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Bill Boyd has launched a lawsuit against the CBC and reporter Geoff Leo in the wake of two stories relating to a series of land transactions that occurred in the course of Boyd’s work as minister responsible for the Global Transportation Hub.

The lawsuit, filed at Regina Court of Queen’s Bench on Tuesday, claims many of the “allegations, implications and/or assertions published by the Defendants conveyed, by the plain meaning of the words and by innuendo, that Boyd had acted unlawfully.”

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“These statements and implications are and were untrue,” the claim states.

The statement of claim contains allegations not proven in court. A statement of defence has not yet been filed.

The claim references two stories written by Leo and published and broadcast by the CBC titled, “Businessmen made millions on Regina land that wound up in taxpayers’ hands” and “Sask. politicians call for review of puzzling land transactions uncovered in iTeam investigation.”