notafarmer
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Lawyers for the Federal Government and Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal Wednesday.
Government lawyers were appealing a previous court ruling that found Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz had violated the original Canadian Wheat Board Act, which required a plebiscite among farmers before
any major changes were made.
Stewart Wells is part of the Friends of the CWB case and was in the Ottawa courtroom.
"There were three Justices from the Federal Court of Appeal that heard the argument. The arguments presented were essentially a rerun of the same arguments that were presented in December of last year before the bill that eviscerates the Wheat Board was passed."
Ritz says the marketing freedom for Grain Farmers Act is in force and farmers are already contracting their wheat and barley with buyers of their choice for delivery beginning August 1, 2012.
Government lawyers were appealing a previous court ruling that found Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz had violated the original Canadian Wheat Board Act, which required a plebiscite among farmers before
any major changes were made.
Stewart Wells is part of the Friends of the CWB case and was in the Ottawa courtroom.
"There were three Justices from the Federal Court of Appeal that heard the argument. The arguments presented were essentially a rerun of the same arguments that were presented in December of last year before the bill that eviscerates the Wheat Board was passed."
Ritz says the marketing freedom for Grain Farmers Act is in force and farmers are already contracting their wheat and barley with buyers of their choice for delivery beginning August 1, 2012.