This government understands the economy of brick and mortar and wants to put more meat to grease the new economy of the province. It was not enough for the city of Saskatoon to experience a construction boom with the building of the $175-million Synchrotron in the name of scientific research and at the expense of the education of our children. Therefore, our Premier Romanow wants to reach a new first for his Saskatchewan Way and wants to make his city of Saskatoon the biggest manufacturer of hamburger patties.

Ron Kovits of Centennial Food Corporation has said "This will be one of the largest hamburger patty manufacturing plants in Canada. And, as you might imagine, we'll use a tremendous amount of beef(1)." CIC Minister John Nilson has stated that while he could not provide figures to illustrate the economic impact of the investment he is certain that the company is bringing construction and full time jobs to the province. And in response to Nilson, Kent Smith-Windsor, executive director of the Saskatoon and District Chamber of Commerce, has commented that the new jobs are not likely be high paying, but he said that young people need to work and develop skills before they move on to further education(2).

We have to thank our Premier Romanow for his vision to have as many of our children manufacture hamburger patties before moving on to further their education and eventually enter the scientific world as represented by the biggest scientific Canadian effort: the Synchrotron mausoleum. .

References/endnotes

General reference: articles by Mario deSantis

1. Province buys stake in burger biz, CBC Saskatchewan, http://www.sask.cbc.ca/ Web Posted | Aug 30 2000 9:22 PM EDT

2. Gov't puts $20 million in north Saskatoon hamburger plant, by Joanne Paulson, The StarPhoenix, August 31, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan