Saskatchewan Election Roundup

The NDP unveiled its health-care platform today, and learned in short order that the minister currently responsible for our province's health isn't so strong in the accuracy department. [Update: Or the admitting one's own gross error department.] The Saskatchewan Party is mirroring the Harper Cons' propensity for targeted but substance-free tax goodies, while the Libs follow the federal Cons' 2006 pitch for the most highly visible and economically indefensible single tax cut they can think of. And the Greens unveiled their own health-care suggestion with a proposal for no-cost ambulance service.

Meanwhile, the province's media decided to limit participation in the election debate to two parties. But I wouldn't see much upside to Dwain Lingenfelter acceding to the request of other parties' supporters to boycott the debate if it isn't opened up, since the opportunity to avoid debates altogether would presumably have Brad Wall doing cartwheels.