The group has very deep ties to the provincial Saskatchewan Party
A new group that claims its “watching out for western Canada’s interests” is actually run by well-connected insiders linked to the provincial Saskatchewan Party.
The group, which calls itself “WestWatch,” quietly surfaced on social media only a few months ago and has lately been spotted running political ads targeting the 2019 federal election on Facebook.
More recently, WestWatch also erected a billboard in Regina in May with a simple message: “Vote out Ralph Goodale.”
Although WestWatch does not have its own website and its social media channels are a little hazy about who is really behind it, the group is run by an organization called the Canada Growth Council.
CGC describes itself as a “group of motivated individuals that are simply fed up with anti-growth propaganda, foreign-funded activist groups and the absence of strong voices that advocate on behalf of free-enterprise and prosperity in Canada.”
Corporate filings show CGC’s three board members all have long and deep ties to the governing Saskatchewan Party:
-Tyler Willox, the top individual donor to the Saskatchewan Party in 2018.
-Eric Clark, a former member of the Saskatchewan Party’s Board of Directors.
-Derek Robinson, a former top communications staffer under Brad Wall.
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