Marketing Freedom Day

[wilagro]

Perhaps you "Pseudo-Freedom Fighters" will be celebrating a "WAKE" in another year or so if things don't turn out the way you are dreaming of.

Remember..."United we stand...divided we fall."

[parsley]

Wil, we can stand together. Pool together. Sell
together. Those who wish to band together,
such as a Hutterite colony does, or such as a co-
op does, will set their own rules.

The only difference is you can't throw me in jail
for not participating in the plan. Ontario can't
throw me in jail for not participating in their plan.

I've always sensed in your arguments Wil, that
you are not completely comfortable with forced
participation. Am I wrong? Pars.

[wilagro]

parsley: You are right, I was never comfortable with the forced participation in the CWB marketing plan but that is the way it was set up. Changes could have been made for an opt-out or opt-in clause but nothing was ever done to my knowledge...other than talk.

We may lose a valuable marketing advantage under this Con government and despite the rosy predictions of the anti-s the future may bring disappointments and even more uncertainty.

There is a lot of hype being thrown around. Time will tell and it won't make one bit of difference to me after I take my inevitable dirt nap. At my age every day is a coin toss.

[parsley]

Organics tried, over and over again, through
briefs and meetings and calls, and lobbying, to
have our whole industry bypass the Board.

They could have easily issued automatic export
licenses to each and every organic grower. We
are 100% identifiable via a certification system.
And have an audit system to thwart 'slippage'

The CWB was totally unreasonable according to
my judgement I found they were devious.
Unaccountable. Unfair. Lied to parliament and
growers. Arrogant. Smug. And worse, acted like
an institution that feels they are beyond the law

Imho: Their management/ boards cared nothing
for farmers. The bottom line for me was the
Wheat Board had no respect for those who fed
them. Past ministers have viewed farmers as
their personal herd to manage. IMHO

I swore they would learn the folly of their
mistakes. As did the FFJ. As did many farmers.
As did many farm groups.

And they will.

And yes, Wil, as you well realize, freedom is
never free. Pars.