In their own words: A look back at the federal election

With the 2021 federal election campaign in the books, here's a roundup of some of the best quotes and quips from Saskatchewan following the vote.

“What I can say is, `Wow! Elections are hard.' As a first-time candidate, I knew that, but now I really know that.”

— Susan Cameron, Liberal candidate in Regina-lewvan

“The reality is that right now, when we're in the fourth wave, was not a great time to call an election. A lot of people were afraid to come to the door to talk to people, a lot of people were afraid of going out to the polls.” — Tria Donaldson, NDP candidate in Regina-lewvan, who failed to unseat Conservative incumbent Warren Steinley

“I didn't expect an election in a pandemic, so to have people participate in democracy during a pandemic like this, when they almost in some ways are risking their lives, is really difficult and

I'm glad to see people got out and made the effort to make sure their voices were heard.”

— Kyla Kitzul, unsuccessful NDP candidate in Saskatoon-grasswood

“Justin Trudeau called an unsafe,

unnecessary election because of his own personal ambition to achieve a majority. We deprived him of that.”

— Michael Kram, Conservative incumbent for Regina—wascana who won re-election “That was the most pointless election in Canada's history.” — Premier Scott Moe

“I'll tell you this: It's a gruelling endeavour, but I just think that had we had another month, I think the results might have been different.”

— Robert Doucette, NDP candidate in Saskatoon West who lost a tight race to Conservative incumbent Brad Redekopp

“No elxn is ever pointless. Don't buy into the argument that it was an inconvenience. It's not inconvenient to stand in line for ten minutes to vote & have a say

in who forms govt. it was inconvenient for my uncles to storm Normandy beaches on D-day so we could vote.”

— Tweet by Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice Chief David Pratt

“I'm tired. It's been a long campaign, lots of walking and shaking hands and meeting people and late nights and early mornings.”

— Brad Redekopp, Conservative incumbent in Saskatoon West who narrowly hung on to his seat

“I will always put the priorities of this province first and foremost, always fight against the attacks on Saskatchewan and Western Canada.”

— Andrew Scheer, Conservative incumbent for Regina—qu'appelle who won re-election “Tonight we're going to celebrate

this win, but with our focus in the morning that we have to keep this government to account, we have to stop the abuse that we receive in Western Canada from the Liberals.”