You learn something new every day. I ALWAYS thought Saskatchewan’s largest industry was agriculture. How could it not be? Well, at least as measured by GDP, I was wrong. It’s actually oil and gas.
(I’ve been writing about this for almost 16 years. You think I would have clued in on something like that?)
Brian – and what is Canada’s top export? Crude petroleum! Refined petroleum is third and coal is fifth. Can you imagine Canada’s standard of living if we stopped exporting these and agriculture?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exports_of_Canada
And what’s Canada’s largest industry? Government.
And what’s the single largest expense a Canadian company will face? Taxes.
Couldn’t have said it better myself
Government. Hands down. 185,000 out of 590,000 employed by government in Saskatchewan (plus SK funds government in Ottawa and sends transfers to fund government employment in other provinces).
Government. I’m thinking landslide.
Mining, Oil and Gas at $12.3B does appear to outpace Agriculture at $6.7B, but they are exceeded by “public services” at $16.8B and services (other than public) at ~$30B
(source: https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/business-economy/key-economic-indicators/gross-domestic-product#by-industry-tab )
I’m sure the lunatics running the fedgov would prefer that MOGA is zero and government represents 100%
JD: “I’m sure the lunatics running the fedgov would prefer that MOGA is zero and government represents 100%”
The bureaucrats get up in the morning in their nice homes, go in to work (or not) and sit behind a computer or hang out somewhere, order out or go out for lunch, go home to a nice dinner, and have plenty of money for food and vacations. In their eyes their jobs are “vital” though that rarely motivates them to get much, if anything, done. They suffer no consequences for their actions or inaction.
Groceries come from the store unless you eat out, and electricity comes from a socket in the wall. They collect their paychecks with nary a thought of where the money comes from other than they are paid by “the government”.
Whatever in the world does that “dirty” oil and gas and coal and those hayseed farmers have to do with them? Go ahead and shut them down if it will Save The Planet®.
Amazing how such a small about of revenue can support such a large amount of services.
Worse than that, they think that could work.
if people like Zinchuk get their way, Saskatchewan taxpayer aid to Ukraine will be Saskatchewan’s largest industry
If people like Ross get their way, Russia’s invasion of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland will lead to full NATO involvement and a third world war, which will obviously cheaper than trying to stop Russia while its still in eastern Ukraine. Don’t worry, Ross, there’s an increasing number of Americans and Canadians who are seeing it your way. You’ll soon get your wish. And then you’ll really have something to think about when it comes to true costs and who pays for what.
My grandfather was born a refugee.
Why Poland Brian? Canada has a weaker military and richer resources.
Russian tanks rolling down the Yellowhead! You’ve been warned. It’s the domino theory, if not stopped in the Donbass next line is at Lloydminster.
There you go again. Leave those idiots alone.
Brian, quite right. There was a similar situation in 1938. It would have been far more effective to have stopped Nazi Germany before the Munich Agreement in military aid and warfare in support of Czechoslovia. Instead, cowardice had its day, resulting in the Munich Agreement. Hitler accelerated his military buildup using Czech tanks and industry, and the Wehrmacht became unstoppable until Stalingrad in 1942.
People like Ross are doomed to repeat history endlessly until they get to the necessary answer. The Rosses of the world only serve to increase death and destruction by trying to delay the inevitable.
Just wait until Putin gets the LAV plant in London, Ontario. It will be all over then.
Ross just can’t see the big picture.
Makes little difference to Guilbeault, he’s attacking all of SK’s largest industries with the intention of transforming it into the Poverty Province.
Pipeline capacity constraints to continue.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Canada-Oil-Faces-Fresh-Pipeline-Shortage.html
Surely Saskatchewan’s largest industry is pop quizzes? They keep popping up, if that’s the expression I’m looking for.
Of course, the classic Saskatchewan pop quiz is, “Who’s your pop?” Amazing how many can’t answer it.
That’s a dad joke I didn’t know of.
I didn’t know that either.
The media blackout of the immediate doubling of gas prices after they fixed the election against Trump probably had a lot to do with it…
Gas $2.60/L in south Portugal