Daily Grain Prices in Western Canada - The Western Producer

The following includes average grain prices at various areas in Western Canada in Canadian dollars per metric tonne. Figures are provided by PDQ, which is owned by the Alberta Wheat Commission, and provides information services, cash grain market prices and related statistical data.

The following includes average grain prices at various areas in Western Canada in Canadian dollars per metric tonne. Figures are provided by PDQ, which is owned by the Alberta Wheat Commission, and provides information services, cash grain market prices and related statistical data.

On Monday, Albertans vote on whether to stay in Canada or hold another binding referendum on quitting Canada. If the vote goes as polls suggest, a majority of Albertans will mark an X to stay in Confederation, and Premier Danielle Smith has said if that’s so, she expects everyone to accept it and move on. Leaders of the independence movement contest that. And political watchers are divided about whether separation — previously a fringe sentiment — will now be a prominent, permanent feature of Alberta’s political landscape, as in Quebec. Julian Castro-Rea, a political-science professor at the University of Alberta who studies the separation debates in Quebec and Alberta, believes as long as Alberta feels alienated from the Canadian capital — feeling that Ottawa benefits from Alberta’s resource economy without giving back — the movement will have fuel. “Even if the referendum is lost, the westernization will still be around, because it’s kind of a way which, traditionally, Albertans have related to the rest of Canada,” says Castro-Rea, who believes western alienation may remain indefinitely. Story continues below advertisement