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...Saskatchewan's CCF the Morse by-election was important. The riding was a typical cross-section of prairie voters, and CCF now had a two-year record (TIME, June 24) to be judged by. If CCF candidate James Gibson won, it would be a bright green light to Canada's only Socialist government...
With no fuss or fanfare Saskatchewan last week passed its second anniversary as Canada's only socialist province. Next week, with plenty of fuss and fanfare, the voters of Morse constituency, in a critical by-election, will pass judgment on the record of their CCF Government...
Provincial Premier Thomas Douglas believes that CCF needs four years to round out its program. At the halfway mark its program looked more than halfway impressive. Saskatchewan's publicly owned industrial empire already comprises eleven Crown corporations: printing and brick plants, a woolen mill, box factory...
...Saskatchewan's socialism is not cheap. In its two socialist years Saskatchewan's budget (on revenue account) has soared from $30,000,000 to a proposed $40,000,000 for 1946-47, though it still boasts a small surplus. Revenues have gone up enough, thanks to good business conditions, to meet the budget boost. The trouble will come when business slackens...
This will make the province even less inviting to private capital. Actually, Saskatchewan has never attracted much industrial capital, one of the great reasons behind CCF's industrial policy. So far it looked as if Saskatchewan's pinks had done a good job in keeping socialism...