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Canada's EconomyEconomy

What is the Canadian Wheat Board associated with?

  1. A private company that processes wheat in Ontario
  2. A government agency that regulated the marketing of wheat and grain from Prairie farmers
  3. A federal program providing subsidies to Prairie farmers
  4. An international organization regulating grain prices

Why this is the correct answer

Established as a federal marketing agency, the Canadian Wheat Board controlled the sale and export of wheat and barley grown by Prairie farmers for most of the twentieth century. It was designed to give Prairie grain producers more bargaining power and stable income in global markets.

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