CWB are now shipowners

[agstar77]

Do you remember we still own railcars? The difference?

[highwayman]

Kind of reminds me of Sask Wheat Pool buying and operating there own trucking fleet back in the early 90's. We all know how well that went for them. Or is this just a strategic move by the board to make it more difficult for the feds to remove the single desk when they whine about how the ships wont pay without a monopoly on Western Canada.

[lesm]

Is Ian White and his Board of Directors out of their effen minds? These losers can't sell our grain for a descent price, let alone run a steamship company! Does anyone have the E-mail addresses for the above morons?

[parsley]

Quite some years ago, the St Lawrence Seaway region/ Eastern ports were in a financial twitch because their harbors were deteriorating,& needing dredging, & their lake traffic and profits declining etc.

A project was undertaken to fix St Lawrence and terminal and port woes.

In a nutshell,it was recommended to slam more Western grain through the East. Pars

[parsley]

[Burbert]

I agrees wit yous here on Angriville. We
should continue to think SMALL. Greed,
snivelling and whinning will carry the
day. Any progressive move forward steps,
taken by the CWB should be quashed
immediately!!!!

[parsley]

<p></p>
<p><strong>[URL="http://fare.uoguelph.ca/files/Andrew%20Reed%20paper.pdf"](Is this guy tryin' to say agstar shouldn't get a grant for a study on straight combining turnips?)[/URL]</strong></p>Whew!

[JDGreen]

i would like to see the blue prints for these ships. I am concerned there may be no fitness rooms or child care facilities for the staff.

[parsley]

More grain through the East.
Ships.
Next will be buying terminals at port?

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<p><strong>[URL="http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ALGOMA-CENTRAL-CORPORATION-cnw-1393801979.html?x=0"](The press can ask questions but farmers are chopped liver?)[/URL]</strong></p>

[gustgd]

I may be wrong but... Was Kornechuck not on Sask Wheat Pools board of Directors, when their reach exceeded their grasp?

We just had an election this issue did NOT come up once? or is it as Kim Campbell once said "elections are no place to talk about issues"

I have heard this issue though. It was at the Combine to customer course in 2004. At that time though they were talking Ocean freight.

You heard it here first folks.

[silverback]

I guess since these ships are purchased from China we can expect to maybe see increases in shipments there? Right? I take it there are no North American shipbuilders anymore? There wouldn't be any political influence on the choice of ships purchased would there?

[TOM4CWB]

Agstar77,

You can buy all the ships you want.... and keep whatever you make.

DO NOT charge this to the CWB pool accounts...

I must already cross subsidise your freight to east coast ports...

NOW my family must buy you boats to send your grain east?

There is no way my grain will ever use your ship Agstar77!

So I am expected to cross subsidise the titanic... while you shift the deck chairs?

WOW... ONLY in Canada... you say?