I think the first question was why the folks who are opposed to it are opposed to the Canadian Wheat Board. When I look at this, I see why grain companies and grain marketers will be opposed to the Canadian Wheat Board. Their goal is to maximize the profit and the return, if they're publicly traded, to their shareholders or to their owners.
The clear direction, goal, or focus of the Canadian Wheat Board is to maximize the return to the primary producer. They are the marketing agency for the primary producer--not for the shareholder, not for the corporate board, not for the owners, but for the primary producers. My friends, if they do not get the return from their product, they're back here for CAIS payments and income stabilization.
You can pull the numbers out, but I can tell you that the best numbers that we get tell us Saskatchewan would be looking at a loss annually of between $256 million and $327.5 million. You tell me why any farmer looking at the facts would want to lose that premium. The only reason others want that premium gone is that they want to capture it. The major companies want that wheat, barley, and durum trade in the world, and they want to capture that return for their shareholders. They don't give one hoot about the primary producer.
Do you want to know why the value-added people wouldn't come in to Saskatchewan, if they didn't?