Agriculture committee  No, that's fine.

Agriculture committee  You are correct that there are no DON standards, regulatory standards, in place in Canada, not officially, but as the millers have spoken to today, there is this ad hoc approach to compliance that is certainly impacting their members--

Agriculture committee  I'm not in a position to confirm or not confirm what the standards are that they're being asked to comply with. It sound like they're variable. Most of the examples they've referenced relate to Atlantic Canada. I'm not familiar with mills in western Canada or whether the Canadi

Agriculture committee  The only comment I would make on the linkage to glyphosate--this is a scientific question, so it's a territory that's a little dangerous for me to tread--is that the introduction of glyphosate has certainly encouraged greater minimum tillage practices, which means a lot more crop

Agriculture committee  Some farmers are, no doubt, very happy with the marketing service provided by the board, and pooling and the services they provide; for some farmers those are perfectly fine. The durum price ranged from $6 per bushel up to $22 per bushel, and yes, the Wheat Board came out with an

Agriculture committee  Yes. The railways have had a number of productivity gains over the years, they've made a number of efficiencies, so it's always good to make an assessment as to whether the compensation being paid to the railways is appropriate or not--whether it's too much or too little right no

Agriculture committee  We believe we are the largest non-check-off voluntary organization in western Canada. We currently have about 600 members, but it fluctuates from year to year.

Agriculture committee  Yes, we have supported the call for a costing review as well, but in conjunction with the service review, because in our view, price and service go hand in hand. You shouldn't look at one issue in isolation from the other. So yes, we do support a costing review of some sort.

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. This is the same question we got a month and a half ago. Our answer is still the same. I will say that we have infinitely more voluntary members than the Canadian Wheat Board.

Agriculture committee  No, it's the same. We do our membership run in January.

Agriculture committee  I think the point we want to make is that the law should be consistent across the land; it should be harmonized. Farmers in western Canada should have the same rights and freedoms that farmers elsewhere in Canada have. We'll leave how that's achieved to you, but that's a fundamen

Agriculture committee  On the last two questions, I think in the case of Ontario we can look at how acreage of wheat has increased in Ontario. That's your best indicator, best barometer of whether farmers have embraced this system or not. Wheat acreage has grown. Farmers have now determined that wheat

Agriculture committee  --finding of the survey. Regardless of the percentage, it's close to fifty-fifty. Half the farmers want marketing choice; half the farmers want to have the single desk. But the question is, at what point is it the right of the state to impose its views on all farmers? To enfo

Agriculture committee  The latest Wheat Board surveys show that 49% of farmers favour the dual market; 47% supported a single desk. That's the Wheat Board's own survey of permit book holders. But setting that aside, on the issue of the number, whether--

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. Why we have different figures is because the survey asked the question in many different ways. So it all depends on how you ask the question what the result will be. In fact, that's probably the major--