Clark is still the premier. All premiers have the right to face a new legislature. But they are not entitled to a new election if they lose (that's why most defeated governments resign rather than do that; otherwise they'd have nothing to lose by just calling another vote). Granting the premier an election under those circumstances would essentially be giving the incumbent party the right to govern in perpetuity.
The clear precedent on this point is the 1985 Ontario election, where John Black Aird told Frank Miller upfront that he would not get a dissolution if he lost a confidence vote (which he did) immediately after.
The difference between 1985 Ontario and BC today is that the Liberals and NDP had a clear majority of seats, whereas the Greens and NDP don't.
The better precedent -- apart from 1908 Newfoundland -- is
1858 PEI, where the parties were so evenly matched they couldn't even elect a speaker. In that case, they dissolved Parliament, and had another election. Both Newfoundland and PEI happened pre-Confederation for the respective provinces, but one of the nice things about having a Westminster-style system is that precedent can be set anywhere they have it.
Of course, the NDP and Greens may be willing to have every tie broken by the Speaker, in which case... it'll still be unworkable, since tradition dictates that the Speaker only votes to continue debate, not that they decide the fate of the government on every single vote. I don't think there's any way this doesn't end with another election within the year.
The only real reason Wall's numbers are dropping at all are because he keeps threatening to sell 49% percent of the crown's. If he does he is likely done in Saskatchewan. If he would just stop talking about that I am sure his numbers would rebound substantially.
The NDP in Saskatchewan are still a mess and not really a viable alternative. If the NDP win in the next election it will simply be because people are tired of the Sask Party or they went through with selling off any portion of the crowns and not because people wanted to vote NDP. I really wish we could get a new party started in Saskatchewan because both the Liberal and PC parties are basically dead here. They need a rebrand.
The Saskatchewan Liberal and PC Parties are dead because they joined to form the Saskatchewan Party, no? In any case, by 2020 Wall will have been premier for 13 years. That's a long time for any leader If the CPC loses in 2019, Scheer would step aside soon after that election, which would leave Wall time to step aside and announce he's jumping to federal politics. Admittedly, that would screw over the Saskatchewan Party, since they'd only have a year to pick their own leader, and if they're still behind in the polls he would be seen as fleeing a sinking ship, but if CPC members still view him as the saviour, the timing would be doable.
In other Scheer news, not only is he a wannabe theocrat, he's also
in tight with The Rebel:
Scheers campaign organization has a direct connection to The Rebel: campaign manager Hamish Marshall is listed as a director on the companys federal incorporation records, which show its most recent annual general meeting was in February of this year.
Just what we needed: more Ezra Levant in Canadian politics.
