Saskatoon residents have mixed feelings about federal election results

The Liberals are set to form another minority government in Ottawa, and voters in in Saskatoon had mixed feelings about the results of Monday’s election.

The Conservatives once again swept much of Saskatchewan, claiming 13 seats in the province while the Liberals managed to secure a single seat in the northern riding of Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River.

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Frank Collins didn’t reveal who he voted for, but he said the projected minority government is a good thing for the country overall.

“I don’t mind having a minority government,” he said. “I think that it’s good. It kind of forces them to play ball with other parties.”

Dom Turley said he was happy the Liberals were able to pull out the narrow victory on Monday.

“I would’ve liked to seen a Liberal majority, I think, but I’m also happy to see a Liberal seat being won in Saskatchewan,” Turley explained.

Other voters who spoke with 650 CKOM said they were happy that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat in Ottawa.

“I’m super stoked to see Bruce Fanjoy have wonderful success in his riding,” Collins said with a smile on his face.

“Pierre Poilievre did not win his seat,” laughed Jannice Hepburn. “That’s what I’m ecstatic about. I thought it was quite hilarious.”

Although some were optimistic and hopeful for the future, one man 650 CKOM spoke with was not.

“The distance between all the candidates was pretty big – pretty large for the fact that they’re all doing the same thing,” said Del Ryan, who was out busking on Broadway Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.

“The only thing of value they can give to the people is a hopeful future, and nobody addressed that.”

Regardless of what political party people voted for, several issues were raised about what people in Saskatoon wanted to see happen in the next iteration of government.

Ralph Rudgier said his top priorities are housing, affordability and the tariffs and threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, but he said he wasn’t confident in the prime minister to tackle the issues.

“I really don’t think Mark Carney is the guy to do it,” Rudgier said. “He’s not the saviour.”

“I think their priority is going to interprovincial trade barriers and dealing with tariffs, which I think is going to have a huge effect on the economy – depending on what Trump is going to do day to day,” Turley said.

“The homeless of course,” said Ryan, when asked about the biggest issues. “It’s pretty sad that they aren’t being taken care of.”