The battle over the future of the Canadian Wheat Board is shifting to the Federal Court, where a judge is being asked to rule on whether the Harper government can unilaterally end the institution’s monopoly over Western grain sales.
A slim majority of directors at the board, fighting to preserve its place in the grain industry, announced Wednesday they are suing the federal government.
Their target is the bill the Conservatives tabled in the Commons to dismantle the Prairie seller’s control over wheat and barley grown from B.C.’s Peace District to the Manitoba-Ontario border.
In all, there are 15 directors at the wheat board: 10 elected by farmers and five appointed by Ottawa.
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