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4 lmtimes.ca Last Mountain Times • Monday, May 18, 2020 R.M. OF MOUNT HOPE NO. 279 FOR SALE BY TENDER 1997 Freightliner Power Unit Introduction The Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279 (RM 279) will be accepting bids for the sale of a 1997 Freightliner Power Unit. We will be accepting bids until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 3rd, 2020 at municipal office, 119 Main Street, Semans, Saskatchewan. Bidders shall provide their quotation on or before the time and date noted. Basic Specifications • S/N: 2FUYDSEB6VA751055 • 60 Detroit Engine Series • 18 Speed Road Ranger Transmission • Eaton 40,000lbs Rear Ends • Tires: 11R-22.5 (rubber is in good condition) • Pictures available upon request. • This item will be sold as is, where is. Contact Information • Primary contact for information or clarification: • Foreman: Craig McClughan - 306-746-7564 Secondary contacts for information or clarification: • Administrator: Ashley Greenshields - 306-524-2055 • Reeve: Bob Digney - 306-746-8022 Quotation Information Quotations shall be received on or before 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 3rd, 2020 to the RM 279 municipal office, address and contact information noted below: Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279, Box 190, Semans, Sk., S0A 3S0 Phone 306-524-2055, Fax 306-524-4526, e-mail: rm279@sasktel.net We print business cards with rounded corners for as low at $39 for 500 cards Inquire at: print@lmtimes.ca EDITORIALS, LETTERS & OPINIONS Reaching into the past for a better pandemic supply plan Some vital economic sectors require government support and protection in order to grow and mature and not be held hostage to foreign influence An old and obscure economic theory should have shaped the Canadian response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Sometimes we need to go back to find the right path forward. The infant industry argument was first proposed Constantine Passaris by Alexander Hamilton in 1791. He made a case for the United States government to protect fledgling industries against some imports from the United Kingdom. Implementing that argument as Canada’s response to global pandemics could have saved us a lot of sleepless nights and considerable heartache when COVID-19 reached our shores. There’s no denying that the worldwide spread of the coronavirus turned out to be a devastating and destructive biological tsunami. The infant industry argument takes its name from the process of raising a child from birth to adulthood. Just like a child requires the love, nurturing and support of its parents in order to grow through the phases of childhood, adolescence and adulthood, some vital economic sectors require government support and protection in order to grow and mature. In effect, some industries need more time to work out the kinks and problems in their production process and become efficient in their economic mission. In most cases, those industries are central to the economic profile of the nation and they need to be protected to ensure a domestic supply chain of their products. In the present context, the infant industry argument is an economic theory about an inconvenient truth regarding globalization and unfettered international trade. It’s also a teaching moment that reveals the importance of economic history as our intellectual anchor and our public policy compass. Referencing our economic history allows us to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past and chart an enlightened course for the future. Most economists embrace international trade as distinctly beneficial for consumers, business and government. These benefits manifest themselves in the form of lower retail prices for consumer products, employment creation, raising our standard of living and growing our economy. However, those same economists simultaneously note that there are exceptions to this general rule. Those special cases are sectors of the economy that are vital to national security; areas where we must ensure the uninterrupted supply of certain products and services. Canada and most provinces and territories were caught completely unprepared when it came to adequate supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the broken links in our supply chains. PPE is the first line of protection and the medical armour for our doctors and nurses, who rely on them to stay safe while treating highly contagious patients. Across Canada, the pandemic revealed an acute shortage of protective garments, gloves, masks, face shields, respirators and other medical equipment needed to fight this aggressive virus. Canada learned the hard way that the globalization of production had exposed us to supply chain vulnerabilities. Resorting to the infant industry argument would have been our insurance policy and the antidote to exposing our country’s economy to supply chain uncertainty and unpredictability. While we should embrace the benefits of international trade, we should also continue to pay premiums for insurance in the form of the infant industry argument. This will prevent us from facing the pitfalls of an inadequate supply of vital products. Our playbook for dealing effectively with global pandemics should include an element of self-sufficiency in the production of vital medical equipment. Never again should we expose our country to the vulnerability of being dependent on foreign products that are central to our health and well-being. Dr. Constantine Passaris is a professor of Economics at the University of New Brunswick. 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If you feel compelled to comment on a published letter or commentary, please send your comments along: we may or may not publish them. -Last Mountain Times Subscribe to LMT Buy online: lmtimes.ca/subscribe Call: 306-528-2020 Last Mountain Times Box 340, Nokomis, SK S0G 3R0 Please enclose the correct funds Paid Subscription $50. 00 Name________________________ Address______________________ ____________________________ New Renewal LAST MOUNTAIN LAST MOUNTAIN Dave Degenstien - Former Owner/Editor Linda Degenstien - Boss Numero Uno Dan Degenstien - Sales / Acting Editor Lori Degenstien - Admin & K9 Unit Publications Mail Agreement No. 40012083 Proud to be Serving You Published on Monday, 48 weeks per year 103 – 1st Ave. W. P.O. Box 340 Nokomis, SK S0G 3R0 306-528-2020 editor@lmtimes.ca CCNA NEWSPAPERS CANADA We acknowledge the fi nancial support of the Government of Canada. Thanks Canada. 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RCMP REPORT Saskatchewan RCMP officer injured near Biggar, Saskatchewan On May 14, 2020 at approximately 11:40 p.m., the Saskatchewan RCMP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) was preparing to execute a search warrant at a residence in a rural area, 27 km north of Biggar, Saskatchewan, as part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking. While the officers were preparing to execute the search warrant, shots were fired in their direction. One of the officers sustained a non-life threatening gunshot injury. The officer received initial medical treatment from RCMP officers with the Saskatchewan RCMP Emergency Medical Response Team (EMRT). EMRT officers are part of the ERT and are trained to assist with medical emergencies, such as gunshot wounds, to get injured police officers to the next step of medical care. Officers continued with the execution of the search warrant and an adult male and an adult female were taken into custody without incident. RCMP - Found human remains confirmed to be missing youth On May 7th, Punnichy RCMP received a report of human remains located on a small island on the Muskowekwan First Nation. It was reported that two male youth were paddling a boat in a small body of water on the Muskowekwan First Nation looking for geese eggs when they stopped to explore a small island. While they were looking around the island the youth discovered human remains. Officers from Punnichy RCMP went to the location, confirmed the presence of human remains, and secured the scene for further investigation. Investigators from the RCMP Historical Case Unit – South deployed to the location to assist with the investigation. An autopsy was completed on May 13 by a Forensic Pathologist and Anthropologist and the remains were confirmed to be Cody Ridge Wolfe who went missing in April of 2011. Based on information gathered during the investigation and autopsy Cody’s death is not considered suspicious. Since Cody went missing, many searches were conducted on foot, horseback, boat and ATV by the family, Muskowekwan First Nation community and the Saskatchewan RCMP. The area where the Cody was discovered was surrounded by water and had become submerged intermittently over the years, with the water level remaining high, and only recently became exposed. Note: RCMP news is distributed hourly by the RCMP Media Centre in Regina, based on reports submitted by local detachments throughout the province. If no reports are received, nothing can be distributed. Last Mountain Times • Monday, May 18, 2020 20054pm0 lmtimes.ca 5 SPORTS CFL’s future may hinge on Gov’t assistance The risk is real: The CFL may FROM THE become Canada’s Forgotten SIDELINES League. Out of sight, out of mind. That’s the observation made BRUCE PENTON by Lyle Bauer, former Canadian Football League player and executive with Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders, after Commissioner Randy Ambrosie gave ominous state-ofthe-CFL comments as they relate to the Coronavirus pandemic. Ambrosie met with federal government officials in early May to plead his league’s case for a financial bailout. The league is hanging by a thread, he said, and a full season with no football — or a truncated schedule played in front of reduced crowds, or no crowds — would be disastrous. He asked for $150 million. A decision is apparently pending, but public opinion seems to be on the side of ‘no’. A sports league’s future in the midst of a global pandemic where thousands of people are dying is low on a priority list of a government dealing with life and death matters, not to mention the basic economic foundation of our country. Still, isn’t the CFL a major part of our country’s economy? Don’t millions of people make weekly treks to football stadiums across Canada to watch professional football players provide terrific entertainment for those in the stands plus millions of others watching on TV? Doesn’t TSN pay a few million a year to the league to broadcast games to the masses? Aren’t the nine CFL teams responsible for thousands of jobs for Canadians — not even counting the football players themselves, more than half of whom are born-and-bred Canadians? And what would become of Grey Cup Sunday, almost a national holiday in Canada? The Trudeau government in the past has been quick to shell out big dough to huge corporations like Bombardier; why not a big corporation like the CFL? If Gymnastics Canada can receive $72 million in government funding, shouldn’t the CFL’s request be a non-brainer? One year with no football could be a death knell for the CFL, which lives and dies by people paying money at the gate to watch the action. A media report suggested six of the nine teams — Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Hamilton and Ottawa — scrape by with little or no profit, while the other three — Toronto, Montreal and B.C. — lose millions of dollars. A Postmedia story in the Winnipeg Sun had Bauer saying that the league lost $20 million last year “when there were no disruptions.” He feared for the league’s future if the 2020 season is wiped out. Millions of Canadians who are out of work these days are sitting at home collecting government assistance cheques. A bailout for the CFL makes sense if the alternative is the league’s extinction. RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Eight years ago Canada began phasing out its penny. Thus ended great Canadian traditions like penny jars, penny-ante poker and CFL signing bonuses.” Advice from Jack Finarelli, The Sports Curmudgeon: “Any golf writer who focuses on anything Tiger Woods says or does in a tournament where Woods is 15 shots off the lead should be banned from covering golf and made to cover camel racing in Saudi Arabia.” The late Doug Sanders, who famously missed a 30-inch putt that would have given him the 1970 British Open: “‘They still ask me if I ever think about that putt I missed to win the 1970 Open at St. Andrews,’ he said years later. ‘I tell them sometimes it doesn’t cross my mind for a full five minutes.’” Norman Chad of the Washington Post: “Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler are getting a divorce. She finally looked at his NFL stats.” Chad, on the many differences between himself and Tom Brady, now of the Tampa Bay Bucs: “Brady advocates drinking 1/32nd of one’s body weight in water each day. I buy Orange Crush by the keg. He launched his own line of vegan snacks. I eat Fritos and Bugles.” Brad Dickson of Omaha, who lives in a state where COVID-19 is rampant: “Nebraska’s no COVID-19 plan: All citizens are going to line the border throughout the state and scream “GO BIG RED” to scare the virus away.” From ESPN, via fark.com: “New Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton eyes the upcoming season as a setup to ‘second half’ of career, which means he may bounce around a few teams sitting on their bench.” Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Spotted in Lady Gaga’s bizarre shoe collection: a pair of high heels with toes made from horses’ hooves. On the downside, though, her feet tend to get sore after 6½ furlongs.” Peyton Manning, to TBS, on why fellow QB Tom Brady’s gaffe for walking into the wrong house forced their upcoming charity golf event to be playing in Palm Beach: “The tournament had to be in Florida after Tom’s arrest. With the ankle monitor, he couldn’t leave the state.” Care to comment? Email brucepenton2003@ yahoo.ca - Bruce Penton Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer. For all your collision repairs, glass repairs, and replacements, contact – We do Light Mechanical LORNE’S Collision Center Raymore, SK. SGI Accredited. Call Lorne Huber at 306-746-5800 or 306-746-5805 Open Monday thru Friday
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