Mr. Speaker, the election last week of the Canadian Wheat Board advisory committee was a clear victory for those supporting the principles of orderly marketing.
Ten out of eleven candidates running won for the pro-board side. That is the highest number of candidates on the pro-board side ever elected. It comes at a time when promoters of the open market dual marketing system so-called were sowing seeds of misinformation on the board and trying their hardest to undermine orderly marketing. Some even supported tactics of breaking the law. It goes to show that the rhetoric and publicity tactics of the anti-board groups are just that, rhetoric but no substance and little support. Every wheat board permit holder had the right to vote in this election. The evidence is in. Congratulations. The government must now continue to support and strengthen the Canadian Wheat Board.