Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   to this member, all they get from him is, “We disagree on ideology”, and that is about the end of the conversation. I found it interesting that he talked about his grandfather wanting to follow the rules, yet in his remarks the member goes on and talks about the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   by the government's decision, should have the ability to have some input as to what the government is doing today? Would he support prairie farmers being able to have direct influence on what is happening with the Wheat Board?

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   on a participation rate of about 56%. In the case of wheat, as I understand it, 62% of those who responded said that they would like to keep the single desk Canadian Wheat Board as is. For those 62%, on the assumption that is correct, what would my colleague say to those 62%, assuming

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   as soon say to keep the Wheat Board and go from there.

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Keith Ryan is one. I met with Keith on Saturday, and I believe he might even be one of the individuals who is looking at some sort of a lawsuit in trying to deal with the Wheat Board. The reality is that when I was meeting with farmers in Winnipeg, they made it very clear to me

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, for over 60 years the Canadian Wheat Board has provided an essential service to farmers throughout the Prairies. Today is indeed a sad day, as we see the government has made the decision to limit debate in an attempt to force the bill to the next level. We need

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, to what degree does the member believe that the grain farmers in the Prairies should be able to influence the decision of the government about the Wheat Board? I ask the member to reflect on the plebiscite that was conducted, in which 62% of the prairie wheat

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives thought they could get away with their anti-democratic attack on western Canadian family farms with no fuss. Funny how people react when the government ignores them. Protests against the Conservative plan to kill the single desk system by farmers t

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   of the Wheat Board who have admitted to me that thousands of farms will close because there are farmers who are past the average age of 50 who will not be able to withstand the transition. As a consequence, those small farms will close. Small economies in rural areas of the western

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, the prairie grain farmers are intelligent individuals and they have had ample opportunity over the last number of months and years to get a very good assessment of what the Canadian Wheat Board is all about, the pros and the cons. The Wheat Board is there first

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   producer, but devastating small prairie towns, whose economies depend on individual farmers with disposable income. There is a valid argument to be made that the government, by killing the Wheat Board, is going to be destroying family farms, that it is going to be making it that much

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, Conservative member after Conservative member have stood and said that they are grain farmers and that this is a good thing that will happen. Yet we know full well that a legitimate plebiscite was conducted by the Canadian Wheat Board. Members laugh, but I would

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   as well as a number of other agencies that research and work on new plant varieties and in some cases attempt to resurrect historic varieties such as the one the hon. gentleman referred to. It is an integrated system. All of the pieces fit together. The Canadian Wheat Board has been

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   down, closed off, the border closed, for 50,000 other farmers across the west, it is a serious matter that has to be treated seriously. The appropriate action was taken at the time What has also happened in the intervening 10 years is the democratization of the Canadian Wheat Board

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. gentleman and I will simply have to agree to disagree on that point. I support my side of the argument. A number of studies done by both the Wheat Board and independent organizations have analyzed this issue of the price premium that is available