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HOURS: Monday- Friday 8:00 to 5:30 Saturday 9:00 to 3:00 A2 SOUTHWEST BOOSTERX THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018 2 POLITICS 2 Moe selected as new SaskParty leader THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018 and 15th Saskatchewan Premier JORDAN TWISS NEWS EDITOR, SHELLBROOK CHRONICLE SPECIAL TO THE SOUTHWEST BOOSTER It took ve months of cam- contact us paigning, and ve ballots. But after all was said and done, • Phone: 306-773-9321 Rosthern-Shellbrook MLA and • Fax: 306-773-9136 former environment minister, • 30 4th Avenue NW Scott Moe, shocked the province Swift Current, SK, S9H 0T5 by being selected as the leader of the Saskatchewan Party, and • www.swbooster.com Saskatchewan’s new premier. Nowhere was the surprise advertising sales more palpable than at Satur- day’s Sask. Party Leadership Kara Stephanson, Convention, held at Saskatoon’s sales manager, Praireland Park, where more 306-770-2223 than 2,000 party members gath- [email protected] ered to celebrate, and greet the man or woman who would be Melissa Richardson, sales, selected to lead the Sask. Party 306-770-2226 into the post-Brad Wall era. [email protected] Moe’s victory, which saw him garner 8,075 votes (or 53.9 per Jerry Butterworth, sales, cent of the vote), de ed the pre- 306-770-2227 [email protected] dictions of pollsters, which, in the week leading into the con- JORDAN TWISS/SPECIAL TO THE SOUTHWEST BOOSTER vention, had Moe pegged as Outgoing Premier Brad Wall congratulates premier-designate Scott Moe. Moe was named the next premier newsroom a distant third place finisher, after the fi fth ballot at the Sask. Party’s leadership convention on Saturday. behind fellow leadership can- Scott Anderson, editor, 306-770-2224 didates Ken Cheveldayo , and times throughout the campaign, ploring the party to unite in the change, or any other policies. [email protected] Alanna Koch. and at the leadership convention. aftermath of the leadership race, “We don’t work for the feds. It was also a come-from-be- His platform included prom- and face the challenges that lie is party works for the people Steven Mah, sports reporter, hind victory, as Moe trailed Koch ises to balance the budget by ahead. Namely, the 2020 general of Saskatchewan,” he said. 306-770-2225 by fewer than 50 votes after the 2019, restore PST exemptions election. Turning to the Saskatchewan [email protected] results of the rst ballot were on crop, health, and life insur- “It is important that the state NDP next, Wall denounced the read, with Cheveldayo a close ance, and establish a ministry of the party be strong tonight be- party’s cynicism about the prov- commercial print but unexpected third, Gordon of international trade and ex- cause of what lies ahead, because ince’s future prospects, and its Wyant in fourth place, and Tina ports, which will be responsible of what we will need to do in the discomfort with the province’s Kara Stephanson, Beaudry-Mellor a distant fth. for growing Saskatchewan’s future, and because of what we reliance on the oil and gas, and 306-770-2223, However, once Beaudry-Mel- presence in markets around the [email protected] will need to do on behalf of the mining sectors. lor and Wyant were removed world. province in 2020,” he said. He added that, going forward, classi eds from the running after the However, in a media scrum From there, Wall used his the Sask. Party must continue to second and third ballots, re- with reporters following his vic- 30-minute address to re part- be the party of hope and opti- Classifi eds spectively, Moe surged into the tory, Moe said his rst priority ing shots at the opposition: the mism. 1-306-773-9321 lead. And Cheveldayo ’s elim- upon returning to Regina would opposition NDP in Saskatch- “If we come out of this con- Fax: 306-773-9136 ination from leadership con- be to get up to speed on budget ewan, Alberta Premier Rachel vention today… if we come out tention after the fourth ballot talks, and look to implement his Notley’s NDP government, and humble and hard-working and classifi [email protected] results were revealed, gave Moe promise on PST exemptions, and the federal government. disciplined, o ering a vision and circulation the push he needed to take the a separate promise to spend $30 Taking aim at the feds rst, a program worthy of this great 306-773-9321 place of the outgoing Premier million to put 400 educational Wall said the Sask. Party would province, if we come out of here Wall, who o cially retired from assistants in classrooms across continue its opposition to the united behind a leader, well, politics on Jan. 31. the province. federal carbon tax, and that it then hope wins,” he said. regional In the end, Moe topped Koch, Moe added that he’d also be wouldn’t seek approval from Ot- “Because this is the new managers who was deputy minister to Pre- looking at the policy platforms tawa on its Made-in-Saskatch- Saskatchewan, and hope wins Michael J. Hertz, Senior Vice mier Wall before taking a leave of his fellow candidates, to see if ewan strategy to combat climate here.” President & Group Publisher of absence to run for the Sask. any can be implemented by his Party leadership, by just 1,161 government going. votes in the fth and deciding Most notable, however, was ballot. Moe’s vow to continue leading But while the closeness of the the province’s stand against the race sparked questions about federal carbon tax being im- Funded by the Government of Canada division within the party, Moe posed by Prime Minister Justin was quick to silence any doubt, Trudeau’s Liberal government – and said that he, his fellow can- even if it means taking the feds didates, and the party, would be to court. united going forward. “I will ght for this province. I “We are stronger and more will ght for our economy to en- uni ed than ever before,” Moe sure that we do not have a car- said in his victory speech. bon tax, “ he said. “I am truly humbled to be a “Justin Trudeau, if you’re Mail Registration Number: 005950104 part of this team, and by the wondering how far I will go, just trust that you have placed in me watch me.” to lead this party, and this prov- Wall res parting shots The Southwest Booster is ince, into the future.” Many of Moe’s statements published by Swift Current Moe launched his bid for the echoed ones made by Premier Holdings Ltd. Partnership, an affi liated company to ALTA Sask. Party leadership Sept. 1, Wall in his nal address to the Newspaper Group LP 2017, with the support of 21 of party at Saturday’s convention. JORDAN TWISS/SPECIAL TO THE SOUTHWEST BOOSTER his fellow MLAs, and a promise De ant in his exit as he was Outgoing Premier Brad Wall gave an impassioned farewell speech to “stand with Saskatchewan” in his nal years as leader of the during Saturday’s Sask. Party Leadership Conference at Saskatoon’s – a promise he reiterated many Sask. Party, Wall began by im- Prairieland Park. A3 SOUTHWEST BOOSTERX THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018 3 POLITICS Rumpel will represent NDP in upcoming Swift Current by-election SCOTT ANDERSON patients. But the other piece is ture,” Rumpel said during his SOUTHWEST BOOSTER just to try to be positive, and try nomination speech. to be a voice that people look He said that placing a priority Stefan Rumpel won a con- to and say ‘he’s saying that he on working for the people is a tested nomination vote on wants “everybody” to have a focus that sometimes gets for- January 28 and will represent better life. And what’s wrong gotten by politicians. the Saskatchewan New Demo- with that.’” “I definitely wanted to get cratic Party in the upcoming He also said that as a mar- across obviously that we need by-election in the Swift Current ried 31-year-old with two boys to prioritize education, health- Constituency. under the age of four, he is im- care, supports for young fam- Rumpel, a teacher at the pacted by most government de- ilies in our community. But Swift Current Comprehensive cisions. not only that, we need to look High School, earned the nom- “For me that means I am at working together. We need ination ahead of Shaun Hanna directly connected to every people who are willing to col- during a vote by 55 party mem- decision that happens in this laborate and chose not neces- bers at Sunday’s constituency community,” he said.