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PRESSRELEASE RELEASESeptember September21, 21,2018 2018 PRESS

REGINABYPASS BYPASSLAND LANDSCANDAL SCANDALCOVER-UP COVER-UP REGINA

OPEN LETTER TO CHRISTINE TELL MLA (SASK PARTY) March 9, 2020

Withthe theJuly July25, 25,2018 2018announcement announcementby bythe theSaskatchewan SaskatchewanRCMP RCMPFederal FederalCriminal Criminal With OperationsDivision Divisionthat thatno nocharges chargeswill willbe belaid laidininthe theGlobal GlobalTransportation TransportationHub Hub(GTH) (GTH) Operations Land Scandal investigations we have reached an all-time low point in the history of Land Scandal investigations we have reached an all-time low point in the history of democracyand andhuman humanrights rightsininSaskatchewan.

Saskatchewan.From Fromour ourwell-researched well-researched democracy perspective, it appears the RCMP are attempting to whitewash the(alleged) (alleged)criminal criminal perspective, it appears the RCMP are attempting to whitewash the something (or someone) had succeeded in influencing to city to adopt changes Dear MLA Christine Tell, actionsat at theblackened blackened coreof ofthe theGTH GTHland landtransactions, transactions,which whichseemed seemedto tohave have actions to the existing plan with little if any attempts made to provide opportunity for My name the is Nestor Mryglod. I am a core Principal owner of Super Seamless of been driven byto fraudulent series ofland land buying and selling (andofovernight overnight flipping) been driven by aacommunicate fraudulent series of buying selling (and feedback or the sharing concerns from flipping) many landowners who would be Canada.

I am writing concerns regarding the impact the new and affected by these changes.

It was clearly apparent that schemes that ultimately filled the pockets of private sector friends of the provincial Highway #1 Regina Bypass project has had upon our business along with schemes that ultimately filled the pockets of private sector friends of the provincial these proposed changes would have significant negative on many owners, several other land with owners $11 adjacent to this new infrastructure.

The following ismonies. government Million Dollars oftaxpayer taxpayer And based onimpact theRCMP’s RCMP’s no-ourselves being a government Dollars of monies.

And based on the noprime example. a summary of thewith events $11 which Million have prompted me to forward this letter and to charges-will-be-laid decision,apparently apparentlythere thereisisnothing nothing atlater alldid wrong with any of which were held earlier Only much we learn about ‘closed meetings’ publish it in an open public forum. charges-will-be-laid decision, at all wrong with any of in May of 2013 (one month prior to the public forum mentioned above) between In 2005 our company purchased an 11-acre tract of land alongside the thoseproceedings. proceedings. those

THE REGINA BYPASS/WHY TOWER ROAD? -WHY NOT GRAVEL PIT ROAD?

the Government of Saskatchewan, the City of Regina, the RM of Sherwood, and Highway No.1 South Service Road adjacent to Tower Road. The city approved major developers along Tower Road. It was at these meetings that a revised plan our plan and we began our expansion to construct a 200,000 square foot We absolutely believe that at least handful of ourrequiring provincial government leaders the relocation of the eastern terminal of the new Regina Bypass 400 manufacturing plantbelieve on this site in 2010.at Weleast were aware that someday theour We absolutely that aahandful of provincial government leaders meters east of its originally proposed location on Tower Road.

Reginashamefully Bypass would be violated built on Tower Road as own the ratified plans forof the Ethical future have their Code Conduct For Members of the have shamefully violated their own Code of Ethical Conduct For Members of the For our company this proposal resulted in several major points of contention. bypass were available for inspection and those approved plans had been shown Legislative Assembly: "Declaration ofour Principles: Members ofproject thisassembly assembly must carry Legislative Assembly: of Principles: Members of this carry 1 Our building would have to bemust suspended as part of our property was to us by the RM of Sherwood at"Declaration the time we applied for building permits. out their official duties and arrange their private financial affairs in a manner that directly in the path of the revised plan.

At the time we applied for permits to build on our site, we were assured that out their official duties and arrange their private financial affairs in a manner that 2 This dictated that we no longer owned accepted practice regarding the approval and of any enhances changes would likely take confidence protects thepublic public interest public and trust in sufficient the land to complete our expansion protects the and enhances public at that location. and trust in the several months if not years tointerest implement. Our building plans were approved and confidence government and thehighest highest standard ofethical ethical conduct in public office.

Members 3conduct As a result, wein were forced to office. abandon construction in midstream which had we proceeded to order 2 pre-engineered buildingsstandard as per those approved plans government and ininthe of public Members the effect of destroying the value of the capital investments Traditionally, any potential changes were said to be subject to but review also by of this assembly must act not only lawfully in a manner that will withstand the of this assembly must act not only lawfully but also in a manner that will withstand thewe had made thus far.

4 We suffered as a result of these dramatic effects in several ways. In the process the planning departments of the R.M. of Sherwood, the City of Regina, and closest public scrutiny;neither neither the law nor this code isdesigned designed toinbe be exhaustive and closest public law nor code to exhaustive and ofisattempting to intervene the implementation of this revised plan, we suffered the Department of scrutiny; Highways. These approvalsthe of our plans onlythis reinforced there will be occasions in which members will find it necessary to adopt more stringent the loss of our office administrator who experienced a massive our impression that no major changes to the Regina Bypass plan would be there will be occasions in which members will find it necessary to adopt more stringent stroke which we directly attribute toto theenhance stress brought about by this situation. Unlike a typical implemented in the areas forin which these permits had been issued. norms ofconduct conduct order toprotect protect thepublic public interest andto public norms of in assured order to the and employee, she was enhance a family memberpublic who had invested a major part of her Furthermore, we had been that no major changes were anticipatedinterest interest and trust.

Each member individually responsible preventing potential and life savings for infor ourpreventing company and therefore had a vested interest in its success or even likely to be endorsed.

We had been told thatisis this plan had evolved responsible after interest and trust.

Each member individually potential and and survival.

We could not afford toa relocate to an equally many years of engineering functional studiesand so we must had no reason to believeprivate or actual conflicts of interests arrange financial affairs in manner that actual conflicts of interests and must arrange private financial affairs in a manner thataccessible property without significantly more compensation than we were eventually offered. even suspect that such plans could be changed literally overnight. Sadly, we prevents such conflicts fromarising.” arising.” prevents conflicts from 5 The increased employment potential that our expansion project would produce would be insuch for an unpleasant surprise. would now be forfeited.

It was not until June of 2013 at a public open forum that we were made aware Here are the facts: Bill Boyd was the minister responsible for theGTH GTHdirectly early 2012 when These were thethe factors which affected us, but when there was another important of a new ‘preferred plan’ for the Highway #1 Regina Bypass.

The consultation Here are the facts: Bill Boyd was the minister responsible for ininearly 2012 factor that had anto indirect but equally significant impact on other businesses and process Tappauf with potentially(an affected landownersland in the baron path of these proposed Robert Alberta who rents farmland Boyd at Kindersley, Robert land baron rents the city itself; to Boyd at Kindersley, changesTappauf had not taken(an placeAlberta or even been facilitated.

It waswho apparent that farmland

Saskatchewan)made madean anoffer offerto topurchase purchaseaatotal totalof of204 204acres acresof ofland landfrom fromtwo two Saskatchewan) property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass. property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass.

Theday dayafter afterhis hispurchase purchasewas wasfinalized finalizedininearly early2013 2013Mr. Mr.Tappauf Tappaufearned earnedhimself himselfaa The ratherexcessive excessivenet netprofit profitof of$6 $6million milliondollars dollarswhen whenhe hesold sold(aka (akaflipped) flipped)that thatplot plotof of rather land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask.

Party-friendly developer/speculator).

And land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask. Party-friendly developer/speculator). And thatsale salewas wasnever neverregistered registeredwith withLand LandTitles TitlesRegistry.

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6 The revised plan eliminated the possibility for a northern leg for the Regina

investment in our province. We do however question the lack of transparency in these negotiations when they are done using taxpayer’s money resulting in a windfall for a public servant who has greatly benefited. When one factors in the in east Regina which was already overwhelmed by the traffic using the ring road last minute revisions to the Regina Bypass project that resulted in this windfall, and city streets in that part of the city.

REGINA BYPASS LAND SCANDAL COVER-UP the optics are poor to say the least. This is aggravated by the fact that other land Many had been long-time advocates for thisBYPASS component due to the highest REGINA LAND SCANDAL COVER-UP transactions on both sides of the city appear to be tainted with similar misuse of volume of westbound freight traffic entering Regina being destined for the privileged information by those in trusted public offices. commercial / industrial sectors in the northeast quadrant of the city. want clearly25, communicate what is at stake for us and by others as a Saskatchewan result If nothing else, as taxpayers we shouldCriminal be entitled to a full disclosure of the WithI the thetoJuly July 25, 2018announcement announcement bythe the Saskatchewan RCMP Federal Criminal With 2018 RCMP Federal of the New Regina Bypass location being arbitrarily imposed upon those whose circumstances surrounding these and other transactions related to this project.

Operations Divisionthat that nocharges chargeswill willbe belaid laidininthe theGlobal Global TransportationHub Hub (GTH) Operations no (GTH) livelihoods andDivision futures have been severely impacted.

The new ReginaTransportation Bypass represents the largest infrastructure investment this Land Scandal investigations wethat have reached anall-time all-time low point inthe therepresents historyaof of commitment that Referring to pointinvestigations #4 above, we have learned other reached land owners who province haslow ever made andin as such financial Land Scandal we have an point history had similar properties offered exponentially larger amounts for their From appears to have been mismanaged on several levels. democracy andwere human rightsininSaskatchewan.

Saskatchewan. our well-researched democracy human rights our well-researched landholdings. Ourand research has revealed multiple instances of disproportionately FromOur research clearly revealed other examples of exploding values associated perspective, it appears the RCMP are attempting to whitewash the (alleged) criminal higher values being paid to others the whose RCMP land was similarly situated. These towith perspective, it appears are attempting whitewash (alleged) criminal land acquisitionsthe surrounding the Bypass.

These transactions took place facts raiseat a number ofblackened questions as to thecore motives of and the beneficiaries thetransactions, actions theblackened GTHbehind land which seemed tohave have suspiciously soon after they were purchased.

These purchases were initially actions at the core of the GTH land transactions, which seemed to revised Regina Bypass plans. made by those with close ties to elected officials, at least two of which resigned been driven by a fraudulent series of land buying and selling (and overnight flipping) beenI will driven by that a fraudulent of land buying (and flipping) remind you I contacted you inseries 2014 when we discovered the and their selling public offices soon overnight after these properties were purchased. Questions schemes that ultimately filled the pockets of private sector friends of the provincial implications of the newly revised Regina Bypass Plan.

We also sent letters to when these transactions were provincial completed by the very same government schemes that ultimately filled the pockets of privatearise sector friends of the Premier Brad Wall and Highways Minister DonDollars McMorris atof the time questioning monies. agenciesAnd which based these electedon officials were responsiblenoto oversee. government with $11Million Million taxpayer And based on the RCMP’s nogovernment with $11 of taxpayer the RCMP’s the rationale for the proposed changes. TheDollars only explanation we were offeredmonies.

We discovered that Harvard Developments had purchased 141 acres of land charges-will-be-laid decision, apparently there nothingat atall allwrong wrongwith withany anyof of was that it was the engineersdecision, who decided where the Regina Bypass would charges-will-be-laid apparently there isisnothing right on the corner of Tower Road and Highway No.1 from Gulf Flying J in go. proceedings. those 2012. We learned that Gulf Flying J had previously tried to get approval to build those proceedings.

This prompted us to enquire with senior Highways engineers, and in a truck stop at this location but were repeatedly told by the city that there were documented and recorded conversations, these same engineers said that they noprovincial plans to provide infrastructure in that area for what could amount to another We absolutely believe that at least a handful of our government leaders Wedidabsolutely believe that least a handful not agree with the relocation plan and at that in their opinion it had beenof theour provincial government leaders 25 years or more. Based on the city’s communication Gulf Flying J chose to sell have shamefully violated theirown ownCode Codeof ofEthical Ethicalthe Conduct ForMembers Membersof ofthe the developers who influenced the changes. have shamefully violated their Conduct For property to Harvard Developments. Shortly thereafter, the newly completed We continued to work to uncover the truth behind these contradictory Legislative Assembly: "Declaration of Principles: Members of this assembly must carry Aurora Retail development now sits on fully serviced facilities 20 years ahead Legislative "Declaration of ofPrinciples: Members of this assembly must carry positions. WeAssembly: learned that many issues were in need explanation. For of schedule.affairs in a manner that out their official duties and arrange their private financial researchduties revealed that Longarrange Lake Investments’ Principal Murad financial affairs in a manner that outexample, their our official and their private This is yet another example of how official policy appears to have been Al-Katib, had purchased 500 acres of land and along Tower Road in 2012.

At that confidence and trust in the protects the public interest enhances public influenced withoutand consideration process or appropriate communication. protects the public interest and enhances public confidence trustforinduethe time, in 2011 Mr. Al-Katib was a director on the Regina Regional Opportunities government and inthe the highest standard ofethical ethical conduct office.

Members City officials failed topublic provide adequate notice of intent to others who would government and standard conduct ininpublic office.

Members Commission along with in Mayor Pathighest Fiaco. In 2012 Mr. Al-Katibof was again be affected by these last minute changes.

The ofthis thisassembly assembly must actnot notonly only lawfullybut butalso alsoininaamanner manner thatwill willwithstand withstandnotice thethat was provided director of this organization with act Mayor Michael Fougere. of must lawfully the communicated whatthat was apparently that of a ‘fait accomplee’.

The decisions Mr. Al-Katib was able to purchase these 500 acres for $12,125.00/acre closestpublic publicscrutiny; scrutiny;neither neitherthe thelaw lawnor northis thiscode codehad isdesigned designed tobe beexhaustive exhaustiveand and already been made. closest is to totalling $6 million dollars. A short time later, Mr. Al-Katib sold back 128 of This would support the comments earlier referenced from the senior there willbe be occasions which members willmore findititnecessary necessary toadopt adopt more stringent thosewill acres to theoccasions same government.

His companymembers received seven times there inin which will find to more stringent Department of Highways engineers that the major than was for the property resulting to in a protect landfall profitthe of $8.4 million. interest and to enhance public influencers for last minute norms ofpaid conduct order public norms of conduct ininhas order to acres protect the public and revisions came to fromenhance the developers. public This is an inconvenient truth as it directly Long Lake Investments now 372 extra with effectively no cost thatinterest interest and trust.

Each member is individually responsible for preventing potential and contradicts the official line given topotential the public when the city administration are now and for saletrust. for $375,000/acre.

This represents 3300% profit derived interest Each member is aindividually responsible for preventing and was financial questioned on this matter. in It became increasingly frustrating to get clear from transactions that have been orchestrated by amust civic employee who isprivate in actual conflicts of interests and arrange affairs a manner that actual conflicts of interests and must arrange private affairs in from a manner thatresponsible for the andfinancial transparent communication any official source partnership with the investors. prevents such conflicts from arising.”

Regina Bypass project. As a result we are not alone in having depended on prevents such conflicts To clarify, it is obvious that Mr.from Al Katibarising.” could not have financed these what was represented as ‘highly unlikely to change’ as a factor in determining transactions on the wages he collected as a public service employee. He would Here are the facts: Bill Boyd was the minister responsible forand the GTH early 2012 when future plans major investment decisions.

We feel we have been misled and have needed backing from elsewhere which we understand was supplied by Here are the facts: Bill Boyd was the minister responsible for the GTH ininearly 2012 when manipulated by to thoseBoyd whose influence is greater and whose interests are being foreign investors.

We are not disputing the land premise baron that intelligent ideasrents for Robert Tappauf (an Alberta who farmland at Kindersley, Robert Tappauf Alberta land when baron whooutside rents farmland to Boyd at Kindersley, served at our expense. economic development(an are beneficial, especially they attract

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Saskatchewan)made madean anoffer offerto topurchase purchaseaatotal totalof of204 204acres acresof ofland landfrom fromtwo two Saskatchewan) property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass. property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass.

Theday dayafter afterhis hispurchase purchasewas wasfinalized finalizedininearly early2013 2013Mr. Mr.Tappauf Tappaufearned earnedhimself himselfaa The ratherexcessive excessivenet netprofit profitof of$6 $6million milliondollars dollarswhen whenhe hesold sold(aka (akaflipped) flipped)that thatplot plotof of rather land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask.

Party-friendly developer/speculator).

And land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask. Party-friendly developer/speculator). And thatsale salewas wasnever never registeredwith withLand LandTitles TitlesRegistry.

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to be the only companies that had no objections to these revised plans. The fact that two subsequent Regina mayors also appeared to have close associations location of the Regina with one of these companies does nothing to dispel concerns of collusion Bypass. They told us that they had met with the government in 2013 when among civic officials and prominent developers. they discovered that their access would be impacted with the Regina Bypass REGINA BYPASS LAND SCANDAL COVER-UP Eighty percent of the land required for the Regina Bypass was located in the long Tower Road. They took aREGINA plan to the government to LAND move the SCANDAL Regina BYPASS COVER-UP RM of Sherwood. The RM strongly objected to the location of the Regina Bypass Bypass to Gravel Pit Road outside the City. This plan would have placed the and thought the process was flawed as the stakeholders were not involved in Regina Bypass right beside your families land holdings. They included in their the discussions. The RM triedFederal to organize aCriminal meeting of all of the stakeholders in planthe the estimated costing to move the Regina Bypass that would have saved With the July25, 25, 2018 announcement bythe theSaskatchewan Saskatchewan RCMP With July 2018 announcement by RCMP Federal Criminal the RM that would be impacted by the Regina Bypass. Just before this meeting Saskatchewan taxpayers 25% of $100 million back in 2012 when the Regina Operations Divisionthat that no charges will be laid the GlobalTransportation Transportation Hub (GTH) Operations no charges will ininthe Hub (GTH) wasGlobal to take place, suddenly the Reeve, Kevin Eberly, was fired and there was a Bypass had a Division price tag of only $400 million.

For reasons thatbe onlylaid became Land Scandal investigations we have reached an all-time low point in the history ofa closed inquiry. During probe into hislow conflict of interest, turned into clearScandal later, this proposal was never acted upon.

When we questioned the owner Land investigations we have reached an all-time point in this theprobe history of this time, an interim Reeve, Neil Robertson, was appointed as legal counsel for of Brandt about the status of his alternative plan, he indicated to us that the democracyand andhuman humanrights rightsininSaskatchewan.

Saskatchewan. Fromour ourwell-researched well-researched democracy the City of Regina.

This represented another potential conflict of interest resulting proposal had been shelved and that he had made his own dea. It should be From perspective, appears theRCMP RCMP are attempting to whitewash the(alleged) (alleged) criminal in no consensus beingthe achieved through any public forum. noted that Brandtitatitappears one point had the threatened to relocate outside the province to perspective, are attempting whitewash criminal To further add towhich the list of seemed inconsistencies,to another unusual land transaction in response to the the proposed changes. We are only leftthe to speculate about thetransactions, actions at blackened core of GTH land have actions at the blackened core of the GTH land transactions, which seemed to have occurred close to the town of White City. In 2011 the Government of concessions that must have been given to Brandt that resulted in a reversal of been driven by a fraudulent series of land buying and selling (and overnight flipping) been driven by ainfraudulent series landthatbuying sellingsold (and overnight flipping) Saskatchewan 7.45 acres at the intersection of Highway #1 and #48 to his position.

“Business the park” comes to mind asof a project was later and schemes that ultimately filled the pockets of private sector friends of the provincial Mauri Gwyn Developments for $20,000 per Acre. This land had been owned by the subject of some controversy. schemes that ultimately filled the pockets of private sector friends of the provincial HighwaysAnd for decades, and was useless land,nogiven the location. In At one point thewith government seemed to beDollars in favor ofof the taxpayer Gravel Pit Roadmonies. government $11Million Million based oneffectively theRCMP’s RCMP’s government with $11 Dollars ofreason taxpayer monies.

And based on the 2015, the government repurchased 2.45 acres of thisnoproperty back from Mr. alternative and was advocating its consideration.

For some this dialogue charges-will-be-laid decision, apparently there nothing at all wrong$400,000 withany any ofor 20 times more than they Gwynn, and paid a whopping per acre, ceased and was never part ofdecision, the agenda in open public forums. there We contend charges-will-be-laid apparently isisnothing at all wrong with of had sold the land for a few years prior. that those open forums were not well publicized in the first place. thoseproceedings. proceedings. those This raises questions for any taxpayer whose funds are being used to finance It remains a point of contention that the efforts to notify those stakeholders these transactions. It should be noted that land right across the highway was that would be affected by these changes were at best only partly effective. We We absolutely believe that at leastaa handfulof ofour ourexpropriated provincial government leaders We absolutely believe that at least provincial government leaders for a significantly lower value, between 15 and 25 times less per can only speculate that this alternative was unpalatable tohandful others who would have shamefully violated their own Code of Ethical Conduct For Members of the acre! be negatively affected by it.

This would be potentially true in the case of the Tell have shamefully violated their own Code of Ethical Conduct For Members of the The questions that beg to be answered clear. Why is there such family holdings, and we can readily identify with those kind of concerns.

It is LegislativeAssembly: Assembly:"Declaration "Declarationof of Principles:Members Membersof ofthis thisassembly assemblymust mustare carry Legislative discrepancy in land prices when dealing with ourcarry various levels of government? apparent that some dialogue must have taken place amongPrinciples: the stakeholders in out their official duties and theirprivate privatefinancial financial affairs manner thatwhose funds are being used ..and ..Where is the accountability to the taxpayers this area, but that dialogue was never partarrange ofarrange the public record. out their official duties and their affairs ininaamanner that to make these purchases?

It is obvious to those who have followed the events surrounding this project protectsthe thepublic publicinterest interestand andenhances enhances publicconfidence confidenceand andtrust trustininthe the protects At this point I have confined my comments to the issues arising on the east that a compromise was needed with Brandt to ensure they would public remain in government and in the highest standard of ethical conduct in public office.

Members government in the standard of ethical conduct inresearch public office.

Members side of the city. Our shows that similar inconsistencies are evident at the Regina. We agreeand that Brandt is a highest valuable asset to our local economy and opposite end of this project surrounding the GTH. of this assembly must act not only lawfully but also in a manner that will withstand the should be fairly accommodated.

It would appear that Brandt has had their of this assembly must act not only lawfully but also in a manner that will withstand the Most people are aware that theexhaustive GTH has has beenand the focus of controversy concernspublic addressed scrutiny; and the precedent has been established to facilitate a closest neither the law nor this code is designed to be closest publicin scrutiny; is designed be exhaustive and potential scandalto for years.

In the beginning, the Department of Highways valued employer our province. neither the law nor this codeand there will behowever, occasions which members willfind find necessary to adopt more stringent needed 54 acres ofto land for the section of the Regina Bypass that would be Wewill wonder why the same principlesmembers have not been will applied in itit there be occasions ininwhich necessary adopt more stringent constructed alongside the GTH. The government could have exercised their dealing of withconduct other companies who also to contribute to the economic diversity interest norms in order protect the public and to enhance public norms of conduct in order the footprint public and to enhance public prerogative to expropriate the land needed at the time from the original owners and growth of our community?

While weto do protect not have the same as ainterest interest trust.

Each member individually responsible for preventing potential and for $5,750 for an acre which was the market value based on what similar lands Brandt orand aand Cindercrete, weEach still represent a viable business with growth potential interest trust. member isisindividually responsible preventing potential and were financial being expropriated for at in the a time.

Instead, thethat government ended up that has conflicts suffered a disproportionate impactand on the must future of arrange our business and actual of interests private affairs manner actual conflicts of interests and must arrange private financial affairs in a manner that paying $103,000 per acre for this land. the additional employment that we had planned to provide as a result of these prevents suchconflicts conflicts fromarising.” arising.” prevents from The most troubling aspect of this land purchase exists with its history of changes tosuch the original plans. ownership. Two prior transactions took place shortly before these properties were We started our own investigations, talking to stakeholders, doing research, Here arethe thefacts: facts: BillBoyd Boyd was theminister minister responsible for the GTHgovernment. earlyMr. 2012 whena land buyer from purchased by the the provincial Robertwhen Tappauf, and are writing letters to the government.

We soon discovered that no one responsible agreed Here Bill was the for GTH ininearly 2012 Alberta acquired to property which would soon become essential to the Regina with the location of the Regina Bypass.

Harvard Developments and Long rents Lake Robert Tappauf (an Alberta land baron who farmland Boyd at Kindersley, Robert Tappauf (an Alberta land baron who rents farmland at Kindersley, Bypass project.to Mr. Boyd Tappauf made an offer to purchase, and then flipped the Investments who had purchased 640 acres of land along Tower Road appeared

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Saskatchewan)made madean anoffer offerto topurchase purchaseaatotal totalof of204 204acres acresof ofland landfrom fromtwo two Saskatchewan) property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass. property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass.

Theday dayafter afterhis hispurchase purchasewas wasfinalized finalizedininearly early2013 2013Mr. Mr.Tappauf Tappaufearned earnedhimself himselfaa The ratherexcessive excessivenet netprofit profitof of$6 $6million milliondollars dollarswhen whenhe hesold sold(aka (akaflipped) flipped)that thatplot plotof of rather land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask.

Party-friendly developer/speculator).

And land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask. Party-friendly developer/speculator). And thatsale salewas wasnever neverregistered registeredwith withLand LandTitles TitlesRegistry.

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land overnight directly to another land developer, Mr. Anthony Marquart netting

body protecting the rights of citizens in our country and enforce the laws. They closed the file and didn’t even look at the Tower Road and White City land government for an additional profit of $5 million. scandals. The RCMP investigation that was completed only on the GTH land It has been noted that Mr. Tappauf rents over 2200 acres of land to Bill transactions has left many wondering how the RCMP could close the file on REGINA BYPASS LAND SCANDAL COVER-UP Boyd, the former Deputy PremierREGINA and the Minister responsibleLAND for the GTHSCANDAL at the something that appears to be so blatantly wrong?

BYPASS COVER-UP time. One cannot help but speculate as to how the information about the future When Gord Wyant was campaigning for Premier of Saskatchewan, he Regina Bypass plan was being handled and by whom? promised to call for a Public Inquiry into the Global Transportation Hub land Marquart was25, offered 20 times more than other landowners inthe the areas transactions regardless of theFederal RCMP’s decision not to press any charges. He is WithMr. the July 2018 announcement bythe Saskatchewan RCMP Criminal With the July 25, 2018 announcement by Saskatchewan RCMP Federal Criminal along Highway No.1 and Pinkie Road. The same government agencies who on record as stating; “We need it to shine a very, very bright light on this and Operations Division thatno no charges will bebased laidonininthe the GlobaldoTransportation Hub(GTH) (GTH) Operations Division charges will be laid Hub paid Mr. Marquart had offeredthat other land owners in the area amounts the Global only way to Transportation that is to give the commissioner the power that he needs Land Scandal investigations we have reached an all-time low point in the history of but to make some the appraised valuesinvestigations they had established for these properties.

Those values not only to compel witnesses, and testimonies Land Scandal we have reached an all-time low point indocuments the history of were significantly lower what had been paid in to Mr. Marquart. When these From findings so that we can put this whole thing behind us as a party.” He went democracy andthan human rights Saskatchewan. our well-researched democracy and human inland Saskatchewan. well-researched land owners wouldn’t accept the lesserrights offers their was then expropriated. From on toour say: “There are unanswered questions for me. I am a citizen of this perspective, appears theRCMP RCMPare areattempting attemptingto to whitewash the criminal Something is wrong with this picture.the province and weather I am(alleged) a(alleged) member of the government or not there are perspective, ititappears whitewash the criminal It is a matter of public record that Premier Wall,of eventually signed land an Ordertransactions, some troubling things aboutseemed this. At the end ofhave the day we need to clear the actions at the blackened core the GTH which to actions at the blackened core of the GTH land transactions, which seemed to have in Council to pay over $21 million for this land on February 27, 2014. When air so that the people are made comfortable with what happened.” been driven by a fraudulent series of land buying and selling (and overnight flipping) been fraudulent series of landalong buying (and overnight flipping) usingdriven the value by of thealand expropriated from the landowners Pinkie andToselling date, (almost two years later) no further comments from Mr. Wyant have schemes that ultimately filled the pockets of private sector friends of the provincial Road and Highway No.1, the 54 acres of land needed for the Regina Bypass been made.

Anyone following this string of events finds this to be compelling schemes that ultimately filled the pockets of private sector friends of the provincial should have been with worth approximately $315,000.

This would imply that the monies. evidence And that any based further investigations intoRCMP’s these mattersnohas been suppressed. government $11Million Million Dollars oftaxpayer taxpayer onthe the government with $11 based on RCMP’s nogovernment was somehow manipulated intoDollars overpaying of about $21 million formonies.

The onlyAnd comments that have been offered have been to dismiss the entire charges-will-be-laid decision, apparently there nothing atall allno wrong with any of implied exoneration of this property. Sadly, the landowners along Highway No.1 and Pinkiethere Road have subject asat having substancewith based any on the of RCMP’s charges-will-be-laid decision, apparently isisnothing wrong been forced into legal actions to try to get more than $5,750 an acre, and will the participants. We have repeatedly been told that “there is no smoking gun”. those proceedings. those proceedings. inevitably spend years in court. Regardless of the outcome, which is uncertain While that phrase suggests that there is nothing wrong, it fails to acknowledge at best for these land owners, there is likely to be an increased cost to the there have been serious wounds inflicted on several individuals and on We absolutely believethat that atleast least debacle. ahandful handfulof ofour ourthat provincial government leaders We absolutely at provincial government taxpayer for the legalbelieve actions that have resulted from thisa our public purse. While no ‘smoking gun’leaders was discovered, there is still ‘blood have shamefully violated their own Code of Ethical Conduct For Members of the Furthermore, when called upon to address these very serious concerns, the on the ground’ emanating from the unfair and inconsistent treatment that many have shamefully violated their own Code of Ethical Conduct For Members of the Premier’s office decided that it would be best to call for a Process Audit, rather have received.

LegislativeAssembly: Assembly:"Declaration "Declarationof ofPrinciples: Principles:Members Membersof ofthis thisassembly assemblymust mustcarry carry Legislative than a Forensic Audit, or an RCMP investigation.

A company from France, Vinci, is responsible for building the Regina Bypass. out their official duties and arrange their private financial affairs in a manner that Presumably, it should be well known process audits would private only confirm financial The Reginaaffairs Bypass isina a P3manner Project that was tendered out to 3 contractors, out their official duties andthatarrange their that that all of the T’s public were crossed and all theand I’s wereenhances dotted. They do public nothing confidence Vinci, SNC-Lavalin and and Hochtief-AECOM. Vinci won the bidding for the general protects the interest trust in the protects public interest public and the to expose the any malfeasance or collusion and amongenhances those who had access to confidence construction contract and trust 30-yearin maintenance of the project. Vinci has been government and inthe the highest standard ofethical ethicalconduct conduct public office.

Members government and of ininpublic office.

Members privileged information or in who mighthighest influence thestandard planning and development linked to scandals across Europe including money laundering, bribery, and process without public must discussion and consultation. human rights violations.

With recent revelations regarding ofthis thisassembly assembly mustact act notonly onlylawfully lawfullybut butalso alsoinin manner that will withstand the SNC-Lavalin, we’re of not aamanner that will withstand the We took our information to the neither RCMP whenthe they law were conducting their notissure if we are giving thebe lesserexhaustive of two evils our hard-earned tax dollars. closest public scrutiny; nor this code designed to and closest public scrutiny; neither the thisthatcode isAre designed to be exhaustive and investigation into the GTH. In September 2018, the law RCMPnor reported in our legislators unable to see the obvious ethical questions that might arise there willbe be occasions which members willfind findititsurrounding necessary toadopt adopt more stringent consultation withoccasions Manitoba Prosecution Services,members they had completed their their decisions when awarding these multimillion dollar contracts? there will ininwhich will necessary to more stringent investigation of the land dealings in and to around the GTH. the The investigation The question that everyone asks is;public Why the Government of Saskatchewan norms of conduct in order protect public interest and to enhance norms oftwo conduct in order to protect the to enhance public spanned and a half years and dedicated 7500 hours.

Theypublic stated thatinterest did not and use Saskatchewan road and bridge builders to build the Regina Bypass? interest and trust.

Each member is individually responsible for preventing potential and all of theand information theyEach relied on member was freely provided to them, and that their Apparently,for evenpreventing though we now have some parts of this new infrastructure that interest trust. is individually responsible potential and investigation never met of the threshold to subpoena evidence.arrange As such, it was cannot accommodate farm machinery or some over-sized transports, we are actual conflicts interests and must private financial affairs in a manner that actual conflicts of interests and must arrange private financial affairs in a manner that recommended that no criminal charges be laid. assured that the decision to award this project to a foreign company was in our prevents such conflictsfrom from arising.” prevents such arising.”

One cannot help conflicts but wonder what their mandate for the investigation was? best interests. We can only hope that the reasons for this would pass closer Only reviewing records of land transactions which were freely provided by those scrutiny in light of all the controversy surrounding other aspects of this project.

Here are the facts: Bill Boyd was theminister minister responsible for the GTHlocal early2012 2012 when involved does notfacts: necessarily shed light on the events leading up toresponsible those Sadly, we have seenGTH some contractors in the when industry close their doors in Here are the Bill Boyd was the for the ininearly transactions. recent months. Many would agree that our current economic climate is volatile Robert Tappauf (an Alberta land baron who rents farmland to Boyd at Kindersley, Robert Tappauf (an land baron who rents farmland Boyd Kindersley, Our last line of defense is theAlberta RMCP who are supposed to be an independent enough withoutto exporting ourat resources such as tax revenue and jobs outside

PRESS RELEASE September 21, 2018204 acres to our provincial around $6 million profit.

Mr. Marquart in turn2018 resold PRESS RELEASE September 21,

Saskatchewan)made madean anoffer offerto topurchase purchaseaatotal totalof of204 204acres acresof ofland landfrom fromtwo two Saskatchewan) property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass. property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass.

Theday dayafter afterhis hispurchase purchasewas wasfinalized finalizedininearly early2013 2013Mr. Mr.Tappauf Tappaufearned earnedhimself himselfaa The ratherexcessive excessivenet netprofit profitof of$6 $6million milliondollars dollarswhen whenhe hesold sold(aka (akaflipped) flipped)that thatplot plotof of rather land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask.

Party-friendly developer/speculator).

And land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask. Party-friendly developer/speculator). And thatsale salewas wasnever never registeredwith withLand LandTitles TitlesRegistry.

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immediate and practical needs of many existing businesses in our community. sold off, essential The lack of willingness to engage and communicate on the part of our elected government services cut, the shutdown of STC, and an increase to the PST. officials only fuels the fires of skepticism.

Not only was it raised to 6%, it was also imposed on the construction and Please indulge me while I provide some useful information. A comparison REGINA BYPASS LAND SCANDAL COVER-UP service industries. These were sectors that wereBYPASS already forced to adjustSCANDAL to new has been made between another recent major infrastructure project in western REGINA LAND COVER-UP regulations imposed by Ottawa.

Canada and the new Regina Bypass. The Coquihalla Highway in B. C. was the The resulting impact on the local economy has been devastating. It has largest highway project ever undertaken in North America at the time it was built. become more difficult for first-time home buyers to qualifyby for athe mortgage.

It was completed RCMP with a cost Federal of $848 million in 1990.

With thefarJuly July 25,2018 2018 announcement Saskatchewan Criminal With the 25, announcement by the Saskatchewan RCMP Federal Criminal The resulting effect has been immediate and painful. Nearly every contractor and If we adjust for inflation, today’s price would be $1.68 billion. This project Operations Division that nocharges charges willtheir be laidininthe the Global Transportation Hub(GTH) (GTH) Operations Division that no will be laid Global Transportation Hub supplier has been forced to lay off employees and scale back operations. spanned 20 months and was built through mountains, caverns and rivers in three Land Scandal investigations we have reached an all-time low point in the history of tons of steel, 125,000 For sale or lease signs have proliferated in we our commercial / industrial sector phases over 324 length.

20,000 Land Scandal investigations have reached an all-time lowkilometers pointinin theIt included history of at an unprecedented rate.human Finally, we rights now havein a federally imposed carbon From tons ofour concrete, 160 kilometers of guard rail, 38 bridges, 18 interchanges, democracy and Saskatchewan. well-researched democracy and rights in Saskatchewan. our well-researched tax which has added to human the cost of every household’s operation. In short, the From and 19 overpasses.

Engineers had to clear and strip 1700 hectares of land, perspective, appears theRCMP RCMP are attemptingto to whitewash theof(alleged) (alleged) criminal economic climateitinitappears this province is the experiencing severe stress. remove 2 million truckloads overburden andcriminal nearly 4 million tonnes of gravel. perspective, are attempting whitewash the This hightens concerns surrounding the cost ofof the the ReginaGTH Bypassland being atransactions, Over one million tons of asphalt had to be crushed and graded. Pipelines and actions at the blackened core which seemed to have actions at the blackened core of the GTH land transactions, which seemed to have contributing factor to our present provincial debt. The cost of the Regina Bypass railroads needed to be crossed and relocated more than 50 times. Reinforced been driven by a fraudulent series of land buying and selling (andovernight overnight flipping) been driven by a fraudulent series of land buying and selling exploded from $63 million in 2007, to $400 million in 2012, then $800 earth walls were (and built to retain sections of flipping) roadbed and river diversions were schemes that ultimately filled the pockets ofprivate private sector friendsof of theprovincial provincial million, then $1.2 ultimately billion and finallyfilled ended at greater than $2 billion.

These designed andfriends implemented tothe improve fish habitats, deflect flood torrents and schemes that the pockets of sector costs still do not include the priceMillion of land acquisitions!

While we have heardmonies. protect against avalanches, none ofthe whichRCMP’s are concerns noin Saskatchewan. This government with $11 Dollars of taxpayer And based on government $11 Million monies.

And the RCMP’s noattempts to justifywith these cost increases with Dollars the argumentof thattaxpayer the scope of the enormous projectbased employed on 10,600 people directly and created 16,000 spincharges-will-be-laid decision, apparently there nothing atall allwrong wrongwith withany anyof of Bypass has expanded over thedecision, years, it does not negate the fact that these are off jobs. at charges-will-be-laid apparently there isisnothing valued proceedings. tax dollars that were siphoned from the treasury resulting in many other In comparison, the Regina Bypass was built on flat prairie land and required those those proceedings. needed items becoming axed with the 2017 budget. no rock blasting, not having to fill valleys or reinforce earth walls, no river The ‘scope’ of the Regina Bypass has always been to provide an alternative had to be manipulated and rebuilt. This project is much smaller in We absolutely believethat thatat atleast least handful of oursystems provincial governmentleaders leaders We absolutely aahandful provincial route around Reginabelieve for through travelers in order to alleviate congestion,of andourscope and difficultygovernment than the Coquihalla Highway.

The Regina Bypass includes have shamefully violated their own Code of Ethical Conduct For Members of the improve safety along Victoria Avenue and Highway No.1 East.

Ironically, the 12 overpasses, 40 kilometers of new highway, 20 kilometers of resurfaced have shamefully violated their own Code of Ethical Conduct For Members of the project envisioned in 2007 for $400 Million would have done just that.

As it highway, 55 kilometers of service roads and twinning LegislativeAssembly: Assembly: "Declarationof of Principles:Members Membersof of thisassembly assemblymust mustcarry carryabout 5 kilometers of Legislative expanded, however, the scope "Declaration appears to have morphedPrinciples: into an economic highway No.6. this How is it that the Regina Bypass, a project that is less than the out theirofficial official duties and arrange their privatefinancial financial affairs manner that development opportunity, and is farand less about providing a their safe andprivate cost-effective shadow of affairs the Coquihalla over $2 Billionthat Dollars? out their duties arrange inincost aamanner alternative route around the City of Regina for today’s west-bound traffic entering The standard argument in defense of this cost is the nature of the P3 component protects the public interest and enhances public confidence and trust in the protects the public interest and enhances public confidence in While the this stipulation appears reasonable the city. Most of this traffic is destined for locations in the northeast commercial/ of maintenance forand the nexttrust 30 years. government andin inroute thetohighest highestand standard ofethical ethicalfrom conduct public office.

Members government the standard conduct ininpublic office.

Members industrial areas ofand Regina en Saskatoon Edmonton. of one perspective, it fails to disclose the real costs of each component of the At this time and for the foreseeable future, westbound traffic beyond Regina overall price taxpayers are being asked to bear.

It isthe well of this assembly must act not only lawfully but also in a manner that will withstand thedocumented that P3 of this assembly must act not only lawfully but also in a manner that will withstand continuespublic to be less than northboundneither traffic entering the city.

Further aggravating projects throughout the to country have not been as costand effective as were initially closest scrutiny; the law nor this code is designed be exhaustive closest public scrutiny; neither the law code is designed tomany be have exhaustive and higher costs than this situation is the failure of the GTH infrastructure on the westnor side ofthis the city to thought.

In point of fact, resulted in significantly there willbe be occasions which members will findititwould necessary tobeen adopt more stringent gain traction and occasions attract the industrial clientele we were promised would appear. otherwise have accrued.more We needstringent to see the calculations of these there will inin which members will find necessary to adopt No doubt this area is designed to accommodate industrialthe and commercial costs which justifyto sending our tax dollars overseas for the next 30 years. norms of conduct in order to protect public interest and enhance public norms of conduct protect the public and tothat enhance public expansion but at this point in thatorder is likely toto be many years from now, if at all. interest It is also noted these estimates do not take into account the costs of interest and trust.

Each member is individually responsible for preventing potential and Publicand perception is important. one considers the observations above, moving collateral infrastructure such as pipelines,and power lines, gas lines interest trust.

EachWhen member is individually responsible for preventing potential many questions arise concerning the credibility of the communications (or lack and phone lines which had to in be a modified numerous times throughout the actual conflicts of interests and must arrange private financial affairs manner that actual conflicts of interests and must arrange private financial affairs in a manner that thereof) that have emanated from our current legislators. When no answers construction process. When these costs are factored in, the estimates go up by prevents such conflicts from arising.” prevents such conflicts from arising.” are being offered that address these specific concerns, it paints a picture of another $3 or $400 million dollars which has not been factored into the costs either deliberate ignorance or a conscious intention to bury these facts from being reported. In summary, Saskatchewan taxpayers have legitimate questions Here areand the facts: Bill Boyd was the minister responsible for thethey GTH early 2012 when taxpayers hidefacts: behind the rhetoric of ‘nowas smoking gun’minister as is often repeated. about thefor real the value are getting for their2012 money.when Here are the Bill Boyd the responsible GTH ininearly It appearsTappauf that the priorities of Alberta expenditures land have been heavily influenced by Over the last 6to years we have spent over 20,000 hours researching, writing Robert (an baron who rents farmland Boyd at Kindersley, Robert Alberta baron whotherents to everything Boyd at Kindersley, plans toTappauf accommodate (an developers and land land speculators while ignoring more farmland letters, and doing possible to lobby the government to get fair

PRESS RELEASE September 21,2018 2018being TheRELEASE 2017 budget saw crown corporations PRESS September 21,

Saskatchewan)made madean anoffer offerto topurchase purchaseaatotal totalof of204 204acres acresof ofland landfrom fromtwo two Saskatchewan) property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass. property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass.

Theday dayafter afterhis hispurchase purchasewas wasfinalized finalizedininearly early2013 2013Mr. Mr.Tappauf Tappaufearned earnedhimself himselfaa The ratherexcessive excessivenet netprofit profitof of$6 $6million milliondollars dollarswhen whenhe hesold sold(aka (akaflipped) flipped)that thatplot plotof of rather land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask.

Party-friendly developer/speculator).

And land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask. Party-friendly developer/speculator). And thatsale salewas wasnever neverregistered registeredwith withLand LandTitles TitlesRegistry.

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compensation for our business which was destroyed when the Regina Bypass

Two weeks later, after just completing a letter to Premier Wall, the champion of the cause, my sister Sylvia, brought it to my desk and collapsed in my arms. government because we would not accept the comparatively meager amount Sylvia fell into a two-month coma and has been living in Wascana paralyzed they offered to pay us for our property. on half of her body for the last four years. Sylvia did not deserve this; no one REGINA BYPASS LAND SCANDAL COVER-UP In 2014 we presented a petition to the government calling LAND for them to SCANDAL rethink does. COVER-UP REGINA BYPASS the location of the Regina Bypass. The NDP opposition did not bring up our In summary, our 40 year old metal building product business had great petition in any session of the legislature. We have subsequently gone to our potential to add value to our community in several ways. We had imported MLAsthe both in the Sask. and NDP Party with no result. We have attended specialized equipment which would facilitate the manufacturing of insulated With July 25,Party 2018 announcement by the Saskatchewan RCMP Federal Criminal With the July 25, 2018 announcement by the Saskatchewan RCMP Federal Criminal public events, advertised our story in many venues and turned to printed media steel exterior cladding and siding for which a ready market across North Operations Division thatno nocharges chargeswill willbe belaid laidininthe the Global Transportation Hub(GTH) (GTH) Operations Division that Global Transportation where we published this information.

America was available.

Our state of theHub art ‘green technology’ now sits in Land Scandal investigations we have reached an all-time low point in the history of nowhere to house it in has resultedinvestigations in positive feedback from diverse local audience in containers unused for the lastin several as we have LandThis Scandal weahave reached an all-time low point theyears history of Saskatchewan. and human rights in Saskatchewan. From an operational facility. The accompanying added employment that was planned democracy ourwell-researched well-researched democracy anddone human our In short, we have everythingrights we couldinto Saskatchewan. create public awareness. From for this expansion has also become a victim of these poorly handled processes. perspective, appears thetoRCMP RCMP are attemptingto to whitewash the(alleged) (alleged) criminal Many agree that the purse appears have beenare abused.

Wewhitewash were bulldozed through by our local authorities without consideration or perspective, ititpublic appears the attempting the criminal The absence of any response from our electedofofficials continues to fueltransactions, consultation. The which costs to usseemed have been dramatic and insurmountable. actions at the blackened core the GTH land to have actions at the blackened core of the GTH land transactions, which seemed to have the fires of suspicion that this story is being deliberately suppressed. Both the I choose to avoid any libelous implications in my public statements. I only ask been driven by a fraudulent series of land buying and selling (and overnight flipping) been driven by a fraudulent series of land buying and selling flipping) government and mainstream media have not been receptive in either listening the questions that(and I believeovernight deserve answers.

That is why I am communicating schemes that ultimately filledthe the pockets ofprivate privatetosector sector friends ofthe thethis provincial to our concerns or asking the crucial filled questions that remain unanswered about you in thisfriends form.

I am of publishing as an open letter in the hope that you schemes that ultimately pockets of provincial the land acquisitions and $11 subsequent rationale justifyingof these expenditures. monies. will respond. government with Million Dollars taxpayer Andbased basedon onthe theRCMP’s RCMP’snonogovernment with Dollars of taxpayer And We have been barred from$11 publicMillion events such as the Cathedral Village Festivalmonies.

The issues of accountability and responsibility from our elected officials when charges-will-be-laid decision, apparently there nothing atall all wrong with anyof of Whether they are elected and other parades. We were denied access to the opening of the Regina Bypass handling public money are critical and any fundamental. charges-will-be-laid decision, apparently there isisnothing at wrong with and were told to leave as we were talking to Xavier Hulliard, the President of or appointed, we should expect a high ethical standard of practice and conduct thoseproceedings. proceedings. those Vinci. from them.

The burning question for us is: Why are we being ignored and our questions It is apparent that if we relax our vigilance in these areas, we will pay the We absolutely believe that at leastaahandful handfulof of ourprovincial provincial government leaders We absolutely believe that at least government leaders being swept under the rug? Have we lost our understanding of what it means toour price of our complacency.

Avarice and greed will always be with us, but that have shamefully violated their own Code of Ethical Conduct For Members of the be a democratic society?

Do we not deserve answers that make sense? does not mean we should remain unprotected from their consequences. We have shamefully violated their own Code of Ethical Conduct For Members of the We feel it’s relevant to mention that (now-retired former Premier) Brad believe that is what our elected leaders are supposed LegislativeAssembly: Assembly:"Declaration "Declarationof ofPrinciples: Principles:Members Membersof ofthis thisassembly assemblymust mustcarry carryto be doing. Have we Legislative Wall, (now-retired), former Minister responsible for the GTH) Bill Boyd and gotten this wrong? out their official duties and arrange their financial affairs inreflect manner that being offered in this letter. former Finance Ministerduties Kevin Doherty (also now retired) were private allprivate members financial I again implore youin to upon the information out their official and arrange their affairs aamanner that of the Grant Devine government several members of which were convicted of We have spent over 20,000 hours in research and have accumulated an protectsthe the publicinterest interest andenhances enhancespublic publicconfidence confidenceand and trustininthe the protects criminal activity. public Oddly enough, all three and of these gentlemen resigned more archive of documentationtrust and recorded conversations all of which point to a government and inthe the highest standard of ethical conduct public office.

Members government and highest standard of conduct ininpublic office.

Members than two years before the in ends of their elected terms and shortly after theethical RCMP lack of transparency and a need for accountability in answering the questions announced that their Federal Criminal Operations Division would be delving into that arise from our investigations.

We only document the facts and they speak of this assembly must act not only lawfully but also in a manner that will withstand the of this assembly must act not only lawfully but also in a manner that will withstand the the highlypublic dubious GTH land schemes which excessively enriched a pair of the loudly for themselves. to be exhaustive and closest scrutiny; neither the law nor this code is designed closest public scrutiny; neither the law nor this code isItdesigned to bea exhaustive provincial government’s private sector associates. seems we are repeating cycle that has beenand seen before and needs to there will be occasions in which members will find it necessary to adopt more stringent Thousands of people have been negatively impacted by the Regina Bypass. be dealt with.

The often quoted aphorist Georges Santayana, said it well in the there will be occasions in which members will find it necessary to adopt more stringent People of are conduct losing their land, homes, ballpark,the accesses, life’s interest previous and century to whenenhance he wrote: norms orderbusinesses, toprotect protect public public norms of conduct ininorder andwho tocannot enhance work, health, history and futures.

Over theto last few years wethe have public learned thatinterest “…Those rememberpublic the past are condemned to repeat it.” interest and trust.

Each member individually responsible preventing potential and there areand six people in ourEach small area who are suffering from terminal illnesses.

It’s time for tofor demand accountability,potential transparency and real advocacy from our interest trust. member isisindividually responsible preventing and We haveconflicts no doubt that the stresses experienced as their lives arrange were disruptedprivate by elected officials. We are the people who must bear the that cost of these mistakes. If actual of interests and must financial affairs in a manner actual conflicts of interests and must arrange private financial affairs in a manner that the new Regina Bypass have contributed greatly to their overall health concerns. we fail to engage in the process, we will continue to be victims. prevents such conflicts fromarising.” arising.” prevents such conflicts I attended the Premier’s Dinner in from 2015 in hopes that I could set up a meeting We are asking you, Christine Tell, our MLA in Wascana Plains, where our with Premier Brad Wall to discuss how we could salvage our business plans. business is located, please help us to get our business back on track. We would Here are thefacts: facts: BillBoyd Boyd wasWall the minister responsible for theGTH GTH inearly early 2012 when Instead of the being met with helpfulness, Premier warned me to be very welcomefor anythe opportunity to in have a meaningful, open and candid discussion.

Here are Bill was the minister responsible 2012 when careful about what I was(an saying about his MLAs andbaron specifically referenced Yours truly, to Boyd at Kindersley, Robert Tappauf Alberta land who rents farmland Robert Tappauf (an Alberta land baron who rents farmland to Boyd at Kindersley, your name as a potential litigant.

Nestor Mryglod

PRESS RELEASE September 21, 2018 was moved 400 meters from Tower Road.

We2018 feel we have been targeted by the PRESS RELEASE September 21,

Saskatchewan)made madean anoffer offerto topurchase purchaseaatotal totalof of204 204acres acresof ofland landfrom fromtwo two Saskatchewan) property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass. property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass.

Theday dayafter afterhis hispurchase purchasewas wasfinalized finalizedininearly early2013 2013Mr. Mr.Tappauf Tappaufearned earnedhimself himselfaa The ratherexcessive excessivenet netprofit profitof of$6 $6million milliondollars dollarswhen whenhe hesold sold(aka (akaflipped) flipped)that thatplot plotof of rather land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask.

Party-friendly developer/speculator).

And land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask. Party-friendly developer/speculator). And thatsale salewas wasnever never registeredwith withLand LandTitles TitlesRegistry.

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PETITION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY AND SASKATCHEWAN HISTORY FORENSIC AUDIT INTO THE REGINABYPASS BYPASSLAND LANDSCANDAL SCANDALCOVER-UP COVER-UP REGINA REGINA BYPASS LAND SCANDAL TOWER ROAD LAND by SCANDAL: With the July1.

25, 2018 announcement the Saskatchewan RCMP Federal Criminal TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY NO.1 REGINA BYPASS

PRESSRELEASE RELEASE September 21,2018 2018 PRESS September 21, BIGGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN

With the July 25, 2018 announcement by the Saskatchewan RCMP Federal Criminal In 2012, Long Lake Investmnets A closed meeting was held between new plan had the Bypass going Operations Division that no charges willbe beThis laid inthe the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) We, the Undersigned Residents of the Province of Operations no charges will laid Transportation Hub (GTH) purchased 500 acresDivision of land along that May 6th- 9th 2013 of the governdown the in middle of LLIGlobal 2 miles of Saskatchewan, with to bring to your attention the Tower Road for $12,125/acre, a ment and developers along Tower reached property. LLI soldall-time back 128 acres tolow point in the history of Land Scandal investigations we have an Land Scandal investigations we have reached an all-time low point in the history of following: total of $6 million. Murad Al-Katib, Road. It was at these meetings the Government for $10.1 million. democracy and human rights in Saskatchewan.

From our well-researched • Why did the Government approve building an Principal of LLI was a director on that the new perferred plan for the They managed to pocket $4 million democracy and human rights in Saskatchewan. From our well-researched the Regina Regional Opportunities Regina Bypass first appeared.

This attempting in profit and and gained 372 acres outdated, dysfunctional, unsafe, $2 Billion Dollar, perspective, it appears the RCMP are to whitewash the (alleged) criminal perspective, itMayor appears the the RCMP are to whitewash the (alleged) Commission along with Pat reloacted Regina Bypass to a attempting of prime development land that developer influenced,criminal Bypass within city limits?

Fiaco and Michael Fougere.blackened spot 400core meters eastof they are nowtransactions, selling for $350,000 actions atthe the theRoad.

GTHland land which seemed tohave have • Land seemed developers purchased 640 acres of land actions at blackened core ofof Tower the GTH transactions, which to an acre. alongovernight Tower Road and had the Regina Bypass been driven by a fraudulent series of land buying and selling (and flipping) been driven by a fraudulent series of land buying and selling (and overnight flipping) moved to accommodate their developments. schemes that ultimately filled the pockets of private sector friends of the provincial • Thousands people were impacted directly and schemes that ultimately filled the pockets of private sector friends of theofprovincial lost their land, homes, businesses, GTH LAND SCANDAL: governmentwith with$11 $11Million Million Dollars oftaxpayer taxpayermonies. monies.And Andbased based on the RCMP’s no-access, life’s government Dollars of the RCMP’s nowork, on health, history and future.

CBC Investigative reporter Geoff On February 27, 2014 former The RCMP spent 2 years invescharges-will-be-laiddecision, decision,apparently apparentlythere thereisisnothing nothing at all •wrong withany anypaid of up to 80 times more for Land developers were charges-will-be-laid with of Leo exposed the GTH Land Scandal Premier Brad Wall signed an order tigating the GTH Land Scandal.at all wrong their land than long term land, home and business those proceedings.

They announced that 7,500 hours in February 2016. He outlined how in counsel to pay $21.1 million to those proceedings. owners. an Alberta Land Baron who rents Mr. Marquart’s numbered company was spent analyzing information

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land to Bill Boyd, then Minister of

for 204 acres of land for the Regina

that was freely provided to them

• The cost of the Regina Bypass exploded from $400

We absolutely believethat thatThis at least handful of our provincial government leaders from the parites being investigat-ed. theabsolutely GTH made an offer tobelieve purchased Bypass. turns out to be nearly Million to now overleaders $2 Billion Dollars.

We at least aa handful of our provincial government 204 acres of land, four times more 20 times more than the rate everyThe RCMP did not disclose much • Vinci, a French contractor have shamefully violated their own Code of Ethical Conduct For Members of thethat is deeply rooted in regarding their investhan was needed and made $6 milone else in the area was getting. have shamefully violated their own Code ofinfromation Ethical Conduct Forscandals Members of the in Europe was awarded the contract to lion overnight without going though The 54 acres of land that was tigation bu they did announce that LegislativeAssembly: Assembly:"Declaration "Declarationof ofPrinciples: Principles:Members Members of thisbuild assembly must carry the $2 Billion Dollar Regina Bypass.

Legislative must carry land titles. Not long after, Anthony needed for the Regina Bypass at the they never reached the thresholdof this assembly • Premier Brad Wall signed an order in counsel to out their official duties and arrange their private financial affairs in a manner that GTH was only worth $315,000. to subpoena ev dence.

This begs Marquart, a Regina Land Developer outpurchased theirtheofficial duties and arrange their private financial affairs in a manner that pay $21.1 Million Dollars for land that was only 204 aces of land. the question, what did they spend protectsthe thepublic publicinterest interestand andenhances enhancespublic publicconfidence confidence and trust the 7500 hours investigating and what e protects and trust ininthe worth $312,000. actly was the threshold to subpeona •public After a hurried investigation, the RCMP closed the government and in the highest standard of ethical conduct in office.

Members government and in the highest standard ofevidence? ethical conduct in public office. Members file on the Regina Bypass and GTH Land Scandal ofthis thisassembly assemblymust mustact actnot notonly onlylawfully lawfullybut butalso alsoininaamanner mannerthat thatwill will withstandthe the of and did not withstand lay charges. closest public scrutiny; neither the law nor this code is designed to be exhaustive and We, in the prayer that reads as follows, respectfully closest public scrutiny; neither the law SCANDAL: nor this code is designed to be exhaustive and WHITE CITY LAND request that the Government of Saskatchewan: Call therewill willbe beoccasions occasionsininwhich whichmembers memberswill willfind findititnecessary necessaryto to aadopt morestringent stringent there foradopt Judicialmore Public Inquiry and Forensic Audit At White City along Highway In 2011, the Governemnt sold Mauri Other land owners directly across norms of conduct in order to protect the public interest and to enhance public into the entire public Regina Bypass Land ScandaL No.1 andof Highway No.48 a land in order Gwyn 7.4 for $20,000/acre the Highway are recieving between norms conduct toacresprotect the public interest and to enhance developer, Mauri Gwyntrust. needed land total of $150,000. Three years $15,000 responsible and $27,000 acre. How isfor it interest and Eachamember member isindividually individually preventingpotential potentialand and interest and trust. responsible for preventing to build a berm and fence for theEach later, the governmentis repurchased that Mauri Gywn’s dirt is worth 20 Name: __________________________________ actual of arrange private financial affairs in a manner that Mackenzieconflicts Point Subdivision as it interests 2.4 acres ofand the same must land and paid times more than other land owners actual conflicts of interests and must arrange private financial affairs in a manner that was built to close to the land for the $400,000/acre. dirt? Mauri Gywn is now selling prevents such conflicts from arising.”

Regina Bypass. this land for $400,000/acre. prevents such conflicts from arising.”

Address: ________________________________

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Signature: _______________________________ Hereare arethe thefacts: facts:Bill BillBoyd Boydwas wasthe theminister ministerresponsible responsiblefor forthe theGTH GTHininearly early 2012when when Here 2012 WeTappauf need a Judicial(an PublicAlberta Inquiry and land a Forensic Audit into the Regina Bypass Land Robert baron who rents farmland to Boyd at Kindersley, Robert Tappauf Alberta land baron who farmland Kindersley, E-Mail:at __________________________________ Scandal.

If we turn a (an blind eye to the wrongdoings of government, howrents can we expect change? to Boyd Saskatchewan) made an offer to purchase a total of 204 acres of land fromtwo two Saskatchewan) made an offer to purchase a total of 204 acres of land from property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass. property owners, who were situated between the GTH and the West Regina Bypass.

Theday dayafter afterhis hispurchase purchasewas wasfinalized finalizedininearly early2013 2013Mr. Mr.Tappauf Tappaufearned earnedhimself himselfaa The ratherexcessive excessivenet netprofit profitof of$6 $6million milliondollars dollarswhen whenhe hesold sold(aka (akaflipped) flipped)that thatplot plotof of rather land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask.

Party-friendly developer/speculator).

And land to Anthony Marquart (another Sask. Party-friendly developer/speculator). And thatsale salewas wasnever neverregistered registeredwith withLand LandTitles TitlesRegistry.

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* 7 YEAR, 160,000 km HONDA CERITIFED WARRANTY INCLUDED * 7 YEAR, 160,000 km HONDA CERITIFED WARRANTY INCLUDED 7 7 YEAR, YEAR, 160,000 km 160,000 km HONDA HONDA CERITIFED CERITIFED WARRANTY WARRANTY INCLUDED INCLUDED*** 7 7 YEAR, YEAR, 160,000 km 160,000 km HONDA HONDA CERITIFED CERITIFED WARRANTY WARRANTY INCLUDED INCLUDED*

$$232/BW /BW 232 96 months $$over 2018 ODYSSEY EX /BW 232 over 96 months /BW 232 over 965.99% months 2018 EX 965.99% months Stock #3L1976 •ODYSSEY WAS $39,595 $$over 2018 ODYSSEY EX over 965.99% months /BW Stock #3L1976 232 2018 ODYSSEY EX • WAS $39,595 5.99% /BW Stock #3L1976 • WAS $39,595 232 over 965.99% months 2018 ODYSSEY EX $ NOW Stock #3L1976 • WAS $39,595 @ @ @ @ @

37,895 37,895 37,895 37,895 37,895

EX $2018 •ODYSSEY NOW Stock #3L1976 WAS $39,595 $$ NOW NOW Stock #3L1976 • WAS $39,595 $ NOW $ NOW

over@965.99% months @ 5.99%

$$175/BW /BW 175 96 months $$over 2019 CIVIC TOURING /BW 175 over 96 months /BW 175 over 965.99% months 2019 CIVIC TOURING 965.99% months Stock #313978A • WAS $31,900 $$over 2019 CIVIC TOURING over 965.99% months /BW Stock #313978A 175 2019 CIVIC TOURING • WAS $31,900 5.99% /BW Stock #313978A • WAS 175 over 965.99% months $31,900 2019 TOURING $ CIVIC NOW Stock #313978A • WAS $31,900 @ @ @ @ @

27,988 27,988 27,988 27,988 27,988

2019 TOURING $ CIVIC NOW Stock #313978A • WAS $31,900 $$ NOW NOW Stock #313978A • WAS $31,900 $ NOW $ NOW

over@965.99% months @ 5.99%

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$$235/BW /BW 235 84 months $$over 2017 RIDGELINE TOURING /BW 235 over 84 months /BW 2017 RIDGELINE TOURING 235 over 845.99% months 845.99% months Stock • WAS $36,895 $$over RIDGELINE TOURING over 845.99% months /BW 2017 235 2017#314181A RIDGELINE TOURING #314181A • WAS $36,895 5.99%/BW Stock 235 over 845.99% monthsNOW Stock •• WAS $36,895 2017#314181A RIDGELINE TOURING $ Stock #314181A WAS $36,895 @ @ @ @ @

34,995 34,995 34,995 34,995 34,995 DL #909772

2017#314181A RIDGELINE TOURING $ NOW Stock • WAS $36,895 $$ NOW NOW Stock #314181A • WAS $36,895 $ NOW $ NOW

over@845.99% months @ 5.99%

DL DL #909772 #909772 DL DL #909772 #909772 DL #909772 DL #909772

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