Saskatchewan Tory MPs lobbied feds to stop BHP hostile takeover: sources

Saskatchewan caucus protested the federal government's already made-up-mind until about 4 p.m. the day it said no to BHP.

As of 10 a.m. on Nov. 3 the feds had decided to allow the controversial sale of Saskatchewan's PotashCorp to Australia's BHP Billiton, but the government reversed its sensational decision after the Conservative Saskatchewan caucus, made up of 13 MPs and three Senators, lobbied the whole ...

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