Tag: monopoly
Harper Supports Wheat Board Bill
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently weighed in on the ongoing Wheat Board bill controversy, stating the government has the right to change...
Wheat Board Decision Questioned
TORONTO — Government officials haven’t performed a thorough analysis of the data that led to the dismantling of the Wheat Board, according to CBC...
National Farmers Union Appeals to Government
TORONTO — The National Farmers Union (NFU) in Ontario has asked Minister Gerry Ritz, minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and minister for the...
Canada to End Wheat Board Monopoly
WINNIPEG — The hotly debated fate of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is at the mercy of the Canadian government, which has put forward...
Wheat Board to Vote on Grain Sales Monopoly
OTTAWA — The Canadian Wheat Board is set to conduct a farmers’ vote on the future of grain-trade monopoly this summer. Farmers in Western...
