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OUT WITH LAND PURCHASE RULES
THE OLD,
IN WITH Sask.
THE NEW reviews
farmland
ownership
Farm Land Security
Board approves purchase
by pension fund
BY SEAN PRATT
SASKATOON NEWSROOM
Saskatchewan is reviewing its farm-
land ownership laws in an attempt to
close loopholes that have raised the
ire of producers.
“We’re in the process of looking at
our options right now and beginning
to review the act,” said agriculture
minister Lyle Stewart.
Rick Swenson, leader of the provin-
cial Progressive Conservative party,
is pleased the Saskatchewan Party
government is “finally starting to
wake up.”
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