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Price taker or price maker?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Murad Al-Katib featured in a panel themed “capturing Asian markets” at the 2019 Pacific North West Economic Region (PNWER) summit in Saskatoon, and I had the chance for a brief chat with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Regina-based entrepreneur head of AGT Food and Ingredients Inc., which ships products to over 120 countries, was named the 2017 Ernst and Young \u201cWorld Entrepreneur of the Year\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al-Katib’s timing wasn’t hurt by innovations in agri-science that allowed plant proteins to be isolated and made to mimic animal proteins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read National Post’s Jake Edmiston on Al-Katib’s role in the Beyond Meat phenomenon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While his focus may be exclusively in the agri-food business, it was clear that agriculture generally, mining, and oil and gas are fields that will benefit from a sharp approach to market development, and we have only ourselves to blame if opportunities do not come to fruition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s time for us to be proud of the economic engine that we have been given,” said Al-Katib. “It’s ‘shame on us’ if we don’t do something with it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stewart Muir is executive director of Resource Works.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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