Canadian Wheat Board

• Union calls on Trudeau government to buy back Canadian Wheat Board from Saudi interests

  The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees is calling on the Canadian government to buy back the Canadian Wheat Board, which was sold to an agriculture investment group in 2015. 

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2018
  
• ‘Business as usual’ says Saudi-backed Canadian Wheat Board owners

  The owners of the Saudi Arabia-backed Canadian Wheat Board says despite escalating diplomatic tensions between Saudi Arabia and Canada, everything there is running normally.

  Consumer

  Aug 8, 2018
  
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• Prairie farmers calling for return of the Canadian Wheat Board

  A group of prairie farmers are calling for the return of a single-desk system for grain marketing.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2016
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• Ottawa closes book on Canadian Wheat Board

  Ottawa closes sale of Canadian Wheat Board, name changed to G3 Canada Ltd.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2015
• Canadian Wheat Board to be sold to Saudi-owned Global Grain Group

  The federal government is privatizing the Canadian Wheat Board with a sale to a Saudi-owned company.

  Apr 15, 2015
• Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of group seeking to sue Ottawa over CWB

  Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a farm group wanting to sue the federal government for billions of dollars over the Canadian Wheat Board.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2015
• ‘Has the minister lost his freaking mind?’: Pat Martin in Parliament

  The latest antics by Winnipeg MP Pat Martin in the House of Commons have some cheering and others jeering the outspoken New Democrat.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2014
• Wheat board group seeks leave to appeal to Supreme Court

  Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board seek leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2014
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• Canadian Wheat Board building grain-handling facility in St. Adolphe

  The Canadian Wheat Board is building another grain-handling facility in Manitoba as it gears up for privatization.

  Oct 3, 2014
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• Court strikes down most claims in wheat board lawsuit

  The federal court has struck down most of the claims in a lawsuit by supporters of the old Canadian Wheat Board, but the case is still moving forward.

  Money

  Dec 13, 2013