Agriculture committee  Thank you. This morning I listened to one of the presentations, and Jeff's not getting money, you heard that, Mr. Nielsen's not getting money, and yet we have the Port of Churchill, we have the Canadian Grain Commission, we have all these groups that are getting Wheat Board funding, Wheat Board money, research, all these things.

Agriculture committee  I think in the past there was a court case in Winnipeg where the Canadian Wheat Board argued very strongly that they didn't have to get the best price for farmers; they only had to get what the act says, which is what the Canadian Wheat Board thinks is reasonable. There's a difference.

Agriculture committee  There is already a dual marketing system in place. I gave you the number of people who already bypass pooling and board marketing. For instance, a feed mill can come to our farm, buy grain, take it back, make feed out of it, and export it with a Wheat Board licence. The Wheat Board could have chosen to tell the feed mill it couldn't buy directly from the farmer.

Agriculture committee  Good morning...or afternoon, I guess it is here. I am very pleased to be invited here today, because the present government has indicated they want to make some meaningful changes to the Wheat Board, and for farmers. My husband and I in partnership farm organically in southeast Saskatchewan.