The Ostrich of Ottawa
(December 31, 2013) This month Minister Ritz continued to claim western farmers were being frivolous to expect compensation for the assets of the Canadian Wheat Board they bought and paid for. Who does he think he is fooling? Certainly not farmers. It was fifty years ago that the Canadian Wheat Board moved into its new building at 425 Main in downtown Winnipeg. At the time the CWB...
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Last week grain handling company Viterra apparently became the focus of a takeover bid. This triggered an early Friday morning suspension of trading in its shares and a later share price jump of around 25%. Earlier in the week Ritz’s version of the Canadian Wheat Board announced it had signed a handling agreement with Cargill one of the largest grain companies in the world. Many supporters...
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