SPUDCO, the Saskatchewan Potato Utility Development Company, was a pseudo public private partnership between SaskWater

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 and Lake Diefenbaker Potato Corporation (LDPC). It was created in 1996 and had signs of trouble from the start. The fall-out from the numerous scandals lead to the bankruptcy of LDPC and subsequent lawsuit which was settled for $7.9 million CAD

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 and a Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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 (RCMP) investigation. It left a black mark on the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

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for years to follow that still continues till today. SPUDCO finally folded in 2000.