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Title: Majority of wheat growers vote to keep CWB as sole marketing agent
Category: Business
Posted By: Curtman
Date: 2011-09-12 09:35:55
Canadian

[Robair]

Didn't need a crystal ball for this one. I'm actually suprised it wasn't more lopsided than 60-40.

[DrCaleb]

Robair Robair:

Didn't need a crystal ball for this one. I'm actually suprised it wasn't more lopsided than 60-40.

The Conservatives will ignore this vote, because it is 'non binding'. I think they'd ignore it even if it was.

[bootlegga]

$1:

However, it isn’t hard to see it in the sights of another company. While big, Viterra is less than half the size of Bunge Ltd. in terms of market capitalization. And it is less than a quarter the size of behemoth Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

Deregulation elsewhere has tended to coincide with a flurry of mergers and acquisitions. Canada might not be any different.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-in ... le2160359/

Yeah, so Harper is going to get rid of it and we'll have yet another huge multi-national move in here to take control of another Canadian resource.

Let the selling continue, Steve-O!

[fifeboy]

By by democracy, hello ideology

[RUEZ]

fifeboy fifeboy:

By by democracy, hello ideology

God forbid in a country like Canada we should allow farmers outside of Ontario and Quebec to market and sell their own wheat. Oh the humanity.

[peck420]

If the CWB is so good, why is not nation wide?

This is an honest question, I know jack about farming, the CWB, and the pros/cons of keeping/dismantling it. I am just curios why it does not apply east of Manitoba and west of Alberta.

[fifeboy]

peck420 peck420:

If the CWB is so good, why is not nation wide?

This is an honest question, I know jack about farming, the CWB, and the pros/cons of keeping/dismantling it. I am just curios why it does not apply east of Manitoba and west of Alberta.

RUEZ RUEZ:

fifeboy fifeboy:

By by democracy, hello ideology

God forbid in a country like Canada we should allow farmers outside of Ontario and Quebec to market and sell their own wheat. Oh the humanity.

What's that got to do with what is going on. Perhaps it is a good question but what we are talking about is a vote by WESTERN farmers which showed that the WESTERN farmers want to keep the CWB as their sole marketing tool. Steve's government has chosen to ignore the wishes of the parties concerned, WESTERN farmers. I see that as un-democratic. You may not!

[peck420]

So...due to it being voted on by western farmers I am not allowed to question?

I didn't ask, or state, that the boards existence should be voted on, or decided on, by me, I just want to know why it only applies to 3 provinces.

Also, ever think of the tyranny of the majority? Canada is not a democracy, why should the CWB decision be? There has to be protection and alternatives for those that do not wish to use it, anything else would be less than Canadian...or should we go by majority rules for everything?

[jeff744]

The wheat board exists because the previous system could utterly screw over a farmer in the west (as it is many barely survive on farming) while their neighbor gets rich, the western farmers also have a significantly higher transportation cost than Ontario or Quebec farmers do.

[RUEZ]

fifeboy fifeboy:

peck420 peck420:

If the CWB is so good, why is not nation wide?

This is an honest question, I know jack about farming, the CWB, and the pros/cons of keeping/dismantling it. I am just curios why it does not apply east of Manitoba and west of Alberta.

RUEZ RUEZ:

fifeboy fifeboy:

By by democracy, hello ideology

God forbid in a country like Canada we should allow farmers outside of Ontario and Quebec to market and sell their own wheat. Oh the humanity.

What's that got to do with what is going on. Perhaps it is a good question but what we are talking about is a vote by WESTERN farmers which showed that the WESTERN farmers want to keep the CWB as their sole marketing tool. Steve's government has chosen to ignore the wishes of the parties concerned, WESTERN farmers. I see that as un-democratic. You may not!

That's great, let the 62% that voted to keep the CWB use that exclusively, and the 38% that want to market their own wheat can do so. But no, you think that farmers who want to market their own product like every other businessman in Canada and farmers in Ontario and Quebec, shouldn't be allowed to. Talk about democracy.

[fifeboy]

peck420 peck420:

So...due to it being voted on by western farmers I am not allowed to question?

I didn't ask, or state, that the boards existence should be voted on, or decided on, by me, I just want to know why it only applies to 3 provinces.

Also, ever think of the tyranny of the majority? Canada is not a democracy, why should the CWB decision be? There has to be protection and alternatives for those that do not wish to use it, anything else would be less than Canadian...or should we go by majority rules for everything?

Open another thread, this one is about farmers voting to keep the CWB.

Yeah, right! I am sure Steve is really concerned about the rights of the few. This is an ideological decision being made by the Conservative Government. Do it our way, regardless of what you want.

[fifeboy]

RUEZ RUEZ:

That's great, let the 62% that voted to keep the CWB use that exclusively, and the 38% that want to market their own wheat can do so. But no, you think that farmers who want to market their own product like every other businessman in Canada and farmers in Ontario and Quebec, shouldn't be allowed to. Talk about democracy.

As the Brian got rid of the Crow, moving wheat is very expensive. If it is done collectively, it works better. Ontario, and east produce so little wheat it's not important.

[Lemmy]

RUEZ RUEZ:

That's great, let the 62% that voted to keep the CWB use that exclusively, and the 38% that want to market their own wheat can do so. But no, you think that farmers who want to market their own product like every other businessman in Canada and farmers in Ontario and Quebec, shouldn't be allowed to.

You can't run a supply management scheme if you don't manage ALL the supply.

RUEZ RUEZ:

Talk about democracy.

Our democracy is 50% +1, isn't it?

[Robair]

Thumbs up for the last two posts. I'd rep you if I could Lemmy "You can't run a supply management scheme if you don't manage ALL the supply."

That point is impossible to get across. I've tried, and tried, and it's the same bunch every time.

Fifeboy, you have been repped accordingly.