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Province introduces legislation to repeal provisions of Bill 40

The province introduced legislation on Tuesday afternoon to reverse changes made as a result of Bill 40 that was passed last spring. File / Global News

The province introduced legislation on Tuesday afternoon to reverse changes made as a result of Bill 40 that was passed last spring.

The legislation will repeal the provisions implemented by Bill 40 that allows for the sale of a partial equity position of a Crown corporation.

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“We have listened to Saskatchewan people and are making these changes because of what we heard,” Morgan said.

“Saskatchewan people were concerned about this legislation and the potential sale of even a small stake in a Crown corporation.”

The Interpretation Act, 1995 is being amended to repeal the recently-added definition to ‘privatize’ and to repeal the ability to add additional methods of transfer of control that would constitute privatization by regulation.

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