A Manitoba Court of Appeal ruling on Dec. 2, 2020 unanimously decided that a legal action against the Government of Canada for “malfeasance in public office” in relation to the privatization of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is valid and proper. The Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board can now continue their legal process which calls for the repatriation of $150 million to farmers that were marketing wheat and barley through the CWB in 2010/11 and 2011/12. The legal action also calls for $10 million in punitive damages, and with interest accruing since 2012 the total number would be in the $190 million range.
