Corporate profits are paid out to owners of the firm. If those owners are shareholders who reside beyond the extent of the provincial economy, then those profits bypass the economy all together. We can see that the profit generated from the production of the resource is much larger than the net income earned as wages. The economy benefits greatly from this capital recirculating. It is easy to see that the provincial economy would be better with locally owned businesses at work in the timber industry than if the industry was dominated by foreign ownership.
More money changing hands in the province means local businesses fare better.
More money is available to Saskatchewan residents to reinvest in local ventures. More money changing hands means that more taxes can be collected and social programs are more secure, or could be expanded. Another option is that taxes could be lowered if the tax revenue were to increase, thus freeing up more income inside of the province. To simply rely on labor and trade jobs to return wealth to the province in exchange for allowing foreign companies to harvest timber is only beneficial in the short term. As the people of Saskatchewan, we must invest in our own industries to achieve the greatest returns.