Regina — The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Saskatchewan Office today released Exploiting Saskatchewan’s Potash: Who Benefits? by John W. Warnock. The new report considers the history of potash exploitation in the province with an eye to answering the question of whether the people of Saskatchewan are receiving the full benefit from the exploitation of this strategic natural resource...
Issue(s): Corporations and corporate power, Economy and economic indicators, Energy policy, Environment and sustainability
January 27, 2011
Printed copies of this article can be purchased from the Saskatchewan Office for: $10
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About this Publication
The debate over the future of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. has been limited to the issue of which private interests should control the potash industry in Saskatchewan. There has been little to no discussion of the most important issue: who should own and control the economic rent received from the extraction and use of
Saskatchewan’s natural resources?
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