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Alberta’s NDP government says it’s confident that Calgary is the place to be, as the issue of head office jobs related to the proposed merger of Agrium and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan again comes to the fore.

Under terms of the merger, which is still under regulatory review, Saskatoon will be the location of the “registered head office” of the newly-formed Nutrien, while Calgary will also retain a substantive corporate office.

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However, Chuck Magro, the CEO of Agrium who will become Nutrien’s chief executive, will continue to live and work in Calgary while maintaining a secondary residence in Saskatoon.

In recent days, Premier Brad Wall has been banging the drum on the issue, saying the Saskatchewan government wanted to ensure that Saskatoon is “indisputably the head office” and that it had “the maximum number of head office jobs.”

Speaking to reporters in Regina on Wednesday, Wall said his government would “look at every option” to ensure Saskatoon was the true head office of the company.