Aristotle Oberg

[wd9]

FarmRanger, i see you are a scholar of hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.

[Fransisco]

Time to order up a round of Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters!

[Fransisco]

Since we're on the topic of the wheat board and the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy let me cite a quote from The Restaurant at the end of the Universe. Which nicely sums up the thinking of the monos.

``I wonder who this ship belongs to anyway,'' said Arthur.

``Me,'' said Zaphod.

``No. Who it really belongs to.''

``Really me,'' insisted Zaphod, ``look, property is theft, right? Therefore theft is property. Therefore this ship is mine, OK?''

[Fransisco]

Please explain?

[TOM4CWB]

dschill,

Get them to stop telling us false info... and stealing our money and padding the pooling accounts.

This is not an emotional block...

For a commercial grower... it is the fact that the monkeys are running our marketers... and have not a clue how to effectively manage our assets... that we must entrust to these folks that do not have any experience at building assets for which they have been responsible for... that have been entrusted to them.

How much asset building did Chair OBERG do on the board of directors of AWP and Agricore United????

What has Rod Flaman done... that would lead anyone to the understanding that he understands financial management?

Stewart Wells has built the NFU into a powerhouse that has a strong influence... on who?

What has ward w done but make blunder after blunder... and he has been in charge for how many years?

dschill... this is not a hate/love thing... we NEED these people to wake up and start working FOR 'designated area' grain growers!

Why do you not get it?

The CWB has a $30/t lower cost base to west coast ports... and should be able to beat the US system... cash to cash... any day of the week... with the quality we can grow!

Why do you not get it???

[bluefargo]

Dschill
I'm with Francisco. What's your idea? Let's hear it.

[silverback]

Because farmers who desire freedom to market their own grain desire to not sit in a jail cell away from their families.

They also have no faith that the current government in Ottawa would do anything different for them than the last one did who put people in those jail cells.

The conservatives won't stand up against the RCMP who lay charges against a farmer protecting his family and property, why would they stand up for a simple farmer who doesn't believe in the wheat board?

[TOM4CWB]

A pole to decide how to spend my money?

I am both offended and angry why permission is not sought... before the asset is spent.

Aristotle Oberg has no right to extinguish my families property rights!

[dschill]

Why do I NOT get it???

We the farmers of Ontario organized and rallied, demanded change with just cause and plausible evidence. It was reviewed and changed...We now have dual marketing system where we are NOT bound by the board and their decisions. We can sell to whom-ever/whenever we want whether domestic or export, yes export. The millers now must anti-up to real market values and bid for the grain, instead of sucking the pools dry at their leisure, while the farmers received the lowest prices for wheat at times in North America... Their are still many farmers whom still rely on POOL system as they may not have the knowledge, volumes or marketing experience to justify trying their own marketing. Now that we have accountability of sorts because of dual marketing system, the board has performed much better and can at times out-bid competitors for the product...or pools outperforming cash contracts... The board has become a true trading/merchandising house with one thing in mind....PROFITABILITY. This change of STAFF, MENTALITY and VISION at the Ontario Wheat Board has strengthened and expanded the Ontario wheat industry exponentially.

TOM4CWB I do get it, I'm not ignorant of your situation. I'm not advocating NFU or any other type of radical change within the farming social network. I'm wondering what the title of the blog asks. I believe if their is really such an injustice, "WHICH I DO" that enough farmers will get fed up "WHICH THEY WILL" that they will drag their MP's and communities on buses/planes/trains and make their way to Ottawa and demand change. Thats what we did.....Not to mention had great, outspoken farmer/directors board with a vision for the future and younger generations.
I understand your issues with logistics are far more dynamic and the strangle hold CN has over grain company's and farmers must be eronious. But "I'M" of the opinion....Let the market figure it-self out. Other grain company's would be tickled to work outside the board, and have the ability to arbitrage their freight and grain better....Theirs too much $$$ on the table. YOU know that better than anybody!

[TOM4CWB]

Silverback,

It is not the place of any MP or even the PM... to tell judges or law enforcement what to do. ONLY the law can do this. It is our responsibility to change the law... and the minority parliament is the problem... not the Conservative Party of Canada... when the CWB is concerned!