Agriculture committee  A point of order.

Agriculture committee  I used independent marketing. I understand you think there's a Wheat Board left there. It's a lumpen and lame excuse for the farmer-directed Wheat Board that we had before, which gave us a $10- or $20-per-acre advantage in the marketplace.

Agriculture committee  I'm just as puzzled as you are.

Agriculture committee  Can I take a minute to comment?

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. I consider Mr. Hoback and Mr. Richards and the rest of the committee around this table to be friends of mine and to be very interested in the topic at hand: the supply chain. He talked about an article in which I was interviewed and the word “jackboot” was

Agriculture committee  Thank you. Quickly, I would say that in Manitoba there have been a couple of investigations by producer groups into buying short-line railways. CP had indicated that they were going to give up some rail lines. I know that one of the rail lines is in Mr. Tweeds' constituency.

Agriculture committee  If you were looking on the National Farmers Union website, you would see that. Your next question is if am I here as a farmer. Yes—

Agriculture committee  Yes, it is. I said I'm here as a farmer.

Agriculture committee  That is correct.

Agriculture committee  When the clerk contacted me, I was asked to speak as an individual. This is what I am doing. I assume that you want to know about the farm conditions, and I do—

Agriculture committee  That word was suggested to me by the writer, and I did not disagree with the writer's assessment. You could say by inference that—

Agriculture committee  On a point of order—

Agriculture committee  I'd like to answer some questions about the farm supply chain.

Agriculture committee  Thank you. The European free trade deal, as far as we know, has been negotiated behind closed doors. It's very difficult for the public to get any sense of what is going on. Draft copies have been made available through some method or other. When we read through the draft copi

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