By Kevin Hursh

Canadian Grain Commission user fees

Jan 27, 2011 | 10:30 AM

By Kevin Hursh

for paNOW

The Canadian Grain Commission has been holding User Fee Consultations across the country. Sessions were held this week in Saskatoon and Regina.

 The commission’s services are supposed to be run on a cost recovery basis, but there has been no increase to most of the fees since 1991. The fee revenue now accounts for only about half of the costs incurred. The shortfall is about $50 million a year.  

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