Huffington Post - The end of the Canadian Wheat Board: What's at stake?

(Darin Barney, Canada Research Chair in Technology & Citizenship at McGill)

"This summer, Canadian grain farmers have more on their minds than just the coming harvest. Shortly after achieving a majority in the recent federal election, the Conservative government announced plans to act on its long-standing plan to end the Canadian Wheat Board's (CWB) monopoly on the marketing of spring wheat, durum and barley.

The complexities of grain marketing are not something that typically captures the attention of urban Canadians. Nevertheless, if the government proceeds as planned, the outcome could mean more than just the dismantling of the CWB and a fundamental reorganization of the grain system in Canada. …"