Wheat Board Suing Ottawa

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is suing the federal government for the severance it paid its CEO Adrian Measner after the government fired him in 2005. “We didn’t take this lightly,” CWB chair Larry Hill said of the lawsuit filed in Winnipeg’s Court of Queen’s Bench May 4. “We believe it’s a solid case and


CPR’s Revenue Cap Overage Reduced Due To Court Ruling

Although the WGRF regrets the loss of any revenue, it knows overages it collects from the railways is farmers’ money. Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) didn’t overcharge western farmers for hauling their grain during the 2007-08 crop year by quite as much as first determined by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). As a result, the Western

GGC Promotes CWB Voter List Reform

Grain Growers of Canada has proposed to work co-operatively with the Canadian Wheat Board to deal with complaints about the fairness of the agency’s voters’ list. Richard Phillips, the GGC’s executive director, told the House of Commons’ agriculture committee May 14 that it’s time to end the complaints that come after every election for the


Canadian Wheat Board Sees Balanced Contingency Fund

The Canadian Wheat Board expects its contingency fund to balance this year after volatile grain prices caused a $28.9 million ($24.7 million) deficit last year and fuelled fresh government criticism of the grain-marketing agency. The fund underwrites the risk of non-traditional payment programs that are designed to give farmers flexibility to price some of their

Why We Need CWB Election Reform

The CWB voters’ list does not accurately reflect the farm community. It gives far too much clout to those who do not depend on farming as their main source of income. In the 2007-08 crop year, the CWB issued 84,403 permit books. Some would suggest that this should be the makeup of the voters’ list


CWB Election Spending Report “Incomplete”

“It’s one of the few well-defined pieces of the regulation: what information (candidates and third parties) have to provide.” – IAN CRAVEN, MNP Two candidates in last fall’s Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) director elections and a pair of third-party interveners have declined to disclose their donors and advertising expenses, highlighting the need to clarify election

Money No Guarantee Of Win In CWB Election

Candidates who spent the most money or received the most donations during last fall’s Canadian Wheat Board election didn’t always win, according to the election co-ordinator’s report on election donations and spending. For example, District 8 incumbent Rod Flaman received $1,698 in donations towards his reelection campaign to the CWB’s board of directors and spent


SUMMARY OF CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD ELECTION CO-ORDINATOR’S ELECTION SPENDING REPORT

CANDIDATES THIRD PARTIES Candidates who spent the most money or received the most donations during last fall’s Canadian Wheat Board election didn’t always win, according to the election co-ordinator’s report on election donations and spending. For example, District 8 incumbent Rod Flaman received $1,698 in donations towards his reelection campaign to the CWB’s board of

More Than A Name

Over much of Saskatchewan it was common for farmers en route to town to become trapped in soil drifts across the roads in summer as by snowdrifts in winter. – MEN AGAINST THE DESERT, JAMES H. GRAY 1967 Few of us can imagine much less remember the conditions that brought the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration