Fall 2020 Economy and Politics

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6 SKCA President’s message 320 Gardiner Park Court Regina, SK S4V 1R9 8 2020 SKCA Board of Directors P: 306-525-0171 E: [email protected] 10 SKCA Member Services Update W: www.scaonline.ca 2020 SKCA Board of Directors Miles Dyck, Chair shaun cripps, vice-chair experts cory richter, Past Chair brad barber Cast your vote: 12 jon boutin Expert opinions on the provincial election bryce chelsberg brent cherwinski duane galloway features jeff hagerty justin hoyes 20 Telling construction’s story: Messages we’re pushing curtiS kincaid this election, and how you can be involved colin olfert carey tait 28 Provincial election primer: Voting in the new normal President & CEO—Mark Cooper

32 Municipal elections snapshot Director of Operations—Amanda Thick

Executive Coordinator—Megan Jane 34 Saskatchewan election: The Sask Party perspective SKCA Editor—shayna wiwierski 36 Saskatchewan election: The NDP perspective

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The fall 2020 issue of We Build is all information on how/when to vote, and points on each issue. Please send these about politics, which – if it were any how voting may be different this year to your staff team and encourage them other topic – might seem like a bit of due to COVID. We recommend that to bring these issues up on the doorstep relief from the non-stop COVID-19 all our readers consider registering when they’re visited by candidates. coverage. Not to worry, we still have an for mail-in ballots to ensure you have Political parties are 100 per cent article on that old thing too. However, maximum flexibility when it comes to influenced by what they hear from with Saskatchewan’s next provincial getting your vote counted. voters, especially during an election. election scheduled for Monday, We hear from an expert political We’ve been able to use this influence October 26 and the municipal elections panel about what the big issues will be effectively before as an industry to scheduled for Monday, November during the provincial election, what get things we wanted – most recently 9th; and not to mention the small, but outcomes we can expect, and what and significantly through the Prompt distinct possibility of another federal might happen next. Also, make sure to Payment legislation. Let’s keep using election, ‘tis the season of politics in read about the election campaign your that influence to get even more our fair province. At We Build, we’re association will be running – mostly done for our industry. Let’s use that happy to bring you the construction on social media – during this political influence to get our political leaders perspective on our politics. season. You can read about the issues to grow the economy, support the In this issue you’ll get to read the that matter most to our members and private sector, invest in infrastructure, thoughts of Premier Scott Moe as the tactics we’ll be using to make sure and make sure that local construction leader of the Saskatchewan Party AND those issues are front-and-centre for companies – and their workers – see you’ll get to read a column from Ryan the parties and candidates seeking most of the benefits of this growth. Mieli, leader of the provincial NDP. election this year. While most of the political oxygen will Both leaders make the case for why One thing we’re doing in this campaign be spent on provincial politics, both in their party is the best choice to govern is sending out electronic flyers that this magazine and in our media over Saskatchewan for the next four years. our member companies can share with the next few months, the municipal We’ll also provide you with a list of their employees. These flyers highlight elections should not be forgotten. The candidates that we know are running the major issues that are important for election of the men and women that at the date of publishing, along with construction and provide some talking will lead our cities, towns, villages,

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6 SASKATCHEWAN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION and RMs is vitally important. So many economic development, taxation, and infrastructure decisions are made at the local level…and most of the time turnout is terrible. Some municipalities are lucky to have 20 per cent of its citizens vote, which is deplorable.

However, this voter turnout problem creates an interesting opportunity for industries like construction. Despite a tough economy, Saskatchewan’s construction sector is still one of our province’s largest employers. More than 50,000 people across this province work in construction. Imagine if they all decided to vote in their municipal elections. If we assume that construction represents about eight per cent of most populations, and only 20 per cent of people are normally voting…well, you can do the math. Construction, as an industry, has a chance to choose for themselves who will be our mayors, reeves, and councillors. For that matter, our school board trustees too.

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WE BUILD – FALL 2020 – ECONOMY AND POLITICS 9 member services update It can be difficult to assign quantitative value to what our lobbying efforts get you, the Member Services Update member, each year – but in a year of information overload, we felt it pertinent to show you It can be difficult to assign quantitative value to what our lobbying efforts get you, the member, exactlyeach year what – butreturn in a on year investment of information we've overload, provided... we felt it pertinent to show you exactly what return on investment we’ve provided…

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Financial FINANCIAL Return: $28,000+ RETURN: $28,000+ in legal in legal work work to save to the save the 20 per 20 per cent cent of of your your expected expected profit on a profit on a project that is lost project that is lost due to late payments.due to late payments. Summarizing Simplifying & Information We compiled the masses of information about COVID, business supports and government updates -‐ into bite sized bulletins and developed an online portal (covid19sk.com) to store and present information in a user-‐friendly way. What WHAT this THIS means MEANS FOR for YOUSaving you: : Saving you you time, time, resources, resourcesand, and energy energy in keeping in up with keeping the information up overload. with the information overload. Encouraging the Province & Municipalities to Keep Building and Make Construction an We wrote a letter to the premier outlining why Allowable Service construction can and should remain open, and cabinet listened. We advised government not to sit on projects, but rather tender them out to keep the economy moving.

FINANCIAL RETURN: $2 billion in project announcements and $419,644 in building permits already awarded. Financial Return: $2 billion in project announcements and $419,644 in building permits already awarded.

Guide to Improve Provincial Procurement & We have developed a guide containing over 40 Reforms to Priority Saskatchewan recommendations that give our local suppliers reliable market access, while at the same time maximizing value for your tax dollar, achieving the best possible return on investment for the dollars spent on infrastructure. What this WHAT THIS means MEANS FOR for We’ve you: YOU: We've helped helped dozens dozens of members of navigate members procurement navigate processes with procurement rapid response to processes with rapid response tender to issues, tender wasting issues, less time trying wasting to accommodate less time trying to accommodate varying bid requirements varying by bid correcting requirements goverment mistakes, by correcting and enhancinggovernment their ability mistakes, to access opportunities. and enhancing their ability to access opportunities. Development of a COVID-‐19 Taskforce Fast access to the experts. Information bulletins and live Q&A sessions from experts business, in finance, safety, law, risk, insurance, and health.

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10 SASKATCHEWAN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION Business Supports for Companies Struggling in Communicating with the provincial government as part COVID-‐19 of the Saskatchewan Business Council to recommend supports for the business community to prop up the economy.

What this What this means means FOR for Delivery you: you: Delivery of of the the Re-‐Open Re-Open S Saskatchewan askatchewan Plan and Plan Guidelines and for Businesses, Guidelines the for Businesses, the Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Training Training Subsidy, Subsidy, the the Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Small Business Small Emergency P Business ayment, PST three-month Emergency three Payment, PST -‐ month suspension, suspension,b ill deferral bill deferral programs programs on on provincial provincial utilities, waived utilities, WCB premium waived penalties,penalties, WCB premium and Commercial and Eviction Commercial Protection for Tenants. Eviction Protection for Tenants.

Enhanced Safety Protocols in COVID-‐19 In partnership with other associations, we provided an Campaign industry-‐wide recognized guide for construction companies and launched a robust province-‐wide social media campaign to educate the public on our industry’s ability to continue working safely.

What WHAT THIS this MEANS means FOR YOU: A for bilityAbility you: to stay to open stay during COVID open -19 and during curb COVID-‐19 public and anxiety. curb public anxiety.

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We Build – fall 2020 – economy and politics 11 THE EXPERTS Prefer to listen to the cast your vote: full conversation? Visit covid19sk.com Expert Opinions on the to download the audio provincial election file or watch the video! Saskatchewan is headed to the polls this fall By Brook Thalgott

Joel Peterson, vice-president at Murray Mandryk, political columnist with Hill + Knowlton Strategies. the Regina Leader-Post.

As the provincial election looms, – that we're not going to balance a will be looking at what this election Saskatchewan Construction budget. God bless their honesty, but means for their future. Association (SKCA) President Mark it's completely unprecedented. I think Cooper: If the major issue is going to be Cooper caught up with Joel Peterson, that there is going to be so much focus COVID, could the number of cases we vice-president at Hill + Knowlton around how we are going to emerge have in the fall have an effect on the Strategies and Murray Mandryk, long- from this economic crisis. And, you're outcome of the election? time political columnist with the Regina going to hear an awful lot about schools Leader-Post, to get their thoughts on the and problems in the health system. Mandryk: No. I don't think there's a state of politics in Saskatchewan and lot that's going to affect the outcome Peterson: Health, education, COVID, what they see for the parties running and rebuild. Probably in that order. If of the election because of the political to form the next government. there's going to be an emergent issue dynamic. Right now, at least in my Cooper: What do you expect to be the during the campaign time, it’s going humble opinion, there is not a sense main issue in the provincial election to be a mix of COVID and education that in the public that the NDP can campaign? because the back to school process do any better and do things any is happening at the same time. If differently than the Sask Party. The Mandryk: Because of the immediacy, something serious happens during the polls suggest numbers that are almost it's going to be COVID; how we're back to school process, the election and identical to the 2016 results right now. dealing with the COVID-related the party platforms will take a back So, if that suddenly alters in a month problems and how the economy is seat. or so even with COVID, it would be going to emerge. We have already something very surprising to me. learned not to expect balanced budgets I also think many organizations are for another four years. I have never looking at what the re-build/re-starting There is a bit of an awakening in terms seen a government do that. I can't even of the economy looks like within the of a lot of things that we are looking envision a situation where I would province. During the election, we will at differently because we have this have ever seen a government declare – still be in COVID and given that the once-in-a-century pandemic. In your when we came to an election campaign economy has had a downturn, people industry, it’s how schools are built and

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And nobody kind of gets that. There is places where it makes us the most province going during this time. another poll out showing the federal money. It's surprisingly solid in sort of Basically, people want work and I think split right now where Saskatchewan union working class, not necessarily the Sask Party has delivered. The has actually surpassed Alberta in the leadership. We're basically seeing recent growth in Saskatchewan has terms of being the most conservative the long traditional union vote would supplied good work and taken some of province. I don't think it puts you in have gone NDP staying home and the edge out of the labour movement good stead for where he needs to make voting Sask Party. I don't think I've issues. When things are going well, it’s inroads in the NDP. There are 29 rural ever seen that in my lifetime. The probably not in anybody’s interest to seats out there, and for the most part NDP strength is obviously in the fact change. The labour movement’s typical to the NDP, it's almost as if they don't that its supporters are diehard, but ask for “work and good work” has been exist. And one of the reasons it's almost two problems with that. Its old base of answered over the past number of as if they don’t exist is because they supporters is dying out. It has been 20 years and it’s taken a lot of angst out of have a snowball's chance in hell of years and they're not regenerating in the NDP’s politics. winning any one of them. terms of those young people. Its base is just too damn small to really have The weakness for the Sask Party is Cooper: In this election, what do you any kind of meaningful, full effect on getting into the seventh inning stretch see as the biggest strength and biggest most writings. It's not calling out to now. I think Premier Moe has to put his weakness for each party? people where it particularly needs to get stamp and his direction on the party. I think he will need to be able to point at Mandryk: They’re somewhat similar, if votes, and you can only have so many university professors supporting you in the direction and say what he is doing not diametrically opposed, but, similar this province. and where he is going. in the sense that the strength of the Sask Party and the NDP is their appeal Peterson: I think it's leadership right With respect to the NDP, their greatest to their base. The problem being is now. For the Brad Wall era and for the strength is that they seem to have the NDP base is tiny. The Sask Party, Scott Moe era, both have ranked highly a hold on the cities. They tend to do because of the nature of the province in terms of their support— I think the well in either less affluent or affluent right now, is much larger because it Sask Party strength is their leadership neighbourhoods. I know that's kind encompasses everything in terms of and Premier Moe’s popularity. of an oxymoron, but if you look at the rural Saskatchewan. It has weaknesses seat distribution that’s where I see their Talking about the NDP, it is the in the city, with the more educated, strength. leadership on their end and it's for all changing professional view, and in the same reasons that Murray talked Cooper: With a likely Sask Party some places, the very people that are about. You can only have so many government again, what do they need going to carry the province forward university professors vote for you. You to do over the next four years to make in terms of technology and sort of the can only have so many union members sure that they can be revitalized and new economy and everything else. But vote for you. continue to be fresh and effective as a that said, we're still a resource-based government? province. The Sask Party is absolutely I think the Sask Party has been very solid in rural Saskatchewan—in mining successful at keeping Saskatchewan Peterson: We'll see a change in the and agriculture—the meat and potatoes working over the last while and the ministers of the province. As it sits right

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We Build – fall 2020 – economy and politics 17 THE EXPERTS now, there have been very few changes It's got to be a combination of younger that once was because we're becoming in ministers over the past few years. people, not just the leader, but certainly more automated. Most of the current ministers were the leader offering more depth. There's always ample opportunity. there when Premier Wall was there. Unfortunately for Ryan Meili, I'm not We're getting to be a smarter, more I think it's the changing of the guard so sure he's seen as ‘a hell of a guy’, educated society, but we also are that will need to happen at that point even though he is a very nice man, but dragging with us some of the old I'm not sure he's seen that way by a lot in time. I think that they will need, or problems—not dealing with the First of voters right now.” Premier Moe will need, to come out Nations issues, not dealing with with some directional change from Cooper: What’s the big issue we’re not the class poverty in this particular the Sask Party. He will have to come going to hear about during the election, province.” out in the next little while with some but we should be talking about? platform or policies that are his and can Peterson: The federal government has made some pretty serious changes be implemented. Something more than Mandryk: This is the one advantage on EI and environmental policy and the Growth Plan, something he can call the NDP might have. They do float so on. So, the interesting issue, or the his own. around what the future of this province looks like. We can't get by on minimum issue that is lurking in the background Mandryk: Joel's point that they need wage jobs. It's been great for the new for me, is the interaction between younger blood coming in is absolutely Saskatchewan that sees a lot of new the federal government and the true and critical. Scott Moe has, what Canadians accepting of that role. But provincial government. For example, everybody's sort of pointing to, a new what generally happens to those people Saskatchewan just appointed our own chief firearms officer. It’s a small thing, factor in politics, the ‘hell of a guy,’ the when they become successful in a but I think it shows some of the cracks Doug Ford thing, where people can new country? Well, if they can't get in the relationship right now. There are relate to him. Doug Ford kind of went the money here, they're going to go cracks in federal/provincial relations, from 33 per cent in the polls to right elsewhere for it. We are going to start and that is a huge issue that has no now, the second-to-top-rated premier losing those populations. That is going bottom in it. in terms of popularity, because COVID to be one thing that people are going to has disclosed him as being a hell of a have to really tap into in terms of how The other issue is how innovation guy, in terms of the way he's handled to utilize these people. We can't do it on will be managed and the role new that. Scott is not a great speaker and he the agriculture base anymore. Farms technologies will play. That is the next does not articulate his ideas. You don't are getting bigger and the population generation of business in Saskatchewan get a great sense of ideas, but I think in rural Saskatchewan is simply getting and I don't think we're going to have he's generally seen as a ‘hell of a guy’ smaller. It's not going to be the driver as robust of a discussion during this and that's something that they want. of population and jobs and other things election.

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We Build – fall 2020 – economy and politics 21 Feature strategy and effective tactics to ensure attention is shifting to politics. Look cares about construction. The flyer that our next crop of elected officials out for posts on our priorities and be will give them a brief overview about are not only aware of your priorities, sure to share them widely. In addition industry issues, as well as example but ready to take action when they to our digital campaign, we’ll be questions that they can raise when take office. sending letters to every candidate in a candidate or their representative the provincial election and asking the comes to their doorstep. This is a I’ll get to the primary issues we’re political parties to commit to act on critical part of the campaign. focused on this election cycle in a our priority issues. moment, but before I do, I want to talk Politics is all about repetition. We goals and tactics. We’ll also be creating a letter template want candidates to hear about that we’d like you – our members – construction issues early, often, and The goals of our election campaign are and your employees to send to their last. If they’re hearing about it a lot, pretty straightforward: local candidates. It’s a very easy they will not only remember it, but (1) to raise the awareness of the process, completely automated, and they’ll talk about it too. They’ll take it public and the political parties/ will take you less than two minutes. seriously, and we’ll get better results candidates about the importance of Stay tuned for more details from faster. the construction industry and about our Saskatchewan Construction There will be other parts to the Association team on your opportunity the issues that matter most to our campaign, but our social media, here. industry; and the targeted letter writing, and the (2) to influence Saskatchewan’s The last campaign tactic I want to door knock flyer are the biggest political leaders to act on the priorities highlight here is another opportunity components that YOU can be actively of Saskatchewan’s construction for your engagement. This one is engaged in. Please help us help you industry. really important. Right before the by getting the word out. Let’s make campaign kicks off, you’ll be getting sure that Saskatchewan’s construction Everything we do related to the an email from our team with our industry makes the biggest impression election campaign will be done with door-knocking flyer. In fact, by the on our political candidates in 2020. achieving these goals in mind. time you’re reading this, you should Ok, now let’s talk a bit about the issues already have it. If you haven’t seen it that our campaign will focus on… Our tactics are simple, yet effective yet, email or call us and we’ll get it to Most of our effort will go into social you right away. We want you to send As we heard from members over the media, helping to grab the attention this flyer to everyone that works with last few months, four key themes of Saskatchewan people just as their you, and to anyone else you know who emerged:

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(1) Support Local – more of the sure that local companies have every should be reasonably sure that the construction opportunities need to go opportunity to bid on work paid for money they’re spending is going to to local companies; by Saskatchewan tax dollars, and that support other taxpayers. In other the framework in place to do that is words, Saskatchewan work should go (2) Get Prompt Payment Done – we supported through all procurement to Saskatchewan companies. need to make sure you get paid in a avenues. timely manner for work completed; While good progress has been To get there will require a made in this area, especially by the (3) Growing the Economy fundamental cultural shift in provincial government, still too many and Attracting Investment – procurement. Our principle is opportunities are going to out-of- Saskatchewan needs more economic straightforward: when taxpayers province contractors. This needs to activity; and are paying for work to be done, they stop. (4) Best Value Procurement – Publicly funded projects should adopt best value procurement practices across the board to ensure the best possible return on investment for the Saskatchewan taxpayer.

We heard lots of other stories, but most of them fit within one of these four themes.

Your team at the Saskatchewan Construction Association has taken these themes to create four campaign pillars. Our whole campaign is built around highlighting these pillars and informing people about why the pillars are important and what can be done to move Saskatchewan forward in these areas. In the remainder of the Do what article, I share some thoughts on each of these four pillars. Support Local you love. Over the last few years, Saskatchewan has led Canada in moving away from low price procurement to best value procurement. This shift has meant that when the government buys Keep your eye framed on building your construction services, they can focus business and we’ll take care of the rest! on which bidder offers the best overall package of value, not which one is just Our full suite of business products and services is trying to buy the job with a low price designed to help you spend less time on your day (more on that later on). This shift was to day banking. something that the industry asked for, specifically because it was intended to Talk to a business advisor today. better support local companies. 1.866.863.6237 afﬁnitycu.ca

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As a starting point, there are a commitment to supporting the local • Investing in building relationships number of practices that we are community too; with local vendors prior to running a asking every candidate for MLA competition. In this pre-competition • Initiating a mandatory after-action to support. Each of these practices phase, you can educate vendors report such that every time a project will help support local companies about the opportunities, learn is awarded to an out-of-province while being acceptable within the from them about their capabilities, company, it triggers a review that trade agreement restrictions that and determine how to shape the examines what happened and how Saskatchewan is bound by. The competition in order to provide the the process can be improved going practices we are calling for include: best possible advantages to local forward; • Requiring that any company that vendors. works on a construction site is COR • Framing procurement as a local safety certified. This is an industry- economic development process, Get Prompt Payment Done not an administrative process, and standard safety level, supported and By far, the number-one issue for making sure that everyone who governed right here in Saskatchewan construction companies over the last works in procurement thinks of by the SCSA, that guarantees the few years has been getting paid for themselves as economic development companies you’re working with take work in a timely manner. The whole officers supporting local business safety seriously; industry came together to lobby for opportunities; • Requiring that any company that a simple legislative fix – creating works on a construction site has a • Considering the economic Prompt Payment legislation to ensure membership in a local construction development impacts of selecting contractors are paid in a timely association – membership in a local different vendors (and where they manner and that they have easy-to- association is a signal that a company might spend their profit) when use and low-cost remedies when they is here to stay and that it has a awarding contracts; and aren’t paid promptly.

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Our industry fought really hard to make sure that the residential sector Growing the Economy and wouldn’t get an exemption, and we were so glad to see that they won’t, Attracting Investment but the fight isn’t done yet. Government investment into the economy, through things like tax In the spring of 2019, the provincial into force by no later than April 1, incentives and infrastructure legislature unanimously passed this 2021; and spending, is essential to sustaining ground-breaking legislation. Prompt • Removing all exemptions to Prompt economic growth, especially in Payment legislation should help ensure Payment, ensuring that everyone in slow times. However, government that construction companies are paid design and construction can expect investment can’t be counted on to promptly for work they’ve properly to be paid promptly for work they’ve grow the economy. You need solid completed. No more waiting months done properly. private sector investment to do that. and months while hoping to get paid.

Now, we need the legislation to come into force. It needs to officially become SERVING REGINA & AREA SINCE 1956 law. When it does, companies will know they’ll get paid in a timely • LUMBER • PLYWOOD • BUILDING SUPPLIES manner, which lets them invest in growing their own businesses – adding • BUILDERS HARDWARE • ROOF TRUSSES new jobs and pursuing new work. It’s • INTERIOR DOORS & MOULDINGS good for everyone in construction, not • • just the contractors. DOOR HARDWARE METAL ROOFING & SHEATHING • SHINGLES • WINDOWS & DOORS • FENCING Just as importantly, we need to make sure that the law applies to all • DECKING • INSULATION • LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES construction jobs in Saskatchewan, not just some. We also want to make sure that everyone involved in the design With a variety of and construction industries have trucks to meet all access to this legislation. your delivery needs! While we expect the legislation to finally come into force before the 2021 1737 Dewdney Avenue, Regina construction season gets underway, 197 Victoria Avenue, Fort Qu’appelle right now it looks like it will be done with some exemptions – for the mining sector, SaskPower, Highways, and FREE ESTIMATES architects/engineers/land surveyors will be left out too. 306-525-2791 Our industry fought really hard to make sure that the residential sector wouldn’t get an exemption, and we WE DELIVER! were so glad to see that they won’t, but the fight isn’t done yet.

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Right now, the private sector in people are eager to spend their money Saskatchewan opportunities Saskatchewan is facing lots of and invest. Still, they’re not. to Saskatchewan people and uncertainty. As a result, they’re not Saskatchewan businesses. Educate In part, we have a confidence issue. spending money. When the private people on the advantages our People just aren’t sure what the future sector isn’t spending money, they province has, and the successes will bring…and honestly after the aren’t starting new businesses and demonstrated by others. Celebrate 2020 we’ve had so far, who can blame they’re not investing in their existing what Saskatchewan has to offer them? However, we need to remember businesses. Of course, this means that to the world. All of this will that the fundamentals are strong and there is less construction activity and help improve public perception that means opportunities will be here. therefore work to go around for our and encourage an investment construction companies. To help with this, there are things turnaround; that government can be doing now to The thing about the Saskatchewan • Recalibrate the Saskatchewan inspire confidence and create a future economy is that the fundamentals Growth Plan to reflect the realities where private sector investment is are still really strong. We have of COVID-19, focus on supporting abundant in Saskatchewan. When the things the world needs – food, investments that add value to that happens, there will be more fertilizer, and fuel – and we have products before they leave our construction work, more and better them in abundance. It is also true that provincial borders, and work with jobs, and greater opportunities. That’s there has never been a better time the private sector to align public and good for all of us. to borrow and spend money, with private activities to move the Growth interest rates remaining low. At the So, here’s what are we asking political Plan forward; and same time, activity in construction parties and candidates to do: • Take a stand against unnecessary is slower, meaning that prices are • Commit to a thorough and regulatory burdens at the municipal very competitive, and labour is in independent taxation and regulation level and inconsistencies from fairly strong supply. Meanwhile, review that has the goal of making one municipality to the next. many corporate accounts across Saskatchewan the most attractive Saskatchewan needs every Saskatchewan have strong balances jurisdiction in Canada in which to advantage it can get, and right now as companies choose to hold onto their invest as a business; our municipal sector is more of a money right now. All of this should barrier to growth than an enabler of be creating an environment where • Invest more into the selling of it. This needs to stop. Best Value Procurement As mentioned above, Saskatchewan has recently shown great leadership with SaskBuilds moving to a best value procurement model.

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Our principle is simple: all agencies issues that matter most, and we’ll Saskatchewan and our communities. funded by taxpayer dollars should be laser-focused on those during The future can be what we want it be required to have procurement the campaign. We’d love your help, to be, if only we build it…and in the practices that are consistent, and we hope you’ll join us in raising end, nobody builds things better than transparent, best-value based, and awareness and informing the construction does. Let’s get to it. that support local vendors.

When that happens, it is easier for companies to navigate processes, which means they can bid on more jobs, win more work, and keep growing. All of this can happen while the taxpayers themselves are getting better value from processes that are simple, transferable, and repeatable.

To get there, we are asking all candidates to be MLAs to support:

• Mandating that any taxpayer funded or supported organization must adopt procurement practices consistent with those established by saskparty.com SaskBuilds; Authorized by the Chief Official Agent for the Saskatchewan Party

• Supporting the training of industry and other public organizations to ensure that good procurement practices are well understood and adopted consistently; and

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We Build – fall 2020 – economy and politics 27 Feature Provincial Election Primer: Voting in the new normal Photos courtesy of Elections Saskatchewan.

The Saskatchewan provincial election will be taking place on Mask wearing, although not necessary at the time of publication, October 26, 2020. will be strongly encouraged at the polls.

Taking place on October 26, 2020, the • Physical distancing in the polls. strongly encouraged at the polls. Saskatchewan provincial election will According to a July 13, 2020 press • Voters will be asked to stay two decide who our next premier is, as well release on the Elections Saskatchewan metres (six feet) apart. as regional MLAs. Due to the global website (elections.sk.ca), the voting COVID-19 pandemic, voting in this • Hand sanitizer present all polls for governing body is procuring 400,000 election will look a little different this election workers and voters. masks and 5,200 acrylic shields for use year with multiple health and safety at polling stations. • Gloves, masks, and acrylic shields procedures put in place. Here’s what “At present, we are planning for all of provided. you need to know… our workers to wear masks and we will • Surfaces will be disinfected encourage all voters to wear one too,” How to vote – safely throughout the day. says Dr. Michael Boda, Chief Electoral For those who choose to cast their Officer of Saskatchewan in the release. • Single-use pencils will be provided. ballot in-person, safety measures will “Our view is that most people who be put in place for all 3,150 polling Mask wearing, although not necessary choose to wear masks will have their stations across the province, including: at the time of publication, will be own, but we will have an additional

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We Build – fall 2020 – economy and politics 31 Feature Municipal Elections Snapshot Voting polls open on Monday, November 9, 2020 for the municipal elections, where residents will determine who will be their next mayors, city councillors, and school board officials. Here’s how you can learn more about how you can be involved in your local election.

When to Vote: Monday, November 9, 2020, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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Rural Municipalities Contact your municipality to locate your polling station: saskatchewan.ca/government/ municipal-administration/municipal-directory

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Prince Albert: Greg Dionne (incumbent), Darryl Hickie, and Dennis Nowoselsky.

Saskatoon: Charlie Clark (incumbent), Don Atchison, Rob Norris, Zubair Sheikh, Cary Tarasoff, and Mark Zielke.

Regina: Michael Fougere (incumbent), Tony Fiacco, Jerry Flegel, Jim Elliott, George Wooldridge, Mitchell Howse, Darren Bradley, and Sandra Masters.

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We Build – fall 2020 – economy and politics 33 Feature Saskatchewan Election: The Sask Party Perspective

By the Hon. Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan, Leader of the Saskatchewan Party

The global COVID pandemic Building a Strong Saskatchewan in funding has been invested in presented a challenge to our critical public infrastructure. Since In May, we announced a $7.5 province like nothing we had faced 2008, our government has invested billion, two-year capital plan to lead before. The people of Saskatchewan approximately $2 billion to support Saskatchewan through the economic worked together, made incredible municipal infrastructure projects. recovery. This plan will invest an sacrifices and showed the true Saskatchewan spirit in our fight additional $2 billion above the existing Education $5.5 billion capital plan to build against the pandemic. For that, our Since forming government, more schools, hospitals, highways, and government would like to express than $1.5 billion has been invested to our deepest gratitude to the people of municipal infrastructure throughout build 57 new or replacement schools Saskatchewan. our province. and 28 major school renovations. Since 2007, funding for education has Our government has made a A key component of this plan is the increased by 37 per cent while student commitment to grow the economy and $150 million Municipal Economic enrollment has increased by 15 per will continue to invest to stimulate the Enhancement Program to provide cent. There are over 1,300 additional provincial economy and create jobs to funding for shovel-ready local teachers and 99 more educational assist Saskatchewan people through initiatives. Over 700 projects have assistants working in our province. the pandemic. been announced and $127 million We also allocated $130 million from the capital plan for education infrastructure, including four Performance Floors and Walls for Schools and Sports additional new schools and two major renovation projects. This is in addition to the seven new schools and three renovations announced in the 2020-21 Budget.

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We Build – fall 2020 – economy and politics 35 Feature Saskatchewan Election: The NDP Perspective

By Ryan Meili, Leader of the Saskatchewan New Democrats

Saskatchewan businesses and families Saskatchewan back to health, we need companies with head offices outside have been through a lot in the last to invest in people, strengthen local of Saskatchewan. And just this spring, few months. We’ve shown what businesses, and create opportunities we learned that the Moose Jaw power Saskatchewan people are made of – for new industries. Together, we can plant contract will go to an out-of- fighting the COVID crisis together. build an economy that works for country company. We’ve done what has been asked of people and keeps people working. What does it say to Saskatchewan us. But even before COVID-19, life Economically, Saskatchewan is companies when they are consistently here was getting harder – people incredibly blessed with abundant passed over for the best contracts were already stretched and struggling natural resources. We have available in our province? What does before the crisis hit. Too many people everything we need for a healthy it say to Saskatchewan tradespeople have been living paycheque to economy that can weather tough to sit unemployed while their peers paycheque. If the last six months have times and take full advantage of good are shipped in from out-of-province to taught us nothing else, it has taught times. build projects just down the road? us that the status quo just isn’t good enough. We need a government that But that only happens if we put Unfortunately, the Sask. Party puts people first. Saskatchewan workers - and has even allowed this problem to Saskatchewan companies - first. fester in our Crown corporations. And putting people first means a Saskatchewan families are proud of Saskatchewan First approach to It just makes sense: When we build our Crown corporations as strong our economy. That means putting our roads, our hospitals, our schools, pillars of a healthy, diversified Saskatchewan companies at the front and our power plants with our public economy. They provide real value of the queue for work being done on dollars, it should be our companies and to individuals and families, but also the government dime. It’s a bold move our workers doing the work. to businesses. An NDP government that can make a real difference in Saskatchewan is home to hundreds would not just protect our Crowns, people’s lives. of construction companies capable of but strengthen them and make them Unfortunately, that’s not the Sask. taking on everything from a basement better - and better for Saskatchewan Party’s approach. We know what renovation to a major infrastructure businesses. they do when times get tough. They project. Local companies like these A Sask-First procurement model go back to their playbook of cuts, care about more than the contract would ensure that we choose the privatization, and tax hikes for — they know the final product is company that delivers the most value ordinary families. We saw this in 2017 something they and their families for our province and creates the most with the cuts to health and education, will use for generations, and they take local economic activity. the PST expansion and the sell-off of pride in the quality of the work. STC. And moreover, we would remove the But under the Sask. Party, every single real impediments to growth that have That approach won’t cut it. Not in one of the 10 biggest infrastructure hurt our construction sector. The Sask. 2020 - or for the future. To bring projects in the last decade went to

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Party put the PST on construction labour, hurting industry and driving up costs wildly. We’d reverse that damaging decision and eliminate the PST on construction labour.

The fact is that Scott Moe and the Sask. Party are stuck in neutral. They squandered the boom times and we’re paying the price, with jobs leaving the province and unfair taxes like the PST on construction labour.

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We Build – fall 2020 – economy and politics 37 Feature Check-up with Dr. Neudorf Dr. Neudorf gives We Build a COVID-19 update three months after the initial panel discussion

By Samantha Sommerfield

Last time We Build spoke with Dr. studies have shown figures that measures, then we may have to shut Cory (Cordell) Neudorf, Canadians confirm some of his thoughts on the things down again.” were nearing their third month of virus. Across Canada, there have been the COVID-19 pandemic. Phrases like “The studies have released data that noticeable increases in cases through “social distancing”, “unprecedented say how many Canadians are likely the summer months, but Dr. Neudorf times”, and “flattening the curve” to have already come into contact believes this is not the second wave became virtual water-cooler and tested positive for COVID,” Dr. that is being predicted. discussion topics. Society may have Neudorf explains. “Many of us felt it thought they had heard everything “[The second wave] is inevitable if you was likely at the one per cent range or there was to know about COVID-19 don’t put control measures in place. so, and that has been confirmed. The then, however, as a professor of If they are in place you will continue average in Canada is less than one per community health & epidemiology to see these small waves until we get cent. So, what that tells us is that most at the University of Saskatchewan’s a good vaccine in the country,” he of us are still at risk, and for those College of Medicine, Dr. Neudorf explains. one per cent that have tested positive knows firsthand that as studies on the we are not sure how long that the Dr. Neudorf notes that so far virus continue, the science evolves – immunity lasts.” Saskatchewan can learn from their and with that brings new information waves and contain those spikes fairly to take into consideration. Now, with Saskatchewan and the quickly. other provinces entering their varying We caught up with Dr. Neudorf to see phases of re-opening, it creates an “I think what is happening because where Canada and Saskatchewan are unintended ease of mind that safety the virus is still fairly new, is we now, seven months in. measures don’t need to be taken moved through the initial phase “We are learning more about how seriously. However, the fact that where all cases were related to travel. easily [COVID] spreads in indoor the majority of society is still at risk Now, each province has shown environments through small droplets to contract the virus coupled with different at-risk exposures that can and particles,” says Dr. Neudorf. “We that unintended perception poses lead to outbreaks and how to manage have always known that COVID an inadvertent risk of case numbers them,” says Dr. Neudorf. “The lesson spreads by droplets, but it seems rising again. is that the situations that are unique like some of those droplets can be right now to certain provinces could “Most places have started reopening suspended in the air longer than be seen in others down the line – it and now there is a perception that we we thought and can be transmitted just has not happened yet. So, we need don’t have to take the safety measures further than we thought. So, mask- to learn from one and other. We are all so seriously. When the reality is, the wearing has received more media time rooting for each other.” only reason we were able to reopen is as a potential preventative measure if individuals take it seriously as they He mentions that it will be very since the last time we spoke.” start reengaging with business, work, important to invest in the systems He also says that seroprevalence schools, etc.,” says Dr. Neudorf. “If that respond to the crisis, for example, studies have been released, and those they don’t continue to observe safety public health and hospitals, so we

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A1 Rent Alls...... 29 Doublestar Drilling...... 15 Milltek Surveys Ltd...... 6

Aberdeen Specialty Concrete Services...... 21 Ecco Supply...... 20 MNP...... 42

Affinity Credit Union...... 23 Elite Security Systems...... 32 Nilex...... 5 Allmar Inc...... 35 ERV Parent Co. Ltd...... 34 Nu-Trend Industries Inc...... 3 Almita Piling Inc...... 13 First Nations Power Authority...... 14 P3 Architecture Partnership...... 43 Amvic Inc...... 29 Flyer Electric...... 30 Penn-Truss Mfg. Inc...... 31 Aon Risk Solutions...... 39 Fries Tallman Lumber...... 25 Pentec Energy...... IBC BN Metals...... 21 Graham Construction...... 40 Bockstael Construction...... 7 Harvard Western Insurance...... 37 PM Signs...... 22 BOXX Modular...... 17 Hipperson Construction...... 33 Prairie Crane Inc...... 33 Brandt Tractor Ltd...... 9 Humboldt Electric...... 31 Pre-Con Limited...... 24 Brock White Canada...... 31 Inland Screw Piling...... 28 Saskatchewan Association of Optometrists...... 13

Caltec Flooring Ltd...... 21 International Erosion Control Systems...... 9 Saskatchewan Party...... 27

CandorBuild Construction...... 16 Iron Workers of Saskatchewan...... 15 Souris Valley Industries...... 26 Cansel...... 45 Jet Electric Ltd...... 33 Suntech Systems Ltd...... 15 Cara Dawn Transport (2019) Ltd...... 6 Keller Foundations...... 45 Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan...... 27 Chieftain Equipment...... 32 Kelly Panteluk Construction Ltd...... 37 TUFF Exteriors...... 28 Cindercrete Products...... 14 KF Aggregates Inc...... 16 Tymark Construction...... 37 Coco Paving...... 7 Little John Rentals...... 33 Commercial Sandblasting & Painting...... 17 Lyle V. Schell Construction...... 19 Victor Cimmerer Interiors Inc...... 19 Convoy Supply...... OBC McDougall Gauley LLP...... 19 Westridge Construction Ltd...... 21 Cratex Industries Ltd...... IFC McKercher LLP...... 18 Wicehtowak Limnos Consulting...... 13

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