Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's an interesting discussion on the Wheat Board. I'll not get into it other than to say what the Wheat Board is now. It's just another grain company—it's as simple as that—that at some point in time, as most of the other corporate sectors do, will try

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, I raised a question on September 26 about the Canadian Wheat Board because of the growing concern in the farm community that not only did the Conservative government destroy one of the best marketing institutions in terms of enhancing farmers' marketing

Agricultural Growth Act   to the Canadian Wheat Board Act. The minister did, so I probably should as well, because I certainly do not agree with the minister's interpretation of the results of his killing the Canadian Wheat Board. It was one thing for the government, if it so decided, to not allow the producers

Agricultural Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, what we have consistently seen from the government is a reduction over time in a number of ways of its support for the agriculture community. The government talks a good line. I mentioned the disaster that the government created by killing the Canadian Wheat Board

Grain Transport   to be difficult for the member that they cannot use the Wheat Board any longer as the bogeyman, but the Wheat Board did some things right. One of the things it did right was logistics. I would suggest to the member, and I hear the member laughing, that one of the reasons that farmers did

Rail service  -operation. The number of stakeholders and the demand on the system is going to continue to grow, which is good. It is good for the people out west; it is good for all of Canada, and it is good for the people who need our products around the world. The Canadian Wheat Board had a variety

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers   at third reading on the Conservative government's bill that would effectively kill the Canadian Wheat Board. It is an honour because I truly believe that when putting forward legislation such as this, legislation that would not only touch the lives and livelihoods of farmers across

Agriculture committee  I think, Chair, if anything, we found that this is not about the Wheat Board. This is about nothing having been put in place when the Wheat Board was gone. When you see the quotes from Ian McCreary, they say that at the end of the day there is nothing that has been put

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  , various attempts have been made by producers, communities, farm organizations, governments and others to correct or at least to try to offset that imbalance. The strongest effort, and certainly the most successful, has come through the Canadian Wheat Board. After a number of dubious

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Madam Speaker, we should not even be debating Bill C-18 today. Alongside tens of thousands of western Canadian farmers, members on this side of the House await the plebiscite the Conservative government is legally required to hold under section 47.1 of the Canadian Wheat Board

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to Bill C-18. However, I am disheartened by the method the government is using to kill the Canadian Wheat Board and deny farmers their legitimate say in the process. This attack on a Canadian institution that was placed under

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a question of privilege on an issue which I believe constitutes a contempt of the House by the government in relation to the publicly stated efforts of the government to undermine the Canadian Wheat Board with the intent to destroy the Canadian Wheat Board

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   trying to do away with science and technology. What we have, in this case, are two ministers who are doing the direct opposite and doing everything within their power to smear the Canadian Wheat Board. It is for that reason that I want to put a couple of things on the record so

Agriculture committee   because they asked everything about the old Wheat Board when it was there and it was always in the audited report. For the old Wheat Board the numbers were always there. In any event, we are where we are. One of the concerns I hear about a lot is research positions not being filled

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act  Mr. Speaker, what a line we are getting from the member who is probably as much responsible as the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food for destroying the Canadian Wheat Board as a marketing institution in this country. As we know, that has cost farmers a great deal of money