Our future wealth is dwindling – one barrel at a time

[seldomseen]

The last premier to diversify the economy was Grant, but I doubt anyone remembers him for that.
His biggest legacy is still the upgraders.

I remember Grant well and still think he was one of the best to run the province! All the left will want to jump on me for that statement but I stand behind it. Just think of how many lives were saved when he got all the power lines underground and no trees or ice or snow knocking out the power and farming around power poles. I hear left wingers around here talk about all the debt from Grant yet they brag about how cheap it was to heat their houses with natural gas and never make a connection about the money he spent was to plow in the gas line. Grant ran the province through the highest interest rates we have ever seen and the drought and low grain prices of the 80's

[bucket]

Had the money from selling some of the Devine investments been used properly to build more .....the province would still be moving forward instead of the nonsense going on now...

Devine's debt compared to building it now is peanuts. ...


And I don't think he walked out of here like Boyd or lingenfelter with bags of cash....

[seldomseen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DrBA1p6s_M

[sumdumguy]

Had the money from selling some of the Devine investments been used properly to build more .....the province would still be moving forward instead of the nonsense going on now...

Devine's debt compared to building it now is peanuts. ...


And I don't think he walked out of here like Boyd or lingenfelter with bags of cash....

For all his hard work (may I add Rafferty, cow-calf program) lasting legacy. Despite droughts and 22% interest he never said woe in a shisehole and he almost got tarred and feathered by the leftites.

[westernvicki]

That is quite a list... reminds me, it was Grant that put agriculture on the map as the "billion dollar industry" he professionalized agriculture, and invested in facilitating world class knowledge transfer!

Quite a legacy.

[sumdumguy]

Grant would most definitely have my vote today. Can you imagine what Sask would have evolved into if Grant had remained in power? 1980 dollars of debt returned consistent returns to economy and geography.