Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I listened to the member, who was one of the key members going around the country basically saying that if we blow up the Canadian Wheat Board look at all the choices we will have. The Canadian Wheat Board was all about trade, and what do have now? We have

Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, quite a number of farmers would certainly make that case. The Canadian Wheat Board had a variety of functions in the system. Some of them were set out in legislation, such as the single-desk seller function. Some of its functions simply developed by way

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act   out a plan of the logistics. He failed to recognize the other things that the Canadian Wheat Board had done in terms of drawing grain from hundreds of thousands of farmers, putting it on the two rail lines, and getting it to Vancouver in an efficient manner. He failed to recognize

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Nobody is talking about wanting the Wheat Board back, Mr. Speaker. However, what we are saying is that the minister failed to understand the total supply chain, and he ultimately has the responsibility for the mess in western Canada at the moment.

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

Agriculture committee  . The numbers are out there. When you look at the basis price you see what.... I know that when you look at the price the Wheat Board got before and what they're getting now.... We're not sitting here saying that we want the Wheat Board back, but we're saying that you need somebody here who

Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act   in and harvest it, with the price of fuel. Meanwhile, they were not moving their grain. It is blatantly clear that the Conservatives need to take another look at their failed rail act, Bill C-52. That was introduced last June. They scrapped the Wheat Board, and all of a sudden

Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, I do not think, as my colleague said, that there is any question that there has been only short-term economic damage to producers as a result of the government's inaction on how to handle the system changes as a result of killing the Canadian Wheat Board

Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act   was right when he said there was nothing there. I read another interesting thing in The Western Producer. I might not have my figures exactly right. When the Wheat Board was in place, the cost of transporting a bushel of grain from the prairies to port was around $1.50 with probably 50

Extension of Sitting Hours   budget bills, where there are literally changes being made to 30 or 40 pieces of legislation and it allowed a few hours of debate. We can talk about the Canadian Wheat Board, where it allowed a few hours of debate before closing down the Wheat Board. We can talk about the pooled

Dairy Producers   trusting the Conservative government on the issue. It was not that long ago, for example, when a Conservative government felt that the Canadian Wheat Board had a valuable role to play in the Prairies. In certain situations, the government said that to the grain farmers. It said “trust

Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act   continues to use time allocation to prevent members of Parliament from representing their constituents on important issues. One of the issues for me personally was in regard to the Wheat Board. There are so many bills, such as budget bills, for which time allocation is used. Why does

Privacy   is the government doing with that information? If farmers are out there demonstrating in favour of the Canadian Wheat Board, does it compile that data? When it gets that data, does it threaten to cut off their agristability? What about public servants demonstrating against job cuts? Does

Agricultural Growth Act   seen the results of the changes to the Canadian Wheat Board this winter. Farmers used to received about 87% of the export price; now they are receiving about 48% of the export price. The corporate sector is gaining there. I would point out to the member that, in 2002, Canada

Agricultural Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed the member's well-thought-out remarks, and he is absolutely right: this has been a government of reckless decisions, especially when it comes to agriculture. We now know that there has been a $5 billion loss in sales through the Canadian Wheat Board