April 2007 - Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce

Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce
Business
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APRIL 2007
Celebrating 100 Years of Business Building Saskatoon!
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Inside:
Celebrate
Success! 2007
Finalists
Announced
St. Paul’s
Hospital 100 Years
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Cover Story
Butler Byers Insurance 100th Anniversary
In 1907, Newt Byers, Jim Butler and Ivan Byers opened their own
real estate and insurance company in a small office on 22nd Street in
downtown Saskatoon. Today, Butler Byers Insurance Ltd. has grown
into one of the largest independent insurance brokers in western
Canada.
And it is not only celebrating 100 years in business – it is celebrating 100 years as a family business. The company is still run by the
Byers family. Ivan’s grandson Drew operates the company along
with a management team that includes son Scott, shareholder and
manager of Butler Byers Hail Insurance, controller Barry Slowski
and human resource head John Shanks, who are both shareholders,
and Coby Larmer, branch manager of the 8th Street office.
Butler Byers offers a full range of products and services, from standard home, auto, business and life to large manufacturing firms, employee benefits and crop hail insurance. In a world increasingly
ruled by multi-nationals, it is proud of its long history as an independent.
“We’ve always been an independent broker. That allows us to
shop the market to find the best rates and coverages for our customers,” Drew says. “Putting the needs of customers first is one of
the things that’s kept us in business all these years.”
Putting the needs of customers first demands a high level of service. In 1913 when the firm became the first in the city to offer crop
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hail insurance to farmers, Jim Butler and Ivan Byers hitched up a
team of horses and went on a two-week road trip to meet with small
town agents. Today, Ivan’s great grandson Scott still hits the road
with his team for face-to-face meetings with anywhere from over 500
insurance agents across Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
“Our strength has always been the relationship. That face-to-face
is really important to our client base,” Scott says.
Pioneering hail insurance is just one example of how the business
has impacted the provincial economy over the years. Before Butler
Byers began offering hail insurance, a farmer could be wiped out by
one hail storm. And in those days, if one farmer failed, a whole
community could suffer. Butler Byers Hail Insurance gave the farm
economy the support it needed to grow.
“Whether it’s hail insurance or personal insurance or commercial
insurance, we’re here to help our clients solve problems,” Drew
adds. “We have a lot of expertise in our firm, so we can help clients
find products that meet their needs.”
Homeowner insurance, for example, is fairly straightforward, but
Butler Byers offers every level of coverage, from a basic $20,000
tenant pack to a $1.8 million dream home policy. Commercial insurance needs are much more complex, and this is where Butler Byers’
long experience and expertise really show. Manufacturers need different coverage than trucking companies, who need different coverage than retailers, who need different coverage than wholesalers
and so on. Every business is just a little bit different, and Butler
Byers can offer a policy to suit their needs.
Over the years, the company has evolved and adapted its products
and services to meet the changing needs of clients. In the early
years, the biggest products were fire, hail and employee liability
insurance. In the post WWII period, with the Baby Boom in full
swing and the economy thriving, new products began to emerge –
and Butler Byers was quick to offer them.
26 Years of Developing Executive Leadership
In a 1982 interview, Drew’s father Jack Byers, said, “people have
become much more conscious of insurance, partly because they
read about larger law suits, but also because better policies have
been developed over the years. It’s a continually changing scene,
and we’re always trying to acquaint our clients with that.”
Enrollment is limited to ensure an optimal learning environment
Jack Byers was one of the driving forces in the creation of the
Saskatchewan Insurance Agents Association in 1952, known today
as the Insurance Brokers’ Association of Saskatchewan (IBAS).
Both he and Drew were actively involved in the association, as well
as in its national counterpart, the Canadian Federation of Insurance
Agents. Now Scott is active in the Young Broker Network (YBN)
and was part of the first National meeting.
“This 8 day residential program will challenge, encourage and motivate
in ways never thought possible. You will return to your workplace renewed and confident in your leadership and management capabilities.”
For more information contact us by:
Phone: (306) 966-8686
Email: bas@commerce.usask.ca
Program Dates:
June 1 - June 8, 2007
Waskesiu, SK
Business Advisory Services, College of Commerce
“Building Better Business”
http://www.commerce.usask.ca/programs/bas
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A century in business is a remarkable achievement for any firm, let
alone a family business. According to national statistics from the
Canadian Association of Family Enterprises (CAFE), barely 30 percent of family businesses survive to a second generation, only 10
percent make it to a third, even fewer to a fourth. That’s the landmark Butler Byers celebrates in 2007. With a fourth generation now
involved in the business, Butler Byers Insurance looks ahead to the
next 100 years.
APRIL 2007
Business View
Business View
2007 / 2008 Federal Budget
BUSINESS VIEW is a monthly publication of the
The 2007/08 Federal Budget will both help and hurt Saskatoon’s and Saskatchewan’s
business climate.
Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce
Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce
345 3rd Avenue South
Saskatoon, SK S7K 1M6
Phone: (306) 244-2151 Fax: (306) 244-8366
Email: chamber@eboardoftrade.com
Website: www.eboardoftrade.com
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Articles and criticisms are invited, but opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not
necessarily represent those of the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce. We encourage you to
support the business leaders whose names and products you see advertised in this issue as well as throughout our entire membership. The Board reserves the
right to edit submissions.
Views expressed in BUSINESS VIEW are those of
contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by, or
are policy of, the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce.
Copy Editor: Jodi L. Blackwell
Advertising Sales: Jim Zaiachkowski
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Agribusiness Development
Jill Sauter, Jill Sauter Marketing & Communications
Celebrate Success!
Laura Small, Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan
Doug Osborn, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP
Future Opportunities
Michael Gorniak, Thomson Jaspar & Associates
Shawna Nelson, Radisson Hotel
Government Affairs
Brian Chalmers, Concentra Financial
Christopher Doll, Meyers Norris Penny LLP
Health Opportunities
John Hyshka, Phenomenome Discoveries
Knowledge Industry
Rob Norris, U of S Office of the Secretary
STAFF
Kent Smith-Windsor, Executive Director
Jodi Blackwell, Research & Operations Director
Jim Zaiachkowski, Projects Director
Derek Crang, Director of Investor Relations
Terry Lawrence, Adminstration
Roz Macala, Receptionist / Secretary
Judy Chudskov, Executive Assistant
Linda Saunders, Bookkeeper
Business View
- good news and not so good news for Saskatoon and Saskatchewan
The transition equalization funding formula will help offset some costs for the provincial
treasury, but falls short of the equalization amounts the Government of Saskatchewan
sought.
The funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, and indirect
research cost assistance will be helpful to research-based industries in Saskatoon.
Funding assistance for Aboriginal labour for participation and financial assistance for
programs to expedite programs to help temporary foreign workers, and support for foreign
students to potentially stay in Canada, will help with labour shortages in Saskatchewan.
The commitments to reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses, and support for
streamlined regulatory oversight for major natural resource projects will aid Saskatchewan
businesses and projects based in Saskatchewan compete for investment capital.
Accelerated write down of productivity enhancing investment in plant and machinery will
help Saskatchewan businesses compete globally.
Of greatest concern for Saskatchewan is whether the changes in capital cost allowance
schedules for oil sands projects announced in the budget will hinder the development of
Saskatchewan’s oil sands projects.
“Being slow off the mark to assist in the startup of Saskatchewan based oil sands projects
may be the most problematic announcement for Saskatchewan in today’s federal budget,”
observed Kent Smith-Windsor, Executive Director of the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of
Commerce.
“We just hope that the federal changes in capital cost allowance for oil sands projects
doesn’t stop Saskatchewan’s development of its oil sands even before they really get
started,” stated Blair Knippel, Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce President.
2007
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE
Brian Chalmers
Concentra Financial
EXECUTIVE
Monica Kreuger
Global
Infobrokers Inc.
Douglas Osborn
MacPherson Leslie
& Tyerman LLP
Raj Randhawa
Horizon
PRESIDENT
J. Blair Knippel
Deloitte &
Touche LLP
1ST VICE-PRESIDENT
Marion Ghiglione
Handy Special
Event Centre
2ND VICE-PRESIDENT
Jamie McIntyre
Cameco
Corporation
PAST PRESIDENT
Coni Evans
Point2
Technologies Inc.
Judy Harwood
West Harvest Inns
John Hyshka
Phenomenome
Discoveries
Grant Isaac
U of S - College of
Commerce
Ken McFarlane
CJWW / Magic
98.3 / Hot 93 FM
Jill Sauter
Calvin Sonntag
Philom Bios Inc.
Melanie Stroh
Saskatoon Inn
Tammy
Van Lambalgen
AREVA Resources
Jill Sauter Marketing
& Communications
APRIL 2007
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P RESIDENT ’ S
V IEW
I believe that Saskatoon can win.
Your Chamber believes that Saskatoon can win. But does Saskatoon
really believe we can win? Winning means bottom line results (like
a job for every graduate) and paying less attention to old grievances
and stereotypes. Winning means
meaningful and long-term changes
to our education property tax system and the development of real initiatives to stem our perpetual youth exodus. Winning requires positive changes to our
business and labour environment, ones which would allow us
to celebrate rather than berate the successes of our local businesses. Your Chamber believes that Saskatoon will win and,
with the help of the business community, we can make a real
difference on all fronts. Remember that if you see impediments to Saskatoon winning, please let us know.
We need to ensure that our government remains accountable
by addressing clearly defined priorities with specific productivity improvement targets and with a very sharp pencil. It must
remain responsible enough to fix those things that are broken but throwing good money after bad is not responsible. How
can a province with such high health spending per capita ($2,681
in 2005) still have such a crisis in health-care? A huge percentage of every dollar spent is coming out of our province’s future
revenue generating capacity. Make sure our provincial government remains frugal and continue to expect from them tangible
and visible results from all their spending initiatives. A budget
without limited and clearly defined priorities, without a focused
plan of execution, will continue to necessitate spending without
consideration of the consequences. The consequences of having a revenue wind-fall today that is spent without regard to the
future will be severe. Unlike some provinces, we aren’t lucky
enough to have so much wealth that we can have our votes
purchased with our children’s future.
On March 22, 2007, Minister of Finance Andrew Thompson
presented his second budget. Saskatchewan’s economy is still
running strong thanks to last year’s corporate tax reductions
(thank-you Professor Vicq!) and record resource revenues. The
business community was hoping for significant business incentives for the future in the form of significant corporate tax
rate reductions, massive reforms to our antiquated, anti-growth,
anti-business education property tax system, and strong indications that Saskatchewan truly is open for business. The 2007
Budget fell short on our expectations but we were happy to see
some relief was offered; the question remains will the Provincial government keep feeding the economic engine with probusiness changes to fund its spending habits or will the business community be left to our own devices when dealing with
commercial impediments. Personally, it was very disappointing to see other provinces benefit from the recent Federal Budget
at the cost of Saskatchewan, but relying on Federal money to
fix Provincial problems was likely unwise anyway.
As much needed spending increases in our province’s health
and education systems come into effect, remember these increases are being funded from revenues generated on various
businesses expending our non-renewable resources. Saskatchewan has been very fortunate to have very high resource revenues but our children may not have this same funding source.
Non-renewable means that at some point this source of revenue will come to an end. These revenues are dangerously
addictive to public policy makers. Our province’s debt to GDP
ratio and debt per capita ratios are startling and simply not sustainable. While improvements in these areas are evident, they
are not being seen with the vigour that a winning province requires.
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APRIL 2007
Blair Knippel, President
Educating Leaders, Strengthening Community
More than ever, Saskatoon needs leaders who have the
vision, energy and skill to mobilize people and make thoughtful, wise decisions on behalf of our community to ensure
economic, cultural and community prosperity.
Leadership Saskatoon is entering its eighth year with over
140 alumni. This unique program brings together people
from diverse backgrounds to build personal, organizational and community leadership skills.
Leadership Saskatoon is grooming our community’s future
leaders.
BE A LEADER! Applications are now being accepted
for the Class of 2008. Application deadline is May 31st,
2007.
For more information call Betty Mutwiri at 683-2265, or
visit www.leadershipsaskatoon.com and download an application.
Founding Partners:
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Canada West Foundation Releases Saskatchewan
Economic Profile and Forecast
The Canada West Foundation recently released Reasons
for Optimism: Saskatchewan Economic Profile and
Forecast.
For much of the 1990s, report author and Foundation Chief
Economist Todd Hirsch writes, Saskatchewan's economy
languished under the weight of chronically falling agricultural
prices, drought, high taxes, and depressed land values. The
economy in neighbouring Alberta always seemed to be doing
much better. A mentality of negativity and gloom in
Saskatchewan's economic future took root within the province,
and a steady outflow of young people became part of the
culture. Parents may have even quietly encouraged their
children to leave for better opportunities elsewhere.
The situation in 2007, however, is anything but dismal, and
the attitudes and perceptions within the province are starting
to catch-up to the new economic realities.
Given the plentiful job opportunities, the rising wages, the
improved tax situation, and the relatively low cost of living in
the province, it is likely that Saskatchewan's population will
stabilize and perhaps even start to grow. Solid commodity
prices and a burgeoning R&D sector will certainly help, but
the single best factor working in favour of Saskatchewan's
economy in 2007 is housing prices in Alberta. High prices in
Alberta may reduce the outward flow and may even encourage
some migrants to return home to Saskatchewan.
A major challenge for the province is engaging the fastgrowing Aboriginal population in the province. Much more
work is needed in training young Aboriginal people, fighting
racism, and meaningfully engaging them in the work force.
Overall, Saskatchewan will remain one of the fastest growing
economies in Canada and, along with Alberta and British
Columbia, will continue to secure its position as one of western
Canada's economic powerhouses.
The Canada West Foundation is forecasting real economic
growth of 3.0% for 2006, accelerating slightly to 3.3% in 2007.
Visit www.cwf.ca for details.
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Business View
Welcome NEW MEMBERS
ann & rosie
249 2nd Ave S, Saskatoon SK S7K 1K8
Phone: 978-1064
Fax: 933-3301
Email: info@durandsfootwear.ca
Category: Retail - Clothing / Costumes
Contact: Leane Durand
Ashton Developments Inc.
Phone: 270-1185
Email: ashton.dev@shaw.ca
Category: Home-Based Business
Contact: Gary Geib
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
230 22nd St E, Saskatoon SK S7K 0C9
Phone: 652-0161
Fax: 652-0168
Website: www.cwtvacations.com
Category: Travel Services
Contact: Mary Paterson
CN
Phone: 956-5547
Fax: 956-5591
Website: www.cn.ca
Category: Transportation Industry
Contacts: Dennis Broshko / Kevin Franchuk /
Jim Newton / Blaine Phillips
Combat Carpet Cleaning
Phone: 290-3477
Category: Home-Based Business
Contact: Gerald Bennett
Dr. Christopher J. Strelioff Optometrist Prof. Corp.
T33B Midtown Plaza, Saskatoon SK S7K 1J9
Phone: 242-9226
Fax: 242-9255
Category: Eye Care Services / Supplies
Contact: Marina Strelioff
Dr. H. J. Drexley
116A Idylwyld Dr N, Saskatoon SK S7L 0Y7
Phone: 664-6616
Fax: 244-8577
Category: Eye Care Services / Supplies AND
Health Care - Services / Supplies
Contact: Hank J. Drexley
Durand's Fine Footwear Accessories Ltd.
255 2nd Ave S, Saskatoon SK S7K 1K8
Phone: 933-3336
Fax: 933-3301
Email: info@durandsfootwear.ca
Website: www.durandsfootwear.ca
Category: Retail - Shoes AND Retail - Jewellery
Contact: Leane Durand
East Side Mario's
2335 8th St E, Saskatoon SK S7H 0V4
Phone: 665-5550
Fax: 665-5552
Email: esmsaskatoon@sasktel.net
Website: www.eastsidemarios.com
Category: Restaurants
Contact: Roberta Bates
Flying J Travel Plaza
3850 Idylwyld Dr N, Saskatoon SK S7P 0A1
Phone: 955-6844
Fax: 955-6840
Website: www.flyingj.com
Category: Restaurants
Contact: Richard Halyk
Genome Prairie
101-111 Research Dr, Saskatoon SK S7N 3R2
Phone: 668-3570
Fax: 668-3580
Email: info@genomeprairie.ca
Website: www.genomeprairie.ca
Category: Research & Development
Contact: Jerome Konecsni
Sask Made Marketplace
1619 8th St E, Saskatoon SK S7H 0T2
Phone: 955-1882
Fax: 955-1726
Email: saskmademarketplace@sasktel.net
Website: www.saskmade.ca
Category: Retail - Gift & Novelty
Contact: Darrell Schneider
Highway Agencies Ltd.
1-833 51st St E, Saskatoon SK S7K 5C6
Phone: 653-4066
Fax: 653-3431
Website: www.highwayagencies.ca
Category: Insurance Companies / Agents
AND Transportation Industry
Contacts: Carlee Merritt / Randy Williams /
Reed Willison
Saskatchewan Property Management,
Purchasing Branch
1-1920 Rose St, Regina SK S4P 0A9
Phone: 787-6005
Fax: 787-3023
Website: www.sasktenders.ca
Integrated Designs Inc.
215-116 Research Dr, Saskatoon SK S7N 3R3
Phone: 934-6818
Website: www.i-designs.ca
Category: Engineers - Consultants / Services / Supplies
Category: Government Agencies - Provincial / Federal
Contact: Rob Isbister
Saskatoon Agri-Auto Parts Inc.
15-3815 Thatcher Ave, Saskatoon SK S7R 1A3
Phone: 934-1557
Fax: 934-0411
Website: www.agri-auto.sk.ca
Category: Agricultural AND Automobile - Parts / Repair / Maint.
Contact: Debbie Ross
Contact: Murray Guy
JaKe's on 21st
307 21st St E, Saskatoon SK S7K 0C1
Phone: 373-8383
Fax: 373-8380
Simply Offsite
208-416 21st St E, Saskatoon SK S7K 0C2
Phone: 244-4880
Website: www.simplyoffsite.com
Category: Caterers / Food Services AND Restaurants
Category: Internet AND Computers - Sales / Services / Supplies
Contact: Laurie Forseille
Contact: Mike Lavender
La Federation des francophones de Saskatoon
103-308 4th Ave N, Saskatoon SK S7K 2L7
Phone: 653-7440
Fax: 664-6447
Email: ffs@shaw.ca
Website: www.ffslerelais.ca
Category: Non-Profit Organizations
Contact: Laurette Lefol
Ms. Morag Macpherson
Category: Individual Members
The Makeup Studio
432 21st St E, Saskatoon SK S7K 0C2
Phone: 244-4554
Fax: 244-1978
Email: themakeupstudio@sasktel.net
Website: www.makeupstudio1.com
Category: Beauty - Services / Supplies
Contact: Charmon Kneller
OTV Technologies
302A Wall St, Saskatoon SK S7K 1N7
Phone: 374-0607
Fax: 374-0357
Website: www.otvtech.com
Category: Computers - Sales / Services / Supplies AND Retail
Contact: Pradeep Bains / Ryan Halbgewachs
Prudential Sask Realty
1106 8th St E, Saskatoon SK S7H 0S4
Phone: 665-3600
Fax: 665-3618
Email: garyemde@garyemde.com
Website: www.garyemde.com
Category: Real Estate - Commercial AND Residential
Contact: Gary Emde
Skan Machine Tools Ltd.
119 Avenue C S, Saskatoon SK S7M 1M9
Phone: 653-5834
Fax: 384-1611
Category: Machine Shops
Contact: John Kostyna
Speedy Cash Payroll Advances
5-1601 22nd St W, Saskatoon SK S7M 0T2
Phone: 373-6390
Fax: 373-6392
Email: saskatoon@speedycash.ca
Website: www.speedycash.ca
Category: Financial Services / Planning
Contact: Julie Scott
Woodstyles Woodworking Co. Ltd.
302F Wall St, Saskatoon SK S7K 1N7
Phone: 664-2804
Fax: 664-2806
Email: woodstyles@sasktel.net
Website: www.gencities.com/skwoodstyles
Category: Carpentry / Woodworking / Millwork AND Construction
Contact: Willie Marks
Your Dollar Store with More
PO Box 1218, Martensville SK S0K 2T0
Phone: 955-4991
Fax: 955-4992
Category: Retail
Contact: Ken Warner
Zep Manufacturing
2924K Miners Ave, Saskatoon SK S7K 4Z7
Phone: 934-0946
Fax: 934-5025
Website: www.zep.com
Category: Manufacturers
Contact: Lisa Seward
To refer your leads or for membership information, please contact: Derek Crang @ 664-0702
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Provincial Budget 2007:
Education Property Tax Broken - No Permanent Fix
- Weak attempt to shift blame leaves property investors in Saskatchewan having the highest
education property tax bills in the country. Saskatoon taxpayers hardest hit
The Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce has given the provincial
government a “D” for the 2007/08 budget released March 22nd. Real estate
investment in Saskatchewan continues to be penalized by the provincial
government’s outdated and uncompetitive Education Funding Policy.
The stop gap measure announced relates to one year of property tax relief
and does not fix this long standing problem. It is ironic, but the provincial
government has challenged the federal government for the clawback provision
in the federal Equalization Formula, but does nothing to correct the clawback
provisions contained within Saskatchewan’s Foundation Operating Grant
system. All property owners in Saskatchewan face uncompetitive loads of
property tax, but this problem is compounded in any jurisdiction with
assessment growth, like Saskatoon. Under the current formula, as assessment
grows, part of the provincial grant for education is clawed back in a manner
similar to the federal Equalization Formula.
Education funding changes are needed to sustainably arrest and reverse
youth exodus in Saskatchewan. Competition for the investment that
Saskatchewan needs to drive job and population growth already exists and
will only continue to intensify, so the province must be more aggressive in
creating an education property tax policy framework that fosters investment.
Alberta continues to further reduce education property tax rates, and many
other provinces have even lower education property tax loads than Alberta,
while Saskatchewan and Saskatoon are caught in an Education Funding
Policy that discourages property investment. This is particularly prevalent
in Saskatchewan’s all too few growth centres, like Saskatoon. This budget
does not bring Saskatchewan into a position to win the competition for
property investment at the level needed to arrest and reverse Saskatchewan’s
youth exodus over the long term. The changes in business taxes announced
in 2006 will continue to attract business investment and drive additional
job creation, but not at high enough levels to sustainably arrest and reverse
Saskatchewan’s youth exodus.
This provincial budget was an opportunity for the government to take a
badly uncompetitive education property tax situation and make significant
improvements.
In 2003, the provincial government committed to correct a badly out of
date Education Funding Policy, and leading into the 2003 provincial election,
the provincial government maintained that it just awaited its report on
education funding before making the necessary changes. The 2003 report
delayed comprehensive action on reducing business education property
tax loads. Provincial government delays have hindered the level of
Saskatchewan’s youth retention success since at least 1997, but the province
has chosen to wait, yet again. The Education Funding report was released
in 2004, but the provincial government has now attempted to shift
responsibility to the federal government to distract attention from its own
inaction.
“The provincial government’s attempt to shift blame onto the federal
government ignores the province’s constitutional responsibility for education
funding, and as the recent federal budget shows, gets Saskatchewan nowhere
on overly onerous education property taxes,” stated Kent Smith-Windsor,
Executive Director of the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce. “In
view of the province’s accelerated spending habits in other areas, it’s
becoming clear that the provincial government likes high education property
taxes and is content to stack additional education property tax loads onto
the province’s growth centres, like Saskatoon,” Smith-Windsor added.
unfortunately remains absent from government planning. The government
has yet to adopt a productivity agenda, and spending increases continue at
a rate far higher than population growth and inflation. Saskatchewan ranked
poorly on spending control for the decade from 1996 to 2006. A recent
C.D. Howe Institute study released in March 2007 on provincial fiscal
spending responsibility by province ranks Saskatchewan below eight of
the nine other provinces in Canada, and below the federal government.
“The lack of fiscal restraint by the provincial government over the last
decade embeds higher future taxes in Saskatchewan and has eliminated our
province’s debt reduction capacity. It is surprising that Saskatchewan’s
overspending record exceeds even the aggressive spending of the federal
government. This shows a disappointing lack of discipline for a government
that faced a risk of provincial bankruptcy just a few years earlier,” stated
Blair Knippel, Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce President.
“Saskatchewan’s population is shrinking, and inflation is low. In this context,
the Government of Saskatchewan is spending well in excess of population
growth (or lack thereof) and inflation. As our province saw just a short
decade ago – this is unsustainable.”
Knippel added, “The province’s lack of action in implementing
comprehensive education property tax reductions following the 2003
Boughen Report is damaging to Saskatchewan’s investment climate and is
at odds with the announced income tax program for young graduates.
Investment drives the jobs needed to keep our youth in this province, and
high property taxes remain an inhibitor to securing that investment. With
the tax changes announced in 2006, youth exodus will slow, but to arrest
and reverse youth exodus in a sustainable manner, the province needs a
strategy beyond attempts to shift blame and garner popularity. In addition,
the province needs to address the outstanding issues from its own 2006
Business Tax Review Commission regarding sales tax harmonization and
resource base capital tax elimination. Our province needs to attract enough
business investment to create so many opportunities that our youth would
be foolish to leave.”
We need to capture the momentum of current investor interest in
Saskatchewan by securing more job-driving business investment. Full
implementation of the province’s own Business Tax Review Commission’s
report would lead to this result, but the province has chosen to ignore large
parts of the advice it sought on business tax competitiveness and education
property taxes.
The Government of Saskatchewan’s education property tax and problems
in labour policies are still creating doubt in the minds of investors and these
doubts are inhibiting the job creation needed to build careers for young
people.
“One ‘C’, six ‘D’s, and three ‘F’s is a poorer record than 2006.
Saskatchewan should be Canada’s star pupil. Simply put, no other province
in Canada has the array of raw resources and latent brainpower of
Saskatchewan. The government has not yet built the policy base necessary
to capture our full potential. We need to remind the provincial government
that Saskatchewan has honour roll potential, but is living with an overall
‘D’ result. This lack of desire to improve performance on the part of
government discourages young people when we should be exciting them
about what Saskatchewan can become,” Knippel concluded.
Please see the Budget Scorecard at www.eboardoftrade.com
On other aspects of the budget, a longer-term debt reduction plan
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Business View
Food for
Thought
by C.M. (Red) Williams
Perpetual Motion Machines
An American professor, Jean-Paul Rodrique in an address to
the Asia-Pacific Foundation raised the economic picture of a
perpetual motion machine. He was referring to the relationship of the US and China economies in their current imbalances. The motion is the shipment of goods to the US, paid
for in US dollars in the form of TD Bills and other debt. His
contention is that perpetual motion doesn’t work and warns
us, as he has the US government, that it has to end sometime.
allow that to happen. I guess we mere mortals will have to
wait and see; but the Canadian boom has a lot riding on the
health of the US economy.
His words came back to me on February 27, when the sell
off of stocks in China sent shivers through the world’s stock
exchanges. This is exactly what Professor Rodrique was referring to when he predicted that the machine would come to
a halt with the probable collapse of share prices. An economist sitting with me mentioned that it wouldn’t happen that
catastrophic way because as the value of the US dollar declined they would be paying off US dollar debt with cheap
dollars. Therefore, in the economist’s view, China would not
We have experienced a weakening of the US dollar in the
last couple of years pushing the Canadian dollar from 65 cents
up to 85 cents and limiting our ability to export to the US, our
major market, as a consequence. As many have warned, the
failure of the perpetual motion machine would prick the real
estate bubble in North America, as happened in Japan. I have
no way of confirming Professor Rodrique’s theses, but it is
scary enough to spoil a night’s sleep. I hope China and the
US know what they are doing.
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St. Paul’s Hospital - 100 Years of Hope and Healing
The history of St. Paul’s Hospital is closely intertwined with the history
of Saskatoon from the earliest days of the century.
Through decades of growth and change, St. Paul’s Hospital has responded
to the needs of the community during a century that saw epidemics,
phenomenal growth, and a wide range of medical challenges, breakthroughs
and innovations.
Newly incorporated as a city in 1906, Saskatoon was hit by a typhoid
outbreak in the fall of that year. With a population of 4,500, new settlers
arriving and construction beginning to boom, poor water and sanitation
conditions in riverside work camps contributed to the epidemic.
In the rectory of the new city’s Roman Catholic church, Fr. H. Vachon and
Fr. Joseph Paille struggled to care for very ill typhoid patients. On the
afternoon of Sept. 29, 1906, Fr. Paille answered a knock on the St. Paul’s
rectory door to find two Grey Nuns, Sr. Phaneuf and Sr. Guay, who were
traveling across the prairies collecting alms for their mission at St. Boniface
in Manitoba. For the priests struggling to cope with very ill typhoid patients,
the arrival of the two sisters was providential, and they implored the
women to stay and nurse the sick of Saskatoon.
Founded by Marguerite d’Youville in 1737, the Sisters of Charity of
Montreal or “Grey Nuns” were dedicated to meeting the unmet needs in
society, caring for the sick, the poor, the orphaned, the elderly, and the
abandoned.
Even before the arrival of the two sisters, Fr. Vachon had sent word to the
Mother House of the Grey Nuns in Montreal begging them to establish a
hospital in Saskatoon. Now he and a delegation traveled to Montreal to
plead Saskatoon’s case. The request was granted by the religious order, and
on Jan. 21, 1907, Sr. St. Dosithée, Sr. Mailoux and Sr. Blakely left Montreal
to establish the new hospital in Saskatoon.
One of the first doctors in the area, Dr. J.H.C. Willoughby, agreed to sell his
two-story farmhouse on Pleasant Hill to the sisters for the new hospital.
By March 10, 2007, the 17-bed hospital was ready for patients, and was
named St. Paul’s Hospital in honor of the first Catholic parish in Saskatoon.
An extension to the original building was completed in June, bringing the
capacity of the hospital to 45 beds.
St. Paul’s Training School for Nurses opened Nov. 21, 1909, under the
direction of the first Superintendent of Nurses, Sr. Marie du St. Sacrement,
with five student nurses in the first class. For 60 years the well-respected
teaching facility would train hundreds of nurses.
The converted farmhouse served as the hospital until the new St. Paul’s
Hospital opened Nov. 1, 1913 – it was a modern hospital in its day, with
bright patient rooms, well-equipped operating theatre, x-ray equipment
and an electric elevator. The new facility could accommodate 150 beds, and
continued in the spirit of the Grey Nuns, giving care and comfort to those
in need, regardless of religion, race or financial status.
Expansions in the 1920s included an improved children’s ward, laboratory
facilities, an expanded maternity ward, and a new chapel for patients,
visitors and staff. In 1926 St. Paul’s received a Hospital Standardization
Certificate of the American College of Surgeons and became a teaching
hospital for doctors as well as nurses.
A new nurses’ residence opened in 1931, with student rooms, kitchenettes
and a parlor, as well as classrooms, an auditorium, study rooms and a
chapel.
A Ladies’ Auxiliary was founded in 1934 to support the hospital through
service and fundraising, and in 1941 a Lay Advisory Board was officially
established. This legacy of community support continues today through
the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, established in 1982.
The government of Premier Tommy Douglas enacted the Saskatchewan
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Hospital Services Plan Jan. 1, 1947, assuring that for a $5 annual fee (to a
maximum of $30 per family) all Saskatchewan residents had the right to
receive all hospital services. The provincial program was expanded in the
years that followed and a national medicare plan was introduced in 1966.
The late 1950s saw a flurry of activity surrounding construction of a new
St. Paul’s Hospital, in the face of uncertain government support. After
intense public lobbying, ground for the new hospital was broken in 1961,
with the new building officially opened and blessed Sept. 21, 1963. The old
buildings were demolished. A major public fundraising drive, led by
volunteers from the business community, was launched to raise $410,000
for furnishings and equipment for the new hospital.
In 1968 the provincial government changed the authority for educating
nurses to the department of education, closing hospital-based programs.
The last class graduated from St. Paul’s School of Nursing in 1969.
The fourth major expansion of St. Paul’s Hospital was approved by the
provincial minister of health in 1979, and was completed over the next
decade. It included improvements to all clinical support departments, an
emergency room, state-of-the art operating rooms and intensive care unit,
a new palliative care unit, renovations to the laboratory and an expanded
spiritual care program.
In 1996 an agreement was negotiated with Saskatoon District Health,
establishing St. Paul’s Hospital as the first independent affiliated hospital
in Canada to manage health services across the continuum of care in tandem
with a regional authority.
In 1999, faced with declining numbers, the Grey Nuns of Montreal
transferred the ownership of St. Paul’s Hospital to the Bishops of
Saskatchewan. The bishops work through the Saskatchewan Catholic Health
Corporation to oversee several Catholic health care facilities in the province.
Medical challenges and innovations during the past 100 years included:
• Caring for convalescing soldiers during and after the First World War
• Handling the devastating 1918 influenza epidemic
• Caring for tuberculosis patients through establishment of an isolation
ward and implementation of the latest in treatment methods
• Polio outbreaks in the 1940s and 1950s, during which St. Paul’s used the
latest treatment techniques, including hot moist compresses, massage,
special physiotherapy and “iron lung” machines
• First renal dialysis treatment performed at the hospital in 1960
• Spiritual care department formally established in 1969
• St. Paul’s urologists and physicians involved in kidney transplant
procedures
• St. Paul’s Hospital designated the Provincial Home Care Dialysis Centre
in 1980
• First intra-ocular lens implant surgery performed in 1980
• A Palliative Care Consultation Team established in 1985, with a permanent
Regional Palliative Care Unit opening in 1990
• A Clinical Pastoral Education program established
• A new larger Renal Unit opened in 2000, with St. Paul’s offering all
chronic dialysis treatments in Saskatchewan, and serving as a home
dialysis training centre
• A Centre of Excellence for Nephrology (Kidney) Services established at
St. Paul’s Hospital in cooperation with the University of Saskatchewan
and the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority.
• A Digital Interventional Angiography Suite completed in 2002
• Since 2005 St. Paul’s Hospital has been the home of the Saskatchewan
Transplant Program
• New CT scanning technology and digital radiography established in
2005 enhances the diagnostic abilities of doctors at St. Paul’s Hospital
• A special care unit furnished with cardiac monitoring equipment
established for post-operative patients through a donation by Les and
Irene Dubé
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Benefit Facts
NEED HELP WITH YOUR COMPLICATED LIFE?
Our lives continue to get quicker and more complicated, and
sometimes we don’t know where to turn for help. Perhaps
your group plan can help. Employee Assistance Plans (EAP’s)
have been a growing part of group insurance programs over
recent years. Once considered a top up to comprehensive
coverages, they’re now common across the country. Employers consider them a solid (and affordable) investment in
prevention, helping employees address issues in their lives
before they take a toll at work.
The Chambers Plan has had an EAP program for the past
decade. Like many of the plans in the early years, the EAP
benefit focused mainly on interpersonal issues like family
relationships, stress management, work-related difficulties
and dependency problems.
But sometimes we need help with a broader range of topics,
many reflecting changes in our society and demographics.
For example, the Chambers Plan benefits now include
Eldercare resources, recognizing the large number of Canadians with concerns about senior family members. EAP staff
can help employees research local options for retirement
homes, home care and related support services. Parallel
services are available focusing on childcare.
Employees can also call on the Chambers Plan’s EAP for
legal advice in the areas of family law, separation, divorce,
child support and custody. Similarly, financial advice is available to help employees deal with credit card and debt management, bankruptcy, budgeting, and the financial aspects
of divorce.
Employees and family members can simply pick up the phone
and contact the EAP’s call centre, where the caller’s need is
identified, and matched with local resources. The appropriate expert then provides up to 12 hours of counselling time to
address the issue – and get your life back on track.
Benefit Facts presents information to help you manage your
employee benefits. Brought to you by your Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan® agent,
Andrea Hansen, Wiegers Benefits
Phone: (306) 244-0949
Representing Canada’s premier group plan for
small and medium business.
1-800-665-3365 www.chambers.ca
At work for small business since 1970.
Joint Chamber Agreement Provides
Foundation for Business Opportunities
in the Philippines
- local Chamber enters bilateral Chamber agreement with Davao City
The Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce recently signed an
Agreement with the Davao City Chamber of Commerce in the
Philippines to forge a bilateral Chamber Cooperation Agreement
between the two organizations.
The signing is the culmination of the months of work by local lawyer
and former Saskatoon Chamber President Ken Ziegler of GPC Capital
Corporation. Ziegler pursued this precedent setting relationship as
part of his ongoing efforts to identify international business
opportunities for the benefit of Saskatchewan. On recent visits to
Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand, Ziegler
carried with him a signed agreement from the Greater Saskatoon
Chamber of Commerce to pursue a bilateral relationship between
the Saskatoon Chamber and the Davao City Chamber of Commerce
and Industry in the Philippines. Ziegler secured the Agreement with
the Davao City Chamber on February 2, 2007.
The Agreement commits each Chamber to support the others’ efforts
to enhance business relationships between members of the
respective Chambers. The objectives of the Agreement include:
Chamber program exchanges, promotion of trade, and delegation
exchanges.
Kent Smith-Windsor, Executive Director of the Greater Saskatoon
Chamber of Commerce welcomes the unique partnership. “Our
Chamber is thrilled to be part of such an opportunity. We look
forward to working with the Davao City Chamber representatives
to discover areas of mutual benefit for our regions.” He added,
“We have learned from Ken Ziegler that we have something to
learn about from the activities of the Davao City Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, and we think we’re doing some things
pretty well that they might pick up from us.”
Ken Ziegler stated, “The business community of Saskatoon will be
amazed at the similarities of the economic strengths of these two
cities. That similarity in economic makeup is what motivated me
to suggest this bilateral agreement. Both Chambers
enthusiastically endorsed the idea. So here we have it!”
Plans are underway for a business delegation from the Philippines
to visit Saskatoon and other centres in Saskatchewan, tentatively
set for June 2007. The visiting delegates will meet with
representatives from the Chamber and the business community to
find and expand business to business relationships between the
respective business communities. Talks are also underway for a
return delegation representing the Saskatoon Chamber and the
business community in Saskatchewan to the Philippines in the fall
of 2007.
“We look forward to meeting with the Davao City Chamber officials
and hosting them in our city,” stated Blair Knippel, President of the
Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce. “We can only speculate
about areas of common interest at this point, but are anxious to
build on the great work of Ken Zielger in identifying the
opportunity.”
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The Right Executive Compensation Equation:
Paying for Performance
At a recent Saskatchewan Chapter of the Institute of
Corporate Directors (ICD) business luncheon, executives and
board directors and those with an interest in governance were
presented with the latest thinking on executive compensation
in Canada.
The Opportunity — The executive compensation decisionmaking process and its disclosure deserve scrutiny as
perceptions regarding inappropriate executive compensation
have contributed to a historically low level of trust in the free
enterprise system. While, to date, focus has been on the level
of total compensation and on reporting excessive pay packages,
Canada's Institute of Corporate Directors recognizes the
crucial role executive compensation plays in determining the
direction of an organization. A new ICD study provides a
foundation for more robust, evidence-based governance of
executive compensation.
Five Ideas for Boards to Consider — Sought-after board
member and ICD-certified Director, Doug Hayhurst, offers
five big-picture ideas for Board members (and more
specifically, Compensation Committees) to consider in
governing executive compensation.
1. Hayhurst advises Boards get compensation literacy on the
compensation committee. "Just like the Audit Committee
needs financial literacy, the Compensation Committee
needs 'compensation literacy" as well as financial literacy,"
says Hayhurst. "Have the rights skills on the Board."
2. Hayhurst recalls Steven Covey's thinking, "begin with the
end in mind" as a way to look outward, using stories of the
future to surface assumptions. He suggests that when
establishing executive compensation, directors test it
against a number of future scenarios and imagine the
headline or blog that would accompany public disclosure.
3. "Educate yourself today," Hayhurst also advises. "Read
all you can on current trends and future thinking in the
area of executive compensation. Every director on a
compensation committee is responsible for their due
diligence before agreeing to a compensation proposal. Be
aware of the issues and be able to ask relevant questions."
4. Hayhurst also advises that directors look at other examples
of good practice. "There are companies in Canada providing
full and transparent disclosure on their executive
compensation processes — BCE, for example. Even if
the example is not in your industry or your size of company,
these organizations give you an idea of what the market is
doing."
5. Finally, says Hayhurst, be prepared to have a CEO not get
paid well in a particular year. "Your responsibility as a
director is to pay for performance, not for attendance," he
says.
A Proposed Model for Executive Compensation — The ICD
model has three essential components to ensure a balanced
and fair outcome: process, disclosure and governance/
accountability.
ICD recommends the Compensation or Human Resource
Committee of the board follow a defined and transparent
process in determining the compensation for the CEO based
on a thorough understanding of the business model, strategy
and goals that aligns CEO incentives and investor interests.
Concerning disclosure, it is essential all information regarding
the process for determining CEO compensation and the
elements of the arrangement be presented in plain English. It
is ICD's view that creative individuals will find ways around
disclosure guidelines if they are over-prescribed. As well, the
information should capture all of the relevant sources of
compensation for the CEO and their costs to the organization.
Finally, in order to accurately align the CEO's compensation
with stakeholder interests, a large portion of executive
compensation should be ‘at risk’ — that is, pay-forperformance measures as the basis for executive
compensation arrangements.
For more information on the Institute of Corporate Director's
Blue Ribbon Commission on Executive Compensation in
Canada contact Irene Seiferling at 665-2233, ICD
Saskatchewan, or visit www.icd.ca.
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Celebrate Success! Announces the Finalists for 2007
Finalists for a variety of awards were announced recently at the Celebrate Success! Finalist Reception. Co-hosted by the Greater
Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce and Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Inc., the Celebrate Success! Awards Gala will be on May
15, 2007. The ATHENA® Award, Award of Innovation, and the Saskatoon Awards for Business Excellence (SABEX) Awards, including the
prestigious Hall of Fame Award, will be presented. Visit www.eboardoftrade.com for Gala ticket information.
SABEX Community Involvement
Sponsored by SaskTel
Associated Engineering (Sask) Ltd.
FirstSask Credit Union
MD Ambulance
TCU Financial
SABEX Customer Service
Sponsored by CIBC
Cardwell Murphy Counseling
Centennial Plumbing, Heating & Electrial
Parkville Manor
Saskatchewan Mutual Insurance Co
SABEX Growth & Expansion
Sponsored by Muskeg Lake CREE Nation
Associated Engineering (Sask) Ltd.
Bath Fitter
Prairie West Fabricating
Venmar CES, Inc.
SABEX Marketing
Sponsored by Handy Rentals
1-800-GOT-JUNK?
Centennial Plumbing, Heating & Electrial
Cravings Maternity & Baby, Inc.
Frakas, Shops for Women Inc.
SABEX New Business Venture
Sponsored by: Global Infobrokers
1-800-GOT-JUNK?
Angles Salon Spa
Cravings Maternity & Baby, Inc.
FIS Structural & Finishing Co. Ltd.
SABEX New Product
Sponsored by: Sask Research Council
Maxem Poker
Picatic E-Tickets Inc.
Tiny Eye Technologies Corporation
Wild Serendipity Foods
SABEX Business of the Year
Sponsored by BMO Bank of Montreal
Associated Engineering (Sask) Ltd.
Lafond Insurance & Financial Services
Mourning Glory Funeral Services Inc.
SABEX Small Business of the Year
Sponsored by Union Securities
Cardwell Murphy Counseling
Ecol Laser
Frakas, Shops for Women Inc.
SABEX Hall of Fame
Sponsored by RBC Financial Group
To be announced
ATHENA®Award
Sponsored by Business & Professional
Women and SaskPower
Myrna Bently (Concentral Financial)
Debby Criddle (Nightingale Nursing Grp)
Arla Gustafson (United Way)
Award of Innovation
Presented by Industry Liaison Office,
University of Saskatchewan (ILO) and
Innovation Place
Dr. Larry Gusta (co-inventors: Wu Guohai,
PhD, and Albert James Robertson, PhD)
Dr. Vipen Sawhney
Dr. John Gordon (co-inventor: Lang Li,
PhD)
Martin Reaney (co-inventor: Dushmanthi
Jayshinghe)
“There’s
a positive
vibe here.”
Go where the jobs are:
www.saskjobs.ca
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Members in the News ...
Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce
Saskatchewan Research Council is celebrating 60 years
of smart science solutions. SRC plays a role in most of Saskatchewan’s strategic sectors including emerging sectors such
as bioenergy. SRC is looking to the future for continued success.
On-Line Auction
www.saskatoonchamberauction.com
If your company is able to donate an item to the
Chamber’s On-Line Auction in support of
our office renovation fund,
it would be greatly appreciated.
Dr. Surinder Kumar, Chairman and Chief Executive of
Vecima Networks Inc. recently announced the addition of
Wayne Fredin as Vice President of Sales, and Graham
Carrothers as Corporate Counsel and Secretary. In addition,
Dr. Kumar announced the promotions of Doug Fast to Executive Vice President, Tracy Miller to Vice President of
Manufacturing, and Sumit Kumar to Vice President of Corporate Strategy.
Looking for great deals
... place your bid now !
For more information, please call:
Jim Zaiachkowski,
at (306) 664-0713 OR
jzach@eboardoftrade.com
Doug Pocha of Prairie Cedar Homes was recently awarded
the 2006 Top Achievement Award as Top Lindal Cedar Homes
Dealer in Canada, and received the prestigious Premier Club
Award, given to the top 15 dealers worldwide.
Shawna Nelson, Director of Sales and Marketing at the
Radisson Hotel Saskatoon, was presented the 2006 Public
Relations Campaign of the Year Award at the annual Chip
Hospitality Conference and Awards Gala in Quebec City.
Fytokem has launched a new product, featuring the extract
of Epilobium angustifolium, commonly known as fireweed or
Canadian Willowherb. It’s used as an anti-irritant and antiinflammatory in more than 450 products from baby wipes to
shampoos, and now Fytokem has put that extract into its own
retails product, Canadian Willowherb TM Skin Lotion.
For the second year in a row, Innovation Place has been
named one of Canada’s Top 20 Best Small & Medium Employers. This honour recognizes outstanding Canadian employers with employees who report a superior level of engagement in their workplace duties. The list of BSME employers is compiled by Queen’s University School of Business in partnership with Hewitt Associates.
North Ridge Development Corporation was awarded the
Canadian Home Builders’ Association’s National Award for
Best New Home between 1500 and 2200 sq ft 2006 for
Wentworth at the Willows. North Ridge was also a finalist in
Sales Excellence.
Twelve homebuilding teams have been selected by CMHC to
build pilot demonstration homes throughout Canada, including
Saskatchewan based Nationswest Innovative Housing
Partnership (NIHP), which is comprised of Nexus Solar
Corporation and the Battlefords Tribal Council. Equilibrium
homes combine resource- and energy-efficient technologies
in order to reduce their environmental impact. The on-line
construction journal is featured at http://www.nexussolar.com.
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The International Biology Olympiad 2007 Committee
is counting the days until IBO 2007 takes place in Saskatoon,
the first IBO event to occur in North America. During the
IBO, students and jury members will experience Saskatchewan’s culture and legendary hospitality. The Committee expects almost 5,000 international participants to attend. Visit
http://ibo2007.usask.ca for details.
HEALTHSERV was recently a finalist at the Saskatchewan
Healthcare Execellence Awards in the category of Customer
Service.
Schothorst Feed Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands, and
Prairie Swine Centre, Saskatoon, have signed an agreement to formalize cooperation in swine nutrition research.
Through this agreement both organizations aim to further
strengthen their respective competencies and experience,
thereby expanding both the quantity and breadth of research
output.
Business & Leadership Programs at the Centre for Continuing & Distance Education of the University of Saskatchewan is presenting Leadership Conference 2007, Leaders Moving Forward: The Road to Integrated Leadership, May
1 & 2 at TCU Place. Visit www.learntolead.usask.ca, or call
966-4742 for details.
Junior Achievement (JA) of Saskatchewan is pleased to
announce the appointment of Darren Hill to the position of
President and Chief Executive Officer. In his new role, Hill
will be responsible for all planning, finance, fund raising, programming, public relations and administrative operations of
the JA provincial organization.
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“Chamber on Business” Luncheons
Awards
Gala
The Honourable Andrew Thomson
Finance Minister of Saskatchewan
"2007 Financial Update"
May 15th, 2007
Friday, April 27th, 2007
Ramada Hotel
President, University of Saskatchewan
TCU Place
Cocktails 6:00 pm
Dinner 7:00 pm
Awards 8:00 pm
"State of the University" Address
Tickets: $95 + GST / person ... $750 + GST / table of 8
Peter MacKinnon
st
Tuesday, May 1 , 2007
For more information visit: www.eboardoftrade.com
or call the Chamber @ 244-2151
Sheraton Cavalier Hotel
COME CELEBRATE!
Brad Wall
Thank you to all our sponsors
Leader of the Saskatchewan Party
For our full sponsor listing please visit
www.eboardoftrade.com
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Delta Bessborough Hotel
Maura Davies
President & CEO, Saskatoon Health Region
"State of the Health Region" Address
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Radisson Hotel
Moon Lake Golf & Country Club
Shot Gun Start: 1:00 pm
BBQ: 6:30 pm
Sponsor a Hole
Sponsor a Prize
or Golf a Round
Information Security Workshop
Wedneday, April 25th, 2007
For more information call:
(306) 244-2151
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Willows Golf & Country Club
Topic Coverage:
MEMBER ACTION REQUIRED
How to Secure Your Computer and Data
Protecting Business Information Assets
Business Continuity and Policy Management
A Guide to Security Email and Monetary-transactions
A Summary of the State of Internet Security
The Chamber is poised to begin electronic
invoicing! In order to facilitate this process,
we are asking that you confirm which e-mail
address you wish to receive your
organization’s invoices. Please e-mail this
information to:
tlawrence@eboardoftrade.com
Contact the Chamber Office @ 244-2151
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