The Canada Grain Act has a dual mandate: to regulate and safeguard the handling and quality of Canadian grain, and to do so in the interests of grain producers. Most farmers are aware of the Act’s provisions that defend their interests at primary elevators – independent arbitration of disputes and producer payment protection, for example
Opinion: Grain quality and the producer interest
The CGC’s historical role has slipped, and that’s a problem
Comment: Back to the future for grain regulation
Progressive Era origins of the Canada Grain Act are key to its future
Industry criticism of the Canada Grain Act (CGA) tends to portray the legislation as outdated and a bar to improved efficiency, which is grain company code for increased deregulation and privatization of Canada’s grain inspection system. While the CGA has proven an unreliable defence against reduced regulation, and private inspection has grown apace, accusations that
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