Moe touts Saskatchewan role in global energy, food security during business speech

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SASKATOON — Premier Scott Moe touted Saskatchewan’s economic prosperity driven by windfall resource revenues in a speech to business leaders while also…

“There is a strong tailwind that’s pushing this province forward in a world where the paramount concern is energy security and, ultimately, food security,” Moe said Monday at a luncheon hosted by the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

“While Scott Moe is bragging about how well his provincial coffers are doing, not a cent of that windfall revenue is making it down to the people of this province — the true owner of those resources,” Beck said in a statement. Moe has long been pushing against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government’s environmental policies in the name of the resource sector. The premier cautioned against policies only focused on the environment that are motivated by ideology.

However, there’s not a lot the provincial government can do on these issues, Westlake said, pointing to the challenge against the carbon tax that was struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada.Article content Moe spoke about a workers’ shortage across Saskatchewan, urging business leaders to push Ottawa for a Canada-Saskatchewan immigration accord, similar to the one in Quebec, that could bump up the cap to 13,000 people a year.The throne speech is also to include information about an international trade office in the European Union, Moe added. It will mark the ninth such office in different places around the world.

 

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