Agriculture Minister, Chuck Strahl, has fired Canadian Wheat Board President, Adrian Meanser.

Meanser will be replaced on a three-month interim basis by Greg Arason who held the post between 1998 and 2002.

Strahl notes that Arason supports marketing choice, and that the Wheat Board Act allows a move like this to be made.

Strahl will be meeting with the Board in the near future to discuss picking a permanent replacement and how that process will unfold.