Saskatchewan's NDP leadership race continues toward convention day on the 26th. And it's starting to get somewhat more attention outside of core party circles - though it's unfortunately too late for newly-interested people to sign up and vote. So let's take a quick look at the latest.
- Tonight is the final leadership forum, with options to view in person or online. And for those concerned about ensuring there are events covering a range of prospective voters, there will be another Saskatoon forum on the 15th (the second organized by the Saskatoon Metro group), followed by one from the Southwest Region on the 20th.
- Found in an earlier report on the campaign are these membership numbers from the party's president Sheila Whelan:
Since the launch of the leadership race, Whelan said the party signed up about 2,400 new members over the past two months for a total of 7,295.During the contest between Meili and Trent Wotherspoon in 2018, the NDP had 13,414 members eligible to vote.
Note that the membership totals had similarly been in the 11,000-13,000 range for the party's other leadership campaigns since 2009. But it will be worth watching whether the lower number also reflects a more committed core of voters - which could lead to a countervailing increase in the percentage of people who end up casting a ballot (which has normally been around 80%).
- Kaitlin Harvey has updated her platform with additional issues (presumably based at least in part on the policy survey which is no longer open),
- Finally, Murray Mandryk has offered profiles of each of Carla Beck and Kaitlyn Harvey. And Global News interviewed Beck about her run.
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