A 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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Competition creates chaos at ports

NEWS RELEASE (Regina, November 26, 2013)  Farmers facing long delays to deliver their grain are not accepting Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s excuses for the chaos at Canada’s grain ports warned the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance, a prairie wide organization representing grain farmers.  “The Minister’s excuses are a diversion from the fact he destroyed the logistical efficiency created...

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