As at December 31, 2006, the following twelve active Crown corporations were under CIC’s purview: Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan, Investment Saskatchewan Inc., Saskatchewan Development Fund Corporation, SGGF Management Corporation, Saskatchewan Government Insurance, Saskatchewan Opportunities Corporation, Saskatchewan Power Corporation, Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation, Saskatchewan Telecommunications (a subsidiary of SaskTel), Saskatchewan Transportation Company, Saskatchewan Water Corporation, and SaskEnergy Incorporated. Of these corporations, SaskPower, SaskTel and SaskEnergy are the most significant in terms of assets, liabilities and operating income generated.
SaskPower’s net earnings were $92.7 million in 2006 compared to $130.5 million in 2005. Earnings in 2006 decreased over 2005 primarily due to higher costs for fuel and purchased power and an increase in operating costs, partially offset by an improvement in revenue.
Total revenues increased to $1,456.2 million in 2006 from $1,325.7 million in 2005 due to a full year of sales impacted by a 4.9 per cent system-wide average rate increase implemented on January 1, 2006.
Expenses of $1,363.5 million increased from $1,195.2 million in 2005 primarily due to higher fuel and purchased power costs as a result of a reduction in the availability of lower cost coal and hydro generation, which was replaced by higher cost gas-sourced generation. In addition, operating costs were higher due to the clean coal feasibility study and increased salary and benefits costs.
SaskPower’s debt increased to $2,313.5 million (including short-term debt) (2005 — $2,297.1 million), up slightly due to the additional borrowing of $100.0 million during the year to finance SaskPower’s capital program. This increase was partially offset by debt repayments, sinking fund installments and sinking fund earnings.
For 2006, SaskPower declared a dividend to CIC of $60.2 million (2005 — $66.3 million).
Capital spending of $284.6 million in 2006 (2005 — $473.1 million) was for customer connections and to extend the life of existing transmission and distribution infrastructure.
SaskPower and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SaskPower International, have invested over $250 million since 2004 for the development of 161 megawatts of wind generation in Saskatchewan. The 150 megawatt Centennial Wind Power Project is located near Swift Current and became operational in early 2006.
In October 2006, SaskPower submitted a rate application to SRRP for a system wide average increase of 4.3 per cent, effective January 1, 2007. The proposed application was approved by SRRP and Cabinet and was effective February 1, 2007.
In September 2007, SaskPower announced it will install up to 400 megawatts of simple cycle natural gas turbines at a capital cost of approximately $525 million. The turbines will be installed over the next five years, in areas where electricity supply is most needed.
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation. SaskTel is the leading full service communications company in Saskatchewan, providing competitive voice, data, dial and high speed internet, entertainment and multimedia services, security, secure electronic transactions, wireless, data storage and web-hosting applications, text and messaging services over a fiber optic based fully digital network. The Corporation’s major asset is a wholly owned subsidiary, Saskatchewan Telecommunications, which has been the principal supplier of telecommunications in Saskatchewan for over 90 years. Saskatchewan Telecommunications’ operations are regulated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The Corporation also maintains investments in companies that provide directory publishing, remote security monitoring, system design, project management, engineering consulting, software sales, multimedia, cable television, transaction clearing house, wireless point of sale, broadband Internet streaming, advertising services, and telecommunication to business customers in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Through interconnection agreements with the Canadian telecommunication industry – primarily Bell Canada – the Corporation is part of the national and global communications network.
SaskTel’s consolidated net income in 2006 of $72.5 million increased from $64.4 million in 2005. The increase was primarily due to strong revenue growth and no write-down of long lived assets in 2006, partially offset by increased restructuring charges and growth related expenses.
Operating revenues of $1,009.6 million increased from $978.8 million in 2005. This increase is primarily due to increased revenues from cellular access growth, and increased revenue from MAX ™ entertainment services.
Operating expenses of $917.4 million were higher than the $890.4 million in 2005. This increase is primarily due to expenses to acquire and support wireless revenue growth, increased programming and content costs to support growth in entertainment services, and increased restructuring costs.
SaskTel continues to self-finance its capital and dividend requirements. Debt of $318.3 million decreased from $359.1 million in 2005 due to repayment of long-term debt.
SaskTel’s net capital spending in 2006 was $228.5 million, compared to $141.1 million in 2005, primarily due to investment in advancing SaskTel’s bandwidth infrastructure through the Next Generation Access Infrastructure program. As well, SaskTel continued to focus on growth initiatives and expansion of the broadband network to rural Saskatchewan.
During 2006, SaskTel declared a dividend of $50.0 million to CIC (2005 — $57.9 million).
SaskEnergy Incorporated. SaskEnergy operates a natural gas distribution utility that provides natural gas and related services to residential, farm, commercial and industrial customers in Saskatchewan. In addition, TransGas Limited (“TransGas”) is SaskEnergy’s wholly owned natural gas transmission and storage subsidiary.
SaskEnergy’s consolidated earnings in 2006 were $53.2 million compared to $76.7 million in 2005. The decrease was primarily due to a loss on commodity sales resulting from the negative impact of commodity price changes. The lower earnings from gas marketing sales also had a negative impact. The loss on commodity sales in 2006 included $20.5 million funded from the GRF to mitigate rising natural gas prices to customers.
SaskEnergy incurred a loss on commodity sales of $6.1 million (2005 — $11.4 million gain); the loss was reduced by $20.5 million (2005 — $53.6 million) in funding from the GRF related to the Saskatchewan Energy Share program. In 2006, the GRF funding reduced natural gas costs to $7.95 per gigajoule for the period January 1, 2006 to March 31, 2006. The commodity cost of gas sold includes the market value of certain derivative financial instruments used to manage the risk associated with the volatility of natural gas prices. The net effect of the change in market value of these financial instruments was to increase the cost of gas sold by $9.0 million (2005 — $15.0 million).
Revenues of $1,254.0 million (2005 — $1,298.7 million) decreased primarily due to lower gas marketing sales.
Expenses of $1,200.8 million in 2006 (2005 — $1,222.0 million) decreased primarily due to the lower gas marketing cost of gas sold.
Debt decreased to $712.8 million from $734.4 million in 2005 due to debt repayments.
Capital spending of $71.5 million was higher than the $58.6 million spent in 2005 due to incremental spending on storage development and system expansion during 2006.
For 2006, SaskEnergy declared a dividend to CIC of $34.5 million (2005 – $29.3 million) due partially to a grant from the GRF.
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In March 2006, due to the mitigation of natural gas prices, SaskEnergy submitted a rate application to SRRP for a system-wide average commodity rate decrease of 9.6 per cent effective April 1, 2006. SRRP agreed with the rate reduction and recommended it to Cabinet where it was subsequently approved.
As a result of stronger than anticipated revenues attributable to increased throughputs, TransGas implemented a series of rate reductions: a 2.0 per cent reduction effective January 1, 2004; 3.4 per cent effective November 1, 2004; 2.6 per cent effective on January 1, 2006; and an interim 3.0 per cent effective June 1, 2006 to December 1, 2006.
In September 2006, SaskEnergy submitted a rate application to SRRP for a system wide average commodity rate increase of 11 per cent, effective November 1, 2006. Subsequent to the submission, market prices for natural gas fluctuated, resulting in an adjusted rate increase of 5.4 per cent approved by Cabinet.
In February 2007, SaskEnergy submitted a rate application to SRRP for a 5.7 per cent increase in transportation fees for delivery of natural gas effective June 1, 2007. SRRP agreed with the application and recommended it to Cabinet where it was subsequently approved.
In August 2007, SaskEnergy submitted a rate application to SRRP for a commodity rate reduction of 2.6 per cent, effective November 1, 2007. Following review of the application along with a market update from SaskEnergy, SRRP recommended a commodity rate reduction of 5.7 per cent effective November 1, 2007. The recommendation must be approved by Cabinet in order to be implemented.
Major Wholly Owned Subsidiary
Investment Saskatchewan Inc. Investment Saskatchewan Inc. provides investment capital and financing, and manages portfolios of commercially viable investments. Investment Saskatchewan was incorporated under The Business Corporations Act (Saskatchewan) on November 14, 1979 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan (“CIC”), a Provincial Crown corporation. Effective September 3, 2003 by Order in Council 700/2003, which made effective The Crown Corporation Amendment Regulations, 1993, Investment Saskatchewan was designated a subsidiary Crown corporation of CIC to which the provisions of The Crown Corporations Act, 1993 apply.
On June 27, 2006, Investment Saskatchewan created a subsidiary of Investment Saskatchewan, Victoria Park Capital (VPC). On November 1, 2006 VPC was substantially sold to former employees of Investment Saskatchewan. The newly created company manages the existing portfolio and new investment assets under contract to Investment Saskatchewan.
Investment Saskatchewan reported net earnings of $72.9 million in 2006 compared to net losses of $87.7 million in 2005. The 2005 loss was mainly attributable to MLPLP, which lost $127.9 million in 2005, including a write-down of $109.7 million. MLPLP’s 2005 financial position was negatively impacted by the high Canadian dollar, increased transportation costs, low pulp prices, and rising power costs. MLPLP obtained protection under The Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) in late 2005 and most of its business assets were sold in early 2007.
Revenue was $157.0 million in 2006 compared to $160.9 million in 2005. The decrease was primarily due to lower earnings from equity investments. Earnings at Saskferco Products Inc. were down, due to lower fertilizer prices, and earnings of Meadow Lake OSB were also lower due to reduced oriented strand board prices.
Expenses of $129.2 million (2005 — $107.2 million) increased primarily due to the higher operating expenses due to expansion and rising feed costs of Big Sky Farms Inc.
Long-term debt of $71.5 million (2005 — $124.8 million) decreased primarily due to scheduled repayments of $57.6 million of long-term debt during the year.
During 2006, Investment Saskatchewan’s purchases of investments were $24.6 million (2005 — $12.1 million) and purchases of property, plant and equipment were $10.7 million (2005 — $17.2 million).
For 2006, Investment Saskatchewan declared $59.1 million in dividends to CIC. During 2005 no dividends were declared to CIC.
On March 31, 2007, Investment Saskatchewan repaid $20.7 million in equity to CIC out of available cash flow.
Investment Saskatchewan’s significant holdings are discussed below:
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Saskferco Products Inc. (“Saskferco”). Saskferco is a nitrogen-based fertilizer plant located near Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan, owned by Investment Saskatchewan (49 per cent), Mosaic (50 per cent), and Citibank Canada (1 per cent). Medium Term Notes issued by Saskferco with a principal amount of U.S. $21.0 million as at March 31, 2007 are guaranteed by the GRF. The GRF receives commercially-based guarantee fees based on guaranteed debt outstanding. The project agreements provide that cash flow will be allocated on a priority basis to the reduction of guaranteed debt. As a result of surplus cash from operations, Saskferco has established a debt retirement fund specifically for the Medium Term Notes. The fund had a balance of $28.7 million as of March 31, 2007. The guaranteed Medium Term Notes matured and were paid in full on May 31, 2007.
On September 24, 2007, Saskferco announced an $84 million expansion that will see urea production increase by 400 tonnes per day and anhydrous ammonia by 200 tonnes per day. Costs of expansion are to be funded by internally generated cash flows.
Meadow Lake Pulp Limited Partnership (“MLPLP”). MLPLP operates one of the world’s first zero-effluent chemithermomechanical pulp mills. CIC Pulp Ltd., a wholly-owned share capital subsidiary of Investment Saskatchewan, owns 50 per cent of MLPLP, with Millar Western Industries Ltd. holding the remaining 50 per cent. The state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly mill is located near Meadow Lake. Its wood pulp is sold in Canada, the United States and offshore. In April 2005, Investment Saskatchewan purchased $52.0 million in guaranteed debt from MLPLP’s debt issuers. As a result, outstanding guarantees by Investment Saskatchewan were replaced with direct financing by Investment Saskatchewan. MLPLP has experienced negative earnings impacts due to lower pulp prices, a strong Canadian dollar, and energy costs. During 2005, Investment Saskatchewan made loan provisions totalling $124.9 million on its investment in MLPLP.
On December 28, 2005, MLPLP obtained creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangements Act (“CCAA”) to provide time to investigate all options with respect to the future of the mill including the development of a cost reduction plan and pursuing potential purchasers of the mill. On January 9, 2006, Investment Saskatchewan approved the provision of up to $15 million in Debtor-in-Possession (“DIP”) financing to the pulp mill. The purpose of this temporary short-term liquidity facility was to assist the pulp mill in its restructuring efforts.
On January 11, 2007 the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench approved a transaction between MLPLP and Investment Saskatchewan with 6551017 Canada Ltd. for the sale of the fixed assets and raw materials inventory of MLPLP. The sale transaction closed on January 23, 2007. Thereafter, the remaining assets, primarily trade accounts receivable and pulp inventory will be liquidated and the proceeds used to pay certain trade creditors and other liabilities of MLPLP, including full repayment of the Debtor-in-Possession loan, with the balance of the funds used to repay a portion of the debenture owed to Investment Saskatchewan. Investment Saskatchewan expects to recover approximately $42.9 million of its MLPLP investment consisting of approximately $32.1 million cash, $5.0 million of equity in the purchaser, a $2.7 million non-interest bearing debenture from the purchaser, $1.3 million in equipment leases receivable from the purchaser and a $1.8 million interest bearing loan from the purchaser.
HARO Financial Corporation (“HARO”). HARO is a Regina-based company created to acquire an ownership interest in Crown Life Insurance Company (“Crown Life”). At December 31, 2006, HARO held a 65.21 per cent ownership interest in Crown Life and Extendicare held 34.79 per cent. In May 1998, Crown Life entered into agreements with The Canada Life Assurance Company (“Canada Life”) for the sale of its business. Under the terms of the agreements, substantially all of Crown Life’s insurance business was transferred to Canada Life, with the balance to be transferred at the option of the parties to the agreements or the shareholders of Crown Life after January 1, 2004. The completion of the second step in the sale process was delayed due to the acquisition of Canada Life by Great-West Life in 2003. On April 24, 2006, the shareholders of Crown Life triggered the second and final close of the sale to Canada Life. In July, 2007, the remaining assets of Crown Life were transferred to Investment Saskatchewan.
Major Investment
CIC has invested as a commercial partner in the corporation discussed below.
NewGrade Energy Inc. (“NewGrade”). NewGrade operates a heavy oil upgrading plant in Regina. NewGrade’s outstanding voting shares are owned 50 per cent by the Government of Saskatchewan through CIC and 50 per cent by Consumers’ Co-operative Refineries Limited (“CCRL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Federated Co-operatives Limited of Saskatoon. The plant is currently operating substantially above design capacity with the ability to produce an output of approximately 3.23 million cubic metres of upgraded crude oil in any year in which the complex undergoes a one-month maintenance shutdown.
NewGrade recorded a net profit for its fiscal year ending October 31, 2006, which contributed $102.9 million to CIC’s consolidated earnings for the year ended December 31, 2006 (2005 — $88.9 million). NewGrade’s earnings increased due to a general increase in differentials between world oil prices for light and heavy crude oil.
In 2006, NewGrade made a cash distribution to the two shareholders. This cash distribution consisted of a dividend to each shareholder of $105.0 million.
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NewGrade’s total government-guaranteed debt at March 31, 2007 was $10.8 million. These amounts were guaranteed 56.7 per cent directly by the Government of Saskatchewan and 43.3 per cent by the Government of Canada but indemnified by CIC. The guaranteed debt matured on August 31, 2007.
In September, 2007, CIC announced that CCRL will purchase CIC’s 50 per cent interest in NewGrade for $325 million plus dividends on NewGrade’s 2006-07 earnings.
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Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
| At December 31
|
---|
| 2002
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005
| 2006
|
---|
| | | (Thousands) | Restated Note 3
| |
---|
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current | | | $ | 1,317,689 | | $ | 1,134,346 | | $ | 1,563,295 | | $ | 2,093,929 | | $ | 1,919,120 | |
Long-term investments | | | | 942,046 | | | 995,718 | | | 652,665 | | | 657,093 | | | 716,583 | |
Property, plant and equipment | | | | 5,338,342 | | | 5,385,609 | | | 5,329,223 | | | 5,688,140 | | | 5,879,341 | |
Other assets | | | | 400,067 | | | 358,809 | | | 385,351 | | | 419,746 | | | 395,994 | |
Long-term assets of discontinued operations | | |
| 0
| |
| 0
| |
| 209,339
| |
| 389,307
| |
| 459,820
| |
Total Assets | | | $
| 7,998,144
| | $
| 7,874,482
| | $
| 8,139,873
| | $
| 9,248,215
| | $
| 9,370,858
| |
Liabilities and Province's Equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current | | | $ | 1,489,917 | | $ | 1,340,789 | | $ | 1,437,491 | | $ | 1,724,875 | | $ | 1,590,145 | |
Long-term debt | | | | 3,078,758 | | | 2,981,839 | | | 2,977,430 | | | 3,217,556 | | | 3,201,221 | |
Long-term liabilities from discontinued operations | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 39,944 | | | 460,903 | | | 429,834 | |
Deferred revenue and other liabilities | | | | 346,668 | | | 329,989 | | | 419,929 | | | 468,124 | | | 499,221 | |
Province of Saskatchewan's Equity | | |
| 3,082,801
| |
| 3,221,865
| |
| 3,265,079
| |
| 3,376,757
| |
| 3,650,437
| |
Total Liabilities and Province's Equity | | | $
| 7,998,144
| | $
| 7,874,482
| | $
| 8,139,873
| | $
| 9,248,215
| | $
| 9,370,858
| |
Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan
Consolidated Statement of Operations
| For the Period Ended December 31
|
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| 2002
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005
| 2006
|
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| | | (Thousands) | Restated Note 3
| |
---|
Revenue | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of products and services | | | $ | 3,435,593 | | $ | 3,857,164 | | $ | 3,769,697 | | $ | 4,155,153 | | $ | 4,977,363 | |
Investment | | | | 52,822 | | | 39,069 | | | 72,448 | | | 89,555 | | | 85,145 | |
Other | | |
| 41,365
| |
| 13,051
| |
| 4,117
| |
| 5,551
| |
| 15,395
| |
Total Revenue | | | $
| 3,529,780
| | $
| 3,909,284
| | $
| 3,846,262
| | $
| 4,250,259
| | $
| 5,077,903
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operating costs other than | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
those listed below | | | $ | 2,527,237 | | $ | 2,903,360 | | $ | 2,723,159 | | $ | 3,065,619 | | $ | 3,871,455 | |
Interest | | | | 270,682 | | | 122,353 | | | 248,546 | | | 243,939 | | | 248,077 | |
Amortization of property, plant and equipment | | | | 397,203 | | | 424,517 | | | 402,461 | | | 406,455 | | | 431,578 | |
Saskatchewan taxes and resource payments | | |
| 105,102
| |
| 98,373
| |
| 87,342
| |
| 99,944
| |
| 101,213
| |
Total Expenses | | | $
| 3,300,224
| | $
| 3,548,603
| | $
| 3,461,508
| | $
| 3,815,957
| | $
| 4,652,323
| |
Earnings before the following | | | | 229,556 | | | 360,681 | | | 384,754 | | | 434,302 | | | 425,580 | |
Future income tax (expense) recovery | | | | (6,474 | ) | | 469 | | | (26,465 | ) | | (35,881 | ) | | (4,398 | ) |
Public policy expenditure | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | (52,046 | ) | | 0 | | | 0 | |
Non-recurring items | | | | 70,987 | | | (15,797 | ) | | 8,023 | | | 43,915 | | | 18,942 | |
Current income tax expenses | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | (20,249 | ) | | (43,734 | ) |
Loss from discontinued operations | | |
| 0
| |
| 0
| |
| (2,205
| ) |
| (115,422
| ) |
| 44,729
| |
Net Earnings | | | $
| 294,069
| | $
| 345,353
| | $
| 312,061
| | $
| 306,665
| | $
| 441,119
| |
(see accompanying notes)
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CROWN INVESTMENTS CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN
Notes to Financial Information
1. | The foregoing financial information has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan. The foregoing narrative description is unaudited. |
2. | Effective January 1, 2003, CIC adopted the new Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants handbook section 3110 “Asset Retirement Obligations.” This section requires the recognition of the fair value (net present value) of the total estimated future decommissioning costs when the assets are put into service. |
3. | Accounting Guideline 15, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“AcG-15”) of the CICA Handbook is effective for periods beginning on or after November 1, 2004; as a result, the Corporation adopted this standard effective January 1, 2005. AcG-15 relates to the application of consolidation principles to certain entities that are subject to control on a basis other than ownership of voting interests. The purpose of AcG-15 is to provide guidance for determining when an enterprise includes the assets, liabilities and results of activities of such an entity (a “variable interest entity”) in its consolidated financial statements. |
| An entity falls under the guidance in AcG-15 and is classified as a variable interest entity (“VIE”) if it has equity that is insufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties; or equity investors that cannot make significant decisions about the entity’s operations, or that do not absorb the expected losses or receive the expected returns of the entity. A VIE is consolidated by its primary beneficiary, which is the party involved with the VIE that will absorb a majority of the expected losses or will receive the majority of the expected residual returns or both, as a result of ownership, contractual or other financial interests in the VIE. |
| The Corporation has determined that the following entities fall under the classification of a VIE and have been consolidated in the financial statements: |
| | HARO Financial Corporation (HARO) Meadow Lake Pulp Limited Partnership (MLPLP) Prairie Ventures Limited Partnership (PVF) |
| Prior to January 1, 2005, the Corporation accounted for HARO as a loan receivable, and MLPLP and PVF using the equity method. The impact of consolidating these VIE’s on the balance sheet and income statement as at December 31, 2005 was to increase (decrease) assets, liabilities and income as follows: |
| | | |
---|
| | | | | | Cash | | | $ | 4,010 | |
| | | | | | Net current assets | | | | 41,026 | |
| | | | | | Current assets of discontinued operations | | | | 329,333 | |
| | | | | | Long-term investments | | | | (106,911 | ) |
| | | | | | Property, plant and equipment | | | | 106,549 | |
| | | | | | Other assets | | | | 14,264 | |
| | | | | | Long-term assets of discontinued operations | | |
| 382,497
| |
| | | | | | | | | $
| 770,768
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Net current liabilities | | | $ | 28,521 | |
| | | | | | Current liabilities of discontinued operations | | | | 125,821 | |
| | | | | | Net long-term liabilities | | | | 76,748 | |
| | | | | | Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations | | | | 407,234 | |
| | | | | | Non-controlling interest | | | | 38,983 | |
| | | | | | Non-controlling interest in discontinued operations | | | | 46,784 | |
| | | | | | Retained earnings | | |
| 46,677
| |
| | | | | | | | | $
| 770,768
| |
| Restatement of comparative financial information is not required by AcG-15. The cumulative effect to retained earnings on the adoption of AcG-15 as at January 1, 2005 is an increase of $36.3 million. Net income in 2005 increased $10.3 million as a result of the consolidation of VIE’s. |
4. | Certain of the 2005 comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with the current year’s presentation. Figures for 2002 through 2004 have not been similarly reclassified. |
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Information included herein which is designated as being taken from a publication of the Province or Canada, or any agency or instrumentality of either, is included herein upon the authority of such publication as a public official document. The financial statements of the Government included herein under the headings “General Revenue Fund Supplementary Financial Information” and “Summary Financial Statements” have been taken from the Public Accounts of the Province (subject to certain adjustments for purposes of comparability). All financial information contained herein was obtained from the most recent annual Budget Estimates, Public Accounts, or Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan Annual Report, or was prepared by representatives of the Department of Finance or of CIC in their official capacities. The information set forth under “Province of Saskatchewan”, and other than described in the first sentence of this paragraph, was prepared by representatives of the Department of Finance in their official capacities.
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