Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
Well, in Ken Ritter's case, It clearly doesn't appear to be the case.
Strahl should hold second barley vote if he intends to change CWB Act: chair
Michelle Macafee, Canadian Press
Published: Sunday, March 18, 2007
WINNIPEG (CP) - As western Canadian farmers anxiously await the results of a plebiscite on the future of barley marketing, some industry players insist the vote shouldn't change anything - no matter the result.
Farmers who have lobbied for years for the right to bypass the Canadian Wheat Board sense victory is just around the corner.
But wheat board chairman Ken Ritter says farmers should have to go through a second plebiscite process if federal Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl actually wants to change the Canadian Wheat Board Act and eliminate its monopoly.
Ritter, who farms near Kindersley, Sask., points to Strahl's own statements in recent months that the vote is not binding and will serve more as a consultation with farmers.
"I would hope that the end result will be just what the minister has indicated - that this is a survey and when the Act gets changed, we have a black-and-white question for producers as required under the legislation," said Ritter.
But Strahl scoffed at suggestions he needs to hold a second plebiscite before allowing competition in the barley market.
"For the people who just want to keep the status quo, it doesn't matter what the question, what the process, what the voters' list, when it happens, they're against it and everything about it," said Strahl.
"I understand that, but it doesn't much matter what I do, they don't like it."
Well, in Ken Ritter's case, It clearly doesn't appear to be the case.
Strahl should hold second barley vote if he intends to change CWB Act: chair
Michelle Macafee, Canadian Press
Published: Sunday, March 18, 2007
WINNIPEG (CP) - As western Canadian farmers anxiously await the results of a plebiscite on the future of barley marketing, some industry players insist the vote shouldn't change anything - no matter the result.
Farmers who have lobbied for years for the right to bypass the Canadian Wheat Board sense victory is just around the corner.
But wheat board chairman Ken Ritter says farmers should have to go through a second plebiscite process if federal Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl actually wants to change the Canadian Wheat Board Act and eliminate its monopoly.
Ritter, who farms near Kindersley, Sask., points to Strahl's own statements in recent months that the vote is not binding and will serve more as a consultation with farmers.
"I would hope that the end result will be just what the minister has indicated - that this is a survey and when the Act gets changed, we have a black-and-white question for producers as required under the legislation," said Ritter.
But Strahl scoffed at suggestions he needs to hold a second plebiscite before allowing competition in the barley market.
"For the people who just want to keep the status quo, it doesn't matter what the question, what the process, what the voters' list, when it happens, they're against it and everything about it," said Strahl.
"I understand that, but it doesn't much matter what I do, they don't like it."
frozen fingers and toes buggers up my schedule !! LOL
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