Chairman Oberg: 'It’s Time to Move On'

[Fransisco]

Since we're on the subject of voting.

How many farmers got to vote on the CWB buying those Chinese built Lakers?

Zero!

How many directors actually ran on the platform of buying Lakers?

None!

And when it comes to the WTO voting on the future of State Trading enterprises, whats the CWB position on that again?

Oh yeah, bugger off, we don't care how you vote.

Then there's the barley plebiscite. Did the CWB respect that vote?

No way.

Oh yeah these guys are real Democratic. (sarcasm on)

[jdepape]

A history of farmer votes:

The single desk was bestowed upon the CWB in 1943 by parliament. Farmers did not get to vote on it.

The single desk was meant to be temporary - every five years, the feds voted to continue it. Farmers didn't get to vote on it.

In 1967, the federal government decided they didn't want to keep voting on the single desk every five years so they voted to make it permanent. Farmers didn't get to vote on it.

The CWB bought railcars. Farmers did not get to vote on it.

The Crow Rate was “retired” in 1995, by Jean Chretien’s liberal government. Farmers were undoubtedly the group most affected by this, yet they did not get to vote on it.

The same liberal government amended the CWB Act in 1998, sharing governance with a board of 15 directors, including 10 elected by farmers. Although farmers were the ones most affected, they did not get to vote on it.

Just weeks after the conclusion of the latest CWB farmer-director election, the CWB board approved the use of farmers’ money to purchase two lakers. And – you guessed it – farmers did not get to vote on it.

[tipsy]

Fransisco and jdepape the two of you are missing one very important part of recent cwb demorctact history. When the organic industry in western canada was confiscated or expropraited by the cwb board of directors there was no producer vote. The organic growers democrary would not be needed. Thank you very much!!

[Fransisco]

Good point tipsy! There's probably a few more examples.

Did we get to vote on any of the PPO's ?