In the Nov.15 issue of the Western
Producer(pg 14) it appears that Pulse
Canada's Executive Director, Gord Bacon,
has given his approval to the recent
suggested changes to the Canadian Grain
Commission. One significant change will
be the necessity of farmers to use
insurance as a way of securing their
delivery to a grain terminal,
processor... Several years ago, the
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers had lengthy
discussions and surveys to determine the
best way of making sure that they would
get paid for their deliveries. As a
result of their efforts, the vast
majority of Saskatchewan farmers wanted
to make sure that the companies buying
their grain were bonded. It appears that
Gord Bacon and Pulse Canada now support
an insurance program to safeguard farmer
deliveries; this was rejected by
Saskatchewan pulse growers several years
ago. When did Pulse Canada's Board give
Mr.Bacon the direction to support an
insurance scheme over the existing bond
requirement? I don't believe that he
received that go ahead nor do I believe
he speaks for the majority of
Saskatchewan pulse growers. Saskatchewan
pulse growers are represented on Pulse
Canada Board. Did they give their
permission for him to speak in favour of
these changes which will cost us for
these insurance contracts? Maybe Pulse
Canada has become too politicized and
has forgotten who supplies a large
percentage of their funding!
Producer(pg 14) it appears that Pulse
Canada's Executive Director, Gord Bacon,
has given his approval to the recent
suggested changes to the Canadian Grain
Commission. One significant change will
be the necessity of farmers to use
insurance as a way of securing their
delivery to a grain terminal,
processor... Several years ago, the
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers had lengthy
discussions and surveys to determine the
best way of making sure that they would
get paid for their deliveries. As a
result of their efforts, the vast
majority of Saskatchewan farmers wanted
to make sure that the companies buying
their grain were bonded. It appears that
Gord Bacon and Pulse Canada now support
an insurance program to safeguard farmer
deliveries; this was rejected by
Saskatchewan pulse growers several years
ago. When did Pulse Canada's Board give
Mr.Bacon the direction to support an
insurance scheme over the existing bond
requirement? I don't believe that he
received that go ahead nor do I believe
he speaks for the majority of
Saskatchewan pulse growers. Saskatchewan
pulse growers are represented on Pulse
Canada Board. Did they give their
permission for him to speak in favour of
these changes which will cost us for
these insurance contracts? Maybe Pulse
Canada has become too politicized and
has forgotten who supplies a large
percentage of their funding!
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