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Bill C-18 committee  Thank you for your question. I think that in many ways, given the process put before farmers, their voices have been stifled. This is a government that said it was going to hold consultations with farmers shortly after it was re-elected. None of that occurred. The Canadian Wh

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  If this government had agreed to hold a plebiscite amongst farmers, farmers' dollars could have been saved—

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  —and if this legislation proceeds, taxpayers' dollars are going to be at risk here as well.

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  And it's hundreds of millions of dollars, by the way.

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  On which bill?

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  To what part of the campaign specifically, or do you want them all?

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  All right. Well, first of all, I've always been of the view that the right—

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  I'll answer the question, thank you. I've always been of the view that the right way to settle this issue was to let farmers decide, to have a fair plebiscite, as required by the current act under section 47.1. When the minister refused to do that, we thought it was incumbent up

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  I don't know where you get your numbers from, but those are the costs. We've also spent, or will spend, some limited money on a legal case.

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  We won't know that until that case is complete.

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  My point is this—

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  Okay, thank you, Mr. Valeriote. One of the issues you mentioned, Mr. Hoback, was durum, and I think by your comments you were suggesting that the Canadian Wheat Board is a deterrent to value-adding here in Canada. I'm here to tell you that certainly isn't true. To give you just

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  Let me finish. Even if that were true—just assume for a minute that it were detrimental to establishing value-adding—the primary reason that maltsters and millers want producers out of the way is so they can access their raw product more cheaply. Let me quote from the annual rep

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  I don't have the exact numbers, but my constituents and Minister Ritz's constituents are in the same area. He was elected as a Conservative candidate. I was elected as a single desk director. Obviously, many farmers who voted Conservative also support the Canadian Wheat Board.

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg

Bill C-18 committee  Thank you, Mr. Hoback. You've covered a great deal of ground there. I have written down six or seven questions. I am going to start with your comments about an ideological battle. I want to tell you a story about the first time I met with--

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Allen Oberg