In 2009, I did a series of ten posts listing the reasons I was supporting Ryan Meili for the Leader of the Sask NDP. I’m pretty sure I could come up with ten different and equally viable reasons this time around. In fact, depending on how much time I have, I may very well do […]
I don’t know if Ryan Meili will win the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race. But as one of his supporters told me recently, we’re not not just leading in fundraising, we’re leading in “fun” raising and “friend” raising. And win or lose, that’s the kind of campaign I’m proud to be a part of and the […]
Trent Wotherspoon got the endorsement of a trio Manitoba MLA’s today, Cam Broten posted one from a retired Director of Education and Ryan Meili got what could be described as quasi-endorsements from high-profile NDP MP’s Libby Davies (Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Health Critic) and Niki Ashton (Critic for Women’s Issues) in an e-mail blast to […]
As he did in 2009, Ryan Meili is once again spearheading an extremely innovative leadership campaign that has all kinds of potential to change the way politics are done in Saskatchewan. Here are just a few examples of Meili “Firsts” in the current campaign… First candidate to use a mobile-friendly domain hack for his web […]
At the start of the #skndpldr race, there was a bit of attention when one candidate (I think it was Erin Weir?) proposed that if elected leader, he would work to ban corporate and union donations from the political process (although also declining to follow this guideline for the Sask NDP leadership race pointing out […]
The #skndpldr contest kicked off in September and ends in March which means that early-to-mid-December is basically the halfway point of the campaign for all of them. Since I’m big on celebrating milestones, I thought I’d take a moment to recognize some of the funniest, most memorable surprising and appreciated moments each has had so […]
Ryan will be participating in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) chat on the popular web site, Reddit, tomorrow afternoon from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Sask time (4 – 5:30 p.m. EST) You should plan to participate – where else can you go to find out if Ryan would rather fight one horse-sized duck or 100 […]
My colleague on the Meili 2.0 Team, Aaron Genest, has written a blog post about the level of animosity that he’s observed in the Sask NDP Leadership race so far. The topic of how we talk to (and about) each other has been on my thoughts as well for a variety of different reasons – […]
Today, Ryan Meili’s campaign announced a very unique fundraiser aimed at getting 50 people to donate $50 (or more!) for a copy of his book, “A Healthy Society” in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Medicare. For a $50 donation, people are able to get a signed copy of a book written by the person […]
I recently had a very interesting conversation with a high-level supporter of another Sask NDP candidate. I made some comment about the NDP being in a great position to renew itself with all of the great young candidates that are running. He replied something along the lines that “only your candidate is talking renewal.” That […]
