There is an old saying about an ill wind bringing no good. Even the ill-wind of the COVID crisis brought some good, based on a new study from StatsCanada on how …
Economy
Saskatchewan’s Manufacturing Stalwarts
It is one of the best business bounce back stories of the pandemic. When the lockdown was instituted in March of last year, many parts of the economy took a …
We’re in a Better Place
It can be useful sometimes to step back and take a wider look at the economic landscape to get a true picture of what is going on out there. With the daily …
Saskatchewan: The Investment Magnet
Any doubt that Saskatchewan has entered SaskaBoom 2.0 was erased this week. By Day Two of the workweek, we’d seen announcement of a $300 million takeover of …
Equal in name only
The equalization program and how it applies to each province has often been criticized that it does the opposite of its intention. Western Canadian …
Don’t Write Off the Oil Patch
Despite all the talk about climate change and the effects of carbon emissions with a new United Nations report this week, no one is writing the epitaph of this …