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The “Just Transition” risks being deadly to the West

Commentary, Alberta, Climate, Energy, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Marco Navarro-GenieJanuary 14, 2023

The “Just Transition” legislation that Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh want to introduce represents terrible news for hydrocarbon energy producers and workers in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The “People-Centred Just Transition” federal proposal sends up red flags from the title onward. …

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Sale of Sask Government Liquor Stores Leaves Manitoba an Odd Outlier

Commentary, Crown Corporations, Liquor and Gaming, Saskatchewan, Lee HardingDecember 17, 2022

First Alberta, then Saskatchewan, but will Manitoba follow? Next year will be the final year for the Saskatchewan government retails alcohol—nearly 100 years after it began. This history demonstrates how long government keeps its hands on something once it starts, …

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Zinchuk: The Saskatchewan First Act About Power and Farm Production

Commentary, Energy, Saskatchewan, Brian ZinchukNovember 5, 2022

We finally got to see what Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is talking about, with regards to taking on the federal government’s climate change initiatives. And it’s a constitutional swing for the fences. What was remarkable, however, is how rest of …

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Grant Devine Transformed Saskatchewan Politics

Commentary, Agriculture, Crown Corporations, Role of Government, Saskatchewan, Gerard A. LucyshynNovember 3, 2022

Book Excerpt With the agriculture prices being driven up during the 1970s due to the global scare that the world was going to suffer an impending food shortage, governments rushed to flood the market with more food. This sudden increase …

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Part 6: Devine’s Upgraders?  Losers or Winners? The Conclusion

Commentary, Energy, Saskatchewan, Brian ZinchukOctober 19, 2022

This is Part 6 of a 6-part series on the two heavy oil upgraders built in Saskatchewan is based on the book So Much More We Can Be: Saskatchewan’s Paradigm Shift and the Final Chapter on the Devine Government 1982-1991, …

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Part 5: Were Devine’s Upgraders Worth It – Their Massive Impact on Provincial Revenue

Commentary, Energy, Saskatchewan, Brian ZinchukOctober 11, 2022

This is Part 5 of a 6-part series on the two heavy oil upgraders built in Saskatchewan is based on the book So Much More We Can Be: Saskatchewan’s Paradigm Shift and the Final Chapter on the Devine Government 1982-1991, …

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Coal – Not Wind – is Keeping Saskatchewan’s Lights On

Briefing Note, Commentary, Energy, Saskatchewan, Brian ZinchukOctober 9, 2022

While it’s not the same minute-by-minute data provided by the Alberta Electric System Operator for their grid, SaskPower has begun breaking down where its power is coming from on a daily basis. And the data from Oct. 3 and 4 …

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Part 4: Regina NewGrade Upgrader has Processed 16 million Barrels of Heavy Oil per Year for 30 Years 

Commentary, Energy, Saskatchewan, Brian ZinchukOctober 3, 2022

This is Part 4 of a 6-part series on the two heavy oil upgraders built in Saskatchewan is based on the book So Much More We Can Be: Saskatchewan’s Paradigm Shift and the Final Chapter on the Devine Government 1982-1991, …

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Part 3: The Lloydminster Bi-Provincial Upgrader Doubled the City in Size

Commentary, Energy, Saskatchewan, Brian ZinchukSeptember 26, 2022

Part 3 of a 6-part series examining the impact the construction of two heavy oil upgraders during Saskatchewan’s Grant Devine Government.   The discussion hails from the recently published Frontier Centre book “So Much More We Can Be: Saskatchewan’s Paradigm Shift …

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