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Court rules against ex-wheat board directors

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Former Canadian Wheat Board directors may appeal a Manitoba’s Court of Queens Bench ruling that rejected their bid to delay implementation of the federal legislation removing the board’s monopoly as of Aug. 1. “We think there are a number of areas where the judge erred and we’re considering an appeal,” Bill Toews, one of the
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FCWB launches $17-billion class-action lawsuit

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The wheat board’s single desk must stay or western farmers should get $17 billion in compensation for its loss, says a class-action lawsuit launched Feb. 15 against the federal government by four farmers with the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB). It’s the latest salvo in the fight against the Marketing Freedom for Grain
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Legal fights over CWB’s future not going away

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According to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, it’s all over but the crying for supporters of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk. “It’s a done deal, folks,’’ Ritz told delegates at the Western Canadian Wheat Growers convention in Moose Jaw recently, referring to the legislation to eliminate the CWB’s monopoly over wheat and barley exports Aug.
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Judge delays decision on CWB

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Suspending a new law that ended the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly would sow confusion in Western Canada’s grain industry, lawyers for the federal government said in court Jan. 18 in a hearing on a plea from eight former directors. The one time CWB directors, Prairie farmers ousted when the bill to revamp the CWB became
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New twist in wheat board legal battle

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The battle over the future of the Canadian Wheat Board has moved off the farm, out of the parliamentary chambers and into the courts. Two new court actions were launched early in the new year, including a class-action lawsuit claiming $15.4 billion is owed to farmers upon the dismantling of Canadian Wheat Board assets. “The
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Ritz Repeatedly Calls Oberg A Thief — Then Recants

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Under threat of legal action, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz hastily retracted widely circulated comments he made last week accusing CWB chair Allen Oberg of stealing farmers money. This word was only used figuratively and I retract it, Ritz said in a statement emailed to reporters Nov. 12. It remains our government s belief that
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Ritz Thirsty For Barley Freedom Beer

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When legislation Bill C-18 passes to kill the wheat board s monopoly, Gerry Ritz says he ll celebrate with a glass of barley freedom beer. It might even be made with malt from Rahr Malting in Alix, Alta., where the minister of agriculture visited Nov. 1 to celebrate the company s announcement to spend $6
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Marketing Freedom Bill Hits House

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When Bill 18 the Grain Marketing Freedom for Farmers Act becomes law, the board s 10 farmer-elected directors will be fired and the five remaining government-appointed directors, including current president and CEO Ian White, will be in charge. Grain companies will be allowed to forward contract wheat, durum and barley for the 2011-12 crop year.
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Friends Of Canadian Wheat Board’s Day In Court Dec. 6

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The Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) and federal government square off in Federal Court Dec. 6. in Edmonton, although there s a chance the case will be heard in Winnipeg. The FCWB, a coalition of farmers and other Canadians in support of a democratic, farmer-controlled wheat board, wants the court to rule Ottawa

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