MASSIVE PRINCE ALBERT OSB MILL LATEST IN STRING OF MEGA PROJECTS DELAYED OR CANCELLED

Mothballed Project Sees 800 Jobs, $400-million Investment Lost  
PRINCE ALBERT – A critical OSB mill previously planned for Prince Albert is the latest in a string of major economic projects that have been delayed or cancelled outright since Scott Moe returned to power with a weakened Sask. Party government. 
One Sky Forestry’s oriented strand board mill would create 800 jobs and bring over $400 million in investment to the province and Prince Albert. AllSaskatchewan reports that there is no scheduled date for the project to start again. 
“This project could be a gamechanger for Prince Albert and we need to get it over the line,” said Kim Breckner, Saskatchewan NDP Shadow Minister for Trade and Export Development.  
“For more than 18 years the Sask. Pary has been telling the people of Prince Abert ‘a vote for the Sask. Party is a vote for the mill.’ It’s been nothing but a pack of lies. Scott Moe has one of the worst job creation records in Canada, export numbers are crashing and working people are pushing themselves to the limit and still falling farther and farther behind.” 
In the last year, Federated Co-operatives' renewable diesel facility and their canola crushing project in partnership with AGT has been put on hold, indefinitely. Viterra's new canola crush plant is also now classified as “in limbo as of 2024”. 
Last month’s jobs numbers show that in the Prince Albert and Northern economic area 800 jobs were lost month-over-month.  
“If we want our kids to call Saskatchewan home, we need to build good opportunities for them today,” said Breckner. “To build a bright future for Saskatchewan, we need good mortgage-paying jobs you can raise a family on.” 
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