notafarmer
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Several farmer organizations that support the Canadian Wheat Board's grain marketing monopoly are launching a court action aimed at restoring farmer control of the board and collecting $17 billion in damages for farmers.
The lawsuit, launched by the law firm Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP, will present constitutional arguments to try to remove the CWB from government control, and collect damages farmers may incur from the board's weakened market clout, the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board group said on Wednesday.
The move follows the launch of a similar, $15 billion class-action by Saskatchewan lawyer Tony Merchant last month. That suit does not attempt to change who controls the CWB.
The Conservative government passed legislation back in December which brought to an end the CWB's marketing monopoly over Western Canada's wheat and barley for milling or export, as of August 2012.
Once the law passed, the government took control of the board by removing eight farmer-elected directors.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Canadia...court+battle/6161761/story.html#ixzz1mZIiA6vL
The lawsuit, launched by the law firm Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP, will present constitutional arguments to try to remove the CWB from government control, and collect damages farmers may incur from the board's weakened market clout, the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board group said on Wednesday.
The move follows the launch of a similar, $15 billion class-action by Saskatchewan lawyer Tony Merchant last month. That suit does not attempt to change who controls the CWB.
The Conservative government passed legislation back in December which brought to an end the CWB's marketing monopoly over Western Canada's wheat and barley for milling or export, as of August 2012.
Once the law passed, the government took control of the board by removing eight farmer-elected directors.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Canadia...court+battle/6161761/story.html#ixzz1mZIiA6vL