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Just a thought on how the CWB could move forward post monopoly over producers. Our farm deals with five different grain brokers for our profitable products. Why couldn't the new CWB, lets call them Western Grain Marketers (WGM) become a broker. Let them use all their expertise and contacts to sell grain into the highest paying markets they have. Surely they would receive all the grain required to satisfy these high priced markets, the multinationals could service the other markets and producers would take care of the local markets. The WGM would have a competitive advantage over the multinationals because of the relationships they have formed with their customers. Then they could have strategic alliances with producer owned terminals or the mainline companies to handle the grain for whatever margin they can negotiate. Hopefully these companies or delivery points would be ones that have access to both CN and CP so they could possibly bid for the business.
Heck, the WGM could even think outside the box and try to market other crops. Would it be so radical to let the producers specialize in producing and marketing theur crops to whomever they see fit. The WGM would specialize in what they claim to do best, sell grain at high prices. The 'winning grain company('s) would benefit and the railways may actually have to bid to haul the WGM grain while being held responsible for all costs and/or penalties if the grain does not show up on time at the port. This sounds like a win, win, win, do your job proposition to me.
Just pay me half of what Mr. Ritter gets paid to proclaim that the CWB just cannot survive without its monopoly over western Canadian producers and I am sure some type of proposal could be written to let the CWB or WGM survive without burdening the taxpayers of Canada or western Canadian producers any longer.
I don't know if this is a workable idea or not, the water just started flowing in east central SK a couple of days ago and maybe I just have spring fever. I think there are a lot of options the CWB could examine if they just pulled their heads out of the sand, er I mean dirt, er I mean my pocket!!!
Just a thought on how the CWB could move forward post monopoly over producers. Our farm deals with five different grain brokers for our profitable products. Why couldn't the new CWB, lets call them Western Grain Marketers (WGM) become a broker. Let them use all their expertise and contacts to sell grain into the highest paying markets they have. Surely they would receive all the grain required to satisfy these high priced markets, the multinationals could service the other markets and producers would take care of the local markets. The WGM would have a competitive advantage over the multinationals because of the relationships they have formed with their customers. Then they could have strategic alliances with producer owned terminals or the mainline companies to handle the grain for whatever margin they can negotiate. Hopefully these companies or delivery points would be ones that have access to both CN and CP so they could possibly bid for the business.
Heck, the WGM could even think outside the box and try to market other crops. Would it be so radical to let the producers specialize in producing and marketing theur crops to whomever they see fit. The WGM would specialize in what they claim to do best, sell grain at high prices. The 'winning grain company('s) would benefit and the railways may actually have to bid to haul the WGM grain while being held responsible for all costs and/or penalties if the grain does not show up on time at the port. This sounds like a win, win, win, do your job proposition to me.
Just pay me half of what Mr. Ritter gets paid to proclaim that the CWB just cannot survive without its monopoly over western Canadian producers and I am sure some type of proposal could be written to let the CWB or WGM survive without burdening the taxpayers of Canada or western Canadian producers any longer.
I don't know if this is a workable idea or not, the water just started flowing in east central SK a couple of days ago and maybe I just have spring fever. I think there are a lot of options the CWB could examine if they just pulled their heads out of the sand, er I mean dirt, er I mean my pocket!!!
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