On Oct. 18, the government of Canada introduced Bill C-18 to remove the Canadian Wheat Board as the sole seller of wheat and barley produced in Western Canada. The removal of the CWB means that market forces will be relied upon to supply goods and services in the grain handling and transportation system. The reliance […] Read more
Stories by Murray Fulton
Why the CWB game matters – Opinion
Fulton and Gray are professors of agricultural economics at the University of Saskatchewan. The announcement last week that the federal government will fire Adrian Measner, the president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Wheat Board, should be of the utmost concern to farmers. The federal government is effectively stripping farmers in Western Canada of […] Read more
