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Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   suspect the results would be similar to the results of the one conducted by the Canadian Wheat Board this past summer. Those results indicated that in the case of wheat something like 62% of prairie producers said they would prefer the single desk operation and in the case of barley

October 20th, 2011House debate

Ralph GoodaleLiberal

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, the member for Red Deer is aware of a recent article in The Wall Street Journal that lauded the Wheat Board's demise because of the increased profits for grain companies, yet an article in The Economist warns of the tragedy that would prevail in western provinces

October 20th, 2011House debate

Frank ValerioteLiberal

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, my friend spoke of the perceived tyranny of the Canadian Wheat Board and I would suggest that the tyranny that we have to fear is the tyranny of the government. Subsection 47(1) requires a plebiscite that the government refuses to hold. The Economist writes

October 20th, 2011House debate

Frank ValerioteLiberal

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   Wheat Producers' Marketing Board who determined that was the route they wished to take. In western Canada, there is also a duly elected board of directors for the Canadian Wheat Board. Why are the western directors not being treated with the same respect and regard as the directors

October 20th, 2011House debate

Ralph GoodaleLiberal

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   understand that 62% of western farmers who were surveyed said that they wanted to keep the Canadian Wheat Board as it is. Now 62% is a bigger number, and some would say quite a bit bigger, than 38%. Therefore, 62 seems to me to be bigger than 38, but I have trouble resolving that because

October 19th, 2011House debate

Marc GarneauLiberal

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Madam Speaker, I want to know why the parliamentary secretary gets up in this House and consistently lies. The Wheat Board had nothing to do with these bears. It is farmers who raised the money at rallies, to make their point—

October 19th, 2011House debate

Wayne EasterLiberal

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   disappointed with that. Canadians are disappointed with that. western Canadian farmers who are looking for answers on why they are not having a plebiscite pursuant to section 47.1 of the Canadian Wheat Board are most particularly disappointed with that.

October 19th, 2011House debate

Frank ValerioteLiberal

Canada-U.S. Relations   is selling out farmers' marketing rights to United States interests. After winning 14 challenges with the U.S., now the Prime Minister serves up the Canadian Wheat Board on a silver platter. Why is the Minister of International Trade consistently allowing a sellout to U.S. interests?

October 19th, 2011House debate

Wayne EasterLiberal

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, on the same subject, with a slightly different tone. In his first answer to the Leader of the Opposition, I heard the Prime Minister clearly state that he was confident that he had the full support of the majority of western farmers. I will ask him a simple question

October 19th, 2011House debate

Bob RaeLiberal

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's comment. I assure the member that I could find Conservatives who believe in the Canadian Wheat Board. He points to an example and says that John Manley said that for the most part the legislation is good and we should pass the bill

October 18th, 2011House debate

Kevin LamoureuxLiberal

Privilege  Yes I am, Mr. Speaker, just to add a little further. Parliament clearly set out in its law, passed in 1997, the right of self-determination for farmers who ship through the Canadian Wheat Board. Parliament, this place that we call a democracy, passed a law, and here we have

October 18th, 2011House debate

Wayne EasterLiberal

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act   of the day, there are some outstanding issues that are fairly significant. The member is right. In Manitoba we have 1 of the 14 seats but there was a time when we had 12 of the 14 seats. When the government takes a position, such as it has on the Canadian Wheat Board, I foresee a time

October 17th, 2011House debate

Kevin LamoureuxLiberal

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act   saying, which is that they want to retain the Canadian Wheat Board. Based on the member saying that Conservatives are listening to what Canadians are saying, can she assure the House that her government will listen to what the Canadian wheat farmer is saying in the Prairies?

October 17th, 2011House debate

Kevin LamoureuxLiberal

Privilege  , that it must assume that the Canadian Wheat Board ceases to exist. That is the assumption that is made when in fact that can only be done through legislation in the House. We are not operating in a dictatorship where the executive branch of government decides all. The deputy House leader

September 19th, 2011House debate

Wayne EasterLiberal

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

March 24th, 2011Committee meeting

Wayne EasterLiberal