Mr. Ritz, I've had it with all these losers. The only way that these nobodies could exist if they have my grain so they could make a sale of any worthwhile size. Well, I'm not a willing participant. Kill this useless organization right now or give export permits to all Canadians. This frivilous lawsuit could continue for some time. For the rest of you loser farmers, why don't you sell your farm and come and work for me. You obviosly are are horrible managers if you are unable to sell your own wheat!
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The Canadian Press
Date: Monday Jun. 27, 2011 6:58 PM ET
WINNIPEG — Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board say they're heading back to court to try to stop the federal government's latest move to strip the board of its monopoly.
The group of has filed papers in Federal Court seeking a judicial review of Ottawa's plan to amend or repeal the Canadian Wheat Board Act without consulting farmers first.
"We're just asking the government to follow the wording of the (Canadian Wheat Board) Act and let the producers decide," group spokesman Lyle Simonson, who farms near Swift Current, Sask., said Monday.
The wheat board is the sole marketing agent for prairie wheat or barley and the law prohibits changes without first consulting with the board and then getting approval from farmers.
Whenever Conservatives have been challenged about their failure to put their plan to a farmer vote, they have pointed to the May 2 majority election result and said that is enough.
Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board questions that.
"The legal advice that we've had is they're going against the act," said Simonson.
Luc Labossiere, who farms near St. Leon, Man., said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, who is also responsible for the wheat board, promised at a meeting in Minnedosa, Man., on March 15 to respect farmer democracy.
Farmers have consistently elected directors who support the monopoly to run the wheat board. Eight of the 10 farmer-elected seats are held by pro-monopoly directors.
"Mr. Minister, farmers took you at your word," said Labossiere. "It is dishonest for you to now claim that the May 2 federal election was a farmer vote on the (wheat board)."
Farmers in the three prairie provinces first got together about four years ago to challenge federal plans to unilaterally remove barley from the wheat board's control. They won that battle and Simonson believes their chances look as good now.
"The way the act is worded, and what we're asking, I think we have a very strong case. We're just asking the courts to uphold the wording of the act."
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All this proves... is that the CWB DOES NOT HAVE A MONOPOLY on flour or wheat.
Otherwise growers would not be paying the bill on these ads!
Perfect example of the 'single desk' extracting money from my families bank account... to pad multi-national companies profit margins!
ARE we ever stupid.
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lesm,
If I recall correctly, a decade or so ago, Winnipeg discovered an ordinance still existed, that fined anyone tying their horse up to a hitching post where the coach unloaded.
Some legislation just runs its' course. But the Winnipeg city law remained.
Useless legislation reminded me of the CWB.
The sad player is Allen Oberg.
At a time when the CWB needs desperately to either re-invent itself, or die, the CWB's chairman, a farmer, is a man only able to visualize a government entity able to run a farmers' organization. Oberg wants a government running wheat and barley marketing.
It's sad.
Oberg's leadership can't even seem to conceive of farmers forming a marketing group, and just doing it. He can only claw at the government to do it for the farmers.
1. Deference to government and 2. dependence on government and 3. no self-reliance are the only things Oberg knows, he was brought up that way, and is the only message he is able to deliver to young farmers. The wisdom he has garnered over years of farming amounts to this:
***Farmers have no wheat or barley marketing ability and no future unless the government does it for us. We can't do it without government.***
And worse, what Oberg seems to be really saying to young farmers is this:
**You can never make it on your own. You need someone to think and decide for you.**
It's such a destructive legacy to pass on to children. Make sure nobody does, will you?
Parsley
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Parsley, I think you have accurately described Allan Oberg and his ilk. The only thing I would add is that this personality type also has a sense of entitlement. Sure they might work hard on their farms and have nice families, but they think they're entitled to cheap grain freight rates, gov't tariffs on imports, gov't support when times go bad, and of course they're entitled to tell everyone else how they should market their grain.
In my view the CWB board of directors started to dig the grave of the wheat board with their very first meeting. Oberg just pulled up with a backhoe.
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