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The Harper government has flexed its majority muscle to push through the Commons a controversial bill that will forever change the lives of 70,000 Canadian grain farmers. With this, the Conservatives fulfilled a long-promised goal of stripping the Canadian Wheat … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

The federal government’s June 3 Speech from the Throne called for “legislation to ensure that Western farmers have the freedom to sell wheat and barley on the open market.” In so doing, Ottawa made clear dramatic changes were in store … Continue reading →