After reading the agreement, Todd MacKay with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation said it appears CP received 300 acres of serviced land for free. Serviced land 'at no cost to CP'According to land title records, the government expropriated most of the 300 acres from farmers in 2008. It also said the GTH access road cost $4.5 million and the cost of beefing up Dewdney was $1.7 million. 'We need an explanation of the discrepancy as to what taxpayers paid for land for SaskPower versus what CP paid.' Government withholds contractLast year, CBC's iTeam requested a copy of the CP agreement through freedom of information legislation.

Source: CBC News April 23, 2017 11:26 UTC