000031787 001__ 31787 000031787 005__ 20210803101458.0 000031787 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.22004/ag.econ.31787 000031787 037__ $$a1758-2016-141561 000031787 041__ $$aeng 000031787 245__ $$aThe Canadian Wheat Board in an Open Market: The Impact of Removing the Single-Desk Selling Powers 000031787 260__ $$c2006 000031787 269__ $$a2006 000031787 300__ $$a41 000031787 336__ $$aReport 000031787 520__ $$aOver the summer and early autumn of 2006, the Government of Canada has indicated its desire to remove the single-desk selling powers of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). The purpose of this paper is to explore the impacts of this proposal. The main conclusion of the paper is that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, for the CWB to survive as an organization. Thus, contrary to what the recent task force report by the federal government indicates, the most likely impact of removing the single-desk selling powers is that the CWB will cease to exist. The elimination of the CWB would transform the Canadian grains industry, with the impact of this change felt in virtually every part of the system. The changes that would accompany the loss of the CWB's single-desk selling power would make the Canadian system more and more like that in the United States. It is expected, for instance, that grain company and railroad competition would fall, that producer cars and short line railways would suffer, that the current freight revenue cap would disappear, and that less value would be returned to farmers. Once these changes are made they are irreversible - it would be virtually impossible to go back and restore the system to what is currently in place. The decision to make in a plebiscite. In making this decision, farmers will have to ask themselves, "What is my vision of the grains sector in Canada?" 000031787 546__ $$aEnglish 000031787 650__ $$aCrop Production/Industries 000031787 650__ $$aMarketing 000031787 6531_ $$aCanadian Wheat Board 000031787 6531_ $$aCWB 000031787 6531_ $$agrain 000031787 6531_ $$aCWB removal 000031787 6531_ $$aTask Force Report 000031787 700__ $$aFulton, Murray E. 000031787 8564_ $$957547af4-c111-4757-99e3-116952068ae9$$s1633355$$uhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31787/files/fu060001.pdf 000031787 887__ $$ahttp://purl.umn.edu/31787 000031787 909CO $$ooai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:31787$$pGLOBAL_SET 000031787 912__ $$nMade available in DSpace on 2007-03-07T16:48:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 fu060001.pdf: 1633355 bytes, checksum: 7bb761e9df48e2ec40a9787a7d538563 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 000031787 980__ $$a1758 000031787 982__ $$gUniversity of Saskatchewan>Knowledge Impact in Society (KIS) Project>Miscellaneous Publications