CWB ........ the shift has begun

[agstar77]

Gotta love Rock and Roll! Do you?

[parsley]

Yes.


Verbose? Hmmm.. you noticed? I've only written 125,000 words on my book since late summer,though.

[agstar77]

And that would be the the first chapter?

[parsley]

It was a hot scene.

[melvill]

Parsley, can't resist. Was the scene hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhot or HOT, if you get my drift?

[FarmRanger]

Someone nominate wd9 for CWB director!

[FarmRanger]

funny to hear they might be suggesting a three year moratorium on the CWB if they let barley go.
Why not? if I was the Minister I'd sign that contract today! oh but wait,,,, may be they might find out that if the conservatives get a majority they might break the contract, or what if the director elections next fall see a different more progressive slate of directors elected? then what?
Do the monopolistic directors really think things out in advance? eh I doubt it.
Erik

[parsley]

A pulse-raising, lengthy description of a prairie blizzard, of sorts, that overtook the key players; that's the drift.

My description is a bit of a snow-job.

Question for you...

melvill, has anyone been permanently kicked off this forum?

[tower]

The New Conservatives attempts to squeeze one more benefit for their corporate bagmen at the expense of the vast majority of farmers who want the Wheat Board is an indication of where their loyalties lie.

In the face of a trend away from such old boy nepotism what do the cons do? stack a "democratically" elected board, fire the opposition, and intimidate those who are trying to do their jobs.

Good Job Ritz...... be glad you had this opportunity to do something worth while. You won't get another.

[Fransisco]

You keep forgetting Tower, the majority of farmers want choice, they voted for it in the plebiscite. The Conservatives promised and ran two federal elections on choice.

Keeping election promises and giving farmers choice is the right thing to do.

By the way according to Larry Webbers daily price comparisons yesterday Ontario farmers where getting

$2.60 per bu more for their winter wheat than Sask farmers who are under the CWB's thumb,in Montana it was $3.55per bu.

Spring wheat was $6.85 higher out east and $7.68 higher down south.

Durum is 10.13 per bu higher in Montana and Malt barley was $1.65 a bu higher.

That's the kind of extra money western Canadian farmers would be getting from those big bad evil corporations if it wasn't for the collectivist wheat board.

[tower]

You think the evil corporations would be giving you Ontario prices for your grain? Good for you.

Even were it true, or were it false that the vast majority of farmers want the board around, It does not justify the betrayal of democracy by a politician like Ritz.

[just_wondering]

Tower could you explain how you get Vast majority of farmers want CWB:
is it plebiscite, No single desk got 38% nope no majority there.
Is it producer surveys, no ritter himself says the plebiscite was about what they expected.
You may be thinking producer elections.
where everyone and their dog gets a vote. the NFU can canvass the old folks homes while the vast majority of Ballots get tossed.
FYI voter turnout is less than 30% in CWB elections and they call that huge support.
The board has all it needs to run a voluntary pool
Why don't we give that a try?
Gawd I'm sick of this BS, how do the towers of the world have any credibility?

[kryger]

Them evil,bad multi-national corporations are paying the American farmers pretty good money for their Wheat, Tower. The CWB must be keeping the "premium" for them selves this year, or maybe they gave it to the Liberal war chest.

[tower]

The plebiscite that the government was working with when it made the promises had for the board alone, 38%, against the board alone, 14%. Anyway you look at it that's more than 2 and 1/2 times as many. Those of us that wanted the option, want the option.

I don't think it is the responsibility of the Board to prove that it can exist as one part of a dual market system for barley. I think it is the responsibility of those making the big stink about wanting out of the board to show the rest of us won't be unduly harmed by this kind of government action.

I don't mean the stacking of a democratically elected Board of directors with idealogically identical yes men. Or the firing of the opposition, or the intimidation techniques. That kind of thing Harper and Ritz will answer for.

[wd9]

Parsely, The board should still be only approving the overall budget, the CEO hires and fires the staff, negotiating and signing the contracts for services etc.

One board, one employee, the CEO. Hire them wisely.

But again, that is good governance, a concept unimaginable by the CWB board.