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Bill C-18 committee It's not the case, in the sense that the contingency fund is derived from the operating activities of the board, not from the pool itself. The use of the dollars would be for the new entity.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee Is that a question?
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee I think I would simply say, again, that the intent of the act and the intent of the transition period is to give a full opportunity to the Wheat Board to reinvent itself. The plans will be developed by the directors themselves in consultation with farmers, and there are various b
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee Government guarantees.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee In addition, as the legislation indicates, the government is willing to look at transition costs as the new entity moves forward, in terms of supporting where it might head as a farmer co-operative or a private entity. So again, transition costs will be considered. Until the ti
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee We haven't done it for precisely the reason you've been asking about; that is to say, we want the Wheat Board itself to advance its business plan, not the government. Nor do we want the minister to design that plan.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee Again, I'm from a beef farming background in Ontario. What I certainly understand in this long-standing debate, which I have observed for many years, is as we discussed earlier when the minister was here: that there has always been this middle option called dual marketing—
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee Again, the surveys that were referred to earlier--
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee Mr. Chair, I'll be straightforward. There have been surveys run by the Wheat Board itself, and I think they were referred to earlier by members, which included this third option called dual marketing. Those surveys have been run for some years. I can give you some of the details
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee Because the results, of course, show that most farmers favour the dual marketing—
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee What I think I can speak to is the nature of director liability set out in the act itself. I was going to ask Mr. Meredith to speak to that.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley
Bill C-18 committee As you know, the work of the department has been done very closely with Transport Canada. Even in our working group, as you know, Transport Canada participated in that work. The rail review itself, as you know, has four elements, including a facilitator—now Mr. Dinning—and estab
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
John Knubley