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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz

Ottawa Warns Washington

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada Politics
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The Canadian government is warning Washington it may retaliate if the U.S. brings in a new, more restrictive trade rule on how beef and pork product e...

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Tories Celebrate End Of Wheat Board

CP | Jennifer Graham, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.30.2012 | Canada Politics
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KINDERSLEY, Sask. - Western Canadian farmers who were convicted in the 1990s for taking their grain across the border to sell in the U.S. have been pa...

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Judge: Tories Broke Law In Ending Wheat Board Monopoly

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.06.2012 | Canada Politics
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Fight Over Wheat Board Keeps MPs Up Late

CBC | Posted 01.02.2012 | Canada Politics
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The Canadian Wheat Board may be running ads and heading to court to fight the government's plans to dismantle its "single desk" monopoly ...

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Minister Says Killing Wheat Board Monopoly To Free Farmers

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 12.24.2011 | Canada Politics
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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says dismantling the Canadian Wheat Board's (CWB) single desk will free farmers from their shackles. He told an aud...

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Tories Move To End Wheat Board Monopoly

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.18.2011 | Canada Politics
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Western Canadian farmers will be able to market their wheat and barley on the open market as of Aug. 1 next year, if a bill introduced today in the Ho...

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Tories Shut Down Wheat Board Before Vote Is In

Ottawa Citizen | Posted 10.12.2011 | Canada Business
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The Harper government is moving ahead with plans to shut down the Canadian Wheat Board, even before the results of a plebiscite on the agency's future...

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