Wheat Growers and weighted voting?

[charliep]

Kodiak

I thought you asked the most interesting and relevant question.

Quote from above - "Before I can comment on the CWB voting structure, I need to understand something. Is the CWB a governing and policy making organization, or is it a commercial entity?"

Perhaps the most interesting way forward would be the elimination of government guarantees and the establishment of a contingency fund/equity ownership by farmers. Voting structure would be based on equity ownership/financial interest. The CWB would be held accountable for money moving in and out of the contingency fund by its owners - farmers.

[charliep]

Will highlight the following old documents from 2006 and 2007.

http://www.cwb.ca/public/en/hot/choice/harvesting/pdf/harvesting_opp_0806.pdf

http://www.agr.gc.ca/cb/index_e.php?s1=ip&page=ip61030a

[craig]

Chuck Jensend
I would throw the question back at you. Do you think the CWB elections are fair and equitable when we consider the following. First there are many producers or farms who have more than one permit book. Is it fair that they have more than one vote. Second we have a system that allows non farmers to vote in CWB elections. There is no indication of what percentage that represents in the election although we do know there are way more voters eligible than actually farm in any given area. So before you criticize someone elses voting system, you need to clean up the one currently being used by the CWB. Until such time it is hard to believe any board election is reflective of true farmer views.