As many parts of the country once again lockdown big pieces of the economy, one remedy being projected as a way to soften the impact on the businesses affected …
Economy
Forecasting a Building Boom
It’s been a long-time coming but November appears to have been a breakout month for construction intentions. We track this by looking at building permits …
Debt Reduction: Item One on 2022 To-Do List
Turning the page on a calendar year is one of those milestones that seems to trigger a willingness to formulate or renew goals. That can be in the form of a …
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Population Tracking
This province is on its way to another population milestone. Just before Christmas, the federal government announced the country had settled just over …
Cold and Then Hot
As we head into the New Year we have a sobering report on the economic outlook from Peter Andersen, a former senior economist with the Bank of Canada who is now …
Bring on the Kids
There are a few topics that have always been central to the public policy conversations in this province and one of them is population. Saskatchewan and to a …