Interesting report from the CBC

[parsley]

Well, I'm not exactly sure if farmers should accept what appears to be magic bookeeping that is being presented, either.

Quite a lot of grunt work was done, and the numbers still owing, are not pretty.

Nice pile of manure on the Government's stoneboat.

A decimal is quite important, right Bill? LOL Pars

[bduke]

I agree... a decimal can be very important.

I've heard a period can be extremely important also!

LOL.... Bill

[parsley]

Scheesch, charliep, I'll let you answer that one.

[haveapulse]

If compensation is made should it be to all farmers as individual
payout for losses or a lump sum payment to a new type of CWB that
allows them to set up a contingency fund or some other mechanism
that will increase their chance of survival? Charlie is right on.

Francisco it may be a difficult concept for you (however I note the WWGA were happy to support the dirction of farmer funds from rail overcharges to the Western Grains Foundations, versus vote to return the money to farmers directly (must be charity of a different sort as it seems a bit at odds with the perceived hatred of hand outs, or is it OK if it is handovers?) It is a fact of life that governments intervene in industry and economies, and that the CWB intervention has created inefficiencies which we have paid for.

Perhaps farmers should be simply grateful to be released from the prison and that is sufficient.

But I expect the change in trade patterns will add for a period of time a cost of adjustment.

I believe we have cause to ask the Gov. for contingency funds, to assist in the transitional costs which will occur. Indeed if support for dual marketing is real, the ability to adequately define a decent mechanism of execution should be order.

[parsley]

Let's make sure, before anything,that the Feds aren't still owing, say, thirty billion backup on old CWB sales and are eager to pass the debt off on greenhorns. Pars