Rolf Penner, Manitoba vice-president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, says the board is putting farmers’ money at risk. A shocking announcement early this month has erased all doubt as to the level of contempt that the Canadian Wheat Board holds for Western farmers. The CWB purchased two brand new ships for the purpose […] Read more
Stories by Rolf Penner
It’s time to give farmers a real choice
Rolf Penner, a farmer from Morris, Man., and the Manitoba vice-president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, calls the federal government to action. It’s clear-cut. The federal Conservatives finally have the legal ability to make good on their long-held election promise to break the Canadian Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly over western wheat and barley. […] Read more
Liberals should alter CWB stand
Penner farms near Morris, Man., and is the Manitoba vice-president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association. This comment was previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press. Is Michael Ignatieff serious about rebuilding the Liberal party in Western Canada? He could make a good start by favouring a voluntary Canadian Wheat Board. This policy change […] Read more
CWB given two thumbs down – Opinion
Mandel-Campbell is the author of Why We Don’t Sell Molson to the Mexicans. Penner is a Manitoba farmer and an agricultural policy fellow with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. This commentary was originally posted on the FCPP website. Ever since a federal court judge ruled on July 31 that the federal government’s bid to […] Read more
