Saskatchewan election leader profile: Phil Zajac, Buffalo Party [Video]

As the Saskatchewan election approaches, Buffalo Party Leader Phillip Michael Zajac says forming a government is “very difficult,” but he believes this election is a stepping stone to future victory.

“It’s like a sport,” Zajac told CTV News. “You know, I played football at university, and hockey, and you don’t play to lose, right? You want to play to win.”

The Buffalo Party, formerly known as Wexit Saskatchewan, made its debut in the 2020 provincial election by running candidates in 17 out of 61 constituencies in Saskatchewan.

Although the party didn’t secure any seats, it finished second in four rural ridings in Saskatchewan’s southwest and southeast.

Elected as the party’s leader in March 2022 and acclaimed as the Estevan-Big Muddy candidate earlier this year, Zajac seems optimistic about having a member of the party in the legislature this time.

“The message that we send, and as long as we get …