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Tell Stephen Harper to stop the attacks on grain producers

The Harper Conservatives have launched yet another attack on grain producers. A bill to amend the Grain Act has been introduced in Parliament that will make fundamental and harmful changes to the Canadian Grain Commission.

Instead of helping Canada’s grain producers in these troubled economic times, the bill would:

• Shift the purpose of the Grain Act away from protecting producer interests
• Expose producers to financial harm by eliminating the requirement for grain buyers to post security bonds
• Dismantle the Grain Appeals Tribunal which protects producers from unscrupulous behaviour on the part of grain companies
• Eliminate Commission services that independently determine the quality and quantity of grain delivered, returning producers to the position of not knowing if they are receiving fair payment.

Please send a message to Prime Minister Harper asking he change his bill so that it keeps the interests of producers at the centre of the work done by the Canadian Grain Commission.

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