Agriculture committee   seeds, and the new crushers that are being built. I began thinking about how much value-added there really is in the grain industry. We heard that when we were getting rid of the Wheat Board; we heard that this was going to be an opportunity for all these new companies to start up

First Nations Financial Transparency Act   have gone against what the public wanted. I could give a number of examples of that, whether it is the Canadian Wheat Board or some of the refugee legislation that was introduced. When we are passing legislation dealing with our first nations, there is that much more

Agriculture committee  On the Wheat Board windup and the $184.2 million that has been allocated for that, I know that at the time of the windup there were certain moneys that were retained by the Canadian Wheat Board from the pooled funds. They retained earnings for future applications. I think

Agriculture committee  All right. Can you talk about value-added industry out west and what's happening? I know commitments were made around the time of the Wheat Board transition that weren't fulfilled by, I think, Alliance Grain Traders, and I know there is some extra canola being crushed. Can you

Agriculture committee  Mr. Hursh and Mr. Boehm, thank you. Kevin, thank you for that balanced answer. I remember hearing about the Alliance Grain Traders who were going to suddenly open up a plant out west, and as soon as the Canadian Wheat Board was dismantled, all of a sudden

Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act  , the Canadian Wheat Board, the pooled pension legislation, the gun registry, the back to work legislation, the financial system review act, budget bills, CP, Canada Post, Air Canada, Bill C-31 and the list goes on. The Conservative government, unlike any other government in the history

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, the crop year for the Canadian Wheat Board ends July 31. Typically, the board calculates final payments by December and issues cheques in January. Farmers depend on that timing. However, it is all contingent on government approval. The CWB asked for that approval

Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse Act   a fairly lengthy list, and I will not go through the entire list. Some of these issues of time allocation were quite significant, whether it was on back-to-work type of legislation, the gun registry, a pension plan, the Canadian Wheat Board, Air Canada, Bill C-31, Bill C-27 or numerous

Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act   Wheat Board. All of these are bills, and more, on which the government has decided to invoke time allocation. My question is more for the government House leader. Why does the government choose to introduce time allocation on many bills, which therefore takes away the responsibility

Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012   brought forward. They dealt with the Canadian Wheat Board, the pooled pension bill, the copyright bill, the gun registry, back-to-work legislation, our financial systems review and two huge budget bills. The way the government has walked on the rights and privileges of members

Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act   to debate, not to be constantly limited in terms of how much time they would have to spend on very important legislation. As I say, there have been 31 occasions now where the government has brought in time allocation with respect to things such as the Canadian Wheat Board, the pooled

The extension of sitting hours   federal election. What about the issues we are talking about? We could talk about the Canadian Wheat Board. Time allocation was brought in on that even though the farmers in the Prairies were denied the opportunity in law that they were supposed to have in a plebiscite

Fair Rail Freight Service Act  Mr. Speaker, I find the member's perspective very interesting. I could take a look at what Pierre Elliott Trudeau did for western Canada and compare that to what the current Prime Minister has done. Has the member ever heard of the Canadian Wheat Board? Did he ever represent

Combatting Counterfeit Products Act   as often as the current Prime Minister has. We have noticed a huge difference since the government acquired that majority attitude. It is really most unfortunate and it does not matter whether it is time allocation in regard to our wheat board, which offended 20,000-plus Prairie

Grain Transport  Mr. Speaker, I would first like to thank the hon. member for his question, and I have to commend him. He was one of the few on the other side who even questioned the minister on the lack of action. First the government got rid of the wheat board. The result is not making any