Apparently Saskatchewan's current NDP MLAs saw a different political calculus than I did in responding to the Sask Party's attempt to favour nuclear development over all other priorities. Rather than voting down a motion which seems like nothing but a poor attempt at political cover for Brad Wall's nuclear obsession, the NDP caucus (an abstaining Deb Higgins excepted) voted in favour of the motion.
Needless to say, that makes for a disappointing result - and one that presumably would have been different if Dwain Lingenfelter had joined his leadership competitors in raising concerns about the motion. But the good news is that with three of the four leadership contenders rightly opposing the motion, there's still a strong chance that the NDP will soon have a leader who recognizes the folly in prioritizing nuclear power over every other concern in the province. And while that may not take place in time to factor into the Sask Party's farce of a consultation period, it hopefully won't be too late to turn the tide before anything irrevocable gets done.
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