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Court restores federal control over wheat board
A Federal Court of Appeal decision has overturned a lower court ruling and says the federal government has broad powers to direct the activities of the Canadian Wheat Board. In a June 23 decision, the court sided with the federal government's appeal against a 2008 lower court ruling. That earlier ruling lifted a 2006 federal government order that prevented the wheat board from publicly speaking in favour of the single desk. Now, that gag order on the wheat board is back in effect. CWB officials say their biggest concern is not the gag order, but the court's affirmation of the government's authority to control the agency's activities.
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