Stewart Wells to run in CWB elections

[gustgd]

http://www.swbooster.com/News/Local/2010-09-03/article-1724704/Wells-announces-intention-to-run-in-CWB-director-elections/1

www.vote1wellscwb.ca

[gustgd]

God, How do we keep loosing to these wingnuts.

Can't the people who vote for these NFU clowns do math?

I wonder what would have happened had Ritz and the Conservatives not screwed the pooch and actually had the election rules changes to more accurately reflect farmers?


I thought down in Swift Current, Wall had people convinced "HOPE BEATS FEAR"

[vvalk]

Should he even be eligible to run being an organic farmer? Total conflict of interest. Force everyone else to sell to the monopoly and he gets to buy back his grain for pennies.From what I understand,if you are a director you are not aloud to participate in the PPO programs. Will Steward Wells be able to participate in buy backs for pennies if he gets elected?

[silverback]

Just stop splitting the vote.

[cchurch]

There are no vote splits in a CWB election.

[silverback]

So only 2 people are ever on the cwb ballots?

Really.

[riders2010]

Exactly gustg! But doing that may have led quite likely by now to the opening up of at least the option out. But once that is done the conservatives would actually have to have an agricultural policy directed at the other important issues that are causing industries like cattle, hogs, and grain in disaster areas to see the continual unstability and financial slaughter of farmers. And while they are yanking all of our chains, foreign ownership on the increase, no direction what so ever for ag at all, accountants, lawyers, and property sherriffs are smiling more than ever.
And I should note policy directed at bettering particularly western canada, they are hanging the cwb pork chop in front of us while in the east they are past the cwb and dealing with fixing up their situations that are already better than ours. Kinda makes us westerners all look like idiots, they must be laughing their ass off out east, we elect the government and get our chain yanked!

[bucket]

Don't forget larry hill and stewie wells are related by marriage, not just left wing attitudes.

And as usual the old boys club will prevail when larry hill endorses wells.

As weber keeps reminding everyone " ...its 90% politics..."

[tipsy]

Don't worry about the cwb election rules and eligibility. They only apply to those of us who want change. There was a guy in Manitoba 2 years ago who was using the wheat boards symbol on his signs. No problem there. Our potato head director for district 7 doesn't even live or farm in district 7 go figure. And now a guy who supposedly does even sell to the cwb.
Don't worry about the rules, that highly uncredible group a few friends of the cwb will see that the rules are followed and everything is accountable right to the cwb's favor.

[tipsy]

Gustgd your right,we can only dream and fantasize what would and could of been. When Harper,Ritz and company got elected a lot of us had so much hope and allot of promise for cwb election reforms,but, alas it just isn't happening. I could go on and on but the best way to describe and some up their performance on this cwb file would just one BIG ASS DISSAPOINTMENT!

[cchurch]

Read up on the preferential ballot system and then you will learn why the vote isn't split.

[tipsy]

Gustgd your right,we can only dream and fantasize what would and could of been. When Harper,Ritz and company got elected a lot of us had so much hope and allot of promise for cwb election reforms,but, alas it just isn't happening. I could go on and on but the best way to describe and some up their performance on this cwb file would just one BIG ASS DISSAPOINTMENT!

[parsley]

"Should he even be eligible to run being an organic farmer? Total conflict of interest. Force everyone else to sell to the monopoly and he gets to buy back his grain for pennies."

Interesting comment.

Let's juxtapose and see how these socks fit on the crowing rooster:

"Should a seed grower even be eligible to run? Total conflict of interest. Force everyone else to sell to the monopoly while the registered seed grower gets to buy back his grain for $0.00."

Every time.
For decades.

Mind you, Stu will probably vote towards making sure ALL seed growers start paying "their fair share" through the buyback. But isn't that what we already have at the Board table; except we'd be just widening the scoop shovel? At least Stu is honest about his intent.

Of course, compulsion has never been my way of moving towards a free market, but then again, I am still able to observe that the seed growers SERVING as CWB directors have certainly not served certified organic growers well when I compare myself to registered seed growers seated at the self-serve $0.00 buyback table.

And look at YOU. The average conventional grower is getting the CWB buyback tax straight up the ass, in spite of voting in "their own" sitting at the Board table! Who would guess attacking organics would be the pressing priority?

The meaningful comparison should be the high buybacks conventional farmers are forced to pay vs the no cost buybacks seed growers pay.

That's the real lesson in politics and one the sly avoid broaching.

Parsley

[Fransisco]

Hmmmm, I wonder if he's pro choice?

[parsley]

There are approx 40,000 farmers in Saskatchewan with no more than 2,000 farming organically.


1.Farm organizations could legitimately make the argument that 38,000 conventional farmers choosing to do a buyback at $0.00 as compared to being forced to do, say, a $2.00/ever-changing buyback, would leave a lot of money in the conventional farmers pocket, as it currently does and has always done for the seedgrower's pocket.

Yet, farm organizations seem to deliberately choose to ignore the 38,000 who could benefit the most, and thus be a voting allies.

So, who gains from pointing fingers at 2000 organic farmers who currently pay a reduced buyback tax, compared to full blown conventional buybacks? (btw....do you recall the exhorbitant buyback taxes we paid for years that were routinely deposited in conventional farmers pooling accounts?..{I digress).


Organic farmers do not gain.
....A piddly 2000 Organics is obviously not the problem.
....38,000 farmers do not gain.

So....Why promote division between the two?
Who gains by yelling, "Look at the organic bird?"

Question:
Why will so many of the 38,000 vote for Stu?

Question for the Questioner
Are the principles advertised by the elected/leaders/smugsters the same as the principles they quietly protect?

No wonder each one of the 38,000 will be asking themselves, "Which principle will be dished out to the 38,000 after the election, even if I vote for Mr X?"

At least the 38,000 know where Stu stands, don't they. Pars