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The most disturbing aspect of the Saskatchewan Conflict of Interest Commissioner’s report on former Sask. Party caucus member and soon-to-be-former MLA Bill Boyd is that the events in question all happened while the Kindersley MLA was already under suspicion for much more direct, serious allegations of conflict.

The cheek of a politician — knowing all eyes in the province were still on him and that there was an active investigation into the Global Transportation Hub that he presided over — to fly to China and flaunt the MLA’s conflict of interest rules by using the government logos and government titles to promote his own personal business is stunning.

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But perhaps we shouldn’t be all that shocked.

The man Premier Brad Wall described at the time of Boyd’s retirement as the very DNA of the Saskatchewan Party repeatedly demonstrated during the GTH that he firmly believed rules of process with proper checks and balances did not apply him. And every breach and misstep received the unwavering support of Wall and his entire government.