Ritz broke the law...

[Braveheart]

Cpallett, the shortfall of your argument is that Justice Campbell is human, with prejudices, pride and other human failings. Thus the need for an appeal court, providing regress and protection for all petitioners.

You also haven't allowed for the fact that in the adversarial theater of open court some lawyers fail to present their case well enough.

In this case, if Justice Campbell thought there has not been enough consultation he must be living under a rock. It has been the most polled issue ever in ag.

errare humanum est

[liberty]

"So, if Minister Ritz insists on pushing through the legislation to abolish the Wheat Board without a referendum of affected producers....
Simply put, section 47.1 of the Canadian Wheat Board Act requires a vote by "the producers of the grain" in favour before the Wheat Board can be abolished."

The last time I looked, the legislation the government is passing in no way abolishes the CWB. Eliminating the single desk is not equivalent to abolition.

At this point, though, I would favour a simple repeal of the entire Act, followed by the sale of the assets of what I have come to believe is a largely worthless entity. There's nothing there worth saving anymore.

[cpallett]

Braveheart and liberty,

My bad. The full text of s. 47.1 reads:

"47.1 The Minister shall not cause to be introduced in Parliament a bill that would exclude any kind, type, class or grade of wheat or barley, or wheat or barley produced in any area in Canada, from the provisions of Part IV, either in whole or in part, or generally, or for any period, or that would extend the application of Part III or Part IV or both Parts III and IV to any other grain, unless
(a) the Minister has consulted with the board about the exclusion or extension; and
(b) the producers of the grain have voted in favour of the exclusion or extension, the voting process having been determined by the Minister."

No vote, no fundamental change in the way the CWB does business. So repeal 47.1 and carry on. Why the heck didn't Ritz's minions figure that one out?

By the way, I sure hope Justice Campbell is human, and every other judge in Canada also. To err is indeed human, but at least it means there is a beating heart in there somewhere that can be appealed to. Would you prefer a machine's version of justice?