Will Goodale’s CWB take “C” Series contracted grain?

[nbertsch]

I agree with you. If the board can not, or will not, market the grain that we produce, we should have the right to move it ourselves. All you staunch board supporters will say that we can market our grain to whoever we choose, which is right, as long as we pay the board their performance fee. (BUY BACK OUR OWN GRAIN, HOW INSANE IS THAT)?

Oil seed, pulse and beef markets all seem to do fine with out the almighty board in control of them, so begs the question, "Why not the wheat market?" Are the farmers of this country so afraid of change that they are willing to take second best. Lets have a Dual Market, let's see if the CWB is worthy of their performance fee or not. CWB propaganda is so convicing that some farmers think that the CWB markets our grain for free. The millions of money that the CWB makes in interest per year is not a GIFT! It is earned on yours, and my back, the ones that are barely surving.

What makes CWB supporters think that you can sell your grain to the board at a below cost per unit for the inital price, then take a couple meager intern payments and then wait until the new year to receive what is still less than the world market. "Big Brother will take care of us, AFTER he takes what he wants". I'm sick of taking second best. Farmers in this country are fools, me along with them!

Mr. Ford would never have risked his family fortune year after year to have some politician in a different part of the country set the price, at below cost of production, for his vehicles!

Let's hear from the communist side!

[TOM4CWB]

nbertsch;

I find that Minister Easter (Solicitor General) and Minister Goodale have an interesting view on farmer control of CWB activities, I quote the AG of Canada from Federal Court T-215-02 to be heard on July 14 in Vancouver;

Grounds for a Motion striking an action against the CWB spending farmer (the Plaintiffs) money from pooling accounts on Licensing and Monopoly expences:

"1. The gist of the claim by the plaintiffs herein is that there is alleged to be a duty of care owed by the Canadian Wheat Board (the Board) and by the Crown to the Plaintiffs... in respect of allegations of improper export licensing by the Board.

UNDER THE CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD ACT, THE BOARD WAS NOT AND IS NOT DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO INDIVIDUAL PRODUCERS.

RATHER THE BOARD WAS AND IS ACCOUNTABLE TO PARLIAMENT.

THEREFORE, NEITHER THE BOARD OR THE CROWN OWED ANY LEGAL DUTY TO THE PLAINTIFFS...

2. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD AND INDIVIDUAL PRODUCER FARMERS WAS NOT OF THE KIND WHICH WOULD GIVE RISE TO A DUTY OF CARE.

3. THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT ANVISAGE THE BOARD SUFFERING LITIGIOUS ATTACK BY ITS PRODUCERS AS IT ENDEVOURS TO FULFILL ITS STATUTORY MANDATE.
IT WOULD BE INCONSISTANT TO REQUIRE THE BOARD TO BE ANSWERABLE IN CIVIL SUITS DIRECTLY TO PRODUCERS.
THE LEGISLATIVE SCHEME IN THE CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD ACT DOES NOT GIVE RISE TO ACCOUNTABILITY TO INDIVIDUAL PRODUCERS.
THE LEGISLATION CONTAINS PROVISIONS WHICH NEGATIVE POTENTIAL LIABILITY FOR POLICY REASONS."

It is painfully obvious that both Goodale and Easter mislead farmers by saying the CWB is directly responsible to farmer producers who grow wheat and barley in the "designated area" of the CWB.

And we are forced to pay millions in PR to convince us of a lie, the lie that the CWB IS directly accountable to us.

What a waste and a shame!

[nbertsch]

Well I just read the Western Producer and now I'm more happy with the CWB than ever before. Seems that not only are they not going to take all my grain this year, Now when they finaly do, it will be a lower price because of the tendering being cut back to less than half of what it is now. I expected to lose trucking kick backs as grain companys merged, But not because the CWB found a way to screw that up as well. Madcow, Tarrifs, and now reduced tender's, What else could go wrong(other than Drought, hoppers, rising inputs, and a lack of Gov).