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Conservatives must find middle ground between west, urban ridings in the east: political scientist
Conservatives must find middle ground between west, urban ridings in the east: political scientist

CBC

time29-04-2025

  • Politics
  • CBC

Conservatives must find middle ground between west, urban ridings in the east: political scientist

The Conservatives again dominated federal election ridings in Saskatchewan and Alberta, but it wasn't enough to form government. Justin Leifso, an assistant professor in political studies at the University of Victoria, says rumblings of western alienation will continue because of the result. Leifso said westerners must face the fact that if Conservatives are to form government, they must also appeal to urban voters in Ontario and Quebec. "Are [voters in Saskatchewan and Alberta] going to keep parking our political interests with a party that is so focused on grievance?" Leifso, who grew up in Moose Jaw, Sask., asked Tuesday on CBC Saskatchewan's The Morning Edition. "Or are we OK with a party trying to broaden its scope in terms of getting enough seats to form government?" Leifso said the Saskatchewan results were not surprising. Liberal candidate Buckley Belanger being the projected winner in the north riding of Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River had more to do with boundary changes than anything else, he said. "We didn't see the same sort of red wave that the polls, maybe like about three weeks ago, nationally were showing." The NDP fell to third place in the province for the first time in years. Leifso said that result had everything to do with U.S. President Donald Trump and the trade war. "This was progressive centre-left voters who were frankly spooked by Donald Trump, his authoritarian tendencies and of course the tariffs, who voted strategically in their own minds, giving their vote to the Liberals," Leifso said. "I have no idea if that's going to remain. "The question of the fortunes of the NDP in the mid- to long-future is completely up in the air because of that." Conservative Kevin Waugh, the projected winner in Saskatoon South riding, pointed out that the Tory vote held steady in Saskatchewan and Alberta while making some gains in Ontario. "I think our party is strong, we have 144 [projected MPs], so roughly 25 more MP's heading to Ottawa," Waugh said Tuesday on CBC's Saskatoon Morning. Waugh said the big story was the crumbling support for the NDP, which garnered just seven seats nationally — not enough to maintain official party status. "Perhaps if they would have moved their vote up a little bit we'd be in government today. But still, 40 per cent nationally for the Conservative Party, with roughly eight million votes, speaks volumes." Waugh said he has complete faith in Pierre Polievre, despite the Conservative leader losing his own seat. "We're gonna reconvene here in May and we're gonna have a game plan," Waugh said. "I think Pierre needs to be our leader. I think we need to find a seat for him in this parliament, and that's what we're going to discuss when we come back in." Leifso said Conservative Party members are going to have some tough conversations.

Transgender comedian cancels U.S. tour stops because of new gender policies
Transgender comedian cancels U.S. tour stops because of new gender policies

CBC

time25-04-2025

  • Entertainment
  • CBC

Transgender comedian cancels U.S. tour stops because of new gender policies

Transgender comedian Ava Val had her sights set on moving to the United States and touring there, but after facing visa issues and growing hostility toward trans people, she cancelled that leg of her tour. Speaking with Saskatoon Morning host Stephanie Massicotte on Thursday, Val said growing up she was inspired to go down the path of comedy partly because of the British sitcom Mr. Bean, and its ability to bring her family together — something Val was keen on doing on her tour. This June, Val was set to tour and live in the United States, but her visa application was suddenly held up, forcing her to cancel. "Slowly as things started to develop in in the current [U.S.] administration, it just seemed like more and more hostility was just developing towards trans people," said Val, who is based in Toronto. U.S. President Donald Trump declared in his inaugural address on Jan. 20 that "it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female," and swiftly issued executive orders and changes to the government's policies on gender and diversity. Those included Secretary of State Marco Rubio's memo titled Guidance for Visa Adjudicators on Executive Order 14201: 'Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports,' which encompassed the directive that "all visas must reflect an applicant's sex at birth." "That's essentially the point at which I was just like, I don't know if I'll even be allowed down there, so I might as well make alternate plans," Val said. "I don't want to go where nobody wants me. Fine, I'll make it on my own, I'll go to Saskatoon, I'll compete against Pierre Poilievre," Val joked, as the Conservative Party leader was set to hold a rally in Saskatoon the same night as her performance. Art gallery CEO's passport altered John Hampton, a two-spirit person and CEO of the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, is a dual citizen who has also experienced ramifications from the U.S. administration's changes to gender policy. They regularly travel across the border for work and personal reasons, including recently for the opening of an exhibition at The Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis. Hampton said their U.S. passport came up for renewal this year and they tried to renew it early. Since 2019, Canadians who do not identify as female or male, like Hampton, can list their gender as "X" on their passports. The federal government says about 3,600 Canadians have the marker on their passports. "I sent that in nice and early, but unfortunately apparently not early enough because it got held on to for quite a while," Hampton said on CBC's The 306. Hampton says when they got their passport back, the "X" had been changed to an "M." They made their first trip to the U.S. with the new passport in February and said they felt fear going to the border, but so far the trips have been "perfectly" smooth.

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