May 15, 2012

Canadian Wheat Board axes jobs

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is to cut almost 75 percent of its staff  after losing its monopoly over western wheat and barley sales.

“We indicated right from the beginning of the planning process that the Canadian Wheat Board would be a much smaller entity, would need to right-size its staff complement […] now that CWB no longer markets all the wheat and barley from western Canada,” spokesperson Maureen Fitzhenry told the Financial Post.
canadian wheat board car
canadian wheat board car (Photo credit: cafemama)

The cuts follow the federal government’s decision last year to make the government-backed but farmer-controlled agency a voluntary route for producers, ending a six-decade-long monopoly.

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