Churchill was about value for farmers

(July 28, 2016) It is never well received to say “we told you so” but the people of the Churchill, Manitoba region, this organization, and many others have long warned that killing the farmer-controlled, single-desk Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) would spell the end of the Port of Churchill and much else. Some 95% of the grain going through Churchill was directed there by the single-desk CWB...

Read More

Churchill layoffs a preventable tragedy

(Pelly, Sask., July 26, 2016) “The layoff notices to grain workers and others at the port of Churchill, Manitoba are a tragedy for both the workers and farmers in western Canada,” said  Kyle Korneychuk spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance (CWBA), an independent prairie-wide farm group.  “What is worse is they were entirely preventable.” Korneychuk went on to say: ...

Read More