A Canadian Wheat Board advertisement in the Globe and Mail this week states, “By ramming this legislation through Parliament without time for meaningful debate, the profits and control of wheat farming will be shifted from Canadian farmers to multinational corporations from the US. And under NAFTA, once this change is made, it can never be reversed.”
The ad asks you to text FARMER to 24680.
When you do that you’ll receive a message that says, “Message from the Canadian Wheat Board: Thank you for your support. Reply with your first name to send a message to an MP.”
When you reply by typing your first name, you’ll receive a message that says, “Message from the Canadian Wheat Board: Thank you, your message has been sent. Visit stopthesteamroller.ca for more (data rates apply).”
This past Tuesday, the Council of Canadians, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the ETC Group and Food Secure Canada announced they will seek intervener status in the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board legal challenge. That challenge will argue that Section 47 of the Canadian Wheat Board Act requires a vote by grain producers to remove the single-desk marketing authority of the Canadian Wheat Board. It is currently scheduled to be argued on December 6 in Winnipeg.
For Council of Canadians blogs in support of the Canadian Wheat Board, please see http://canadians.org/blog/?s=%22canadian+wheat+board%22.
