Sentences with phrase «canadian grain farmers»

Ask a Canadian grain farmer what he thinks about it.

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We've seen how supply management for dairy, poultry and eggs hurts a) consumers through artificially high prices; b) food processors (and the jobs they could be creating in Canada) because of their inability to compete internationally; c) exporters of all kinds looking for more international trade access, but which Canada is denied because of supply management; d) the majority of Canadian farmers (over 90 per cent)-- those who grow and produce beef, pork, grains, oilseeds, pulses, and who are not supply managed — who would also benefit from more international trade access; and finally e) most ironically, dairy farmers themselves, also prevented from exploiting international growth opportunities.

The letter is a rebuttal against a push by Canadian grain shippers and farmers, who have called on Ottawa in recent weeks to issue an order - in - council to ease a persistent bottleneck in rail deliveries.

Rick and 12 other farmers arrested received a pardon from Prime Minister Stephen Harper on August 1, 2012, when the federal government's Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act came into effect, which allowed producers to opt out of the Canadian Wheat Board and sell wheat on the open farmers arrested received a pardon from Prime Minister Stephen Harper on August 1, 2012, when the federal government's Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act came into effect, which allowed producers to opt out of the Canadian Wheat Board and sell wheat on the open Farmers Act came into effect, which allowed producers to opt out of the Canadian Wheat Board and sell wheat on the open market.

Canadian oil producers have struggled to find sufficient rail cars to move their barrels since TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline spilled in South Dakota last year and have turned to securing railway cars to move their barrels, a situation which has exacerbated problems for farmers moving their grain off the prairies.

In 2008, Gordon Wallace retained McKercher LLP to represent him as the leading plaintiff in a class action lawsuit on behalf of Prairie farmers against Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, and others for allegedly overcharging them for grain transportation over 25 years.

Since our previous Client Alert: New Marketing Freedom For Grain Farmers, a judge of the Federal Court ruled on December 6, 2011, that the Minister of Agriculture had acted in breach of the Canadian Wheat Board Act.