REGINA — Saskatchewan residents will be casting their votes in today's election as they decide who will form the next provincial government. Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party is seeking a fifth-straight majority after 17 years in office, while Carla Beck's NDP is looking to take back government for the first time since 2007. Political experts say Moe is favoured to win, given his party's strength in rural areas, but polls suggest a closer race.
Moe has promised broad tax relief and to continue withholding federal carbon levy payments to Ottawa. Beck has pledged to spend more to fix health care and education, pause the gas tax, and remove the provincial sales tax on children's clothes and some grocery items. Residents can cast their votes at polling stations throughout the province between 9 a.
m. and 8 p.m.
today, with counting to begin after polls close. On Sunday in Regina, Beck told supporters she's ready to deliver the change people are asking for. "It's time for a government that's going to work with you, not for themselves," said Beck, who would be the province's first woman premier if her party wins.
"It's time to fix health care here in the birthplace of medicare, it's time to make life more affordable starting on day one. "It's time to invest in our kids, our most important resource, and make sure that they have the education that they need. "And it's time to get the economy back on track.
" Moe did not have any public events scheduled for Sunday. But in Saskatoon on Sa.
