Looking back on 2014
(January 6, 2015) 2014 has to rank as the year where everything has gone wrong for Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and his followers. They promised an era of transparency, freedom, competition, profitability, and efficiency for western Canada’s grain farms hitherto never seen. EVOLUTION DENIED What Ritz and his cohorts regarded as stuffy bastions of red tape like the Canadian Wheat Board, the...
Read MoreOttawa has farm groups chasing their own tails
by admin on Oct 14, 2014 in News Release
NEWS RELEASE October 14, 2014 Ottawa has farm groups chasing their own tails with transportation consultations (Pelly, Saskatchewan) Ottawa’s latest consultation on grain transportation appears to have farm groups chasing their own tails while ignoring the real culprits in the grain marketing debacle observed Kyle Korneychuk spokesperson for the non-partisan Canadian Wheat Board...
Read MoreSupreme Court rules in favour of shippers
but farmers still captive (July 22, 2014) On the face of it the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling that shippers have the right to appeal to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on things like fuel surcharges imposed by railways on existing contracts might seem like good news for farmers. An Ottawa based transportation lawyer is quoted as saying the decision upholds the 2008 Canada...
Read MoreRitz 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 MoreCanola Growers buying fairy dust with farmers’ money
(May 30, 2014) Last month the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) provided western farmers with their laugh of the day when they breathlessly opined in a news release that an amendment to the so-called Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act “could open the door to have compensation flow back to farmers from the grain companies, when railway service failure has occurred.” At the time many...
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