Saskatchewan Party incumbent in Meadow Lake Jeremy Harrison . (Submitted photo/Adam Nelson)

By Teena Monteleone

Sask Party Incumbent

Harrison looks for fourth straight election win in Meadow Lake

Oct 2, 2020 | 1:24 PM

Jeremy Harrison knows a thing or two about campaigning. The election later this month will be the sixth time his name is on a ballot.

First elected to parliament in 2004 at the age of 26 and then to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 2007, he is the youngest Canadian ever to have been elected to both the House of Commons and a provincial Legislative Assembly. In 2016, he took 70.40 per cent of the vote. Harrison is banking on that experience and the Saskatchewan Party’s plan for a strong economic recovery to help him win a seat one more time.

“What I think this election is about is which party is better to manage our economy and economic recovery and what I’ve been hearing over and over again here in north west Saskatchewan is that people trust the Sask. Party,” Harrison told meadowlakeNOW.

Harrison, who was appointed minister of trade and export development by the Premier in 2018, pointed to the province’s lowest unemployment rate in the country and said exports have grown since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

“The composite economic indicator which is a measure of 13 leading economic statistics is showing Saskatchewan leading Canada by a significant margin – so people know our focus is the economy and that’s what they want to see the focus on,” Harrison said.

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On Friday, the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan issued a release about the GTH land scandal, suggesting Scott Moe continues to ignore calls for a public inquiry while his candidates have been saying the opposite. The release quoted Harrison speaking about the GTH in 2017 when he said there were very serious mistakes made in the deal. When asked if he expects the electorate to give the Sask. Party a hard time about the GTH scandal, Harrison returned the focus to the economy.

“We delivered results for north west Saskatchewan. We have a brand-new long-term care facility being built right now in Meadow Lake. We just did an exciting announcement about the rebuild of Highway 24 from Spiritwood to Leoville and over to Chitek Lake which is a major project. We rebuilt Highway 4, Highway 3 and Highway 26, so people see first hand the results that have been delivered here,” he said. “The folks here in Meadow Lake know my number one priority is always the constituency.”

In the Meadow Lake riding, the NDP’s Harmonie King recently added her name to the ballot. The Green Party’s Carol Vandale is also seeking the position.

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