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A few years later the nuns sold the rest of their land for $55,000 per acre to a wealthy private individual (or his company), Robert Tappauf, who had a business relationship with then-cabinet minister Bill Boyd.

Tappauf said he had no concern over the government expropriation threat. He was right. He never took title to the property, but sold it immediately to a company headed by a Saskatchewan Party supporter, Anthony Marquart, who paid $84,000 an acre then sold it to the government though the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) about a year later for $103,000 per acre, which was much more than the assessed value.

Robert Tappauf made about $6 million in one day on the land flip and Anthony Marquart’s company made about $5 million on the sale to the government. All the money came from Saskatchewan taxpayers.

Interestingly, one month later, the GTH sold a portion of the land to the Ministry of Highways for less than half the acquisition price, raising another obvious red flag.

The Saskatchewan government is hiding behind the findings of a process audit to justify what it did. Ministers will not answer questions about the land purchase. A process audit is not able to answer the many questions surrounding the purchase. A forensic audit or judicial inquiry is required, but the government refuses to do this as it wouldn’t like what would be disclosed.

I am a retired lawyer and current businessman in Regina. My sister is one of the nuns who got ripped off by the Saskatchewan government. Any government that underpays nuns while overpaying wealthy businessmen shows a serious sign of wrongdoing. You don’t have to have a law degree to see this. All you need is common sense.

All Canadians should be aware and warned about an administration which, in this instance is not acting like a democratically elected government.