Regina Construction III

[HomeInMyShoes]

Brandt is the new Fortress?

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Brandt is the new Fortress?

I'd say that they're the anti-Fortress since they're working on the site when they shouldn't be.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by Festivus

Regina issues stop-work order on demolition of CNIB building due to lack of permit

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche...building-due-to-lack-of-permit-1.4988503

Posted 3 posts up by StealthGirl

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by pappcam

I'd say that they're the anti-Fortress since they're working on the site when they shouldn't be.

good one

Fortress was pretty quick to start tearing things down though.

[StealthGirl]

City council is going to be talking about widening Sask Drive. Obviously the map included is just a rough guide. The Casino is south of the purple railyards on the map and it will not be going anywhere.



See Agenda Packet on this link --- http://reginask.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=4522

[PhotoJim]

Originally Posted by StealthGirl

City council is going to be talking about widening Sask Drive. Obviously the map included is just a rough guide. The Casino is south of the purple railyards on the map and it will not be going anywhere.

I believe the city owns all the lots on the north side of Saskatchewan Drive between Broad Street and Winnipeg Street (most are empty), so expansion in this section should be pretty easy, relatively speaking.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

I’m seriously over the Sask Party. How much more short sighted can you be in not diversifying the economy. Let alone just sitting on the sidelines while other provinces take in the economic benefit of the film and tv industry.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tales-from-the-loop-amazon-tv-series-1.4991531

[StealthGirl]

Originally Posted by PhotoJim

I believe the city owns all the lots on the north side of Saskatchewan Drive between Broad Street and Winnipeg Street (most are empty), so expansion in this section should be pretty easy, relatively speaking.

According to the map though, it's not that far east they are focusing on.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

I’m seriously over the Sask Party. How much more short sighted can you be in not diversifying the economy. Let alone just sitting on the sidelines while other provinces take in the economic benefit of the film and tv industry.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tales-from-the-loop-amazon-tv-series-1.4991531

I fully support not providing lavish subsidies to that industry. Some other province can prop them up. We can focus on sustainable ,taxpaying industries that do not require such subsidies. Call centre's are similar IMO.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Yet how much money, time and energy does this government spend promoting and propping up the oil industry, which is never going to boom again and which is an industry that human society requires growth to be halted and eventually ramped down? At least the demand for entertainment will keep going up. The film industry brings many economic spin-offs that would help a struggling economy. Whether its from tax-breaks or direct subsidies, governments pick winners and losers all the time. Cutting the film tax credit was 100% political and had absolutely nothing to do with saving this province money (i.e. the debt has skyrocketed since 2007 and all our savings is gone).

You realize that oil and gas is what Saskatchewan has and is worth a lot of money, right? You realize that our province needs money, right?

The film industry is tiny peanuts compared to the oil and gas industry.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Originally Posted by pappcam

You realize that oil and gas is what Saskatchewan has and is worth a lot of money, right? You realize that our province needs money, right?

The film industry is tiny peanuts compared to the oil and gas industry.

Why can’t the province have both?!? And the film and tv industry is absolutely more sustainable then that of the oil and gas industry. The only reason you say it’s peanuts compared to the oil and gas is because the Sask Party completely wiped out the industry to begin with.

[TechnicalRecession]

Originally Posted by Stormer

I fully support not providing lavish subsidies to that industry. Some other province can prop them up. We can focus on sustainable ,taxpaying industries that do not require such subsidies. Call centre's are similar IMO.

So would you consider all the money the Sask Party sunk into the global transportation hub and giving large companies like Lowblaws incentives to open a distribution centre lavish as well? I always find in humorous that providing subsidies to the film industry is this big bad waste of money but similar monies that are given to other industries are ok.

But the Sask party is full of hypocrisy, same thing with head offices. They make a big stink over Nutrien not having a real head office in the province but have tried several times to privatize and kill off head offices such as Sasktel. Makes no sense.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

Why can’t the province have both?!? And the film and tv industry is absolutely more sustainable then that of the oil and gas industry. The only reason you say it’s peanuts compared to the oil and gas is because the Sask Party completely wiped out the industry to begin with.

Lol. No, the film industry in Saskatchewan was peanuts compared to the oil and gas industry. Less than peanuts actually.

This weird naive utopian world people live in where fossil fuel use is going away anytime soon is laughable. I'm not really sure what sort of glasses some of you look through when seeing what our province actually has to offer. We really have nothing but natural resources. We don't really have much else going on here. I'm not saying we shouldn't diversify but what will we diversify into? What can we get going here that we would have an advantage on above other places in Canada or even the world? Tourism is obviously a non-starter. There are three reasons we will struggle to diversify here. Location, location, and location.

[Festivus]

And before someone chimes in and says "Canada can't stop climate change - China, the US, and India need to do more," a good question to ask is "Should Canada have landed at Juno Beach in WWII?" We played a relatively minor role, and couldn't have done it without the US and the UK...but does that mean we shouldn't have contributed?

Oil is not something that is going away, and will always be needed to some extent (plastics, rubbers, niche energy needs, etc). But we should be trying to get off of it as quickly as possible, even if that means hurting SK's economy.

[blacktrojan3921]

Originally Posted by pappcam

Lol. No, the film industry in Saskatchewan was peanuts compared to the oil and gas industry. Less than peanuts actually.

This weird naive utopian world people live in where fossil fuel use is going away anytime soon is laughable. I'm not really sure what sort of glasses some of you look through when seeing what our province actually has to offer. We really have nothing but natural resources. We don't really have much else going on here. I'm not saying we shouldn't diversify but what will we diversify into? What can we get going here that we would have an advantage on above other places in Canada or even the world? Tourism is obviously a non-starter. There are three reasons we will struggle to diversify here. Location, location, and location.

Considering the fact that Corner Gas is one of the most successful sitcoms in Canadian history, which was filmed entirely in Saskatchewan; your comment really comes off as a COPFAT. Cranky Old Person From Another Time.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by blacktrojan3921

Considering the fact that Corner Gas is one of the most successful sitcoms in Canadian history, which was filmed entirely in Saskatchewan; your comment really comes off as a COPFAT. Cranky Old Person From Another Time.

Lol. You're talking about a show that started 15 years ago and you accuse me of being a grumpy old guy.

What I've been trying to say is that eliminating the film and TV subsidy in Saskatchewan didn't put us in this financial mess we're in. We have a resource based economy because resources are all we have and resource economies always have booms and busts. I don't think now is a good time to neuter the oil and gas industry because we desperately need the money from that. If you fine folks want to pay way more taxes to enjoy the services we have right now I guess you're entitled to your opinion on that but I'm also entitled to say that I'm not comfortable doing that at this time and we need money from somewhere in this province.

[aberrant]

Then when is a good time to start making an effort to diversify? Or just keep riding this oil thing until we are totally screwed? Why cant we do both?

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by aberrant

Then when is a good time to start making an effort to diversify? Or just keep riding this oil thing until we are totally screwed? Why cant we do both?

I've never said we shouldn't try to diversify but we can't just start shutting down the oil and gas industry while we try.

[mintzilla]

Saying diversify is easy but how do you go about doing it. Every jurisdiction in the world is trying the same thing. What natural advantage does sask have?

[yveseluj]

Originally Posted by mintzilla

Saying diversify is easy but how do you go about doing it. Every jurisdiction in the world is trying the same thing. What natural advantage does sask have?

From an energy perspective, sun & wind.