Addiction is Not Price Sensitive
August 31, 2010COMMENTARY - Earlier this year the Wall government attempted to discourage binge and problem drinking by social engineering using a crown corporation. Using their retail liquor monopoly at Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) outlets, they increased the price of 36 high alcohol beer, wine, ciders, and cooler products by as much as 40%. Read more »
Sovereign Wealth Fund Key to Avoiding “Dutch Disease”
August 25, 2010COMMENTARY - In recent weeks the future of our resource sector has been top of mind for many as bids to purchase the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan emerged. While ownership of the companies that mine our resources dominates the debate, policy makers in Saskatchewan need to focus on the long term effect of our resource-based economy instead of squandering this wealth in the short term. The current practice of using one-time non-renewable resource revenue to fund ongoing programs is like selling your car to pay for this week’s groceries. The most responsible and rational approach to public finance is to decrease spending and invest our resource wealth in a sovereign wealth or heritage fund. Read more »
Economic Development Programming in Critical Condition
July 29, 2010COMMENTARY - In 2007 Brad Wall’s flagship organization Enterprise Saskatchewan was introduced after the execution of the grassroots- driven Regional Economic Development Authorities (REDAs). Read more »
