SGS Canada had its critics when it set out to replace grain commission inspections, but the business model worked
Twenty-five years ago, Fraser Gilbert saw an opportunity nobody else did. Lots of people thought he was dead wrong when the former top grain quality man from the Canadian Grain Commission decided to plunge into the CGC’s traditional role of inland grain inspections and offer a private sector alternative. Today, many now expect that alternative […] Read moreTag Archives grain inspection
Feds pressured to target duplicate grain inspection fees
Ag minister says grain act legislation almost ready, and producer group hopes it deals with the costs of double inspections
The Wheat Growers Association estimated 70 percent of the grain leaving Canadian ports is consequently being double-inspected, resulting in $60 million in unnecessary annual costs for growers. The cost for an outward official inspection more than tripled to $1.60 per tonne in 2013-14 from 51 cents before the introduction of user fees.
Federal workers back at work; CRA staff still out
A tentative agreement was reached for the bargaining groups representing more than 120,000 workers on the weekend.
