The Federal Agriculture Minister says no expensive survey will trump the individual right of farmers to market their own grain.

 

Gerry Ritz says the Federal Government is committed to giving Western Canadian grain farmers the marketing freedom they want and deserve, and the wheat board plebiscite will have no impact on Ottawa’s plans to dismantle the single desk.

 

Some groups have been calling for the dismissal of the current CWB Board Of Directors. Ritz says he'd rather not.

 

 

He says it's unfortunate the CWB Directors continue looking backwards, rather than working with the Federal Government on establishing a new marketing system for grain in Western Canada.