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Canadian Grain Commission review
The requirement that the Canadian Grain Commission act "in the interest of grain producers" should not be removed from the CGC's formal mandate, according to a Jan. 9 letter from Ken Ritter, chair of the CWB's farmer-controlled board of directors, to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-food. Ritter was responding to the committee's recommendations regarding the COMPAS Review of the Canadian Grain Commission.
COMPAS Inc., a Toronto-based public opinion and customer research consulting firm, was commissioned by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in February 2006 to conduct a comprehensive and independent review of the Canada Grain Act and the Canadian Grain Commission; it released its report in September 2006. The House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture responded to the COMPAS report in December 2006.
Click here to view Ritter's letter (PDF format 99 KB) regarding the agriculture committee's response to the COMPAS report.