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By Angie Rolheiser

Provincial Election

Minister of Finance and Humboldt MLA talks day one of provincial election

Sep 29, 2020 | 5:37 PM

The 2020 provincial election campaign is officially underway.

In the Humboldt-Watrous constituency, Donna Harpauer of the Saskatchewan Party hopes to again be re-elected in her home area.

“I was raised in this constituency and am very passionate about it and the residents that live here so I am truly honoured if they would have faith in me again,” Harpauer said.

Harpauer won the Watrous riding for the Sask. Party in 1999 and then Humboldt in 2003. After the riding dissolved, she won Humboldt-Watrous in 2016.

Harpauer is also currently the Minister of Finance.

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The key question going forward in the provincial election for Harpauer is who can best manage the economic recovery of the province and grow the province going forward.

“We are trade dependent and so we need to keep a steady hand and stay the course and so we just hope that the residents of Saskatchewan will have the confidence that our party will be the best one to manage the recovery,” Harpauer said.

Harpauer noted the economy is vital going forward to have a strong recovery and it is what supports healthcare, education and social safety nets and programs and services that residents expect and enjoy.

“We have been able to invest record investment in both education and healthcare and we want to sustain that into the future,” she said.

The NDP candidate this year for the Humboldt-Watrous constituency is Wendy Sekulich who was not immediately available for comment at the time of publication but did speak with northeastNOW in the days prior to the 2020 election officially beginning.

Leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, Ryan Meili launched the provincial election campaign today with a promise to invest in people and stand against Sask. Party cuts to health care and education.

“In the last six months, Saskatchewan families have been through a lot, fighting the COVID crisis together,” Meili said in a release. “But even before the pandemic hit, life here was getting harder. People are stretched and stressed and finding it more difficult to make ends meet. Scott Moe and the Sask. Party are satisfied with the way things are – and willing to make things worse with deep cuts and austerity. That’s just wrong. It’s time to put people first.”

The Humboldt-Watrous constituency has a very unique situation when it comes to its candidates this year with an all-female line-up.

“The NDP, Buffalo Party, Conservative Party and Saskatchewan Party all have women and I don’t know if that has ever happened in the history of our province,” Harpauer said. “Women are getting more acceptance within the big public service realm and that is a very positive thing.”

Voters go to the polls on Oct. 26 in Saskatchewan.

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angie.rolheiser@jpbg.ca

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