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It was full swing into election mode for the man looking to keep his seat as the Member of Parliament for Regina—Qu’Appelle on Sunday.
Conservative Andrew Scheer said he is eager heading into the April 28 federal election.
“We finally have an opportunity to put an end to the disastrous Liberal government that has caused so much hardship for the people of Saskatchewan,” he said.
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“I’m looking forward to the opportunity for the people of Canada to turn that chapter and embrace positive change with Pierre Pollievre and the Conservatives.”
Scheer said that while every election is tough, he has been hearing of a big appetite for change across the country, and he said a Conservative government would deliver that change.
With Conservatives currently holding all of the seats in Saskatchewan, Scheer said they are not taking it for granted.
“I know all our candidates and MPs will be working very hard in Saskatchewan to re-earn that trust and to show how we have always been on Saskatchewan’s side on all the big questions, whether it’s supporting our natural gas and oil workers, whether it’s supporting pipeline projects, fighting the carbon tax (or) fighting the Liberals clawing back Saskatchewan health-care transfers — that was something that only Conservatives were doing.”
Over the next five weeks, Scheer said he will be talking to as many voters as possible.
“I’ve been very honored to have the support of the people of Regina—Qu’Appelle, and they’ve supported me very well in the last few elections. But I never take that for granted. I’m going door knocking this afternoon (Sunday) in a couple of different neighborhoods in Regina, and I’ll be hitting the road throughout this week, visiting the smaller towns and communities,” he said.
“It’s a beautiful thing about democracy — when the election is called, every candidate needs to go and make the case to the voters. The voters are our bosses, and they get to decide who they hire. So right now it’s up to me to make the case that myself, as an individual in Regina—Qu’Appelle and the Conservative Party, will be the best voice for Saskatchewan.”
Scheer said he has never worked on an election that was easy, but he said there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic.
“We’re heading into this election in great shape, where we’ve got a great team of candidates (and) a great deal of depth on our bench. We’ve got a lot of people from the public and private sector with a lot of experience.”
Scheer said China’s tariffs on Canadian canola would have a devastating impact on Saskatchewan but he would fight for farmers.
“I’ve been talking to farmers for the last few days, and I understand why there’s a tremendous amount of anxiety in the agricultural sector. When I look at the Liberal trade record, it’s just been abysmal, and the Carney approach would be the same. They have made us more and more and more dependent on one market in the United States, and they have had terrible relationships with other countries.
“Our message to Saskatchewan farmers is Conservatives are going to fight back on these tariffs. We understand the impact that they’re going to have, and we’re really the only party that’s even talking about it.”
Scheer says the top four issues he will be campaigning on are the natural resource sector, agriculture, crime, and the cost of living. Here is what he had to say about each:
NATURAL RESOURCE SECTOR: “Getting our natural resource sector back up on its feet to weather the storm with the U.S. If we can get those big pipelines built again, if we can say yes to LNG, if we can say yes to mining projects, that would be tremendously valuable for our province.”
AGRICULTURE: “Agriculture is still a huge part of the Saskatchewan economy. It’s the backbone of our rural communities and only the Conservative Party has been fighting for our farmers — fighting back against the Liberal fertilizer cap, fighting to make the risk management programs better and more responsive, and fighting to open up new markets around the world.”
CRIME: “Crime is still, unfortunately, a big problem … Often it’s the same person who steals a car at four in the afternoon that stole it at nine in the morning. But because of the Liberal changes, and the easy bail policies, the police are catching the same criminals over and over again.”
COST OF LIVING: “The Trudeau-Carney Liberal approach of printing money to bankroll deficits took a massive bite out of people’s paychecks and drove up the cost of literally everything. That’s why so many families are struggling. So preserving the power of a worker’s paycheck, preserving the power of a senior’s pension, takes a conscious decision by governments to not print money.”
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