Cordel Hyde Asks Who is Doris Grant

Businesswoman Doris Grant has been in the news recently for allegedly defrauding several persons out of land and has been charged with multiple counts of obtaining property by deception.  It’s also part of an investigation that is being carried out by the Ministry of Natural Resources, in light of a bogus land clinic held in the Mennonite community of Shipyard.  According to Minister Cordel Hyde, he’s aware of the fake land clinic, but he doesn’t know Doris Grant.

 

Cordel Hyde, Minister of Natural Resources

“I’ve heard about that.  I’ve not seen the pictures but we’ve had so many land clinics in the north and everybody across this country knows what a land clinic looks like.”

 

Reporter

“But these people had desks, computers, agents… dehn never had Cordel Hyde.”

 

Cordel Hyde

“We weren’t there, we heard about it after the fact, you know, and we have land clinics all the time and these persons know what it looks like.  They know the amount of persons and the kind of work we get done and the kind of grinding that takes place and these land clinics are oftentimes held in public buildings, held in auditoriums or schools or community centers.  But mein, that’s a developing story, that’s a crazy story, I don’t know where that’s going to end up, but we are cooperating with the authorities and trying to be as helpful as we possibly can. To be honest with you, I don’t know Doris Grant, you know, I don’t know Doris Grant personally.  I’ve only heard about her.  Like, that’s a very popular name, but I’ve never…”

 

Reporter

“According to Chester Williams, who noh know Doris Grant?”

 

Cordel Hyde

“Dah one person I noh know.  I don’t know Doris Grant, I’ve head that name so many times, but I don’t know her.  Interestingly enough I met the mother recently because I know the mother, so I was excited to see her recently.  I didn’t even know it was her mother, it was after she left that I was told that’s Doris Grant’s mother.  I said, okay.  That’s a classy lady, but I don’t know Doris Grant personally and I didn’t get a dollar out of that five million dollars.  I don’t know her.”