Buffalo Party holds meet and greet at Kindersley

By Joan Janzen
joanjanzen@yahoo.com

Wade Sira, leader of the Buffalo Party, arrived at a farm west of Kindersley for a meet and greet on Saturday, June 19th. He also stopped in at a car show at the Kindersley mall parking lot.

Leanne Campbell from Kindersley volunteers for the Buffalo party. She sets up new constituency associations, phones area supporters and members encouraging them to get involved in their riding. Although there was a small gathering of twenty-five people at the Kindersley meet and greet, Leanne said the party acquired several new members, which is one of their main goals.

“Our goal this year is to gain more members to the party and get all 61 constituency associations up and running so we are prepared to run a full slate of candidates in the next election,” Leanne explained.

Wade announced their first inaugural party convention, which will be held in Swift Current at the beginning of November. He also shared this information last weekend in Rosetown and at Swift Current.

Leanne said she finds volunteering for the party extremely rewarding as people tell her their stories and voice their frustrations with the current government. Some of that frustration is due to firearm laws, which Wade described as another infringement of Saskatchewan’s jurisdiction.

Wade has said that the Buffalo Party will not allow a double standard society or restrict people’s freedoms and rights. He said, “Saskatchewan’s authority lies within Saskatchewan people’s own elected government. One thing is clear, people are unhappy with our current government, and they are looking for the change they have been promised for generations. Our current government answers every problem with larger, more centralized government and public services.”

In the 2020 provincial election, the party captured just over 11,200 votes, placing third in the total vote count and pulling ahead of the NDP in several ridings, but were unable to win a seat for themselves. Now the party is making a concentrated effort to make itself known throughout the province.

“Mark my words: if we lose rural Saskatchewan, we will lose urban Saskatchewan. The Buffalo Party is here to stand up for all of Saskatchewan,” Wade concluded.

He continues to spread this message as he travels to Humboldt, Nipawin, Melfort, Spiritwood, and the central and southeastern parts of Saskatchewan.