We Won!!!!!!

[gustgd]

Mb. court of queens bench rules no grounds for injunction of C-18

more to follow.

[TOM4CWB]

GGust;

Great to see logic and rational legal decisions are still possible in Canada!

Cheers!

[lnjr]

Great News!!

[parsley]

yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. yes .....

[Braveheart]

Pars, I'll have what you're having!

[freewheat]

Me too, please! HA!

[LWeber]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFpnPZpFTEk

[redbaron]

If you want to read the ruling. 29 pages - some
interesting points made by the judge. He looked at it
very carefully.
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/02/24/manitoba-
court-will-not-suspend-wheat-board-law

[gustgd]

Lets hope this well thought out, and reasoned ruling ends the BS class action suits once and for all.

Now farmers and grain companies can do business deals and not have this uncertainty hanging over them. Basis can narrow and the world turns.

Great to see the judge firmly reject every single one of the plaintiffs arguments. It’s clear from his decision that he felt their arguments had no merit at all.

The judge looks like he spent quite a bit of time writing this, trying not to have it turned over on appeal.

FWIW My prediction is that the NFU will appeal to supream court. The court will decide not to hear it.
Lot's of money will be spent and only lawyers will win.

[gustgd]

Little bird told me that Stewart Wells cannot be reached for comment.

[bucket]

Maybe he is laying on some mainline railway tracks trying to get some press on his own dime.

[Fransisco]

Just went through it.

Looks like the crazy 8 lost on all counts. The judge rejected all of their argument.

[Fransisco]

I mean arguments.

[Fransisco]

http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE81N1A420120224

Manitoba court will not suspend Canada Wheat Board law

Reuters) - A Manitoba court cleared away some of the uncertainty surrounding Western Canada's move to an open grain market on Friday, rejecting a request to suspend a federal law that ends the Canadian Wheat Board's marketing monopoly.

The court case, one of several challenges to Ottawa's decision to scrap the Wheat Board's monopoly, was launched by eight former directors of the CWB who wanted farmers to decide whether to keep the monopoly.

The directors' case, which was heard before the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, had left the grain industry uncertain about the scheduled end of the monopoly in August and whether they should sign contracts with producers.

The judge dismissed the directors' motion and said there would be no injunction to suspend the new law.

"I have concluded that the plaintiffs have not demonstrated that there is a serious question to be tried," wrote Judge Shane Perlmutter in the 29-page court document.

The Canadian government passed legislation in December ending the CWB's marketing monopoly over Western Canada's wheat and barley for milling or export. Once the law passed, the government took control of the board by removing the eight farmer-elected directors.

The new law allows grain handlers, millers and farmers to sign forward-delivery contracts for 2012 crops.

A Federal Court ruled in December that Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz had breached the existing law by not consulting with the Wheat Board or holding a farmer vote before introducing the legislation. Ottawa has appealed that ruling.

That ruling did not kill the bill, but the board's supporters subsequently asked the Manitoba court to strike down the law until another court could decide whether it is valid.

Canada is the top exporter of spring wheat, durum and malting barley, which fell under the CWB monopoly.

The eight directors are still challenging the validity of the new law and two other groups are launching class action suits against Ottawa to recoup damages for farmers from the monopoly's removal.

The case is Court File CI 11-01-75257 before the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba, Winnipeg Centre. It is between Allen Oberg, Rod Flaman, Cam Goff, Kyle Korneychuk, John Sandborn, Bill Toews, Stewart Wells and Bill Woods; and the Attorney General of Canada.

[wilagro]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/82712435/CWB-injunction-ruling

Here is the ruling.