Ottawa Names New CGC Chief Commissioner

The federal government has appointed David Hunt as the new Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). Hunt, who was officially named to the post on Tuesday, replaces the outgoing Doug Corney, whose four-year term was extended to the end of this month while the search for his successor continued. Hunt's four-year term as chief commissioner of the CGC will officially begin May 13. Hunt is a long-term Manitoba civil servant, having joined that province’s agriculture department