Released on October 23, 1998
Economic and Co-operative Development Minister Janice MacKinnon today
proclaimed October 25 to 31 as Small Business Week in Saskatchewan.
This week, also observed nationally, acknowledges and celebrates the
contributions small businesses make to the Saskatchewan and Canadian
economies.
"Saskatchewan's 30,000 small businesses have a big impact on our
economy," MacKinnon said. "These hard working entrepreneurs create
jobs and contribute to our province's high quality of life."
Saskatchewan small businesses employ about one-third of the province's
labour force and account for 40 per cent of total private sector
employment. Their payrolls inject more than $2.5 billion into the
provincial economy annually.
"Small business is an integral part of a Saskatchewan economy that
grew faster in the last five years than any other in Canada,"
MacKinnon said. "Our small businesses are helping build a new
Saskatchewan that is confident, outward-looking and diversified."
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For more information, contact:
Dave Barr
Economic and Co-operative Development
Regina
Phone: (306)787-1691