07/21/2025
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
The Regina Bypass Land Scandal
A DAVID & GOLIATH STORY
It began with a Bypass—not just in name, but in deliberate act: a redirection not of traffic, but of destiny. In 2010, the Saskatchewan government unveiled the Regina Bypass project. On paper, it promised relief from traffic congestion, smoother trade routes, and industrial growth. The proposal—decades in the making—envisioned a ring road connecting Highway No. 1 to the region’s commercial corridors. The blueprint appeared rational, even forward-thinking. But a quiet betrayal lay beneath the various Engineered Functional Studies, press releases, and staged announcements.
Buried within layers of feasibility studies and government briefings was a decision that would irrevocably alter the fate of Super Seamless of Canada. The original alignment was to trace along Tower Road—a route that has been long identified in Engineered Functional Studies, multiple public consultations, and transportation studies since 2004 as the most practical, cost-effective, and least disruptive. Based on that data, the Mryglods had selected their 11-acre property to build a state-of-the-art, 200,000-square-foot manufacturing plant site. Then, with no public open forum’s explanation or legislative debate, the route was quietly moved 400 metres east of Tower Road.
The impact was immediate and devastating. The Super Seamless site—once positioned to sit at the heart of a regional logistics corridor—was effectively severed. Access was lost. Land was expropriated, and Spinoff development evaporated. Decades of planning, investment, and engineering were suddenly undone. A steel skeleton remained: the framework of a state-of-the-art, Metal Exterior Finish Building Products manufacturing facility now stranded on the wrong side of a politically redrawn line—a monument to a promise abandoned.
What followed was predictable: silence, deflection, and delay. Over the next decade, hundreds of letters with hundreds of questions and formal submissions were sent requesting information, evidence, and intervention. These were addressed to Premier Brad Wall, Minister of Highways, MLAs, city Mayors and planners, the Lieutenant Governor, the Prime Minister, Federal MP’s, the RCMP, the Provincial Auditor, Mayors, Chambers of commerce, Ombudsman, Chief Justice of Court of Queen’s Bench, Law Society, Judicial Council, the media, and others. Appeals reached national broadcasters, oversight bodies, and even Buckingham Palace. Yet the replies, when they came at all, were generic form letters. In most cases, the response was silence.
The decision-making process, presented publicly as transparent and consultative, was anything but. Freedom of Information requests returned heavily redacted documents. Some were rejected outright. Meanwhile, reports circulated that the new alignment disproportionately benefited a cluster of politically connected developers. Land that was previously of marginal value, some of its farmland, was suddenly re-zoned and sold for millions. Political donors and insider syndicates appeared repeatedly across campaign finance disclosures and land title registries. For some, the Regina Bypass was a windfall. For the Mryglods, it was an ex*****on.
This was not an accident of planning. It was a system functioning as designed. Super Seamless of Canada was not collateral damage—it was a casualty. The province’s transportation studies had long warned against abrupt realignments made without consultation, citing cost overruns, environmental disruption, and loss of stakeholder trust. None of those warnings were included in the final tender documents. Instead, the contract was awarded to Vinci, a French multinational with a checkered international record. Public objections, media inquiries, and letters from affected businesses went unanswered.
The result was a $2 Billion Dollar Regina Bypass that bypassed more than a city—it bypassed justice, transparency, and every principle of accountable governance. And as the prairie wind swept across those eleven acres, it carried with it not opportunity, but the cold rustle of a dream dismantled by political manipulation. To top it off, the Saskatchewan Government approved building an outdated, dysfunctional, developer-preferred, expensive, $2 Billion Dollars, politically driven, dead-end Regina Bypass in City Limits that cannot take the truck traffic to the Commercial Industrial Business District in North Regina. Why are people losing their land, homes, businesses, ballparks, health, history, and future—all so a $2 Billion Dollars megaproject could be quietly rerouted to benefit a select group of politically connected developers. At the same time, those without influence were left to bear the cost in silence.
By 2010, Super Seamless of Canada—led by the Mryglod family—had already secured zoning approvals and finalized a comprehensive industrial expansion plan on their 11-acre site. Their ambition was not modest. At the heart of their project stood a 300-foot, Super-Insulated Steel Siding machine custom-built by Hunter Douglas. It was the only one of its kind in North America. Each Insulated Steel Siding Machine can manufacture 500 Million Dollars of the most Advanced Siding Product in the world, PVC Coated Super Insulated Steel Siding.
The promise was real. The planned facility would have been the first of twelve identical plants across North America, forming a manufacturing network rooted in Saskatchewan but across the continent. The economic potential was staggering, hundreds of jobs locally, thousands nationally and internationally, and a post-recession industrial revival led by local innovation. Negotiations with a global partner were already underway. Equipment was purchased. The land was strategically acquired based on official Regina Bypass planning data. But then came the pivot.
In 2013, the Regina Bypass was rerouted. No announcement. No Public Consultation. Just a quiet shift to 400 meters east. With that decision, the Myglod’s site was rendered functionally obsolete. Access was severed. Land was expropriated; water drainage was altered. Permits stalled. Development Halted. The economic logic behind their investment evaporated. The economic logic behind their investment evaporated. The Mryglods were never invited to the closed-door meeting of the government and Power Brokers who moved the Regina Bypass 400 meters east, to accommodate their present and future Commercial residential development Plans East and South of Regina for the next century. The government did not explain. Publicly, they promoted the Regina Bypass as a “visionary” project. Premier Brad Wall declared, “ This Project will drive growth, create jobs, and support Saskatchewan families.” The change did not result from a transparent planning process or public outcry. There were no town halls. No mailed notices. No media announcements. Just a discreet adjustment—sealed behind closed doors.
What followed was silence—strategic, calculated, and deeply suspicious. Internal meetings were held, but the public was locked out. No community feedback was sought. No environmental or economic rationale was ever disclosed. Yet this rerouting decision would permanently alter the lives of families, farmers, and businesses, including Super Seamless of Canada, which had invested years and millions preparing to expand on lands now severed from access and opportunity. The implications of that reroute went far beyond lines on a map. It set off a chain reaction—an erosion of trust, a collapse in accountability, and a betrayal of process. Behind the closed doors, what else was concealed from the public? Land valuations? Insider transactions? Conflicts of interest? The absence of transparency was not accidental—it was essential. This was not merely a planning failure. It was the beginning of a systemic cover-up.
The Mryglod family, owners of Super Seamless of Canada, were never consulted, warned, or permitted to object. Their $100 Million Dollars expansion—featuring a one-of-a-kind Hunter Douglas Super Insulated steel Siding machine and a plan to create hundreds of local jobs—was suddenly landlocked, marooned on the wrong side of a political decision they never saw coming. And that decision? It was not driven by public need. It was steered by private gain. As investigations progressed, the actual beneficiaries came into view. Parcels of land previously outside the Regina Bypass corridor—many held by individuals and firms with political ties—suddenly became prime real estate. Prices surged. Properties flipped for tens of millions. Zoning changes and infrastructure approvals followed in rapid succession. Meanwhile, despite having played by the rules, followed Zoning bylaws, and built with local labor, Super Seamless was left out entirely and bulldozed through.
Instead of scaling up, Super Seamless spent the next 15 years in legal and administrative battle, seeking transparency, accountability, and restitution. But the institutions that were supposed to protect small businesses and uphold fairness had grown unresponsive, insulated, and indifferent. The result was not just economic loss. It was a betrayal. Super Seamless of Canada was poised to become a cornerstone of national manufacturing. Instead, it became a cautionary tale. Once hailed as a visionary, the Regina Bypass now stands as a case study in systemic failure—a project that bypassed not just roads, but rights. Super Seamless of Canada, a resilient family-run business, was poised to revolutionize the continent's steel siding industry through a network of 12 plants across North America. Yet, once the route was clandestinely altered, the Mryglods found their investment functionally obsolete. No formal announcement followed the decision; the realignment severed crucial access and dismantled plans in a non-existent corridor.
This transformation of the Regina Bypass—a project sold to enhance traffic flow and invigorate industrial development—unveiled a troubling saga of conflict of interest and bureaucratic malfeasance. The optimal corridor had been established long ago. Yet, the Myrglods' land was rendered useless by a decision made in shadowy whispers, crafted to benefit a select few while decimating the dreams of many.
