The following is excerpted from a 7 December 2011 news release by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

The Harper Government will continue to move forward with delivering marketing freedom to Western Canadian wheat and barley farmers despite a disappointing ruling today by the Federal Court. Today’s ruling does not impede the passing of the Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act. The Bill will proceed and be passed in the best interests of Western Canadian farmers and the economy...

This release is available in its entirety at:

http://www.agr.gc.ca/cb/index_e.php?s1=n&s2=2011&page=n111207a

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