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The Opposition NDP says it has documents proving the Saskatchewan Party government is corresponding over offers for SaskTel.

NDP interim leader Nicole Sarauer says Premier Brad Wall needs to “come clean” about the issue.

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“We sent out a (Freedom of Information) request for any documentation related to the sale of SaskTel. They came back saying that there are about 450 pages, but the documents require so many redactions that it will cost $600 to get those documents.”

She says that is in contrast to what Wall said near the end of August when he was shuffling his cabinet.

At that time, Wall said that as far as he knew, there was no particular offer on the table to sell the Crown corporation. He also suggested his government may back away from a partial sale by revoking Bill 40, which allows the sale of up to 49 per cent of Crown corporations.

“We need to know what’s going on. We need to know that SaskTel is safe,” said Sarauer, noting her party has long known Bill 40 is not popular and that, “It’s surprising it took this long for the premier to realize it’s not on for Saskatchewan people.”