Agriculture and the election

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Will the Conservatives form a majority government or will they be forced to continue in a minority position? Based on the polling results being published, those would seem to be the two most likely election results.

If there is a Conservative majority, what policy changes can farmers expect? The two obvious ones involve the Canadian Wheat Board and the long gun registry.

The Conservatives, all the way up to Stephen Harper, have long wanted to remove the single desk, monopoly selling powers of the Canadian Wheat Board. Farmers are divided on the issue, but the marketing choice crowd has become more vocal and motivated over the years. This is one of the few issues on which you can actually differentiate the Conservatives from the Liberals. It’ll be interesting to see how often it comes up during the election campaign.

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