Wheat Board Eyes Legal Fight for Monopoly

Winnipeg Free Press › August 18, 2009

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"If the CWB does not have a single desk or a complete set of assets, the CWB can no longer add value to the marketing of barley from Western Canada," [Ken Ritter] told reporters.

"There are people looking at whether there are grounds for court action," said [Rosann Wowchuk]. "We will be getting legal advice on whether this was democratic or not."

Wowchuk -- her voice tinged with venom and frustration -- called federal Agriculture Minister [Chuck Strahl] "an ideological dictator" who is hell bent on getting rid of the wheat board monopoly regardless of what producers want.

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Wheat Board Eyes Legal Fight for Monopoly

Farmers' vote backs open market

By Paul Samyn

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Wheat Board will consider legal options to block the Harper government's plan to strip it of its barley monopoly as of Aug. 1.

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