The CWB Debate Gets Personal

[TOM4CWB]

CeePen,

As you obviously know... this is NOT about the numbers.


The CWB does not 'market' grain... because it never owns it... and the CWB has no obligation or responsibility to seek out the best and highest value of that product for the grower who grew it.

Instead the CWB 'Sells' grain...The CWB is a: religious, socialist, communist organisation.


Religious because you must have 'faith' in the CWB to believe they serve your farm well... NOT an examination of the numbers;

Socialist: because the CWB believes government statutes and control is better to; create and maintain efficiencies and value, to those individual citizens... the CWB is supposed to serve;

Communist: because they believe the 'Single Desk' will create prosperity and additional value... instead of the hard work and innovative ideas of the individual grower to prosper their farm and create value.

Sadly it does not matter how much 'faith' you have in the CWB... it still sells the grain it possesses in the same manner... with the same result... a depreciation of value because the CWB never produced or owned the grain in the first place. THIS is vastly different than the private trade who buys, owns; and then must sell (and create/add value) to the grain they then possess.

[Fransisco]

tipsy, thanks for that. And thanks for going to have a look for yourself. Like you say its not that hard to do and if more farmers would just do the odd price check every now they would get a very rude awakening.

[CeePen]

Sorry Tom, but I'm just an economist. I'll leave the philosophical arguments to someone else who's more qualified.

[Fransisco]

agstar said, "Mr. Depape believes in a single desk , it just wouldn't be the CWB."

Care to explain yourself for once?

[Fransisco]

jensen said," i wish the cwb would disappear just on the basis of property rights but to expect a wonderful new world after is dreaming in technicolor."

There was a wonderful, and much more profitable, new world in Oat's after it was freed from the shackles of the CWB.

I also don't see the Ontario farmers agitating to go back to the good old days of their single desk.

[sumdumguy]

I think there would be many desks just like Special Crops- not to mention lots of processing and jobs for people in small communities.

[cchurch]

I think all you scared of communism or socialism should burn all your pension cheques when they come in.

[jdepape]

agstar:

LOL!

No really - I seriously laughed out loud when I read that!

You guys can't defend against the numbers or the arguments that go with them so you try to conjure up something sinister about my intentions. Too funny.

[hoppsing]

Well now, Mr Depape. Just who is paying you? a) WCWG, b) WBGA, c) Alta govt, d) Conservative Party of Canada, e) all of the above. Talk about interference in the election process! Oh, well. The point is you do a very good job of missing key points and/or distorting the facts. You tell your audience what they want to hear and they love you for it! I, for one, have been very pleased with the CWB's GDCs and EPOs that have consistently given me at least a $0.50/bu premium over domestic bids. And I know I will be getting substantial future payment(s), something that I tend to doubt would happen in a open market. Domestic values still have not reached CWB values. Why do you not mention that livestock numbers are down, and there have been plenty of feed substitutes available (wheat and corn DDGs) so domestic feeders have not had to bid up the feed barley to CWB values. I have also noted that U.S. barley bids have been consistently below CWB values (in the so called open market).

[freewheat]

Mr. Depape,

What are you, uh uh uh American or something? Or far right? Or uh uh republican? or uh uh, paid by big oil? Or by uh uh, the tobacco industry, or uh uh (insert really lame far leftist what they think is an insult here).

Sheesh, a guy has free thinking ideas and he is insulted, or attempted to be insulted. See, leftists are hurt by insults, thats why they use 'em. From liberal mps calling Deb Grey a big fat cow, to pointing a handgun at all canadians faces, to stealing their money. They think it frightens or makes conservatives so upset they won't sleep at night. Unfortunately for them we laugh and roll our eyes.

If a conservative questions the koran for example, using passages it proclaims, liberals are hurt and can't sleep at night. LOL

Liberals want women to "have the right to choose" to kill their unborn, but want guns banned, and farmers forced to use the stinking wheat board.
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