanks as it did in 2009?"

Saskatchewan's two major parties have unveiled their election platforms. The main difference between the Sask Party and NDP is not the dollar amount but its allocation among various priorities.

The conservative Saskatchewan Party is almost certain to win next month's provincial election. The NDP can hardly hope to fight back with its current approach.

With five provincial elections taking place today and over the coming weeks, it's hard to keep track of them all. Here's a few links to elections discussions on babble.

Despite living in Winnipeg, working in the local media and even canvassing door-to-door for NDP candidates, I can't call next Tuesday's vote.

Our wiki-style Toolkit aims to be a space for activist collaboration. Home to a wealth of resources, the content is organized according to 'tooltype' -- each unique in its contribution.

Who's winning the 2011 Manitoba election? Find out here...

With the results of the Canadian Wheat Board's 2011 producer plebiscite now in, farmers have given the single-desk for wheat a rousing endorsement with 62 per cent of the votes cast.

In Canada, it's rare for a political party to win four consecutive majority governments. Heading to the polls on October 4, will Manitoba's New Democratic Party be one of those rare exceptions?

Since first forming government in 2006, the Harper government has made no secret of its distaste for the single-desk selling power of the Canadian Wheat Board.

There has been a shift in consciousness. Looking at the NDP and the combined Tory/Liberal vote, a picture emerges of an eroding but concentrated corporate vote, and a surging NDP vote.

So what made this Harper majority? Two intrepid men with calculators decided to add up the win margins in 14 ridings. They were appalled to discover the results.

Well that election can be added to the list of strange things about our country. On Monday night the sovereigntists tried to save Canada, but Toronto abandoned it.

Voters are receiving automated calls at home that tell them to go to polling stations that have nothing to do with their ridings. The scale of the scheme is national. Innocent mistake? Incompetence?

Rebecca Blaikie may have instant name recognition in Winnipeg, but is locally less well-known than Liberal incumbent Kevin Lamoureux.

If we want to defeat Harper and create a more progressive Canada, we have to go beyond partisan interests -- and vote strategically.

Federal election 2011: The tiny local Green vote could play MP maker or breaker in this rural prairie riding now being contested by the Conservatives and the NDP.

Politicians come and go but some go leaving a genuine legacy and that is the case with former Saskatchewan premier Allan Blakeney who died Monday at 85.