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Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili’s speech to the party faithful, in which he laid out his vision for the province ahead of what is expected to be a “growth” campaign with a target of 20 or more seats in the legislature, was the main event at the party’s annual convention in Prince Albert this weekend. But it was not the only item of significance. Here’s everything else you need to know about what happened when around 300 New Democrats gathered to launch their campaign.

Meili leans into underdog narrative

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The governing Saskatchewan Party is expected to spend the next year trying to portray Meili and the NDP as “weak” and itself and Premier Scott Moe as “strong.”

It is a key plank of the Sask. Party’s re-election strategy.

While Meili has said previously that narrative is a “distraction” from the government’s poor record on a host of issues and its lack of fresh ideas for the province, he took a slightly different tack this weekend.