CWB - Open Letter.

[farmaholic]

What about the Producers who delivered to the New CWB and were told $5/tonne would go to an equity stake in the privatized company, whatever that will look like?

[bucket]

The same as they when it was done with equity in the swp.

It's a feel good thing. Really.

[bucket]

Mulroney is the connection to ADM. I think he sits or sat on their board.

[riders2010]

Wow like he d know a *** thing about our business. That's about as big a joke for a money grab the upper class entitlists as harpers puppet wallin who sat on that board of some mining company. No wonder this world is screwed.

[Hopperbin]

Can anyone explain to me why they need a partner in the first place? Are they not doing just fine now? Just thinking they should stay crown. Or get bought out provincially. Why the rush anyway? Open the books. Coop it. Pay the farmers that use them dividends.

[sumdumguy]

Hopper, totally agree, what's the problem to all of a sudden can't manage without giving it away. Geez, these guys think we're ignorant!

[wmoebis]

I agree hopper. Ritz is running it now turn it over to farmers let them elect the BOD, if they go broke too bad. We have open market let farmers compete with big industry.

It is farmers assets anyway. OR is it?

[farmaholic]

For discussion's sake, remember John DePape's analogy?" Like expecting you own part of Canada Post because you bought stamps for decades...

Funny not all of Canadian Producer's HAD to use them though.

The end result will resemble the governing parties ideological view of business and nothing more. Definitely no Co-op type structure. And what was wrong with Weyburn Inland Terminals success?

[bucket]

There was nothing wrong with WIT success.

P&H saw a window to make a pennies on the dollar bid and they got it.

The problem was with the owners and selling out.

Less competition in that area now.

If the cwb partners with a major it doesn't create competition it lessen it.

ADM has a foot print in canada already.

That is not additional competition.

A Grass Roots company would provide competition.

A don't sell yourselves short. Farmers have financed more of this industry than we realize. We do have market strength but not the way we are going about it now. Why? Because politicians keep us purposely divided. NFU vs wcwga is an easy divide and conquer. And the leaders of both are too stupid to realize they are the fiddle strings.

[bucket]

For instance Ritz thinks he is doing his job by writing to the western producer every second week responding to Wells or kyle.

And another organization cheers him on.

Pretty simple.

[bucket]

What tune would you guys call that?

[foragefarmer]

This has nothing to do with what farmers want for the future of the CWB, weather it remains as an independent private company, be partnered with another player, of sold out right.

This is strictly, PM Harper making the decision on the future of the CWB. When Harper was the leader of the National Citizens Colation in the 1990's, he was continuity fighting against the CWB as the farmers marketing agent. Harper got paid to this, and it was one of his main focuses when there. This was the only true job Harper ever held besides politics (forget about the mail room clerk position in an oil company).

This is all part of Harper's ideology. Harper never want's the CWB to have the chance to resurrect in any way shape or form when he loses power, as it would haunt him forever. Harper doesn't give a hoot on the future of the CWB or how it could serve the best interests of farmers, plain and simple.

Ritz is nothing more than his puppet front man, who is incapable of even running an ostrich farm let alone be an Ag Minister.