CWB

[parsley]

Heads would roll after they gouged out both
eyes. Who in their right mind rewards militant
cocky incompetence? Pars.

[charliep]

I'm going to leave history for others to analyze/second guess. $60 mln
would not have covered the 2007/08 deficit in the CWB trading activities.
The CWB requests to manage overall risk for the entire pooling process is
well over $1 bln (not saying needed but what they asked for).

Perhaps the note is 5 years have gone by since the first tries at reform and
the organization has not done things to modernize like develop an equity
fund to backstop operations or modernize/simplify their producer payment
options. Many of these things may have required a change to act but no
attempts were made to do this or at least consult with the federal
government/other stakeholders. A expression I heard at a recent meeting is
that the CWB culture likes to manage by confrontation - not collaboration.
Divide and conquer.

[parsley]

Confrontation was by far, the only farmer offense
that was effective AGAINST the CWB.

The alternative, which was working from within to
try and bring about change, meant trying to co-
operate with the lowest, slimey, lying, two-faced,
unprincipled band of thieves anyone could
possibly stuff into a building on Main Street in
Winnipeg. An unsophisticated farmer's
observation, Pqrs.

[Tom4Wildrose]

Charlie,

You wrote..."5 years have gone by since the first tries at reform..."

I remember 1996 like it was yesterday. Our family farm fought tooth and nail every step/year of the way for positive CWB reform. This was at great personal expense and cost for those around me as well. THE CWB could have easily been reformed in a civil manner from within...but the CWB power brokers chose a selfish religion that rational thought and logic could not fix from within. I learned much. As I am sure you did as well.

Just couldn't let you get away with the 5 year thing Charlie!

Grin! <(>;{)

[charliep]

Maybe a sign of aging. 1 year, 5 years and 15 years all seem like the same these days.

Was referring to the marketing task force (and the CWB response in the form of "Harvesting Opportunity") in 2006 and the first real sign a federal government was committed to change.