Misson Terminal and the CWB

[JohnGalt]

Mission also loads lots of lentils.

This whole union complaint sounds way too scary to me.

Maybe we should start allocating that GM/Ford/Dodge should only make equal amounts of new trucks available for sale. Then all the union workers will be equally busy.

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"February 16, 2006
Earlier, Lang and Mitchener LLP announced it had retained the services of federal Tory campaign co-chair John Reynolds as a strategic advisor. And who will he be advising, you may wonder? Well, the news release notes the firm is "building strength in key areas of specialization" like "natural resources, gaming, U.S. securities and China practices." But, according to the federal government records, Lang and Mitchener is also presently lobbying Ottawa on behalf of a number of interests, including: the Dairy Farmers of Canada; Ketcham Investments Inc., a Seattle investment firm that co-owns West Fraser Mills Ltd. with Tysa Investments Inc.; and the Upper Lakes Group Inc., a private Toronto company that operates one of the largest fleets on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. "

[jdepape]

JohnGalt:

you've missed the point (well, at least the point I'm trying to make). To me, the union complaint is just a symptom of a problem - not the real problem at all.

Last year, the CWB represented 75% of all the grain going through the port.

The situation appears to be the CWB is shutting out 90% of the capacity on about half of 75% of the grain flowing through the port.

When someone has that much control of your business and appears to be acting non-commercially, its the sign of a problem. For the operators and farmers alike.

First processors shun Canada as a place to invest - now we may have a tough time keeping grain handlers here.

[LWeber]

Keep digging...

Absolute power corrupts absolutely...

Can an Acredited Exporter with no facilities dictate where his CWB sales are loaded to help an old friend?

After all they are entiltled to their entitlements:

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/manitoba-movers-92073999.html

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WHICH TWO SHIPYARDS WILL EMERGE THE WINNERS IN THE NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING PROCUREMENT STRATEGY?
By Dave Pugliese Wed, Sep 22 2010 COMMENTS(7) David Pugliese’s Defence Watch
Filed under: National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy



By David Pugliese

Defence Watch





Which two shipyards will come out on top in the race to be named the federal yards that will be responsible for building 1,000 tonne non-combat ships and combat ships? Two yards will be selected late next year.



What yards are likely the strong contenders for this strategy. Industry officials point to the following yards who they say could do the job (let me know if I’ve left anyone out):



Peter Kiewit Infrastructure Co., Marystown, Newfoundland



Halifax Shipyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia



Davie Yards, Lévis, Québec



Upper Lakes Group, (Port Weller Drydocks) St. Catharines, Ontario



Washington Marine Group (Vancouver and Victoria Shipyards, Vancouver Dry Dock), Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia




Ian Mack, the Defence Department’s director general major project delivery (land and sea), said the strategy is not designed to rationalize the country’s shipyards.



“They haven’t been building a lot of 1,000 ton ships and up for the last 10 years,” said Mack, the Defence Department’s director general major project delivery (land and sea). “They’ve already rationalized repair and overhaul and other capabilities. What we’re offering to a couple of shipyards the opportunity to rebuild that capability as a strategic asset for the nation. We’re not out to take anything away from any shipyards.”



“This is not a rationalization of shipyards,” he adds. “This is a selection of two shipyards with a fair amount of government support to enhance their capabilities to satisfy the call the Canadian government needs. It isn’t about rationalizing shipyards at all.”

[bucket]

Ward is guaranteeing himself a job by sending the grain to Adrian.

And Paul Martin is pulling the strings.

Liberals, goodale, ward, adrian all protecting their own interests using farmers money.

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2009

"Pat Loduca
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Upper Lakes Group Inc.

Pat Loduca was born in Toronto and joined Upper Lakes Group in 1988. He obtained his designation as a Certified General Accountant shortly
thereafter.

He held several positions in the company before being promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2005.

Upper Lakes Group Inc. is one of Canada’s largest marine transportation companies. It is privately owned and has been in existence since 1932. The head office is located in Toronto, and it also has several offices across Canada.
The company owns 16 large bulk carriers on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. These vessels are
operated and marketed through Seaway Marine Transport, a partnership of Upper Lakes and an
unrelated company.

Upper Lakes was one of the pioneers in the development of the self-unloading concept on vessels in the lakes and ocean trades. The company owns two grain elevators, two grain trading companies, a fuel bunkering service and several ship repair and industrial plants.

Upper Lakes is a partner
in McAsphalt Marine Transportation Ltd., a venture which owns and operates tug barge unitsengaged in the transportation of liquid asphalt and
residual fuels. Through MarineLink and its recent acquisition, the MarineLink Explorer, Upper Lakes is exploring inland waterway solutions for the
movement of truck trailers, containers and project cargoes.

Mr. Loduca is a Director of several companies within the Upper Lakes Group and a Director of several marine associations."

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THE ALBERTA GAZETTE, PART I, MARCH 15, 1997

UPPER LAKES GROUP INC. Registration No:
21726953 registered as an amalgamated corporation
in Alberta on 97 FEB 18. The registered office is:
4500-855 2 ST SW/CALGARY AB T2P 4K7. The
corporations that amalgamated are:
THORNMARK CORPORATION
JACKES SHIPPING INC.
ULS CORPORATION
UPPER LAKES GROUP INC.


UPPER LAKES GROUP INC. Extra-Provincial Corp
Registered. 97 Feb 18 Registered Address: 4500-855
2 St SW, Calgary AB, T2P 4K7. No: 21726953.

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Mr. Marcel J. Rivard (President and Chief Executive Officer, Upper Lakes Group Inc.): Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. I would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to review our concerns with regard to the Canadian Coast Guard marine service fees as they are presently being considered.

I'm here with Captain John Greenway, who is our general manager of operations. We're a privately owned company, and like our friends the Patersons, we're one of the last Canadian-owned carriers on the Great Lakes. We've been in shipping and shipping-related businesses for the past 64 years. We currently operate 21 ships on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. We employ approximately 800 crew members, all of whom are Canadian. Our cargoes include grain, iron ore, coal, cement, limestone, salt and various aggregates. Our fleet is made up of both self-unloaders and conventional bulkers, and our ports of call range from Thunder Bay right through the St. Lawrence River to Belledune and les Îles-de-la- Madeleine.

Upper Lakes Group also owns and operates a grain elevator in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, and we jointly own two shipyards with Canada Steamship Lines, one in St. Catharines and one in Thunder Bay.

We're also one of nine companies that form the Seaway Users Group, which is currently involved in the commercialization of the seaway system. So we are very much a part of Canada's marine industry.

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Soumat:

http://www.missionterminal.ca/ourpeople-en.php

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Dec/2009:

9 - Boundary Trails Railway Company: Young farmers go back to the future
"Maybe older farmers here had just lost too many times to big corporations to think they had any chance to save their rail line. And maybe they'd just seen too many grain elevators demolished, too many rail lines ripped up -- over 3,000 kilometres in Canada in the past dozen years -- and their voice in the grain industry reduced to a whimper, to think they could change things," the Winnipeg Free Press reported on Dec. 11.
"Then a group of young farmers in their 20s and 30s proved them wrong. ... In June, they bought the line and formed Manitoba's newest rail company, the Boundary Trails Railway Company. ... The (Regional Municipality) of Pembina chipped in $400,000 -- some of the compensation, as mandated by the Canada Transportation Act, that it received for line abandoned within its borders. The province chipped in a $615,000, not repayable unless the line is sold, and Ottawa $1 million. Mission Terminal Inc., with a terminal in Thunder Bay, became a 20 per cent shareholder," Free Press reporter Bill Redekop wrote.

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So, let's see if we can figure this out.....the CWB's old boy, Adrian Measner is the grain handler.

The CWB's old boy, Gordon Machej is still a CWB accredited agent:

Customers
Accredited exporters

Accredited exporter
Company: Eagle Sterling Co. Limited
Contact Person: Trading Dept.
Telephone Number: 1-514-482-2601
E-mail Address: trading@eaglesterling.com
Fax Number: 1-204-947-2271

Regional Coverage: Europe / Africa, Mid-East / Former Soviet Union
Commodity: Wheat, Durum Wheat


I wonder if Gordon Machej and Adrian measner know each other?

Nah.

I always get these ....notions....don't I, fran.
Pars

[furrowtickler]

Connect the dots, your right on track bucket.