Measner has been fired

[NeilS]

Just heard on the news.

[liberty]

Greg Arason, former CEO of Manitoba Pool, has been named interim CEO of the CWB.

Just came from the meeting. Close to 200 people in attendance. Lots of media. Steven Fletcher, Brian Pallister, Vic Toews also present.

[wilagro]

A sad day indeed. Dirty rotten trick by old Chucky. Couldn't leave well enough alone and wait until the CWB was dismantled. Harper should be happy.

[Zaphod]

It's actually a brilliant move by Strahl. Arason is well-liked and well-respected outside and inside the board. He has the MPE background. He knows his way around the CWB. People will have a hard time finding the negative in his appointment. I'm just a little curious about the 3-month window. I would have thought it would be more open-ended.

[Incognito]

Absence or incapacity
(2) If the president is absent or unable to act or the office of president is vacant, the Minister may appoint an interim president. An interim president shall not act for more than ninety days without the approval of the Governor in Council.

[cropduster]

It will also be fun to watch the board squirm tommorrow as they quibble about Arason`s wages!!Measner can get a job fund raising for the Libs!!LOL!!

[silverback]

A happy day indeed. Anyone staying in a job like that one for thirty years is in obvious need of a change of scenery, and perspective.

[Braveheart]

I was in St. Francis for the announcement. I never like to cheer someone else's misfortune, but I was really tired of Measner using farmer's money to try and save his own position. I agree that it was brilliant strategy to replace Measner with Arason. It should quell all the "sky is falling witout Measner" crappola as Greg was the CEO and was well respected as such.

[parsley]

QUOTE

Paul Vieira and John Greenwood,

Financial Post

"...................Measner was guilty of fear mongering and misrepresenting Conservative plans for the Winnipeg-based agency.

“No matter how much you expect it, it is still a shock when it happens,” said Rod Flaman, a farmer-elected board director from Edenwold, Sask., north of Regina, and a Measner supporter. “The farmers were in control of this organization. And now the government is trying to wrest control away and impose their own policy.” Mr. Flaman said the 14-member board ‹ 10 of whom are elected directly by grain farmers ‹ recently conducted its annual performance review of Mr.Measner, who was a 32-year veteran of the agency. The former CEO received board approval, Mr. Flaman added.

“He was our guy.”


UNQUOTE


Somebody needs to tell Flaman that the farmers had zip final say. Will continue to have zip final say. He needs to read the bloody act.


Posting from the New England states in the USA, but still reading agri-ville,

Parsley

[AdamSmith]

From CBC online

"Having Mr. Arason there is somewhat of a relief because we do know him. We respect him," Toews said Tuesday.

However, Toews added, the board will want a commitment from Arason that he will be responsible to the board's directors, not the federal government.
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I guess Director Toews still hasn't read the CWB Act yet.

Nor the statement of facts in every Farmer vs the CWB court case yet.

the one that reads;

3] The Defendants seek to strike out the Statement of Claim on the basis that the Board is accountable only to Parliament and that neither the Board nor the Crown owe any duty to or are accountable to the Plaintiffs as producers of wheat.


So I guess the next showdown will be between the anti-choice eight and the Minister.

Maybe the anti-choice eight need to re-evaluate after they have seen how things worked out for Measner.

I doubt the Liberal Party will have jobs ready for all of them!