Strahl Order In Council

[parsley]

Unlike you, many welcome all types of farmers, including ultra-Neo Con type farmers.

But back to your topic. I punched in Arason and various dates in the Search page on the PCO webpage, and nothing came up.

http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/oic-ddc/OIC-DDC.asp?lang=EN

You say, "Minister Strahl has an order in council" but you didn't say it had passed. I'm surprised Minister Strahl confides in you.

Is your announcement derived from confidential sources?

Parsley

[AdamSmith]

You know, I'd swear I'm witnessing a Monty Python movie.

And Now For Something Completely Ludicrous!

Here we are ladies and gentlemen at the annual IVORY TOWER TWIT OF THE YEAR Competition. It’s a real grudge match this year between the Narcissistic Wing-Nuts from Winnipeg and the Egotistical Dim-Bulbs from Ottawa. Both teams are unbelievably bad. Neither team is barely competent enough to tie they’re own shoes without screwing up.

We’ll see the Wing Nuts and the Dim Bulbs square off in five head to head competitions with the winner claiming the coveted crown of IVORY TOWER TWIT OF THE YEAR. We’ll see these unbelievable nincompoops first compete in, “Piss off the Farmers” followed by “Lies, Lies and More Lies”. The Wing Nuts have won this part of the competition eight years straight, but they might have their hands full with the Dim-Bulbs this year. After that we will have “Wasting Other Peoples Money” and “Bad Political Judgment” With the showcase final event “ Lose Everything” in which the winner must fail miserably and in spectacular fashion. These two teams of idiots must do everything so horribly wrong and their misjudgment and arrogance must be at peak performance levels in order to win this event and ultimately the crown of IVORY TOWER TWIT OF THE YEAR.

Let’s all watch and be totally amazed!

[agstar77]

A.S. I have to agree with you. I can't laugh because of what this pissing match is costing us. We need to put both sides in a room without food and water till they come up with a compromise.

[parsley]

agstar, has the order passed?

[charliep]

Curious enough, aren't there new board of director members who who support the new a changed CWB? I assume decisions like this are made by majority rule and not concensus. Must be an interesting board room.

Politicians of all stripes must be watching this with some level of trepidation - a renegade government agency. Lets see, it was the conservatives that pushed for change to method of payment and it was the liberals that finally did away with it (at a much reduced tax payer expense). Issues around the CWB will be dealt with - the only question is when and under whose mandate.

[parsley]

agstar seems to know all about the order. Maybe he can tell a few of the elected Directors to stop squabbling away pool account money.

If you want to read todays CWB thread on smalldeadanimals.com, it links this Globe and Mail quote:

"Ken Ritter, the wheat board's elected chairman, would not comment on the order yesterday. He said it is highly complex, and the board will not discuss it publicly until it has received legal advice and met to discuss it."

The CWB Board of Directors should be sued for twitilation.

Parsley

[Burbert]

As a farmer< I really feel bad that Mr. Measner was fired, after all, we were the ones asking the CWB for changes and to become more political, ie lobby on behalf of farms, take on the railways etc. Min Stahl is from BC, has no farm background and is playing politics himself, listening to a few stooges who claim to be pals with the big grain companies. They say that sitting at home playing with their PC's they can access world markets. Divide and conquer, that is their hope to kill the CWB once and for all, after all governments are just as lazy as the rest of us. Farming is always in crisis somewhere in Canada. Turn it over to the private sector they can/will solve all the outstanding issues. To heck with the small guys! Lets all get big so we can be special, indeed!

[BennyHin]

AdamSmith: You said; "You know, I'd swear I'm witnessing a Monty Python movie".

That's funny. Similarly, every time I read Parsley's posting I get this vision of ..."and then there's Maude". I always felt sorry for Walter.

[parsley]

BennyHinn,

Isn't Benny Hinn in the vision business?

Too bad about the visions though, usually there's a root cause.

Could this help?

http://www.ncemi.org/cse/cse0610.htm

Parsley

[AdamSmith]

Benny,

I liked watching Adrienne Barbeau! Wow!

[parsley]

agstar,

I have a question about timelines:

You posted this topic Sunday Morning, Jan 28, 2007 11:06, right?

Today's MSM says:

"Strahl issued a directive on Friday evening ordering the board of directors to pay interim president and CEO Greg Arason, who hasn't been paid since being appointed on Dec. 19."

Which Saturday paper published an article breaking the story? Wow are they good!

I would like to know the name of the paper that knew the Minister ordered a directive Friday night and wrote about it so promptly that you could inform Agri-ville on a Sunday morning.

I'd like to subscribe.

Parsley

[agstar77]

Globe and Mail