Dr. Grant Devine Email & Phone Number

Pelican Lake, Saskatchewan

Since 1976, Devine has been President of GD Farms and Consulting LTD. He owns and operates a 5,000-acre farm and ranch operation in Pelican Lake, Saskatchewan. A natural spin-off is his Pelican Lake Performance Horses, cutting and working cow horses he raises for sale. These horses have won both cutting and cow horse futurities.The family farm has been in the Devine family since the 1920s.

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Devine was involved in a historic reversal of government philosophy, moving from the nationalization to the privatization of industries. All privatizations undertaken were very successful. For an example, the Potash Corporations of Saskatchewan (PCS) became the largest company on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Correspondingly, billions of dollars in new investment came into Saskatchewan. At one time, PCS paid $200 million royalty to the Province of Sasketchewan in one year.

During a terrible drought in 1988, Devine, still serving as premier, took on this additional duty as minister of agriculture to personally immerse himself in problems affecting people in this sector. Stemming from his academic background as an agriculture professor, Devine chose to provide up to $80 million to assist in construction of a new agricultural building at the University of Saskatchewan. He set up Ag West Bio, an agricultural genetics research organization. A book is now being written that, 25 years later, depicts how the economic multiplier effects of initiatives undertaken originally in Devine's administration have paid off handsomely in funding for the province and its people. A number of Devine colleagues continue today with the economic concepts he pioneered.

• Addressed business, academic, and political leaders world wide since 1976 • Negotiated Twinning Agreement between Saskatchewan & the Province of Jilin, China • Key First Minister participant in the Canada, U.S., Free Trade Agreement • Cross-border water agreement between Saskatchewan, North Dakota, United States and Canada • Counter-trade deal with General Electric of the U.S. trading Saskatchewan potash for CAT Scanners for Saskatchewan hospitals • Established Special Representative to the Ukraine • Established Romanian-Saskatchewan Orphan Adoption Program • Canadian Chairman NASDA (National Association of State Directors of Agriculture), USA • Investment agreement with Marubeni-Hitachi of Japan, Turbine manufacturing in SaskatchewanInitiated Twinning Agreement negotiations with Kazakhstan, USSR • Participated in a number of trade delegations to Europe, USSR, South America and Asia • Participated as a Canadian Premier in various aspects of the GATT negotiations, Brussels and Geneva • Mandated various International Telecommunications contracts through SaskTel International • Extensive contacts with various U.S. Governors, Senators and senior diplomats • World Potash Conference, Guest Speaker, Vienna, Austria • Mandated various international development projects undertaken by the government of Saskatchewan in China, Pakistan, India, Africa and South America

Grant Devine was the first Progressive Conservative premier in the history of Sasketchewan. His party won nearly all the seats in the legislature in 1982, changing its complexion when Devine took office, which allowed the Progressive Conservative team to implement important reforms. All but one of the rural seats were filled by elected farmers, which strengthened their resolve to complete wheels in a hub to improve the lot of those in agriculture. The new spokes were research, water, finance, fertilizer, markets, insurance, and so on.Devine had a good relationship with two Prime Ministers, Presidents, and Governors, negotiating with these to improve the lot of his people in Sasketchewan.Publications on Grant Devine:Don Baron and Paul Jackson, Battleground - The Socialist Assault on Grant Devine’s Canadian Dream, Bedford House Publishing, Toronto, ON, 1991James M. Pitsula and Ken Rasmusen, Privatizing a Province, The New Right in Saskatchewan, New Star Books, Vancouver, 1990

Devine’s major focus as a student was industrial organization. He completed two theses and a PhD. dissertation in measuring market performance and food retailing. At one time, the food prices review board under the direction of Mrs. Beryl Plumbtree employed him to research retail food prices across Canada. As a 23-year-old, his research was something that had never been done to that degree of sophistication. He had his research on comparative prices published in the newspaper, which resulted in prices adjustments that benefitted the consumer. He taught industrial organization from 1975 to 1979. It was in the fall of 1979 he won the leadership position with the Progressive Conservative party.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Agricultural Economics

Activities and Societies: • Inducted, Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame, November 22, 2015 • Board Member to Viscount Mining Inc..

Mba, Marketing

MBA in Marketing, MScA, Agriculture Economics

M.Sc.A., Agriculture Economics

B.Sc.A, Agriculture