One of the candidates in the Saskatchewan Party’s leadership race was in Estevan on Monday to meet with community leaders and discuss his ideas for the province.
Scott Moe, who has the backing of Estevan MLA Lori Carr and more than 20 Sask. Party caucus members, was in the Energy City as part of his tour of the province. He stopped by the Mercury office to discuss the status of his campaign.
“We’ll be back over the course of the next weeks and months as we are looking to meet a number of different people … and to talk to people to start the work to put together our platform,” said Moe.
He said he would be speaking with people from the agriculture sector, the energy sector, business leaders and representatives of city council while in Estevan.
“This will be the first of a few visits to the area,” he said.
Moe, who is a former minister of the environment, reiterated his support for the carbon capture and storage project at the Boundary Dam Power Station. Moe made numerous trips to the world-leading facility while he held the environment portfolio, and was involved with a number of high-profile tours.
“There are a number of opportunities when it comes to powering our electrical generation sources here in the province, and CCS is most notably one of those,” said Moe.
The Sask. Party will select a new leader on Jan. 27, 2018. The new leader will also replace Brad Wall as the premier of the province.
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