Canadian Wheat Board

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:CWB
gptkbp:affects Western Canadian farmers
gptkbp:businessModel monopoly (until 2012)
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:dissolved 2012
federal government policy change
gptkbp:founded 1935
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Winnipeg
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major role in Canadian grain trade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Canadian Wheat Board
gptkbp:industry agriculture
gptkbp:legalStatus gptkb:company
gptkbp:legislature Canadian Wheat Board Act
gptkbp:notableEvent end of single-desk marketing in 2012
privatization in 2012
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Ken_Ritter
gptkb:Ian_White
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Government_of_Canada
gptkbp:product gptkb:wheat
barley
gptkbp:purpose marketing and selling wheat and barley for Western Canadian farmers
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Western_Canada
gptkbp:responsibility grain export
grain marketing
grain pooling
gptkbp:successor G3 Canada Limited
gptkbp:website http://www.cwb.ca/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Repeal_of_the_Canadian_Wheat_Board_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7