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The former CWB building in Winnipeg.
Cereals, News

Lawsuit alleges farmers short changed $151 million as CWB wound down

According to a statement of claim $145 million was transferred from the CWB’s pool accounts to its contingency fund

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As the Canadian Wheat Board wound down farmers were wrongly shortchanged by a decisions that helped fund its transition into a privately-held company, legal documents allege. The former Conservative government wrongly allowed the transfer of $151 million that should have gone to farmers who delivered CWB grains during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 crop years, Brookdale,
Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler (standing) listens to stakeholder concerns during an industry consultation in Portage la Prairie.
Local news

Manitoba’s ag industry gives Eichler a wish list

Public trust and trade rank high on the list of important issues for the province’s agriculture sector

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They hailed from commodity groups, producer lobby groups, research institutions and agribusinesses, and they came together here last week with the aim of directing and informing Manitoba’s new Progressive Conservative government on agriculture issues. “This is going to be where your role is going to be very important,” Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler told more than
Improving grain transportation and trade top the new Liberal government’s agricultural agenda. Photo: Allan Dawson
Crops, Livestock

New Liberal government has lots on its ag ‘to do’ list

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Manitoba Co-operator – Grain transportation and trade top of the new Liberal government’s agricultural agenda, says veteran Saskatchewan MP and former agriculture minister Ralph Goodale. Other priorities include determining if farm aid programs are adequate, investing in infrastructure to protect soil and water and refocusing the government’s role in scientific research. The Canadian Wheat Board
A dairy farmer walks with his cow during during a protest against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada September 29, 2015.
Dairy cattle, News, Poultry

Federal candidates debate supply management as TPP talks continue

Opposition candidates repeatedly asked Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz why supply management is on the table

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Representatives from Canada’s main parties met Wednesday to discuss agricultural policy ranging from risk management to transportation and rural infrastructure ahead of the Canadian federal election. But the hot button issue of the debate was supply management. As the debate was unfolding at the Château Laurier in Ottawa, leaders from the 12 Pacific Rim countries
farmer standing in a field with bales
Opinion

Does CETA offer any real value to Canadian farmers?

Trade agreements may offer negative outcomes for Canadians

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On September 26, the federal government announced that negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement with the European Union (CETA) have been finalized. A normal procedure for such a substantial change in a democratic society allows for a broad discussion, with debate and hearings, about impacts on various groups of people and economic sectors before
Opinion

Letters, April 11, 2013

One super farm group needed? Danny Penner has been advocating for one “super” farm group to speak with one voice. That idea has been around for as long as there have been farmers. It’s easy to feel disassociated with the groups that are left, such as the commodity groups and the astroturf wheat-barley growers, Grain
Opinion

Letters, Feb. 28, 2013

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News

CN Rail CEO says legislation could derail service

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Looming legislation aimed at improving rail service for shippers in Canada could backfire and end up making the country’s sprawling rail networks less efficient, the chief executive of Canada’s biggest railroad warned Nov. 7. Canada’s Conservative government plans to introduce legislation this fall giving all shippers more clout in ensuring consistent rail service, and improve
Crops, News, Oilseeds

Grains Act amendments get good grade but could be higher

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Proposed changes to the Canadian Grain Commission grade well with national farm groups, but they say the results could be even better. The commission’s operating costs “must be driven down through a more comprehensive streamlining of operations than the current amendments facilitate,” said Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada and spokesman for the Canadian Special
News

Feds put CP back to work

The Canadian government will force striking workers at Canadian Pacific Railway back to work with fast-track legislation to end the strike, Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said May 28. “We’re proposing legislation today to protect our recovering economy and resume rail services,” Raitt told the House of Commons a day after the latest round of talks

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