Foreign Ownership and Canada

[cowman]

Linda: I also find it very interesting that the county bought 40 acres for this site? Now there is just no way you need forty acres for a transfer site...especially at $20,000/acre! I would sure have liked to be a fly on the wall when they were talking this one over? I suspect they have more than just a transfer site in mind?
I also wonder when they will release the $800,000 price tag and how that will go over? Do you think a few people might be a wee bit upset? And believe me that is the price they paid!
Of course on the other hand they are selling county owned land in Gasoline Alley for $200,000/acre so maybe they figure $20,000 isn't bad?
The county also purchased 280 acres south of the RD municipal airport last summer for $6,000/acre? I would suggest to you that with the municipality leading the way on land prices...all of our land prices should be rising? Of course you and I don't have the luxury of being able to zone our land however we see fit...and I for one don't see that as fair? The public municipality is in direct competition with private enterprize...is that fair? Shouldn't everyone get an equal kick at the can, or is big profits reserved for our political public masters? This is why I don't like socialist government!

[Spudco-expert]

Foreign ownership, who cares who own the land?
Our Saskatchewan minister Pat Atkinson told me that we do not need these Foreigners here , they would drive up the Price of Land (Heaven Forbid).
Until recently we would not let Alberta Farmers many born in Saskatchewan buy farm land here, we worked and had that changed now we have to bring the outsiders here who would bring their children and rebuild some of the communities dying in Saskatchewan,
I made trips to europe 3 times at my expense to encourage these enterpraneurs to come and bring their families to Saskatchewan . After all we have 47% of the cheapest land in Canada.
Their answer in many cases was you have that Regina Manifesto on the NDP website and we do not trust Communists.
What can I say to that.
Now we have to open our doors to bring immigrants in like your parents and Grandparents.
I tried buying land in the Outlook area from an Old Norwegian and he refused to sell to a foreigner.
I am glad today as I have a construction business that I can control .
I never cease to be amazed at this protectionist views.
Strange I was born in Ireland and they had the same Insular protective ideas.
Strange they grew up and have 157 different nationalities. The favourite place for immigrants.
For those concerned relax we only had 300 immigrants come here last year and 150 left for Alberta,
Saskatchewan does not make immigrants welcome.
How many have you invited into your homes lately
Spudco-expert