Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act   allocation. To list few of them, there was the Canadian Wheat Board pool registration, copyright legislation, back-to-work legislation, free trade agreements, first nations legislation, and massive budget bills, which are an abuse in themselves. As has been pointed out, no government

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, the government promised to deliver, but farmers actually believed they would have a vote. The government never gave them that opportunity. The Conservatives just destroyed the old Canadian Wheat Board with the stroke of a pen, by legislation. The member talks

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, I raised a question on September 26 about the Canadian Wheat Board because of the growing concern in the farm community that not only did the Conservative government destroy one of the best marketing institutions in terms of enhancing farmers' marketing

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2   there are needs that the government is not meeting, which is limiting the amount of production coming out of the Brandon pork assembly line. The member mentioned wheat. The government is the one that killed the Canadian Wheat Board without even going to the farmers. Even though the law

Agriculture and Agri-Food  Mr. Speaker, media speculation is growing in the west about the final disposal of the Canadian Wheat Board. The deadline is not until 2017, but it does appear to be happening more quickly. Can the minister say how many potential buyers have signed confidentiality agreements

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Wheat Board has never been as closed, secretive and non-transparent as it is today. There is no data in the annual report, no financial statements and no examination by the Auditor General. This agency, concocted and directed by the government

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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