The Saskatchewan government is boosting
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Nipawin - August 31, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis | |
CIC hands out $35,000,000 |
The Crown Investment Corporation of Saskatchewan (CIC) is made up of the family |
of public corporations and it has recently extended their interests in assisting | |
the meat industry in an effort to diversify the agricultural sector. The single family owned | |
Big Sky Farms was given $15 million to establish new hog barns in the province and now | |
the single family owned Centennial Food Corporation has been given $20 million to build | |
a $34.4-million hamburger patty processing plant in Saskatoon. | |
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grease the new economy |
This government understands the economy of brick and mortar and wants to put more |
meat to grease the new economy of the province. It was not enough for the city of | |
Saskatoon to experience a construction boom with the building of the $175-million | |
Synchrotron in the name of scientific research and at the expense of the education of | |
our children. Therefore, our Premier Romanow wants to reach a new first for his | |
Saskatchewan Way and wants to make his city of Saskatoon the biggest manufacturer | |
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of hamburger patties. |
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not likely be high paying |
Ron Kovits of Centennial Food Corporation has said |
"This will be one of the largest hamburger patty manufacturing plants in Canada. And, as you might imagine, we'll use a tremendous amount of beef(1)." |
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CIC Minister John Nilson has stated that while he could not provide figures to | |
illustrate the economic impact of the investment he is certain that the company | |
is bringing construction and full time jobs to the province. And in response to | |
Nilson, Kent Smith-Windsor, executive director of the Saskatoon and District | |
Chamber of Commerce, has commented that the new jobs are not likely be high | |
paying, but he said that young people need to work and develop skills before | |
they move on to further education(2). | |
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Romanow for his vision |
We have to thank our Premier Romanow for his vision to have as many of our |
children manufacture hamburger patties before moving on to further their education | |
and eventually enter the scientific world as represented by the biggest scientific | |
Canadian effort: the Synchrotron mausoleum. . | |
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General reference: articles by Mario deSantis http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantisNG.html | |
Province buys stake in burger biz, CBC Saskatchewan, http://www.sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Aug 30 2000 9:22 PM EDT | |
Gov't puts $20 million in north Saskatoon hamburger plant, by Joanne Paulson, The StarPhoenix, August 31, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |