Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Manufacturers

Saskatchewan manufacturers: Pulp and paper plants have shut down in northern Saskatchewan. Meat packing plants moved to bigger locations in other provinces. By 2010, the slowdown from a global recession cut the earnings of Saskatchewan manufacturers by $2.5 billion, according to CBC. Economist and former Saskatchewan NDP leadership candidate Erin Weir says manufacturing has consistently maintained a stable share of Saskatchewan's economic output. He says the high Canadian exchange rate left manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage. Ross Fraser is Supreme Steel's general manager and vice-president and After losing 5,000 jobs over the past six years, Saskatchewan manufacturers are hoping they can bounce back. Since then, manufacturing sales have crept back up, reaching $14 billion last year. But the jobs haven't come back. 'There are opportunities to expand manufacturing' (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.