At this week's City Council meeting, the decision was made to oppose the Government of Saskatchewan's decision to move provincial and municipal elections further apart.

To give voters more separation between the two dates, with provincial elections on the 26th of October and the municipal elections being moved to Nov. 9th in 2020.

Councillor Brian Swanson addressed council on Monday and disagreed that voters would need much separation between the two dates, saying they aren't giving people as much credit as they deserve.

"I don't share their concern that the electorate isn't sophisticated enough to deal with two elections within a short period of time," Swanson expressed. "Our neighbours to the south on some election days will elect anything from a dog catcher to a judge to congressperson to a sheriff to a senator, to governor, and a president and they manage to get through an election."

One of Swanson's main concerns with the change was the weather also. Although this year was an exception, November has been less than hospitable for outdoor activity such as door-to-door campaigning. Without a daily newspaper, Swanson's concerned that the common form of placing signs out for campaigns could be restricted because of snow.

With the majority of council supporting Swanson, they now plan to pen a letter to the province expressing their opposition.

"They have the right to do this but we also have the right to indicate our concerns to them about this and I would think that we should indicate our concerns to provincial government about the recently proposed changes to municipal election dates to move them from the several decades-long tradition of the fourth Wednesday in October to the second Wednesday in November."