The Coteau Creek Hydroelectric Station run by SaskPower sits beside Lake Diefenbaker and the South Saskatchewan River on Friday, October 7, 2022 near Loreburn.Photo by KAYLE NEIS/Regina Leader-Post

Opinion: Sask. irrigation project analysis shows it must be scrapped

Saskatchewan's next government would be well advised to shelve a massive irrigation project that would produce a poor return on investment.

by · Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Saskatchewan’s New Democrats spent the first week of the 2024 provincial election campaign promising to finance their now-released platform by cutting and gutting Saskatchewan Party “waste and mismanagement.”

The recent report from KPMG on the Diefenbaker irrigation project reveals a textbook example of such waste, one that deserves serious critique.

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