Farmers Win Against CWB the Right to go to Court

[parsley]

A group of class-action farmers went to court in 2002 charging the CWB with taking money out of the pooling accounts to pay for national licensing costs. The CWB tried to have the motion struck, but the court agreed with the farmers and the case will actually proceed. The CWB are quite the crew. The Federal Government is supposed to be paying these costs, and yet the CWB has been sticking Prairie farmers with the bill!

Parsley

[melvill]

Hey, Parsley, where have you been? Haven't heard from you in ages.

[TOM4CWB]

Mellvil;

What kills me on this case is...

The the CWB itself argued it had "NO DUTY OF CARE" to farmers in western Canada... like it was none of our business if the CWB followed the CWB Act... and failed to charge export licensing costs to the Canadian federal gov.... as the CWB Act states the CWB Administration is to do.

For the CWB to try to strike this type of action from the Federal Court... an action launched to recover money for the pool accounts for the benefit of "designated area wheat and barley producers" leaves me awe struck!

Chairman Ritter and Mr. Flaman... your board of directors is beyond belief.

You argue to the WTO that;

You, the CWB are there to maximise grain producer's returns...

while arguing out of the other side of your collective mouths that you have "No duty of care" to those same producers to maximise those same returns they are to receive ... in this case before the Federal Court.

Why anyone would trust a word they say is beyond belief!

Amazing what you can buy with our own money... and pay millions to deceive those you were elected to serve...

[parsley]

Tom4CWB,

Farmers have been told so often by the Board, that the CWB is the farmers' Wheat Board, that farmers have difficulty in understanding that LEGALLY, the CWB is correct....they have NO duty of care to farmers other than to issue farmers a permit book

Melville,

Travellin', Travellin', Travellin'. Glad you missed me!

Hey, Agrivillers,
Is there anyone out there that will object to having all national licensing cost returned to the pooling accounts if this case is won? Like $millions, boys.

Parsley

[charliep]

Parsley

Anything you can share on your trips? Sometimes the best ideas come when we are away and looking at how others approach the world.

[parsley]

A few observations that you already know;

1. People are basically wonderful all over the place. I'm so pleased to belong to a race called people.

2. You shouldn't be governed by folks, or trust folks, who don't trust you and think you're too stupid to make decisions about what is good for yourself.

3. The Da Vinci Code is great reading, but be prepared to do nothing else but read. No eating or sleeping.

4. Canadians are a little too smug about patting themselves on the back as being kind and gentle and caring and generous. We don't have the monopoly there.

5. Shouldn't be a cowboy who doesn't read the book, Dying for a Hamburger, written by the head coroner from Toronto. Good airport reading. If you raise beef, read this book. If you eat beef, read it. If you want a beef industry, really think about what you have read.

6. We can learn a lot about people's health by looking at them. If you like how they look, ask them what they eat and how the food is prepared. How they get exercise. We can learn a lot from other cultures.

7. Don't pretend to be a bloody do-gooder in someone else's territory.

Parsley

[cropduster]

So ,Parsley,did you read DaVinci`s Code on a beach?Read a book on Cayman and burnt my back......Normally should rotate every couple of pages.At least every chapter!!When`s court?

[parsley]

Well the action was launched in 2002, and of course the CWB tried to get a motion to dismiss. They gave every reason they could think of for the court not to hear the farmers, but when the dust settled, the court will hear the case.

The question is, why isn't the CWB just following their own Act and paying national licensing costs in the first place?

But it will proceed. And the court will want the CWB books opened to see how much is owing. Thirty years? Twenty year of paying when they didn't have to pay? A lot of digging through CWB accounts, I'd guess.

Hope Gomrey isn't planning on retiring.

Parsley

[melvill]

Parsley, quite honestly, I wasn't aware of this "national licensing cost" issue.

Is there some place I can read objectively about the issue? I'm not particularly interested in pro or con statements by either side in the argument.

[Vader]

lee,

not sure if this is a "pro or con statement", but my understanding is that the cost of providing licences to those outside of the designated area would be a small portion of one persons salary. If none of that activity took place the same person would still be doing essentially the same job as they are today. Estimated cost is about $1500.00 per year based on the prorate. Cost to recover the $1500 from the federal government could easily exceed the benefit.

My prediction is that the courts will ultimately see the rational in this explanation.

Court costs will likely be in the 10's of thousands. I wonder if the CWB will demand the claimants pay for court costs when they lose.