Evidence of meeting #7 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was industry.
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1:05 p.m.
Conservative
1:05 p.m.
Conservative
Brian Storseth Conservative Westlock—St. Paul, AB
Absolutely, Mr. Chair.
Well, I hope at the next committee meeting, Mr. Easter, you will bring your own copy of this and we can read along together. I can help you with that.
These comparative results are then applied to the Canadian marketplace to assess how farmers' revenues and costs would be affected.
One of the key claims made in support of a single-desk selling structure is based on the ability to exert market power within a given marketplace. Contrary to the claim that the CWB holds—
—CWB being the Canadian Wheat Board—
—more than 20 percent of the international market, the analysis shows actual market share of only 14.5 percent of all-wheat trade and 11.0 percent of the global barley trade. The CWB falls far short of the generally accepted 25% market share threshold needed to exert influence over global prices of wheat and barley.
1:10 p.m.
Conservative
1:10 p.m.
Conservative
Brian Storseth Conservative Westlock—St. Paul, AB
I do, Mr. Chair. I can continue this in the next meeting, if you prefer.
1:10 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Larry Miller
I would entertain a motion to adjourn and deal with this at the start of the next meeting.
Mr. Atamanenko, you're moving that motion?
1:10 p.m.
Liberal
1:10 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
