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Photo ID Upsets Alberta Hutterites

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Up to 10 colonies of the strict Christian Hutterite sect say they face religious persecution from the Canadian province of Alberta’s plan to force them to have their photos on driver’s licences. Canada’s Supreme Court ruled July 25 in favour of the Alberta government, which had appealed an exception the Hutterite colonies had won through
Cereals, Crops

CWB Wants To Appeal “Gag Order”

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“We think it’s a fundamental issue to the CWB. It’s about farmers having control of the Canadian Wheat Board. It’s as simple as that.” – Larry Hill The struggle over who controls the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) – its board of directors or the federal government – might be decided by the Supreme Court of
Cereals, News

Appeal Court Restores “Gag Order” On CWB

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The Federal Court of Appeal has res tored the federal government’s “gag order” against the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). It means the CWB isn’t allowed to spend money advocating to keep its single-desk marketing powers. However, the rul ing says individual CWB directors and even staff can speak publicly in support of single-desk selling as
Cereals, News

CPR’s Revenue Cap Overage Reduced Due To Court Ruling

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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
Cereals, Crops

Grain Freight Charges Should Drop Next Crop… In Theory

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Western farmers, on average, should pay 7.4 per cent less to move their grain to export in the 2009-10 crop year that starts Aug. 1 due mainly to lower railway fuel costs, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) announced April 30. Assuming normal grain-shipping volumes, farmers collectively should, on average, pay $28.41 a tonne to ship
Dairy cattle, News

EU Cracks Italian Milk Scam

Italian authorities have seized assets worth 21 million euros ($27.73 million) from companies evading European Union fines for exceeding annual milk production quotas, EU antifraud investigators said April 15. Citing a final ruling issued by Italy’s Supreme Court , which may not be appealed, the EU’s anti-fraud unit OLAF said an important precedent had now
Crops

Court Rules In Favour Of Spud Farmers

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The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled the federal government must provide a financial settlement to 180 New Brunswick potato farmers who were hurt by the federal government’s mishandling of a potato disease outbreak in the early 1990s. The decision, released Feb. 19 in Ottawa, is a victory for farmers who have been fighting for
Cereals, News

Farmers urged to lobby for rail costing review

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The millions of dollars the railways are reported to have overcharged western grain farmers underscores the need to review railway costs – and to update the formula used to determine how much the railways can earn hauling grain. So said Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) spokeswoman Maureen Fitzhenry in an interview last week: “We need to
Cereals, Opinion

LETTERS – for Dec. 18, 2008

Protect rural residents from ILOs It was gratifying to read about a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling whereby companies can be sued for polluting, despite operating within government regulations and that this could have ramifications for agriculture. The report “Polluters liable for excessive annoyances,” by Ron Friesen in the Manitoba Co-operator Dec. 4 also
Cereals, News

Millions in freight savings

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Western grain shippers will save $2.59 a tonne or $72 million per year after a Federal Court ruled against Canada’s two major railways in a battle over how much maintaining hopper cars should cost. The Federal Court of Appeal rejected the railways’ argument that the Canadian Transportation Agency erred in the way it retroactively cut

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