REGINA — Farm Credit Canada says rumours that its head office is leaving Regina are just that.
Saskatchewan United Party leader Nadine Wilson raised the issue during question period in the Legislature May 2, asking the government what it was doing about the pending move to Montreal.
Deputy premier Donna Harpauer said she had not heard that and would not comment on an unsubstantiated claim.
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The SUP later released a statement saying “multiple high-level sources” have told the party that FCC is relocating.
“It is highly concerning that the (Scott) Moe government was completely unaware that the Trudeau government had made this decision to move the FCC out of the province. It is time for the Moe government to show some leadership, address this situation and protect the interests of Saskatchewan,” Wilson said in the statement.
Moe told reporters that when he met FCC chief executive officer Justine Hendricks after she was first appointed to lead the federal crown corporation, he said the head office must remain in Regina because of the agricultural nature of the province.
The Farm Credit Canada Act says the head office “shall be at Regina or at such other place in Canada as the Governor in Council may, by order, determine.”
An FCC spokesperson said the corporation is not relocating but has been reorganizing, which may have led to the rumour.
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