RCMP in Saskatchewan are almost done their investigation into the Global Transportation Hub (GTH).
“Members of the federal policing section were tasked with conducting the investigation, as they have expertise in the financial crimes investigations,” said an RCMP spokesperson.
In November of 2016, Saskatchewan Provincial Auditor Judy Ferguson announced that an investigation was taking place by RCMP into the handling of the government’s purchase of land near the GTH.
Ferguson told the Public Accounts Committee that the audit into the GTH did not “conclusively state that there was no conflict of interest, fraud or wrongdoing with respect to these land transactions related to GTH.”
Global Transportation Hub, a Crown corporation, bought 41 acres of land at a cost of $1.2 million in February 2014 and in March 2014. The province completed the transaction by purchasing 204 acres of land west of Regina at a cost of $21 million.
Premier Brad Wall announced in early September that he was extensively interviewed by the RCMP over the GTH land deal.