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Asked when we will start seeing big dollars towards that $4 billion project, Moe replied: “The first phase of that project, I believe, is a pegged at about a half a billion dollars. That s the expansion of the west side, which will open up … acres for irrigation. It is really the start of building that industry, that irrigation industry, and changing even the crops and the value of with the crops that we grow in that area, which ultimately leads to the attraction of different value-added food processors that we currently don t have here in the province.” He said that would lead Saskatchewan to then leverage the strength of that industry to expand to the entire west side and then ultimately come down with the lower Qu Appelle project, providing that important water security to communities like Moose Jaw and Regina.  

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