Over the past number of weeks, the subject of provincial royalties has once again entered into public debate. The discussion remains fixed along a familiar divide: those who want better returns, and those who want to protect the investment environment. Both the...
Nutrien’s Allan, SK, potash mine in April, 2025. Photo by Brian Zinchuk By Erin Weir, Former NDP MP & Consulting Economist, Silo Strategy Published as a policy paper by the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina....
I’ve built a lot of teams over the years. For a long time, I had a formula. Find the strongest people you can and pay them more money than the other guys. Give them a schedule, a budget, and drop them into a problem like a match into dry grass. Fast. Focused....
For years, I’ve advocated for deploying large-scale CANDU reactors to strengthen and eventually anchor Saskatchewan’s power grid. Back in 2024, I raised concerns about the province’s plan to pursue a fleet of small modular reactors (≤300 MWe each). At the time, the...
This op-ed was originally published by the Leader-Post and StarPhoenix, and is reproduced with permission of the author. The recent provincial budget was framed as “protecting Saskatchewan” from “geopolitical turmoil.” In fact, this turmoil has increased the...
