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Our Pre-Conference Seminar facilitator, Judy Wilson, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP, gives advice in Purchasingb2b on selecting fairness monitors to ensure your RFP and bidding processes are as fair and transparent as possible.

If you want to get a head start on the Conference, register for her seminar: Procurement Law and Contract Management: Recent Developments, Tools, Tips and Traps.

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These are the members of the 2010 Conference Committee. If you know them, or happen to run into any of them, remember to give them a pat on the shoulder to thank them for all their hard work.

Bernice Ellis, C.P.P. (Committee Chair)
Procurement Services/Warranty
Advance Engineered Products Ltd.

Bev Johnson
RFP Coordinator
Government Services

Greg Markewich, C.P.P.
Manager of Purchasing
City of Regina

Jason Rathgaber, C.P.P.
Sourcing Manager
Mosaic Potash

Denise Stasuik, C.P.P.
Sourcing Analyst
Mosaic Potash 

Helen Stroh
RFP Coordinator
Government Services

Jamey Wolfe, C.P.P.
Senior Supply Management Consultant
Supply Management Services
University of Regina

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The Mayor of Regina has just unveiled a vibrant new brand that reflects the prosperity and opportunities that abound in Regina. 

Read more in the Leader-Post!

Photo Credit: www.infinitehorizons.ca

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When you think of Regina, do visions of endless wheat fields come to mind? If so, check out this video of our beautiful host city for the 2010 National Conference. I think you’ll agree that “wheat” never looked so good!

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The host province of PMAC’s 2010 National Conference, Saskatchewan is increasingly being recognized as an up-and-coming economic powerhouse.

“Mighty Saskatchewan is the subject of a Report on Business magazine cover story in the current January issue. The article highlights the ascension of the province from a have-not to a have province,fueled by demand for many of its top exports: wheat, barley, potash, oil, natural gas and uranium

Fast facts about Saskatchewan:

• Produces a quarter of the world’s uranium
• Second largest producer of oil in Canada
• Third in world potash production
• Ranked third in natural gas production in Canada
• Controls 10% of the world’s wheat market and 25% of its mustard production

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Who would have thought that attendance at the PMAC National Conference, in Quebec City, would mean a chance to learn new skills, discover supply chain innovation and network with the Prime Minister of Canada! For a few lucky delegates, that was exactly what happened as they encountered Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the lobby of the Hilton Quebec.

Photo Caption: Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Center) with PMAC National Conference Delegates (L – R) Tanya Low, Lisa Laforme, Rose Bilou, Donna Reid.

Photo Credit: PMO Photo by Jason Ransom