Canadian Wheat Board supporters launch new court battle

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.

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More by Harry Siemens

HS: The further removed from the time the government pass Bill C18 to remove the monopoly, the more absurd the court cases. This isn?t anything unexpected just disgusting to see the lengths people will go to do what I?m not sure?..

The Harper government violated Prairie farmers? charter rights in passing legislation to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in Federal Court on Wednesday.

Four Prairie farmers, sponsored by a group called Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, launched the suit on behalf of 70,000 western grain growers. They are demanding the Conservative government restore the wheat board?s powers and pay farmers $17 billion in damages for tampering with the wheat and barley marketer.

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