Merchant law suit

[Burbert]

Good fer Comedian framers. Finally a show
of guts fer a change. Here's hopin we all
get a big cheque, from the nationalizing,
sobs. We's getting lean and mean just
like our southern neighbours, let the
Courts decide what is true and correct.
Not a bunch of hillwilliam, suckholing
politicos, tryin ta please the chiseling
marketeering lobby........

[BreadWinner]

No more argrinvest
No more agristability
No more tax reform
No more gst exemptions
No more fuel tax rebates
More fertilizer taxes
More income taxes
On and On
If you want a war Im sure you will get one.

[bucket]

I hope filson has deep pockets to pay Merchant because I am pretty sure Tony(like the railways) will be paid before any farmer sees a dime.

It also makes you wonder how much the former cwb board paid to law firms to pursue law suits.

[BreadWinner]

Tony Merchant is a blood sucker, the residential school debacle landed him some sweet pay. He always takes his share first then your left with the leftovers. Cant believe all you lefty pinkos love the idea of a U.S. style lawsuit.
Ritz can keep my money if its from the CWB, I dont want it or its leftovers.

[TOM4CWB]

OK Wilagro,

Who had a decent year in the farm supply/grain handling business... that counts on direct elected farmers to direct the future of their business?

UFA?

CWB?

SWP-gone;

AWP-gone;

MPE-gone;

UGG-gone;

Federated Co-op is a food, fuel, hardware, farm supply merchandising business... whom I wouldn't mind the new CWB selling out to!

Is that your idea Wilagro???

Why didn't Oberg and his crazy 7 buddies start transition years ago?

Federated proves no 'single desk' is needed to be a sucessful marketer!!!

[sddickson]

The single desk or monopoly is gone.
I really dont give a shit if the CWB dies.
They can keep my share ($4,000. on average, per farmer) to rap things up.
A small price to pay, for marketing freedom, without that commie single desk dictatorship.

[cpallett]

This class action appears to be premature at best, and a complete waste of time and energy at worst.

Not only is the CWB continued (read alive and well) under the new Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act, but the Act also provides for the distribution of assets should the CWB be wound up.

Tough to argue that the manner of distribution of assets is unfair and/or illegal when those assets haven't been distributed yet and continue to be in the posession of a working CWB. Which, of course, makes it well nigh impossible to argue that Canadian farmers have lost the 'benefits' of having the CWB when the CWB is still alive and well (albeit with new management).

[sumdumguy]

What a joke! Spin your wheels, commies.

[Kodiak]

Ok Oberg, Kornychuk, Wells, et al. (Wilagro, Chuckchuck et al) You whine that the CWB has no assets so is incapable of competing. Now you’re suing for $15 Billion because CWB assets are being “confiscated”. Which is it?

[TOM4CWB]

Kodiak,

PLEASE... do NOT confuse the issue by bringing in FACTS!

If I were that Manitoba Court Judge... (looking at the Crazy 8 injunction application) I would really be shaking my head about now!

CWB on the 'single desk' side in 2012 says our wheat is worth 75 cents a bushel LESS now (Spring of 2012),

Than fall 2012 competitive market prices with an inverse futures market of 20 cents on December 2012 futures.

[stonepicker]

I just don't get the ( Has to be a mandatory cwb
group ) They cry out that their rights have been
violated that there was no vote, yet there never was
a vote to put the cwb in. What about the rights of
the individual farmers over the last 70 some years
who never wanted the cwb and would hav preferred
to sell their wheat on their own. Mandatory
confiscation went out with the last great bastion of
true communism ( soviet union ) And that's what it
comes down to for me, the right to sell what i grow
to whomever. Canola is the classic example of
success in the open market, we have value-added
processing, we export it and guess what? It's a
great money maker, year in year out it's the crop
that pays the bills. What a great country, we finally
all have the right of choice to market our wheat!

[mbratrud]

Market Capitalization of Viterra inc. is 4 Billion, They have about 35% Market share. Boy for a CWB that can’t compete in an open Market looks like they are worth enough to buy a Monopoly in Western Canada, if not all of Canada… Sounds like they had they same firm come up with this number as the 500 million losses per year in Market benefits. Must have been Bernie Madoff or Jon Corzinne or someone really good with numbers like those guys. LOL