Brad Wall

Keith Wilson is a King's counsel, which means he's a prominent lawyer, but he wasn't really a household name.

He wasn't like a member of parliament or, you know, I know that for example, Brad Wall, the former premier of Saskatchewan, had said many pro-Western, even separatist things, but he sort of piped down after.

But there were no people of that stature, no famous business people, no cultural leaders who really stood up.

And for anyone who did...

Norsk Hydro began with 7.5 million kroner of share capital.

The Wallenbergs Bank in Stockholm, in Skildebanken, controlled half of it, and only 8% of the shares were held by Norwegians.

Ada became managing director, and Markus Wallenberg became chairman.

The development plan was priced at 60 to 80 million kroner, as much as the combined capital of all 85 banks in Norway.

A foreign takeover of that size needed the federal government's finding, under its law on foreign takeovers, that it would benefit the country.

BHP had spoken publicly of staying outside Canpatex and of running its mines at full production.

On October 21st, Saskatchewan's Premier Brad Wall announced that his province could not support the bid.

His statement closed with one sentence.

This is Alex Kreiner.

Hey, this is Brad Wall.

This is Dr. Pierre Corry.

Hi, this is Frank Peretti.

This is Alex Kreiner.

Hey, this is Brad Wall.

This is Dr. Pierre Cory.

Hi, this is Frank Peretti.

This is Alex Kreiner.

Hey, this is Brad Wall.

This is Dr. Pierre Khoury.

Hi, this is Frank Peretti.

This is Alex Kreiner.

Hey, this is Brad Wall.

This is Dr. Pierre Corry.

Hi, this is Frank Peretti.

This is Alex Craner.

Hey, this is Brad Wall.

This is Dr. Pierre Cory.

Hi, this is Frank Peretti.