摘要：During the 1950s the province of Saskatchewan experienced a diHicult structural adjustment away from almost total dependence on agriculture as the basic employer. As late as 1950, 49 percent of the Saskatchewan labour force was directly engaged in the agricultural sector. Between 1951 and 1961 agriculture's share declined to 37 percent; however, while jobs were being created in other sectors, the overail rate of increase was insufficient to absorb both the labour released from agriculture and the new entrants into the labour force. Policy makers of the day were concerned not only v,rith the slow rate of growth of the provincial economy but also with the continuing substantial reliance on agriculture. A number of initiatives were taken by the provincial government during the 1950s in attempts to both stimulate and diversify the economy. In this paper the impact of one of the major initiatives of the era, the creation of a steel rolling mill and fabricating plant near Regina, is analyzed. To conduct this study we develop a methodology, using input-output analysis, which we believe provides a more comprehensive means of post-project impact assessment than other alternatives of which we are aware.
