Mansbridge and Harper interview

[Oliver88]

Observations of video:
I notice CWB is one of the sponsors for that segment "Market Prospects".
A point not made by professor was that oil traffic has increased rapidly since the CWB single desk.

On a positive note, the extended inter switching by US railways would improve our grain movement to the US.

[Oliver88]

Time for Gomeshi, Mansbridge, CBC, and their billion$ budget to go.

Canada is an energy superpower, no disputing that. Eastern Liberals cheering on an oil price slide and blaming Harper is ridiculous.

Why foragefarmer wished Harper didn't take cover from an Islamic terrorist is pathetic.

[CptnObvious]

I farm in NW Sask.
In 2009/10 net western wheat sales were about $248/t and final payments were about$230/t. 2008/9 was about $320/$275 and 2007/8 was $390/$355 and so on( est. from a bar chart).
Most analysts will tell you the RRs last year moved a reasonable but not a humongous amount of grain, and the biggest snarl in the system was the lack of co-ordination( wrong product waiting for the wrong ships waiting for...). The CWB single desk handled co-ordination quite well.

[blackpowder]

That last sentence is evidence of what happens when revisionists are unimpeded.

[Hamloc]

I have been a big supporter of Harper in the past and there have certainly been some mistakes in the last few years that make me question my support. Foragefarmer I am curious what you think the Libs would do under Justin that would be so much better? Do you think a carbon tax is the answer? Are you interested in wealth redistribution? Green power in Ontario which was helped by government subsidy has proven to be an overpriced farce for the consumer. Do you think we should spend billions on gov subsidized child care? First and foremost are you prepared for higher taxes to fund more government? Is Harper perfect certainly not but the alternatives appear even less palatable!

[gustgd]

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[Braveheart]

Forage, be thankful you live in Canada. Hate like yours would get you on a list , or worse, in many other countries.

[tubs]

totally agree hamloc it is difficult to do everything just right

[Horse]

vvalk where do you farm right on the border?? Mabey gov leaseed cheap land mabey gov subsidised iregation AKA welfare farming. Very convient to US markets but some of us have to ship hundreds of mi to get to border ,, It was nice having an elevator and grain handling system so all I had to wory about was producing a crop the best I could. If I wanted to be a grain marketer why bother farming??

[bucket]

You guys keep arguing.

It's exactly what government and industry wants.

Neither side is right. Bottom line is farmers are getting ****ed and instead of getting on the same page you argue like school girls over their first boyfriend.

Sheesh.

[vvalk]

Wow horse not smart enough to grow a crop and sell it? Only gre wheat and malt barley? You make the statement why farm if you have to do more then just grow it. That may be the most narrow minded comment ever
There is trucking going on from edm down to south of Idaho. No excuses as to how far you are from the border.
Captobvious. You use percentages of the cwb own numbers. What does it matter if they gave back 90% of a price they came up with. Pretty easy to say I do such a good job when you control all the information. Just trust us!!
On top of that in a big crop you could only sell 40%. Solves a lot of transportation issues when you only haul half the crop and then basically 10% a month till new crop. Who cares about cash flow right?

[vvalk]

Big talk bucket from someone who only comments on agriville and coffee shops.

[sawfly]

whether Harper was in a broom closet is
neither here nor there.
his security made that decision.

I did not watch him, i can't stand to even look at him, Mulroney in same category.
like most politicians he just says what
he figures his audience likes to hear.

but face it on climate change, everything he says is lip service.

why worry about global warming.

with the End times and second coming of Christ
and all that.
may as well party on till then.

what bugs me is, it is just one
sellout after another.
every week some thing new . now he wants to sell out cereal research.

tearing apart the country piece by piece.
none of the crap he's doing was even brought up at a Conservative convention.
i will let you figure out where he gets his orders.

How far is he gonna go?

Is medicare next?
Too much power in the wrong hands.
Canada will cease to exist.
a hewer of wood , and drawer of water,and a puppet of the USA.

[BreadWinner]

Sawfly, You make me sick, your whining and snivelling about petty problems while living in the greatest countries in the world. You must be a real gem to be around. I for one am proud for where I live and thank those that make our country the great place it is!!!!!!!!

[TOM4CWB]

I agree with you Breadwinner.

No one is capable of being perfect... but the vast majority of PM Harpers decisions have been in favour of a prosperous economy... and a responsible policy going forward on climate change.

Both need to occur to have a sustainable action plan that will move our nation towards our green house mitigation commitments.

PM Harper is truthful about his state of mind. Our Parliamantary Sargent at Arms... a patriot put the safety of others first...

PM Harper is no different... effective Security requires discipline... for the safety of everyone around the PM and his family.

Cheap political shots are exactly that... your whining clearly is an example of shallow verbal taunting of bullies who are cowardly.

Merry Christmas! We are blessed to have a great nation of patriots... who have exercised rational leadership and responsible economic policy... in difficult and challenging circumstances.

God Bless Canada in 2015... and keep all our leaders and MP's safe as they do our nations business!!