APAS

Increase rail competition and lowering costs of hauling farm commodities are the goals of provisions included in a federal bill to extend interswitching on railways. Ian Boxall, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) noted some provisions to Bill C-47 include ensuring the rates are fair for interswitching and making sure it’s done […]

Canadian farmers won’t have to worry about grain movement coming to a complete halt. A tentative deal between the federal government and workers with the Public Sector Alliance of Canada union has been reached. The Canadian Grain Commission is within PSAC. Only Canada Revenue Agency workers remain on the picket lines. President of the Western […]

Viterra port facilities in Vancouver and Montreal are the sites of picket lines set up, as the Public Sectors Alliance of Canada strike is in its 7th day. President of the Agricultural Union within PSAC, Milton Dyck, says about 80 people were on the line in Vancouver in support of striking Canadian Grain Commission employees. […]