Producer input sought on Canadian Grain Commission user fee surplus
LETHBRIDGE — The $107 million accumulated surplus from Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) user fees has been a sore point for the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.
The association is pleased with the commission’s 60-day consultation to reduce user fees and examine different ways to deal with the surplus, which was accumulated due to a larger volume of grain sold than originally projected.
Association president Levi Wood would like to see a larger decrease made immediately. However, he says they’re not asking for cuts to services, but want the fees to reflect more closely what their costs are.
Grain producers have until May 1, 2017, to provide input on the Commission’s user fee update proposal, and on what to do with the surplus funds.