Murray Mandryk: Government should come clean on its plans for SaskTel

Left to its own devices, SaskTel has found ways to survive. The thing is, though, one can’t be sure it’s being left to its own devices.

Published Jun 24, 2023  •  Last updated 10 hours ago  •  3 minute read

Whether it is privatization by stealth, as Unifor officials claim, or simply a business decision, the Saskatchewan Party government needs to explain how it sees SaskTel’s role. Photo by Michael Bell /Regina Leader-Post

There might be a case for contracting out specific jobs at SaskTel to remain competitive in the cutthroat world of telecommunication.

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Frankly, that’s pretty much the kind of thing the country’s only remaining public telecommunications utility has had to do for the past 30-plus years to justify its public ownership existence.

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To its credit, SaskTel has made a pretty compelling case as to why it has deserved to remain in taxpayers’ hands.

It shook off long-distance deregulation in the early 1990s. It adapted by making cellphone service and TV streaming its business.

It’s remained profitable enough to contribute dividends to provincial government coffers while still providing good-paying jobs, and is deemed one of the
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