http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/agriculture/conservatives-celebrate-end-of-canadian-wheat-board-marketing-monopoly-164550016.html
Harper pardons farmers convicted years ago of selling grain in the U.S.
KINDERSLEY, Sask. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has granted pardons to farmers who were convicted years ago for taking their grain across the border to sell in the U.S.
The farmers were trying to get around a law at the time that said they had to sell their wheat and barley through the Canadian Wheat Board.
New legislation effective today strips the wheat board of its monopoly so that western farmers can sell their grain to whomever they choose.
Harper made the announcement on a farm near Kindersley, Sask., where he and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz marked what the government calls grain marketing freedom.
Hundreds of farmers who support the change to the wheat board turned out for the event.
Farmers who still support the monopoly worry that the open market will leave them at the mercy of railways and big, international grain companies.
Harper pardons farmers convicted years ago of selling grain in the U.S.
KINDERSLEY, Sask. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has granted pardons to farmers who were convicted years ago for taking their grain across the border to sell in the U.S.
The farmers were trying to get around a law at the time that said they had to sell their wheat and barley through the Canadian Wheat Board.
New legislation effective today strips the wheat board of its monopoly so that western farmers can sell their grain to whomever they choose.
Harper made the announcement on a farm near Kindersley, Sask., where he and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz marked what the government calls grain marketing freedom.
Hundreds of farmers who support the change to the wheat board turned out for the event.
Farmers who still support the monopoly worry that the open market will leave them at the mercy of railways and big, international grain companies.
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