Enterprise Saskatchewan

Right now, my impression is … it’s very vibrant.”
Laura Lochman, US Consul General for Alberta, Saskatchewan and N.W.T. – The Leader-Post, March 9, 2010

“Saskatchewan has the best operating and fiscal environment in North America right now”
Anthony Marino, President & CEO of Baytex Energy Trust

Owners of small, independent businesses in Saskatchewan were among the most optimistic in Canada during the first month of the new year.
Canadian Federation of Independent Business – February 4, 2010

"…It really is Saskatchewan’s time. It's [Sasktchewan's] opportunity to take advantage of the market conditions and the trends, and to build its economy and build its resources and its strength and attract new opportunities to the province."
Mayo Schmidt, CEO, Viterra – The Globe and Mail, December 29, 2009

"It's a totally different environment here and one that will assure that you'll see a return to positive growth."
Paul Ferley, RBC Assistant Chief Economist – December 15, 2009

"Next year the growth should rebound 3.3 per cent, the strongest in Canada, as the potash sector firms and strong fundamentals continue to drive growth in the province."
BMO Economic Forecast – December 12, 2009

"Saskatchewan's Premier Brad Wall is a rising political star whose province is soon to become Canada's largest conventional oil producer. At the same time, Saskatchewan is making the biggest per-capita commitment in North America to reducing emissions."
National Post – December 8, 2009

The increase in jobs over the past 12 months "is a good indication that Saskatchewan's economy is going somewhere."
Sylvain Charlebois, associate dean of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, Leader-Post – December 5, 2009

"For years Alberta enjoyed the so-called Alberta advantage, a combination of low taxes, small government, and the most attractive investment climate in the country. What we're seeing now is a chipping away of that advantage, as both Saskatchewan and B.C. have reduced business taxes and introduced other policies that encourage capital investment."
Niels Veldhuis, Fraser Institute – December 4, 2009

"…An economic superstar."
CNN Radio – December 2, 2009

Saskatchewan will surpass Ontario as the second-wealthiest province in 2009 as measured by living standards. "They have been riding some really winning horses and they have had a good open-for-business climate as well."
Dale Orr, Bay Street Analyst, Financial Post – November 25, 2009

"Unlike most of the rest of Canada, frankly, and probably unlike most of the rest of the world, I think for Saskatoon and Saskatchewan as a whole (the recession) has really allowed the province to catch its breath. For a lot of North America and a lot of the world we've seen a lot of increased unemployment and, if not recession, then shrinking growth down to flat, whereas Saskatchewan has seen continued growth and is at half the unemployment rate as the rest of Canada."
Matthew Bosrock, Deputy CEO, HSBC Bank Canada – November 5, 2009

"Petrobank took pains to point out in a news release that the approval process for its toe-to-heel air injection, or THAI, demonstration project in a heavy oil formation near Kerrobert, SK, took just 56 working days – less than three months – while similar projects in Alberta's oil sands regions are taking years."
Calgary Herald – October 28, 2009

According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business ranking of Canada's Top 10 Entrepreneurial Cities, this year's top-ranked entrepreneurial city in Canada is Saskatoon. For Gordon Ashdown, the owner of Can-West Agencies Ltd., a wholesale distribution company in Saskatoon, the reversal of fortunes is welcomed. "We now have an environment that's really good to work in and it's improving all the time," he said. "Just the business-friendly government has made a huge difference in Saskatchewan."
National Post – October 19, 2009

"Saskatchewan boasts the fastest economic growth rate of any Canadian province.”
The Economist, 2008

"The resource-rich province has the brightest prospects of any region in Canada."
The Globe and Mail, 2008

"The U.S. buys more oil from Saskatchewan than it does from Kuwait. No wonder the CEO of one Fortune 500 company describes the prairie province as the 'next sovereign wealth fund'."
Fortune, 2008