Ritz still sees positives while farmers lose money
“The Canadian Wheat Board is dead but CWB, its government-owned, open-market successor, is still a lightning rod for controversy.” – Manitoba Cooperator Last week Minister Ritz was quoted in the Manitoba Cooperator claiming killing the single desk Canadian Wheat Board is having a positive impact across the prairies. He is starting to sound like one of those 1960’s “Chatty...
Read MoreThat ship has sailed
The Ritz/Raitt command to the railways to move a million tonnes of grain a week or else is full of irony. It will not change the fact the prairie crop has been stranded which has pushed farm prices down by half. It was perfectly predicable and the government was certainly warned. Since there will also be a huge carryover of old crop into the new crop year that also means prices for western...
Read MoreHow bad is it?
(March 5, 2014) The media is now full of stories about the chaos at grain ports. Unfortunately few of them are going much beyond the simple minded mantra of blaming the railways. Much as I hate to miss the chance to criticize the railways, this time the rancor is misplaced. This is clearly a problem created by the private grain companies and transportation is just a subset of that bigger...
Read MoreMinisters’ response to grain crisis pathetic
by admin on Feb 26, 2014 in News Release
Minister needs to put single desk option on the grain transportation table (Pelly, Sk., February 26, 2014) Farmers facing huge cuts in grain prices, long delivery delays, and cash flow problems as they prepare for spring seeding find the response of the Federal and Provincial Agriculture Ministers to the grain crisis pathetic, observed Kyle Korneychuk, spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board...
Read MoreA modest proposal on grain and rail
(February 24, 2014) The three Prairie Agriculture Ministers and Federal Agriculture Minister Ritz are meeting today in Winnipeg to wring their hands over the catastrophe they created in western Canada’s grain exports. No doubt there will be much finger pointing and probably some not-so-subtle bullying of the lone NDP Ag Minister to shut up about the Wheat Board and orderly marketing. Ritz...
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