Minister Ritz's background

[foragefarmer]

Hopalong why bring up Ralph Goodale, Ritz is in charge now. The Conservatives are the governing party and have been for seven years. Yet you are telling farmer's to quit cursing politions not sure what you tring to say.

[Hopalong]

As I recall, revenue entitlement agreement was
brought in under Goodale.
Farmers can't agree on changes or even if
changes would have helped.
Unfair to just blame politicians.

[bucket]

You can't order new crop producer cars last I
heard. Hermanson can't get his head around why
farmers want to order early.

Apparently they figure it will mess up their
schedules.

You don't need crop years. If you have grain you
should be able t o order cars. Whenever.

[ado089]

I'll put money on them
canceling outstanding old
crop cars when we get to new
crop.

[perfecho]

Braveheart...went to a meeting with Ritz a few years ago. Asked some questions on the BSE law suit, after some research after the meeting, and discovered he was not telling the truth....but I think he has said them so many times he thought they were the truth.

[grower99]

These are the talking points he has
memorized. His minders (pmo staffers) will
never let him stray from the party line.
Just heard about a seed cleaner's (he is
not a seed grower) comment that he will be
out of business in a few years as farmers
will be buying certified seed every year!

[TOM4CWB]

Grower99,

Seed Cleaners can't clean Certified Seed? AND why
can't they? You are kidding right?

[grower99]

I got this second hand but the cleaner was
saying there would be no farm saved seed
to clean as everyone will be buying cert
seed. Registered cleaners can clean
pedigreed seed.

[Braveheart]

Hashtag paranoia.

[LEP]

This whole thread is BS. Being a politician is the
most thankless job in the world.

I think people looking back over time will count
Ritz as one of the most productive ag ministers in
history.

When GATT broke down, the conservatives
decided to get busy and work on bilateral
agreements. They now have many successful
agreements that help trade in many sectors
including ag.

[Oliver88]

Good points LEP, Ritz has been very productive,
there is no denying that.

Ritz and company have hit a lot of home runs as
far as getting bilateral trade agreements done.
Just recently the CETA and South Korean deals
will both be huge.

The Trans Pacific Partnership will be the next one
being put together likely.

[sumdumguy]

Minister Ritz can only be as good as the staff
around him. Because he can't know everything
on every pertinent issue, he depends on
researchers and analysts to predict potential
problems, research the area, crunch numbers
and make him look smart. I have met some of
his.