The last straw

Prior to World War I (WWI), individual farmers found themselves at Due to the collapse of world wheat the mercy of the grain companies, the railways, prices in 1929, the initial payments and the Winnipeg Grain Exchange in the made by the Wheat Pools in that year weighing, grading, and marketing of their crops. [...] Due to the collapse of world wheat prices in 1929, the initial payments made by the Wheat General Inquiries: 306.585.5777 Following the war, the first Canadian Wheat Pools in that year proved well in excess of what Fax: 306.585.5780 Board (CWB) was established to market the they subsequently recovered in the market. [...] While deliveries to the CWB were initially voluntary, A key issue that has arisen in the discussion and debate they became compulsory during World War II with around the removal of the CWB’s single-desk selling powers the CWB becoming the monopoly marketer of is whether the CWB would be able to operate if these powers western Canadian wheat in 1943. [...] The purpose of this brief is to explore the impact of removing The core of the current debate relates to the single-desk the single-desk selling powers of the CWB. [...] While some of the grain companies might be willing to off-load While some of the grain companies might be some of their more poorly situated elevators to a new competitor, in general the existing players will not want to willing to off-load some of their more poorly see a new competitor come into the market and thus will not situated elevators to a new competitor, in general be willing to sell the