Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's an interesting discussion on the Wheat Board. I'll not get into it other than to say what the Wheat Board is now. It's just another grain company—it's as simple as that—that at some point in time, as most of the other corporate sectors do, will try

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

Agricultural Growth Act   to the Canadian Wheat Board Act. The minister did, so I probably should as well, because I certainly do not agree with the minister's interpretation of the results of his killing the Canadian Wheat Board. It was one thing for the government, if it so decided, to not allow the producers

Rail service  -operation. The number of stakeholders and the demand on the system is going to continue to grow, which is good. It is good for the people out west; it is good for all of Canada, and it is good for the people who need our products around the world. The Canadian Wheat Board had a variety

Agricultural Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, what we have consistently seen from the government is a reduction over time in a number of ways of its support for the agriculture community. The government talks a good line. I mentioned the disaster that the government created by killing the Canadian Wheat Board

Grain Transport   to be difficult for the member that they cannot use the Wheat Board any longer as the bogeyman, but the Wheat Board did some things right. One of the things it did right was logistics. I would suggest to the member, and I hear the member laughing, that one of the reasons that farmers did

Agriculture committee   because they asked everything about the old Wheat Board when it was there and it was always in the audited report. For the old Wheat Board the numbers were always there. In any event, we are where we are. One of the concerns I hear about a lot is research positions not being filled

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act  Mr. Speaker, what a line we are getting from the member who is probably as much responsible as the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food for destroying the Canadian Wheat Board as a marketing institution in this country. As we know, that has cost farmers a great deal of money

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

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

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

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

Grain Transport  Mr. Speaker, I too know that the remarks from the member from Vegreville were heartfelt, and I know the impact on the farming community. We may disagree on the Canadian Wheat Board. His government really killed the only entity that had the authority and the power to challenge

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

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers   at third reading on the Conservative government's bill that would effectively kill the Canadian Wheat Board. It is an honour because I truly believe that when putting forward legislation such as this, legislation that would not only touch the lives and livelihoods of farmers across