Sask. NDP call for investigation into government land deal
e Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) and Progressive Conservative (PC) Party are calling for an investigation into a government deal.
Last year, the province had the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) buy 204 acres of land west of Regina to be used for the hub and for the Regina bypass. The CBC reports the land changed hands three times until the GTH bought it for $103,000 per acre, which added up to about $21 million in total. The price was quite a bit more than the $9,000 to $23,000 nearby land was being sold for, and the $35,000 the NDP says the government had the land appraised for.
The Ministry of Highways then bought the land from the Crown Corp, GTH, for as much as $65,000 per acre for one package, and $50,000 for another.
Trent Wotherspoon, the NDP’s finance critic and deputy leader, says the whole deal stinks.