Who Knew One Year Ago Today Would Be Arguably The Most Consequential Election in #skpoli History?

As the Sask Party cruised to a pretty dominant re-election while almost taking out another NDP leader in his own riding one year ago today, there were reasons for optimism in the province:

* vaccines were on the horizon, projected to begin rolling out by the end of the year.

* Saskatchewan cases/hospitalizations/deaths were incredibly low and I would have to double-check but I think there had literally not been a single Covid-related death in the month before the election (okay, maybe one.)

* There was a feeling that people wanted stability and familiarity during a pandemic election and the long-standing Sask Party offered that.

Who knew that one year after that election:

* the willingly unvaccinated would be a major cause of a system-crushing fourth wave

* Saskatchewan’s healthcare system would be so strained, we would be requesting federal help and sending ICU patients out of province.  Multiple Covid deaths would be a daily occurrence, sometimes reaching double digits!

* …and the Sask Party leadership would be a lot less familiar as they all but went into hiding after basically declaring Covid over in mid-July 2021 and lifting pretty much any and all restrictions.

 

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