Electricity generation in Alberta was deregulated by the Electric Utilities Act of 1995. The act established the market where electricity producers, marketers, importers, distributors, exporters, and large industrial consumers could sell and buy electricity, and which now determines wholesale electricity prices

Since 1997, The Fraser Institute has conducted an annual survey of metal mining and exploration companies to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulation affect exploration investment. Survey results represent the opinions of executives and exploration managers in mining and mining consulting companies operating around the world. The survey now includes data on 71 jurisdictions around the world, on every continent except Antarctica, including sub-national jurisdictions in Canada, Australia, and the United States. This year, Guatemala, Norway, and Kyrgyzstan were added to the survey.

Saskatchewan possesses an opportunity to build on its recent economic prosperity to develop a foundation for unprecedented prosperity and wealth creation in the province that would extend for years, if not decades.