CWB Barley Study Released (Update)

[LWeber]

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Good am Larry;

Why not ask the CWB folks hell bent on a vote, how the producer voted in 1945. I don't believe the veteran who fought for Canada in WW 11, then came home to find his right to a free market was gone was very happy. I don't believe there was a producer vote at that time...

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While Canadians were helping to save your sorry asses from Hitler, making sure you had freedom; including your freedom to move here; our farmer's marketing freedom was taken away to provide you with cheap food.

So tell me Grassfarmer...how did the farmers vote in 1945?

[Jay-mo]

Good point Weber, no vote to inact the CWB monopoly, why one to revoke it?

The CWB always talks from both sides of their mouth. So we have a vote on barley and the vote goes in favor of an open market. The CWB then says only an act of government can change the act.
Then when the government removes the monopoly, the say only a vote by farmers can change it.
Fire them all. Along with Sellinger and the NDP.

[grassfarmer]

Not me that can't read TOM - not one attempt at answering the question;

Quit with the diversionary tactics and answer the question - how can TOM now claim the CWB has such great brand value if it's as bad/poor/inept as he's always made it out to be?? It's nonsensical garbage the same as most of what he spouts.

[Fransisco]

Since we're on the subject of voting.

How many farmers got to vote on the CWB buying those Chinese built Lakers?

Zero!

How many directors actually ran on the platform of buying Lakers?

None!

And when it comes to the WTO voting on the future of State Trading enterprises, whats the CWB position on that again?

Oh yeah, bugger off, we don't care how you vote.

Then there's the barley plebiscite. Did the CWB respect that vote?

No way.

Oh yeah these guys are real Democratic. (sarcasm on)

[jdepape]

A history of farmer votes:

The single desk was bestowed upon the CWB in 1943 by parliament. Farmers did not get to vote on it.

The single desk was meant to be temporary - every five years, the feds voted to continue it. Farmers didn't get to vote on it.

In 1967, the federal government decided they didn't want to keep voting on the single desk every five years so they voted to make it permanent. Farmers didn't get to vote on it.

The CWB bought railcars. Farmers did not get to vote on it.

The Crow Rate was “retired” in 1995, by Jean Chretien’s liberal government. Farmers were undoubtedly the group most affected by this, yet they did not get to vote on it.

The same liberal government amended the CWB Act in 1998, sharing governance with a board of 15 directors, including 10 elected by farmers. Although farmers were the ones most affected, they did not get to vote on it.

Just weeks after the conclusion of the latest CWB farmer-director election, the CWB board approved the use of farmers’ money to purchase two lakers. And – you guessed it – farmers did not get to vote on it.

[tipsy]

Fransisco and jdepape the two of you are missing one very important part of recent cwb demorctact history. When the organic industry in western canada was confiscated or expropraited by the cwb board of directors there was no producer vote. The organic growers democrary would not be needed. Thank you very much!!

[Fransisco]

Good point tipsy! There's probably a few more examples.

Did we get to vote on any of the PPO's ?