Join us for our 5th and final nooner for the 2024-25 season. We are excited to have Eric Cline with us for the June nooner. Lunch will start at 12:00pm with the presentation at 12:20pm till 1:00pm.
Eric Cline practised law in his hometown of Saskatoon prior to serving 16 years in the Saskatchewan legislature where he held several senior cabinet positions, including health, finance, and industry and resources. After his time in politics, he worked for 12 years as a corporate executive in the mining sector. He then established an arbitration practice, which continues. He also works as a professional fused glass artist. He has a King's Counsel (K.C.) designation as a lawyer and is a Juried Member (peer designation) of the Saskatchewan Craft Council in the category of glass. He is the author of two books and his writing has been published in the Globe and Mail, National Post, Quillette online magazine, and will appear in an upcoming edition of Walrus magazine.
His recent book Squandered-Canada's Potash Legacy outlines the history of potash mining development in Saskatchewan and provides documentation for its thesis that there is a gross imbalance between windfall profits being made by potash companies operating in Saskatchewan, the price being paid to the people of the province for their potash. The book has been described by prominent economists, journalists and academics as "a significant contribution to thinking about resource policy,"... "a penetrating analysis," ... "an important book that should outrage all Saskatchewan citizens," and "a thoughtful analysis ... destined to become a standard work on the political economy of this province."
