Each Crown corporation has its own story. Why are Crown corporations so important to the people of Saskatchewan? The province has a long history of creating Crown corporations; the first was created before Saskatchewan became a province in 1905. Since those early days, many Crown corporations have been established and almost as many have been sold, privatized or dissolved. In addition, a number of the Crowns began investing in outside enterprises located in the province, in other provinces in Canada, as well as in foreign countries. Many of these investments have been sold off, some at a profit, but many at a loss. And so Crown corporations have been the subject of much political debate over the years. It is this fascination that led to this book.

Boris Kishchuk has made connections with Ukraine since 1992, a year after the country obtained its independence. As an adjunct faculty member at the University of Saskatchewan, he was involved in a number of projects in Ukraine that included accompanying University of Saskatchewan MBA internship students to Ukraine over a nine-year period. He is currently the chair of the Canada–Ukraine Centre Inc. Boris has written two previous books: Long-Term Care in Saskatchewan: Its History and Evolution and Crown Corporations in Saskatchewan. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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