Sharing Saskatchewan's resource wealth with First Nations has been a political hot potato in the province, but many continue to support the idea, Vote Compass says.
Neither the Saskatchewan Party nor the New Democrats currently support sharing provincial revenue from things like oil and gas with First Nations.
In the 2011 election, the NDP campaigned on a promise to share resource wealth with First Nations. However, more recently, NDP Leader Cam Broten has said that's not something he's promising this time.
Resource revenue sharing was a major plank in the NDP's platform in the 2011 provincial election, but more recently party leader Cam Broten said the idea didn't work for him or the province and would not be back.
But the idea isn't dead yet, at least among NDP supporters, according to information collected from Vote Compass, which is CBC News' civic engagement application.
"With regard to resource revenue sharing, the NDP seems to be at odds with its supporters, a majority (62 per cent) of whom agree that the provincial government should share its resource revenues with First Nations," said Gregory Kerr, research manager with Vox Pop Labs, which created Vote Compass for CBC News.
"This is in stark contrast to Saskatchewan Party supporters, 67% of whom oppose such measures."
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