Saskatchewan's business and political leaders need to ask deeper questions about economic growth, given all of the province's lingering issues.

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I’ve dedicated my career to the growth of Saskatchewan — as past vice-president for Western Canada for the Canadian Federation for Independent Business, as past CEO of both the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority and the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership and as a former deputy minister of enterprise and innovation.

In the last 15 years, I’ve also coached, mentored and trained hundreds of other leaders to develop and grow their organizations. But it is more important to see growth as a means to a much bigger end, and not as an “end game” in itself.

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I’m using my experience (and old age) as a pulpit to preach to the current generation of leaders — both in government and in business. I know the joy of creativity that comes from entrepreneurship and the exhilaration that comes with pride of independent ownership.

And I have worked in the “marble palace” and experienced a similar exhilaration of changing laws, institutions and........

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