Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, Conservative MP after Conservative MP talks about the reduction in average acres and they try to blame the Canadian Wheat Board. As in many other things, they have absolutely no evidence, not a shred, to demonstrate that is the case. If anything, the CWB

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, the government is going out of its way to claim that this bill is all about freedom. My colleague made reference to how critical the supply management system is, much in the same way as the Canadian Wheat Board is. It protects industries in many different ways

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   Board? Is that what he is trying to imply in the House? I ask the member to put it to the test. Section 47.1 under the legislation says we ought to that. The Wheat Board says that it has 62% support on its plebiscite. Why will the Conservatives not put it to the test? Why

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   United States has remained the same. That has been with a board of directors of farmers in place. The act, under section 12, says: Every person holding office as an elected director of the Canadian Wheat Board immediately before the day on which this Part comes into force ceases

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   officer for Viterra Inc. and spent six years with Agricore United. Viterra itself has indicated that breaking the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly could be worth 50¢ to 75¢ of per share value to Viterra. Why is the government taking the fate and control of the Wheat Board away from

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The minister made that comment the other day. The Wheat Board reports in an annual report every year. The board has said itself that it has reported. Why does that member, his minister and the parliamentary secretary continue

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   profits because they are going sell the wheat for more: they are going to make them because they will be taking the profits from the farmers. In fact, Viterra's shares spiked when Canadians found out that the Wheat Board would be gone shortly. Alliance Grain Traders is suddenly going

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, the idea that the voluntary wheat board could operate is nothing but government hypocrisy. The fact is the board is moving. The government, through this bill, would fire the farmer-elected directors, who were elected by the farm community, and it would either

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  , obviously with speaking notes from the PMO, stood and talked about the fact that the Canadian Wheat Board was designed in 1943 and that there have been no changes since. Yes, there were. In 1997, the board was changed to include 10 farmer elected directors, time at a time

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   it is heralding the opportunities that dismantling Wheat Board would give large Canadian and international grain companies which would now be sucking the profits out of farmers out west and keeping them for themselves and their shareholders. I wonder if the member for Malpeque would express

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   believes its shares are going to go up. The U. S. wheat associates is very pleased with what is happening. This is going to be a gain-gain for the grain multinationals of the world. The Canadian Wheat Board has been the vehicle that has been willing to challenge the railways. It has

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

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I present a petition with regard to the Canadian Wheat Board. The livelihoods of western Canadian farmers are at risk should they lose the clout of the Canadian Wheat board to set the best price for their grain, negotiate fair treatment from the railways, lower

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition signed by many western Canadian grain and barley farmers, the very farmers to whom the government is currently refusing to listen. They are concerned with the government's ideological plan to kill the Canadian Wheat Board without first

Agriculture and Agri-Food  Mr. Speaker, when the government kills the Canadian Wheat Board single desk, it could also kill Canada's brand in global grain markets. Private companies will no doubt try to gather up the Wheat Board's $6 billion in annual sales to enhance shareholder value for their owners