Cwb sale will cost election?

[riders2010]

Never thought I d see it but hard line conservatives are pissed and embarrassed at what's going down with the cab sale.

The never say conservatives are wrong guys around here are in shock.
Giving the cwb away to Saudis holy crap? Couldn't have made anything more stupider up. Hahaha

[grassfarmer]

Hardly likely to cost the election though? Agriculture is such a minuscule part of the electorate even if they did all agree and vote one way.

[bucket]

They could have issued an IPO to holders of any permit book. Direct to farmers.

1000 foregone sales on new combines would have bought it out 100 percent.

[Braveheart]

Nobody gives a shit. CWB will mean nothing to election. Absolutely nothing.

[BreadWinner]

Dream on you bunch of lefties. I'm even going to bring grandma out of the home to vote for Harper.
Best thing that could of happened short of digging a hole on Portage and pushing that landmark in and covering it up. Good ridence now we can stop analyzing how much money you have not gotten.

[freewheat]

People care about the CWB enough to swing votes? That is so 1950.

[Hopperbin]

Not sure its all bad yet. Saudi needs wheat. So if they buy only from us would that not be a good thing? Need more details. Farmers will still gain shares over x amount of years depending on how much grain delivered. Being bought out in 6 years at under value would suck.

[newguy]

Government will take the money and use it to buy Quebec an Ontario votes.

[riders2010]

Joe blow on the street knows nothing about cwb except it used to be or supposed to be farmer owned. It's now owned by a Middle East country!
Basically given away! Could we not have used it more wisely.

Wonder what Steve is getting in return from the prince? That's the real question. It will get a lot more attention than people think.

[SASKFARMER3]

Funny lots today at the meeting were asking one question. We were part of the CWB since the 70s or when ever they took off our checks to build shit buy shit all over the place. They took our money instead of giving it to me joe farmer. Where is our share was the big question. Ritz maybe missed something in this deal. Looking more into it but again Mr farmer this deal will open markets up for your grain. Oh no money for you so sad that's given to the new grain company. You should support them their good.
Blah Blah Blah.

[Tucker]

The money stolen from farmers over the years by the old CWB is gone. We'll never see a dime of that. Selling a good portion of the old CWB to Saudi Arabia is a far better thing than just having it absorbed into one of the big grain families. If the Saudis want wheat then need to offer a better price than the elevator down the road. Simple as that. Just because it used to be a monopoly buyer doesn't mean it still is. If they think they are going to get our wheat for nearly free like the old CWB did they are dreaming.

The rail cars, the lakers, the daycare centers, the $1000 stress bonus for having to deal with pissed-off farmers. LOL you lefties still really think farmers owned the CWB? HA. When MNP (spit!) had to send ballots to nursing homes and cemetaries to try to show support for the CWB everyone else knew it was over for those dark days.

If they have better price and movement I'll haul grain there. If they don't then ****'em. Can't get more simple than that.

[SASKFARMER3]

We farmers never see a dime. Cwb, crow etc. all gone. And we're left with a shit show.

[sawfly]

it will not cost the election, but that and every other Harper thing should.

to show how unimportant ag really is,
just look at everything this gov. has a done in AG , and has not done in transportation of our goods.

remember George Bush always had a love affair with the Saudis.
Maybe mr. Harper , who loves everything Bush , got on the bandwagon and payroll too.
(working with the worlds richest dictator) that sounds about par for the Harper course.

it has got to the point , with this
Govt.that you just throw up your hands and say **** it.
it is hopeless.
there is no sense even trying to comprehend what is gonna happen next.
have a good spring guys

[Hopperbin]

Tucker you say it well. Other than that if a company is miss run in canada by some one ok all canada hates, we can take it back right???? We have them by the balls may not be all perfect way to describe it.

[grower99]

Quebec used to vote for the conservative party until they hung Louis Riel. What would it take for the West to quit voting for the harper party? Cadman affair,robocalls,in/out fraud,contempt of Parliament,gazebo gate,proroguing Parliament ,election expenses fraud,muzzling scientists/librarians/members of Parliament...,closing Ag Canada research stations,UPOV91,senate fiasco,Arthur Porter...Cwb fiasco,GMC shares...OMG how low has bar become!!