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Bill C-18 committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a comment that may be helpful for members' understanding of the dynamic at play. The question that was asked whether farmers could have had a choice? I'm a commercial operator. Frankly, I have no interest in this government grain marketing organi

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Ian McCreary

Bill C-18 committee  Thank you. That's an important question. The economics of Churchill, if you are a player like the Canadian Wheat Board or a commercial operator whose value base is based on the farm gate, is simply that of drawing a line from the farm gate to the customer and saying, “What's the

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Ian McCreary

Bill C-18 committee  Yes, without question, the economics comes off the table. The value is no longer there and, ultimately, the government is creating a train wreck for a lot of short-line railways and a lot of infrastructure in Saskatchewan.

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Ian McCreary

Bill C-18 committee  The difficulty is that in order to protect it, you have to have a transparent mechanism for price discovery in port position and there's nothing in the legislation that provides that, among other pieces. Ultimately, the producer car shipper has a transaction that happens beyond t

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Ian McCreary

Bill C-18 committee  Thank you. First, I'll deal with grain quality very quickly and very simply. The Canadian Grain Commission sets the grades, but ultimately the value that's created for the different grades happens because the single desk can price discriminate. It's that simple, but that's a bi

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Ian McCreary

Bill C-18 committee  Thank you. I think it's important to reiterate that on the ancillary pieces, there have been statements made in the press that are simply not correct. They're not defensible statements and there's been no economics done. I think that is ultimately an issue that should cause us a

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Ian McCreary

Bill C-18 committee  Okay, I will. I'll just wrap up with two thoughts. The first is that you had options. The options that were put on the table--a continental market--would have given the farmers the daily cash price they needed and would not have wreaked havoc in the international market. And

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Ian McCreary

Bill C-18 committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee. I farm on a full-time basis with my wife and two sons in central Saskatchewan in the village of Bladworth. As mentioned in the introduction, I was an elected producer to the first farmer-elected board of directors when the C

November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting

Ian McCreary