The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees wants Canada to buy back the Canadian Wheat Board from a consortium headed by the Saudi Grains Organization.
The union says it’s not right that Canadian grain exports are under the control of a Saudi Arabian company after the country broke off diplomatic relations and declared it will no longer buy Canadian wheat and barley.
It also recalled its ambassador and about 20,000 students on scholarships at Canadian schools and universities.
The G3 Global Grain Group bought the Canadian Wheat Board after the previous Conservative government stripped it of its long-held monopoly over the export of Prairie-grown wheats.
The union also noted that there are some Prairie farm groups that have called for the buyback of the board and restoration of its grain-exporting monopoly.
