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The UFC campaigned in the late 1920s for a "100% pool system" in which the government would market all grain – an idea that was ultimately adopted in part in 1935 with the creation of the
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was a radical farmers organization. It was established in 1926 as the United Farmers of Canada (Saskatchewan Section) as a merger of the Farmers' Union of Canada and the
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The Interprovincial Farm Union Council was formed in 1945 by these and other provincial organizations which, in 1960, became the
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and was reorganized in 1943 as the Alberta Farmers' Union. In 1949 the UFC(SS) became the Saskatchewan Farmers' Union.
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and also operated educational programs for farmers and called for reforms in the health care system and education.
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The United Farmers of Canada (Alberta Section) was formed in 1938 by radical members of the declining
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and decided to enter electoral politics on a socialist platform. In 1932, the UFC(SS) joined with the
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the Saskatchewan Section became more militant under the leadership of
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winning five seats. The FLP affiliated with the new
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