Buckley Belanger – Prior to running as a Liberal for the federal riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, Buckely Belanger was the longest-serving MLA in the Saskatchewan legislature. He was first elected as a Liberal in 1995 and later decided to join the Saskatchewan NDP. Belanger served as minister in various portfolios under premiers Roy Romanow and Lorne Calvert, including Northern Affairs, Environment, Community Resources, and Highways and Transportation. He wants to represent Northern Saskatchewan in Ottawa to ensure First Nations and Métis communities have the resources they need. He is also pleased with the Liberal’s support of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Gary Vidal is the Conservantive incumbent for the federal riding of Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River. He was born and raised in Meadow Lake and has lived, work, played, volunteered an dserved there his entire life. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan and Briercrest Bible College and is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a partner at the accounting firm Pliska Vidal & Co. where he served clients for over 30 years. Gary was elected Mayor of the City of Meadow Lake in September 2011. He resigned in March of 2019 to run in the federal election. On the Conservative Caucus team, Gary serves as Shadow Minister for Indigenous Services.

Harmonie King is a mental health services professional and community activist who was raised by a caring family that taught her to put people first. The NDP’s core values of fairness and equality are very close to her heart and that’s why she is standing with Jagmeet Singh’s team as they fight for a more hopeful, sustainable future. She has over 10 years of direct work experience in mental health and social services, helping youth, lower income families and people with mobility and cognitive impairments. She is passionate about empowering communities in remote and rural areas. She advocates for a more complete health care system that makes supports, prescription drugs and dental care more affordable for all, affordable housing, student debt reduction, and bold climate action that creates-well paid jobs.

Nasser Dean Chalifoux was born in High Prairie, Alta. to Joyce Bernadette Chalifoux of the Drift Pile Cree First Nations. By the age of three, he was removed from his mother’s custody by Alberta Family and Social Services and placed into the foster care system where he says he battled an undiagnosed case of autism. In 1991, not wanting to succumb to social injustices like poverty, he enrolled at Grant MacEwan Community College to study psychology and sociology. In 2002, after endeavouring many years in the trenches in downtown Edmonton as a bicycle messenger, he started an independent bicycle courier service, succeeding on the basis of hard work ethic, professionalism, and not giving up. On September 23, 2005, Nasser married Samantha-Lynn Hemmaway, sold the courier business and relocated to greener pastures on an undeveloped 24 acre piece of raw land off the grid in northeast Saskatchewan to start a family and build a sustainable homestead. Now, after twelve years, with two daughters, he continue to work hard to maintain a more sustainable way of living, which includes deriving all electrical needs, strictly by wind and solar.

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Stephen King is a teacher who has lived in Beauval since 2013. Although he is running as an Independent, King wants to form the Canada First Party. Among the goals of the Canada First Party is to focus on cutting back foreign aid and refugee spending, providing a 25 per cent income increase to seniors and more money for veterans. The party would also seek to change the criminal justice system to make it fairer for Indigenous Peoples, introduce funding for Indigenous language immersion in elementary schools, as well as stop imports of foreign oil and gas. King would also like to build a railway through northern Saskatchewan to provide a means for passenger and freight traffic. He said a railway would address high costs of living and bring jobs to northern residents. King’s platform also includes major funding increases to the military with a goal of one million personnel. The current size of the military is under 50,000 active and reserve soldiers. King has a 60-point platform available to constituents on the Canada First Party website. Other points on the list include a new environmental policy, rolling back Liberal firearm restrictions and having 5G cellphone towers taken down until they are proven to be safe to humans.