Mazankowski seeks careful deal on Prairie rail issues
Western minister Don Mazankowski signals a cautious path on Prairie rail line abandonments and the Crow Rate. He plans to freeze decisions until December, asks grain companies to pick lines to retain, and moves toward a grain industry coordinator and potential Wheat Board Act changes amid Clark government aims to boost exports and car fleets.
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Don Mazankowski
Transport and Wheat Board
Crowsnest Pass
Mazankowski
Winnipeg
Prairie Rally Action Committee
PRAC
Fred Anderson
Regina
Hall Commission
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Justice Emmett Hall
Ottawa
Clark
Canadian Wheat Board
Wheat Board
Canada
Lougheed
Lyon
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Crow rate debate in Winnipeg drives prairie grain fate
Farmers and ministers from four western provinces met in Winnipeg to debate ending the Crow rate while preserving its benefits via a federal subsidy. Saskatchewan warned that abandoning the Crow could cede rate control to railways, even as grain elevators overflow and quotas loom. Downey urged a crop year extension amid warehouses full and transports behind last year, with calls for reform to unlock grain movement and cash farmers desperately need.
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Winnipeg
Jim Downey
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Gord‘on MacMurchy
Under the Golden Boy
Smith Street
Canada
Tribune —_report
Canadian Wheat Board
Downey
Wheat ‘Board
Three Students Attend Leadership Course in Gimli
Three students Bob Robison Bud Stanchuk and Tom left over the weekend for Gimli to attend a two week leadership course. Following the completion of the boys course Leanne Smart and Anne Betovil will attend for two weeks.
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Bob Robison
Bud Stanchuk
Tom
Gimli
Leanne Smart
Anne Betevil
West ministers seek national grain co ordinator role
Manitoba Agriculture Minister Jim Downey and Alberta officials pressed for a national grain co ordinator with authority to improve grain movement to export markets. The Winnipeg meeting on July 4 also backed keeping rail service on branch lines and urged an urgent federal discussion on grain handling and transportation. Downey warned Manitoba faces about 50 percent of its 1978 79 grain crop remaining on farms worth nearly 900 million dollars.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Jim Downey
Alberta
B.C
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Don Mazenkowski
Russell Banner
United States
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Reggies
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Movement For Export
Prince Rupert
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Lusehiran
Benior
Flag Inns
Inipeg
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