Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, what are the exact, line-by-line details of all travel and hospitality expenses incurred by the Minister and all exempt staff since January 1, 2009?

Business of Supply   of the Canadian Wheat Board; Munir Sheikh, Chief Statistician; Steve Sullivan, Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime; Kevin Page, Parliamentary Budget Officer; and Rémy Beauregard, Chairperson of Rights and Democracy. The list is much too long for me to be able to finish it in the limited

Business of Supply   the long gun registry was canned. Linda Keen, nuclear safety, was canned. Adrian Measner, the Wheat Board president, was canned. Pat Stogran, the veterans ombudsman, was canned. Sheridan Scott, Competition Bureau, was canned. Steve Sullivan, victims of crime ombudsman, was canned. Paul

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Before I read the motion, I would say to Randy that we will be supporting his Wheat Board motion because we believe they should come before the committee. The reason that we had to move this up is that with some of the other motions we considered urgent

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you, witnesses. One of the concerns with some of the agencies, and not only your own, not only CBC, was that when the government applied access to information to them--the Canadian Wheat Board is another one.... There are certain people out

Agriculture committee  The Conservative members in this committee played games--as they're doing right now--that prevented us from hearing from some pretty legitimate witnesses, including the Canadian Wheat Board.

Agriculture committee   a long way in Canada to grow different crops, for Asia and whatnot. On that point, if we're going to stay ahead of the curve on growing what's needed for the world, besides getting into the whole charade of the Wheat Board, like the Conservatives do, let's talk about research

Agriculture committee  I want it on the record that we're not opposed to bringing the Wheat Board in. In fact we favour it.

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, the agriculture minister has again stated that he will ignore the Wheat Board Act, refuse to hold a plebiscite giving wheat and barley farmers a vote on their livelihood and will unilaterally abolish the Wheat Board. Forming government with the support of only 24

The Budget  Madam Speaker, the government has made the decision to shut down the Canadian Wheat Board. The impact is going to be quite significant. Given that the member is from the prairies, surely to goodness he recognizes that a vast majority of wheat farmers on the prairies support

The Budget   for Canadians, the Conservatives are giving corporations tax cuts and taxing our grandchildren down the road. They should be ashamed of themselves. If I have time, I would like to discuss the Wheat Board. I challenge the member opposite. Call a plebiscite on the Wheat Board and we

The Budget   Board maximizes the returns back to primary producers from the international marketplace. That is why it is there. It was supported in the last election. Indeed, 80% of the elected directors are pro-Wheat Board. That tells us there is strong support from the farm sector. However

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, my question is in regard to the Canadian Wheat Board. Given that the member is from Saskatchewan, I am sure he has the pulse of the community in terms of what the wheat farmers in Saskatchewan are saying with regard to the Canadian Wheat Board. My understanding

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I listened closely to the remarks by the member for Cypress Hills. He claimed that the long-term irritant in his riding was the Canadian Wheat Board. We know his position, that it is to undermine the board and virtually destroy it. However, there is also another

The Budget   of the wheat farmers do not support the actions the government is taking regarding the Wheat Board. How is it that the government sees fit to give the impression that it is being supportive of the wheat farmer while at the same time the wheat farmer does not want to lose the Wheat Board