2021-22 Crown Corporation Annual Report
SASKATCHEWAN CROWN CORPORATION COLLABORATION 2021-22
WORKING TOGETHER
2021-22 at a Glance
• “Working Together”
• 13 Strategic Initiative Teams • CIC Crowns, Ministries, Treasury Board Crowns and Agencies of Government • To Help Achieve Growth Plan Goals
• $48.9 Million in benefits achieved through collaboration. • $11 MILLION in benefits achieved through Joint Infrastructure Investment. • Providing investors in Saskatchewan with concierge service for bringing services to their projects. • $1 MILLION in benefits achieved through collaboration on Microsoft product licensing. • Investment Attraction Committee worked with companies planning to invest over $3 billion in Saskatchewan and create more than 3,000 construction jobs and 400 permanent jobs.
• $4.4 Million in benefits achieved through Corporate Project Management Office at SaskPower. • 3,533 TONNES of greenhouse gas emissions were reduced through collaborative initiatives. • $17 Million in benefits achieved through Line Locating. • $129 MILLION in contracts awarded to Indigenous suppliers.
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................................................ 1 2021-22 Collaboration Initiatives – Total Hard Benefits...................................................................................3 2021-22 Realized Benefits and Five-Year Forecast............................................................................................4 New for 2021-22: Strategic Collaboration Initiative Teams.............................................................................6 Working Together: Investment Attraction............................................................................................................8 Investment Attraction........................................................................................................................................8 Working Together: Customer Service...................................................................................................................9 Project Expeditor................................................................................................................................................9 Working Together: One Team...............................................................................................................................10 Software/Product Licensing Collaboration................................................................................................10 Regional Approach to Infrastructure............................................................................................................11 Collaboration Participants.....................................................................................................................................12 Environmental Benefits..........................................................................................................................................17 Appendix: Total Crown Collaboration Savings (2013 to 2021-22)................................................................19
Introduction Crown Collaboration has been a success for many years, achieving numerous synergies and cost savings. In 2021-22 Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) took over coordination of Crown Collaboration and it was reviewed, refreshed, and expanded to align with Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan. The guiding principle was to have entities across government and the Crowns ‘working together’.
‘Working together’ themes:
• to attract investment for growth; • to enhance customer service; and • to realize savings from working as one team. Thirteen strategic initiatives were chosen and teams were brought together with representation from the Crowns, Ministries, Treasury Board Crowns and Agencies of government to support the goals of investment attraction, enhanced customer service, and cost savings from working as one team. This report will provide more details about the 13 initiatives and how they support the themes of ‘working together’. In the past, cost savings of approximately $40 million per year were achieved through collaboration between the Crowns. New for 2021-22 a $50 million target was set for collaboration. In 2021-22 over $48.9 million in cost savings were achieved by working together despite the work of Crowns, Treasury Board Crowns, Ministries and Agencies of government being interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The top three cost savings initiatives came from collaborating on: Line Locating, Joint Infrastructure Installation and the Corporate Project Management Office. In 2022-23 Crown Collaboration will become Collaboration, as it not only includes the Crowns, but many other government entities as well. While the name will change the mandate for Collaboration will not. Collaboration will continue to attract investment for growth, enhance customer service and realize savings that will support Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan goals.
Albert Street Bridge, Regina, Saskatchewan
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Emma Lake, Saskatchewan
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2021-22 Collaboration Initiatives – Total Hard Benefits Initiative SaskPower SaskTel SaskEnergy SGI SaskWater SaskGaming SOCO Total Bill Payments - $2,623 - - - - - $2,623 CEO/CFO Certification - Shared Services with CIC - - - - $20,000 $26,640 $20,000 $66,640 Data Center Colocation $154,548 - - $190,000 - - - $344,548 Enhanced Public Safety* - - - - - - - - Express Address $183,000 $48,750 $122,012 - - - - $353,762 Fibre Sharing $60,000 $560,000 - - - - - $620,000 Innovation - Geographic Information Systems: - - $1,000 - - - - $1,000 CIC Expanded Data Sharing Agreement - $10,000 - - - - - $10,000 Civic Address Data Sharing - $40,000 - - - - - $40,000 Infrastructure Data Sharing - $75,000 - - - - - $75,000 Mobile Deployment/GPS Exchange - $5,000 - - - - - $5,000 Geocortex Knowledge Sharing - $12,000 - - - - - $12,000 Innovation - Peak Demand/Demand Response $100,000 $124,087 - - - - - $224,087 Installation of SCADA to reduce site inspections - - - - $46,852 - - $46,852 Learning and Development - $9,000 - - - - - $9,000 Legal - Shared Services with CIC - - - - $135,000 $152,000 $10,000 $297,000 Natural Gas Optimization $1,072,620 - $70,000 - - - - $1,142,620 Procurement: N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) - - - - $58,000 - - $58,000 Car Rentals for Claim Customers - - - $1,530,000 - - - $1,530,000 Copiers (via SaskBuilds) - - - - - - $7,500 $7,500 Employee Family Assistance Plan $134,504 - - - - - - $134,504 Fleet Management - $15,143 - - - - - $15,143 Forrester Licensing - NEW - $23,972 - - - - - $23,972 Gartner Licensing - NEW - $65,524 - - - - - $65,524 Service Now Licensing - NEW - $65,070 - - - - - $65,070 Human Resource Management System - - $10,000 - - - - $10,000 Insurance** - - - - - - - $914,986 ISF Security Membership** - - - - - - - $294,000 Joint Infrastructure Installation $6,324,786 $2,929,064 $2,131,200 - - - - $11,385,050 Line Locating $6,000,000 $7,470,808 $3,767,400 - $13,000 - - $17,251,208 Managed Print Services - - - $50,000 - - - $50,000 Mapping (Non-Ground Disturbance) $62,000 $234,037 $76,513 - - - - $372,550 Microsoft Product Licensing $400,327 - $186,234 $360,000 $66,000 - - $1,012,561 New Bill and Letter Print Services Provider $461,470 - $250,000 - - - - $711,470 New Connect Joint Services $504,000 - - - - - - $504,000 Oracle Licensing - - - - $302,736 - - $302,736 Photocopier Management Program - - - - - $9,600 - $9,600 Recognition Program** - - - - - - - $37,922
Software Reseller and Licensing Service (Master Agreement with Compugen)
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-
-
-
- $70,000
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$70,000
Wireless Age (Standing Offer) Cell Phone Procurement - NEW Laptop Procurement - NEW
- - -
- - -
- - - -
- - - -
- $40,000
- - -
$40,000 $4,800
$4,800 $4,480
- - -
$4,480
Property Management
$28,400 $1,928,748
-
- $1,957,148
Remote Diagnostics - Updating of TransGas SCADA
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-
-
-
$25,468
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-
$25,468
SaskPower Attaching Equipment to Towers
- $165,000
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-
-
-
-
$165,000
SaskPower Colocation for AMI Meter Reading Program SaskWater/WSA Upset Line
- $1,260,652
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-
-
-
- $1,260,652
- -
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-
- $18,000
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- -
$18,000 $147,500
SCADA Leverage
- $147,500
- - -
- - -
SecurTek
- $1,798,000
- - - -
- $1,798,000
SecurTek Providing Building Monitoring Services
$23,900
- - -
- - -
$23,900 $38,000
Solar Panels
- -
- $38,000
Sharing Survey Information - NEW Corporate Project Management Office - Shared Collaboration - NEW
-
$2,500
$2,500
$4,426,334
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-
-
-
-
- $4,426,334
Centralized Utility Connect Project Management For New Industrial Customers - NEW 2021 Rebate Cheque Printing Savings - NEW
$384,000
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-
-
-
-
$384,000
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- $295,000
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-
$295,000
Environmental Permitting - NEW
$260,858
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-
-
-
-
$260,858
Total $20,580,747 $16,842,477 $6,761,859 $2,425,000 $968,449 $298,240 $37,500 $48,927,568 * Enhanced Public Safety - SaskTel reported its savings in Line Locating for 2021-22 and will do so in the future. ** Hard benefits have been aggregated and are not separated across participating Crowns.
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2021-22 Realized Benefits and Five-Year Forecast
2021-22 Realized Benefits
Total Five-Year Forecast (2022-23 to 2026-27)
2021-22 Forecast
2022-23 Forecast
2023-24 Forecast
2024-25 Forecast
2025-26 Forecast
2026-27 Forecast
Initiative
$2,623
$2,872
$2,452
$2,251
$2,062
$1,811
$1,668
$10,244
Bill Payments
CEO/CFO Certification - Shared Services with CIC
$66,640
$66,640 $46,640 $46,640 $46,640 $46,640 $50,000
$236,560
$344,548 $334,548 $334,548 $304,548 $154,548 $154,548 $154,548
$1,102,740
Data Center Colocation
-
$486,550
$27,000 $27,000 $27,000 $27,000 $27,000
$135,000
Enhanced Public Safety*
Engineering (Grounding Expertise/ Induction/Cathodic Protection - SME/Standard Sharing)
-
$10,000
$10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000
-
$40,000
$353,762 $228,000 $353,900 $370,818 $372,754 $375,709 $376,684
$1,849,865
Express Address
Fibre Sharing
$620,000 $5,400,000$10,920,000 $500,000 $500,000
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-
$11,920,000
Innovation - Geographic Information System:
$1,000 $120,000 $25,000 $60,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000
$115,000
CIC Expanded Data Sharing Agreement
$10,000
$10,000
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-
-
-
-
-
Civic Address Data Sharing
$40,000 $30,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$25,000
Infrastructure Data Sharing
$75,000
$75,000
$75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000
$375,000
Mobile Deployment/ GPS Exchange
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$25,000
Geocortex Knowledge Sharing
$12,000
$10,000
$10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000
$50,000
Innovation - Peak Demand/ Demand Response Installation of SCADA to reduce site inspections
$224,087 $420,000 $220,000 $220,000 $220,000 $220,000 $220,000
$1,100,000
$46,852
$46,852
$46,852
$46,852
$46,852
$46,852
$46,852
$234,260
Learning and Development
$9,000
$9,131
$7,632
$6,133
$6,135
$6,136
$6,136
$32,172
Legal - Shared Services with CIC
$297,000 $245,000 $255,000 $235,000 $235,000 $235,000 $260,000
$1,220,000
Natural Gas Optimization
$1,142,620 $250,000 $1,050,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000
$1,650,000
Paperless Billing**
-
$114,000
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-
-
-
-
-
Procurement:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
$58,000
$58,000 $58,000 $58,000 $58,000 $58,000 $58,000
$290,000
Car Rentals for Claim Customers $1,530,000 $2,000,000 $175,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000
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-
$5,175,000
Copiers (via SaskBuilds)
$7,500
$7,500
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-
-
-
-
-
Employee Family Assistance Plan $134,504 $253,942 $253,942 $253,942 $253,942 $253,942 $253,942
$1,269,710
Fleet Management
$15,143
$15,143
$11,357
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-
-
-
$11,357
Forrester Licensing - NEW
$23,972
$23,972
$23,972
$23,972
$23,972
$23,972
$23,972
$119,860
Gartner Licensing - NEW
$65,524
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-
-
-
-
-
-
Service Now Licensing - NEW $65,070
-
$260,280 $260,280 $260,280 $260,280 $195,210
$1,236,330
Human Resource Management System
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000
$50,000
Insurance
$914,986 $932,999 $1,089,398 $1,252,266 $1,580,782 $1,782,857 $2,015,244
$7,720,547
ISF Security Membership
$294,000 $294,000 $294,000 $294,000 $294,000 $294,000 $294,000
$1,470,000
Joint Infrastructure Installation $11,385,050 $15,552,850 $9,074,695 $5,879,000 $1,980,000 $1,980,000 $1,980,000
$20,893,695
Line Locating
$17,251,208 $12,770,978 $17,551,000 $18,451,000 $19,451,000$20,451,000 $21,551,000
$97,455,000
Managed Print Services
$50,000
$65,000 $50,000
-
-
-
-
$50,000
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2021-22 Realized Benefits
Total Five-Year Forecast (2022-23 to 2026-27)
2021-22 Forecast
2022-23 Forecast
2023-24 Forecast
2024-25 Forecast
2025-26 Forecast
2026-27 Forecast
Initiative
Mapping (Non-Ground Disturbance)
$372,550 $500,492 $390,000 $400,000 $419,000 $438,000 $457,000
$2,104,000
Microsoft Product Licensing
$1,012,561 $1,161,160 $1,008,027
$877,327 $652,327 $652,327 $652,327
$3,842,335
New Bill and Letter Print Services Provider
$711,470 $732,000
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-
-
-
-
-
New Connect Joint Services
$504,000 $254,000 $642,000 $764,000 $847,000 $937,000 $1,033,000
$4,223,000
Oracle Licensing
$302,736 $302,736 $302,736 $302,736 $302,736 $302,736 $302,736
$1,513,680
Photocopier Management Program
$9,600
$9,600
$9,600
$9,600
$9,600
$9,600 $10,000
$48,400
Recognition Program
$37,922
$37,922
$37,922
$37,922
$37,922
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-
$113,766
Software Reseller and Licensing Service (Master Agreement with Compugen)
$70,000
$30,641
$70,000 $70,000 $70,000 $70,000 $70,000
$350,000
Wireless Age (Standing Offer)
$40,000
$2,100 $40,000 $40,000 $40,000 $40,000 $40,000
$200,000
Cell Phone Procurement - NEW $4,800
-
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$25,000
Laptop Procurement - NEW
$4,480
-
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$25,000
Property Management
$1,957,148 $1,954,014 $1,959,138 $1,894,022 $1,121,559 $128,527
$81,417
$5,184,663
Remote Diagnostics - Updating of TransGas SCADA
$25,468
$25,468
$25,468
$25,468
$25,468
$25,468
$25,468
$127,340
SaskPower Attaching Equipment to Towers
$165,000 $165,000 $165,000
-
-
-
-
$165,000
SaskPower Colocation for AMI Meter Reading Program
$1,260,652 $1,260,652 $1,260,652 $1,260,652 $1,269,056 $1,285,865 $1,285,865
$6,362,088
SaskWater/WSA Upset Line
$18,000
$18,000 $24,000 $24,000 $24,000 $24,000 $24,000
$120,000
SCADA Leverage
$147,500 $147,500
-
-
-
-
-
-
SecurTek
$1,798,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000
$10,000,000
SecurTek Providing Building Monitoring Services
$23,900
$14,777
$23,900 $23,900 $23,900 $23,900 $23,900
$119,500
Small Cells on Street Lights
-
-
-
$25,680 $25,680 $25,680 $25,680
$102,720
Solar Panels
$38,000 $28,000 $44,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000
$244,000
Sharing Survey Information - NEW
$2,500
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Corporate Project Management Office - Shared Collaboration - NEW
$4,426,334
- $4,750,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000
$33,750,000
Centralized Utility Connect Project Management For New Industrial Customers - NEW
$384,000
- $600,000 $600,000 $600,000 $650,000 $650,000
$3,100,000
2021 Rebate Cheque Printing Savings - NEW
$295,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Environmental Permitting - NEW $260,858
- $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000
$1,250,000
Total Forecast (Existing Initiatives)
$48,927,568 $48,492,039 $55,858,110 $46,722,010 $43,066,215 $40,915,850 $42,270,649
$228,832,833
Aspirational Target (New Initiatives)
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-
-
$10,477,991
$16,421,785 $20,951,670
$22,071,572
$69,923,018
$297,897,741
Target***
-- $50,000,000 $55,000,000 $57,200,000 $59,488,000 $61,867,520 $64,342,221
* SaskTel moved its savings for Enhanced Public Safety to Line Locating. SaskEnergy will still report on this line. ** Paperless Billing initiative was reviewed by SaskPower and discontinued in 2021-22 as there are no collaborative savings to report. ***The target for 2021-22 was set at $50 million. The CIC Board approved a $55 million target for 2022-23. While the CIC Board has not approved targets beyond 2022-23, the targets above include a four per cent increase each year.
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New for 2021-22: Strategic Collaboration Initiative Teams
A transformation of Crown Collaboration began in 2021-22 with CIC taking over its coordination. CIC reviewed what worked in the past, took a view of continuous improvement and enhanced alignment with the broader mandate of the Growth Plan. A new structure was created by choosing 13 strategic initiatives that would support the ‘working together’ themes of investment attraction, customer service, and cost savings from working as one team. Some of these strategic initiatives can fall into more than one of the working together themes. Teams were set up with representation from across the Crowns, Ministries, Treasury Board Crowns and Agencies of government.
INVESTMENT ATTRACTION 1. Investment Attraction
the province where needs, specific to each industry, can be met. The catalogue will also act as a heat map that shows key areas for development, by industry, across the province. This will help the Crowns and government better support investment attraction opportunities. This also crosses over to the working as one team theme as it will take many entities working together to have the regional infrastructure developed to attract investment.
Focuses on information sharing and improving coordination to help attract private sector capital investment projects to the province. The team also ensures government services and utilities are available to meet investors needs. This also crosses over to the customer service theme as it is about working together to provide a good experience when attracting private sector capital projects to the province.
4. Shared Utility Corridors
2. Project Delivery
Working to find shared utility corridors to service large customers; working proactively with rural municipalities to identify and establish corridors; enhancing the ability to use highway right of ways for other utilities; and sharing long-term infrastructure plans within government. This also crosses over to the working as one team theme as it will take many entities working together to have shared utility corridors put in place.
Focuses on two things: sharing project management expertise to strengthen project delivery across government, and a project expeditor service. SaskPower has considerable project management experience and is collaborating with government organizations to share information and best practices. The project expeditor service supports investment attraction by providing industry with one point of contact in government to deliver the government services promised when attracting major capital investments. This also crosses over to the customer service theme as it is about keeping the customer (business) in mind and providing them with a good experience once they start the development of their project.
5. Supporting Saskatchewan’s Technology Sector
A cross-government approach to create and expand programs to support the growth of both tech start-ups and established technology companies. Also building a talent pipeline to support industry needs. This also crosses over to the customer service theme by working together to provide a welcoming environment for technology companies to start up or grow in Saskatchewan.
3. Regional Infrastructure
Determine areas of the province where regional infrastructure can be developed to achieve long-term capital savings for government and municipalities; more effectively use government grant funding; and support investment attraction efforts. An industrial needs catalogue will be developed which can be used to identify areas in
6. Infrastructure Investment
Evaluating the use of an appropriate portion of the Saskatchewan Auto Fund’s portfolio to invest, alongside a lead investor, in government infrastructure projects here in Saskatchewan.
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CUSTOMER SERVICE 7. Red Tape Reduction/Customer Service Enhancement
Focused on reducing compliance costs, improving customer service and making it easier for businesses and the public to interact with government. The Investment Attraction, Project Delivery, and Supporting Saskatchewan’s Tech Sector teams also overlap the Customer Service theme, as mentioned on previous page.
COST SAVINGS FROM WORKING AS ONE TEAM 8. Information Technology/Chief Information Officer Working Group
11. Mental Health
The mental health collaboration is currently a community of practice of HR professionals across the Crown sector leveraging knowledge and resources focused on enhancing the mental health of the Crown workforce.
Focused on developing a common program and best practices for cyber security, optimizing IT procurement across government, sharing experiences and building a strong IT community.
9. Shared Strategic Procurement
12. Indigenous Engagement
Focused on procurement that balances cost management with supporting the growth of Saskatchewan’s economy. The committee is strategic about how opportunities are pursued to ensure large procurements do not make it more difficult for Saskatchewan companies to compete. Considerations are given to the current economic and market climate including factors such as labour and supply shortages and the impact those conditions have on long-term contracts.
Working in a collaborative manner to analyze, identify, organize, develop and communicate recommended actions and best practices that support and promote effective Indigenous engagement across government.
13. Printing Opportunities
The printing opportunities collaboration was created to evaluate opportunities for the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation and Publications Saskatchewan to undertake smaller print jobs on behalf of government while balancing support for the private printing sector. The collaboration is currently developing a printing machine capability catalogue to help communicate and align future print/merge jobs.
10. Property Management
The property management collaboration has established a property database that includes information on vacancies, locations, sales, purchases, and lease expirations for both the Crowns and executive government.
The Regional Infrastructure and Shared Utility Corridors teams also overlap the Working As One Team theme.
Cattle grazing rolling hills at sunset
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Working Together: Investment Attraction The first theme of ‘working together’ is investment attraction. The following outlines the Government of Saskatchewan’s goals for growth and how collaboration can play a key role in attracting the investment to reach those goals.
Investment Attraction Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan envisions significant economic growth over the next decade with a goal of increasing new private sector capital investment to $16 billion annually. Adding value to the products we produce and export around the world through new business and investment growth is one of a number of key focus areas. The Growth Plan for 2030 includes increasing the value of exports by 50%; growing the number of international markets for Saskatchewan exports; and increasing Saskatchewan agri-food exports to $20 billion. The benefit of business growth and investment contributes not only to a strong provincial economy but also to strong communities and the high quality of life for all Saskatchewan residents. To achieve these goals, Saskatchewan must be primed and ready for new investment opportunities. Opportunities are plentiful here and it is an exciting time in Saskatchewan. According to Paul Martin, Chair of Martin Charlton Communications, Saskatchewan is entering a “commodity super cycle” driven by the four Fs - food, fuel, fertilizer and forestry. The Crown sector plays an important role in creating a competitive business climate for industries to prosper. To provide comprehensive service and support to customers, an Investment Attraction Team with representation from Crown corporations and Ministry of Trade and Export Development was established in the spring of 2021. The team works as one team to share information, discuss and assess opportunities, and remove barriers for companies looking to invest and grow in the province. A streamlined response from government to potential investors built on a positive, collaborative working relationship will ultimately make Saskatchewan more competitive and a more attractive place to invest. To further enhance the effectiveness of the team, a number of additional ministries were added to the team in November of 2021, with an additional Officials Working Group established in 2022. The Investment Attraction Team and Officials Working Group now provide a comprehensive government resource for potential investors that provides direct access and comprehensive information for informed and efficient decision-making for all parties. This is exactly what investors have been asking for.
The Investment Attraction Team has contributed to the recently announced agriculture value-add projects in the Regina area, including Cargill, Viterra, Red Leaf and Federated Cooperative Ltd (FCL)/AGT. These, along with other recent announcements or intentions, would incrementally increase the canola crush capacity in Saskatchewan by more than 5 million metric tonnes.
Bo Hallborg, who works in merchandising for Viterra, spoke at the 2022 Canada’s Farm Show in Regina. He indicated that Canada could move from crushing half of our canola production to roughly 90 per cent. Saskatchewan currently processes approximately 40 - 45% of our canola crop and in 2020 produced 54.5% of Canadian canola production. This is a significant change and very exciting for the canola industry and producers in Saskatchewan. Combined, the companies the committee has been working with plan to invest in excess of $3.6 billion in Saskatchewan in the coming years and will create nearly 4,500 construction jobs and more than 500 permanent jobs in the Regina area. The economic spinoff to the region will be in excess of $5 billion. The Investment Attraction Team plays an important role in continuing to collaborate and involve government entities as needed to support projects, expedite decision- making, coordinate activities and communications, take advantage of opportunities and resolve customer issues and challenges.
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Working Together: Customer Service The second theme of ‘working together’ is to enhance customer service. In the following example SaskPower explains how they have improved and streamlined the logistics for a business starting up or expanding in Saskatchewan with a focus of providing exceptional customer service.
Project Expeditor SaskPower has developed a project expeditor service to support investment attraction efforts in Saskatchewan and improve the overall experience for new industrial clients looking to establish business operations within the province. This service includes organizing stakeholders from the Crown Corporations, provincial government, municipalities, client representatives, and key decision makers to create a well-structured and unified project team focused on supporting client needs in a timely and efficient manner. Without this coordinated approach, prospective industrial clients must navigate through processes involving multiple government entities which can be time consuming and lead to confusion and frustration, as well as contribute to potential project delays and cost overruns.
Currently SaskPower’s Corporate Project Management Office (CPMO) has a dedicated resource focused on the day-to-day management of activities needed by these clients. SaskPower is currently the single point of contact for delivering services for multiple key customers including Cargill, Red Leaf, and Viterra. This allows SaskPower to leverage its network of intergovernmental relationships to expedite issue resolution and provide a seamless integration into the planning and implementation of clients’ project development. This allows clients to focus on their core business and delivering their projects in a timely manner.
Sunset on the prairie, Saskatchewan
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Working Together: One Team The final theme of ‘working together’ is to realize cost savings by working as one team. The following two examples demonstrate that there are both short- term (Software/Product Licensing) and long-term benefits (Regional Approach to Infrastructure) to working as one team.
Software/Product Licensing Collaboration
What’s Next? • A licensing collaboration for Crowns, Ministries and Government Agencies is pending for Diligent Boardbooks, a Software as a Service electronic board portal which enables collaboration of board meeting documentation. The collaboration will enable all parties utilizing this software to leverage combined purchasing power for savings. • A joint RFP is pending for managed printers, to collaborate on support for the fleet of printers across the Crowns. This includes patching, hardware lifecycle management and paper/toner consumption. SaskTel, SaskEnergy and SGI are participating in this collaboration. • An RFP is in progress between SaskPower, SaskEnergy and SaskTel to select a new vendor for the application used by field technicians to dispatch and assign field work. • In addition to benefits associated with negotiating an optimal contract price for licensing, which all parties benefit from, the parties engaged in the license negotiations share knowledge and information throughout the process. This enables all parties to gain a significantly better agreement than they would be able to obtain working independently.
In 2019, SaskTel initiated a software licensing collaboration with the other Crowns. A comprehensive review was undertaken to understand opportunities across common vendors and products with an aim to secure improved pricing and contract benefits. Since the inception of this collaboration, the group has expanded to include ministries and other Saskatchewan government entities beyond the Crowns. The positive momentum continues, with savings achieved and more projects under way. Savings were reported for a collaboration between SaskTel, SaskPower, SaskEnergy and SGI on Forrester Licensing in 2021-22, with benefits forecasted for the next five years. Forrester provides objective, independent research utilizing both qualitative and quantitative data. Collaboration savings were also attained for Gartner licenses when SaskPower, SaskEnergy, SGI and the Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement were able to join an existing SaskTel agreement. SaskTel led the work to add the other entities and was able to avoid a significant procurement event and labour costs. A new Crown agreement was established for ServiceNow licensing, for a five-year term which commenced on January 1, 2022. Savings are forecasted for the next five years. ServiceNow is a software platform which supports IT Service management and automates common business processes.
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Regional Approach to Infrastructure With experts from across government working together, a collaborative one-team approach is being taken to attract new industry to the province by proactively determining locations that will best support their varied utility and infrastructure needs. The Regional Infrastructure Committee leverages the collective knowledge across government to support new industrial opportunities. The committee, comprised of representatives from the utility Crown corporations and CIC along with Ministries of Highways, Government Relations, Energy and Resources, Agriculture, Trade and Export Development and Water Security Agency, are focusing on the development and maintenance of a catalogue/virtual map to assist in the early identification and assessment of potential sites that offer the best access to utility and infrastructure services at a competitive price.
When exploring opportunities for regional systems, the committee considers several items, including: • identifying where key utilities for industry already exist in large capacities • where utilities may be collectively located • identifying locations that, with additional infrastructure, could support multiple industries • availability of employees • raw input/material supply sources • access to roads and rail The committee also recognizes that large industrial systems can stimulate and support municipal growth as well. For example, industry requiring large volumes of water can create opportunities for shared municipal infrastructure, particularly regional water supply systems. Working collaboratively to proactively identify these sites speeds up the decision-making process for industry to invest in Saskatchewan and expedites the timeline toward successful investment attraction.
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Collaboration Participants
Collaboration Co-chairs
Honorable Don Morgan, K.C. Minister of Crown Investments Corporation
Grant Kook Board Chair, SaskTel
Crown Presidents
Kent Campbell Crown Investments Corporation Doug Burnett SaskTel Penny McCune SGI Rupen Pandya SaskPower
Mark Guillet SaskEnergy Doug Matthies
SaskWater Susan Flett SaskGaming Brent Sukenik SOCO/Innovation Saskatchewan
Vice Presidents/Assistant Deputy Ministers Responsible for Leading Collaboration
David Boehm, Ministry of Advanced Education Ryan Cossitt, Ministry of Highways Trevor Cross, SOCO/Innovation Saskatchewan
Shara McCormick, SaskTel Kevin Murphy, Ministry of Environment Thon Phommavong, Water Security Agency Blaine Pilatzke, SaskGaming Grant Ring, SaskPower Christine Short, SaskEnergy Darcy Smycniuk, Ministry of Immigration and Career Training Kathleen Stelter, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement Jeff Stepan, SGI Cullen Stewart, Ministry of Finance Jason Wall, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement
Kevin France, Ministry of Trade and Export Development Greg Gettle, Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Sheldon Green, Ministry of Government Relations Daniel Hersche, GTH Tim Highmoor, Crown Investments Corporation Cory Hughes, Ministry of Energy and Resources Paul Johnson, Ministry of Agriculture Terri Kentel-Weinheimer, Water Security Agency Eric Light, SaskWater Collaboration Working Group Chris Buchan, Crown Investments Corporation (Co-Lead) Jill Clark, Crown Investments Corporation (Co-Lead) Kirk Brecht, Ministry of Energy and Resources Rhea Brown, SaskPower Shannon Gunderson, SaskTel Kim Hambleton, SGI Debbie Johnson, SaskTel
Karri Kempf, Ministry of Highways Crystal Liske, SaskEnergy Tessa Mitchell, Crown Investment Corporation Ingrid Newton, SaskWater Blaine Pilatzke, SaskGaming Alida Salman, Ministry of Finance Lindell Vietch, Ministry of Advanced Education
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Information Technology/Chief Information Officer Team
Jason Wall, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement (Co-Lead) Nathan Kirkham, SaskTel (Co-Lead)
Mark Kleefeld, Water Security Agency Kama Lier, SaskGaming Travis Massier, Crown Investments Corporation Paul Mayson, SaskWater Grant McDonald, Tourism Saskatchewan Kevin Murphy, Ministry of Environment Cindy Ogilvie, Crown Investments Corporation Kanaris Paraskevopoulus, SGI Duane Rieger, Ministry of Advanced Education Bonnie Schmidt, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation Sheldon Smith, SaskEnergy Avery Vold, Innovation Saskatchewan Clarence Yam, Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority
Chris Buchan, Crown Investments Corporation Trevor Cross, SOCO/Innovation Saskatchewan Deidre Donaldson Meyer, SGI Carla Feld, SaskPower Richard Finnie, SaskGaming
Teresa Florizone, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency George Georgiadis, Worker’s Compensation Board Penni Greensides, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement Murray Gunvile, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency Tim Highmoor, Crown Investments Corporation Chuck Ingerman, Saskatchewan Research Council Kathy Jones, Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority
Project Delivery Team
Scott McLeod, SaskPower (Lead) Stephanie Bank, SaskTel Tim Bedo, SaskGaming Murray Black, SaskPower Chris Buchan, Crown Investments Corporation Tiffany Hewson, Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Sumith Kahanda, SaskWater
Crystal Liske, SaskEnergy Robert Mack, SGI Jesse Merilees, Saskatchewan Research Council Brent Orb, Ministry of Highways Matthew Sun, Saskatchewan Health Authority Megan Wolfinger, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement
Shared Strategic Procurement Team Brent Hales, SaskEnergy (Co-Lead) Hayder Lateef, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement (Co-Lead) Kendra Altwasser-Mang, SOCO/Innovation Saskatchewan Gail Audette-Sand, Saskatchewan
Stacy Kaufmann, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement Pamela Keller, SaskGaming Terri Kentel-Weinheimer, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation Brennen Miller, SaskTel Lisa Owens, SGI Shawn Patton, Water Security Agency Kathleen Stelter, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement Rico Tomsha, SaskPower
Crop Insurance Corporation Glenda Bruce, SaskEnergy Erin Connelly, Crown Investments Corporation Ryan Evans, SaskWater Brittany Hunter, Crown Investments Corporation Rhonda Jackson, SaskGaming
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Printing Opportunities Team Glenda Bruce, SaskEnergy (Co-Lead) Terri Kentel-Weinheimer, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (Co-Lead) Gail Audette-Sand, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation Josephine Brcic, SaskTel
Jill Clark, Crown Investments Corporation Marilyn Lustig-McEwen, Ministry of Justice and Attorney General
Paul Mayson, SaskWater Nicole Olson, SaskPower
Infrastructure Investment Team
Jeff Stepan, SGI (Lead) Chris Buchan, Crown Investments Corporation Shanna Hoffman, Ministry of Finance Kareen Holtby, Ministry of Trade and Export Development
Michael McClare, Crown Investments Corporation Miguel Morrissette, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement Christine Short, SaskEnergy
Shared Utility Corridors Team
Derrick Mann, SaskEnergy (Lead) Chris Buchan, Crown Investments Corporation Ryan Evans, SaskWater Jon Kotylak, Ministry of Highways
Ralph Leibel, Ministry of Government Relations Brent Maksymiw, SaskPower Darren Selinger, SaskEnergy Jeremy Van Caeseele, SaskTel
Property Management Team Stephen Moleschi, SaskPower (Co-Lead) Miguel Morrissette, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement (Co-Lead) Twyla Bergstrom, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement Richard Carlson, SaskEnergy Debbie Haluik, SOCO/Innovation Saskatchewan
SJ Hundal, SGI Brittany Hunter, Crown Investments Corporation Robert Lang, SGI Jennifer Ziegler, SaskTel
Regional Infrastructure Team
Randy Avery, SaskWater (Co-Lead) Jeffrey MacDonald, Ministry of Government Relations (Co-Lead) Glen Dakis, SaskPower Sheldon Green, Ministry of Government Relations Darlene Guy, SaskWater Kareen Holtby, Ministry of Trade and Export Development
Brittany Hunter, Crown Investments Corporation Jon Kotylak, Ministry of Highways Michael McMurray, SaskEnergy Brett Paquin, Ministry of Energy and Resources
Jeff Paterson, Water Security Agency Godwin Pon, Ministry of Agriculture
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Investment Attraction Team
Tim Highmoor, Crown Investments Corporation (Co-Lead)
Paul Johnson, Ministry of Agriculture Greg Meister, SaskTel
Tyler Lynch, Ministry of Trade and Export Development (Co-Lead) Joanne Johnson, Crown Investments Corporation Daniel Hersche, GTH David Boehm, Ministry of Advanced Education Lori Christie, SaskEnergy
Miguel Morrissette, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement Kevin Murphy, Ministry of Environment Thon Phommavong, Water Security Agency Blaine Pilatzke, SaskGaming Darcy Smycniuk, Ministry of Immigration and Career Training Jeff Stepan, SGI Cullen Stewart, Ministry of Finance Brent Sukenik, SOCO/Innovation Saskatchewan
David Cooper, Water Security Agency Ryan Cossitt, Ministry of Highways
Jaquie Gibney, SaskWater Kory Hayko, SaskPower Cory Hughes, Ministry of Energy and Resources
Red Tape Reduction/Customer Service Enhancements Team
Chris Buchan, Crown Investments Corporation (Co-Lead) David Ekstrand, SaskTel (Co-Lead) Karla Alverez, Ministry of Trade and Export Development Randy Avery, SaskWater Jill Clark, Crown Investments Corporation Trevor Cross, SOCO/Innovation Saskatchewan Mental Health Team Crystal Lawrek, SaskPower (Co-Lead) Tony Showchuk, SaskTel (Co-Lead) Sharon Bishop, Saskatchewan Health Authority Ashley Burke, SaskPower David Gwilliam, Worker’s Compensation Board Dieter Hamm, SaskEnergy Michelle Harmon, SaskGaming Brittany Hunter, Crown Investments Corporation Cherish Jean-Baptiste, SaskGaming
Grant Garner, SaskEnergy Jacquie Gibney, SaskWater
Flora Horvath, SaskTel Jennifer Lavalle, SGI
Tanya Pearson, SaskPower Blaine Pilatzke, SaskGaming
Carissa Listrom, Public Service Commission Shauna Minty, SOCO/Innovation Saskatchewan Tania Pilon, SGI Lavina Rieger, Crown Investments Corporation Kelly Schmidt, SaskGaming Carla Stoffer, Crown Investments Corporation
Catharine Yates, SaskPower Amanda Zarubin, SaskWater
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Supporting Saskatchewan’s Technology Sector Team
Cammy Colpitts, Crown Investments Corporation (Co-Lead) Jason Wall, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement (Co-Lead) Chris Buchan, Crown Investments Corporation Carmen Cline, Ministry of Trade and Export Development Deidre Donaldson, SGI Michelle Harmon, SaskGaming Mike Pestill, Ministry of Advanced Education
Amanda Plummer, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement Jackie Presnell, SOCO/Innovation Saskatchewan Amy Standish, Ministry of Agriculture Mike Stefaniuk, SaskTel Chad Vickers, Ministry of Immigration and Career Training Nathan Wilson, SaskTel
Indigenous Engagement Team
Terry Bird, SaskPower (Co-Lead) Dallas Ferguson, SaskGaming (Co-Lead) Dawn Anaquod, SGI Trina Aveyard, SaskTel Daryl Bunnell, SaskWater Jill Clark, Crown Investments Corporation Trevor Cross, SOCO/Innovation Saskatchewan Joseph Daniels, SaskEnergy
Alethea Foster, Ministry of Government Relations Reg Howard, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement Cherish Jean-Baptiste, SaskGaming Joanne Johnson, Crown Investments Corporation John Lax, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement Darcee MacFarlane, Crown Investments Corporation Matt Smith, Ministry of Trade and Export Development Dana Soonias, Ministry of Energy and Resources
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Environmental Benefits In addition to cost savings, some of the Crown collaboration initiatives result in environmental benefits such as greenhouse gas (GHG) savings. The 2021-2022 fiscal year saw an overall reduction of 3,533 tonnes of CO2e. This was an improvement from the previous year’s reduction of 3,520 tonnes of CO2e. VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SaskTel and SaskEnergy use a common contractor for vegetation management. SaskTel facilities are spread out across the southern half of the province in rural areas providing coverage for SaskTel networks. In the past, SaskTel vegetation management crews travelled significant distances from site to site. With a single contractor completing vegetation management on both SaskTel and SaskEnergy sites and right of ways, they are able to treat SaskTel facilities while in the area completing work on SaskEnergy right of ways, which reduces travel. GHG Emission Reduction 23 tonnes of CO2e Based on estimated reduced driving to treat facilities and converted to GHG emissions with an emission factor. FIBRE SHARING SaskPower and SaskTel partner for installation of fibre. GHG Emission Reduction 201 tonnes of CO2e Based on avoiding a second installation team to install a new line along the same route. Estimate is based on average fuel usage converted to GHG with an emission factor. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COLLABORATION SaskPower and SaskTel staff share the SaskTel building on Sandra Schmirler Way in Regina, resulting in efficiency in power and gas consumption compared to having two separate buildings for staff. GHG Emission Reduction 656 tonnes of CO2e Based on actual facility natural gas and power usage and converted to GHG emissions with emissions factors. This assumes SaskPower would have an equal size building if this facility was not shared.
JOINT INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION
SaskTel and SaskPower partner on joint infrastructure installation, therefore not requiring a second team to construct infrastructure. GHG Emission Reduction 1,045 tonnes of CO2e Based on avoiding a second installation team to construct similar conduits. Estimate is based on average fuel usage converted to GHG with an emission factor.
LINE LOCATING
SaskEnergy, SaskPower, and SaskTel partner on line locating, therefore avoiding multiple teams performing locates at the same site. GHG Emission Reduction 1,785 tonnes of CO2e Based on not requiring a second team to locate the facility. Estimate is based on average fuel usage converted to GHG with an emission factor. GRAND TOTAL 3,533 tonnes of CO2e
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Marina on Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan
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Appendix: Total Crown Collaboration Savings (2013 to 2021-22) Initiative Amount
Bill Payments
$464,134
Coaching Services
$2,200
CEO/CFO Certification - Shared Services with CIC
$266,560 $944,281 $7,251,155
Data Centre Colocation Enhanced Public Safety
Engineering (Grounding Expertise/Induction/Cathodic Protection - SME/Standard Sharing)
$20,000
Express Address
$1,432,004
Fibre Sharing
$146,876,000 $1,948,500 $121,000 $20,000 $100,000 $150,000 $10,000 $34,500 $664,664 $187,408 $31,000 $34,600 $872,670 $18,985,737
HVAC
Innovation - Geographic Information System: CIC Expanded Data Sharing Agreement
Civic Address Data Sharing Infrastructure Data Sharing
Mobile Deployment/GPS Exchange Geocortex Knowledge Sharing
Innovation - Peak Demand/Demand Response Installation of SCADA to reduce site inspections
Leadership Development Learning and Development Legal - Shared Services with CIC
Natural Gas Optimization
Paperless Billing Procurement:
$404,997
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Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Car Rentals for Claim Customers
$5,424,206 $3,995,000
Copiers (via SaskBuilds)
$15,000
Employee Family Assistance Plan
$1,468,725
Fleet Management
$79,827 $23,972 $65,524 $65,070
Forrester Licensing - NEW Gartner Licensing - NEW Service Now Licensing - NEW
Human Resource Management System
$366,000 $4,570,334 $882,000 $54,768,609 $2,900,000 $92,622,367 $273,000 $3,750,434 $4,256,341 $2,762,470 $1,073,081 $882,980
Insurance
ISF Security Membership
Joint Infrastructure Installation
Joint Sourcing Line Locating
Managed Print Services
Mapping (Non-Ground Disturbance)
Microsoft Product Licensing
New Bill and Letter Print Services Provider
New Connect Joint Services
Oracle Licensing
Photocopier Management Program
$38,400 $63,000 $113,766 $161,923 $198,000 $155,000 $46,097 $4,800
Procurement Process Recognition Program
Software Reseller and Licensing Service (Master Agreement with Compugen)
Training - Prosci
Vegetation Management Wireless Age (Standing Offer) Cell Phone Procurement - NEW Laptop Procurement - NEW
$4,480
Property Management
$7,723,136 $600,000 $101,872 $892,000
Records Information Management
Remote Diagnostics - Updating of TransGas SCADA Re-purposing SaskPower Asset for Wireless Saskatchewan
SaskBuilds Service
$4,500
SaskPower Attaching Equipment to Towers
$495,000 $2,521,304
SaskPower Colocation for AMI Meter Reading Program
SaskWater/WSA Upset Line
$72,000
SCADA Leverage
$1,086,000 $5,626,000 $66,277 $14,980 $78,000 $8,034 $800,000
SecurTek
SecurTek Providing Building Monitoring Services
Small Cells on Street Lights
Solar Panels
Waste Management - Recycling Winter Operation Collaboration Sharing Survey Information - NEW
$2,500
Corporate Project Management Office - Shared Collaboration - NEW
$4,426,334 $384,000 $295,000 $260,858
Centralized Utility Connect Project Management For New Industrial Customers - NEW
2021 Rebate Cheque Printing Savings - NEW
Environmental Permitting - NEW
Crown Collaboration
$387,309,610
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