PHOTO: Saskatchewan. At least, what I imagine Saskatchewan looks like.
"Saskatchewan is back."
The Prime Minister himself said so yesterday, standing in the town (city?) that gave us Dief the Chief.
Saskatchewan's back and it's...well, it's back. It's definitely back. Back from where? Back from the have-not list onto the have list. This is good news for everyone. It means the have provinces have one less province to give money to. Which means it will cost us all less money. Wait, what? It doesn't mean that? Nobody can actually understand how the equalization process works? Hmm.
Well, it's still nice to hear that our friend, Saskatchewan, is back on her feet. Thank Corner Gas for that.
In other news, from the Saskatoon Star Pheonix, Saskatchewan is back in the 1-million people club. (The article's actually from Dec. 21, hence the Christmas references, but it's the first I've heard this news.)
The article reads, in part, "...Statistics Canada, in confirming Saskatchewan is back in the one-million club, also describes our population's growth rate as the highest in Canada during the last three months.
"With an estimated 1,003,300 people now living here, we've bounced back from the 25-year low two years ago of 986,000."
Fun fact: Saskatchewan is the only province with straight lines for all its borders.
Fun fact #2: The title of this blog entry - The Strength of Many Peoples - is the motto of Saskatchewan. Who knew that provinces had mottos?