Gleaned from Prairie Ag Hotwire:
Jailed CWB Director Welcome at Next Board Meeting
The recent incarceration of Canadian Wheat Board director James
Chatenay will not impact the next directors meeting despite claims by a
western Canadian farm group. Ken Ritter, CWB Chair said "it will be
business as usual" at the director's meeting which will be held on
Wednesday, November 27. "I expect to see him at the meeting, he can
participate like he normally has and we are looking forward to his
attendance and his constructive input around the table."
The Western Barley Growers Association on Monday said they were
concerned that Chatenay, who chose jail rather than paying fines for
breaches of the Canada Customs Act, would face disciplinary measures at the
next CWB directors meeting.
"Considering how the current members of the Board of Directors have
treated Jim when he expressed a dissenting opinion in the past, we fully
expect they will attempt to impose discipline by suspending or kicking him
out completely" said Albert Wagner, President, of the Growers Association
said in a release.
The release added that in the past, when Chatenay went public over
frustration at being denied information on CWB borrowings, he was locked
out of the CWB board room and not allowed to attend that regular meeting.
A dozen farmers from Alberta, including Chatenay, a CWB farmer-elected
director, chose jail rather than pay fines.
"I have absolute confidence that Mr. Chatenay will not be suspended or
face removal," Ritter said in a phone interview Monday. "No doubt the
events will warrant a few comments, but by the same token I don't expect
anything else."
Jailed CWB Director Welcome at Next Board Meeting
The recent incarceration of Canadian Wheat Board director James
Chatenay will not impact the next directors meeting despite claims by a
western Canadian farm group. Ken Ritter, CWB Chair said "it will be
business as usual" at the director's meeting which will be held on
Wednesday, November 27. "I expect to see him at the meeting, he can
participate like he normally has and we are looking forward to his
attendance and his constructive input around the table."
The Western Barley Growers Association on Monday said they were
concerned that Chatenay, who chose jail rather than paying fines for
breaches of the Canada Customs Act, would face disciplinary measures at the
next CWB directors meeting.
"Considering how the current members of the Board of Directors have
treated Jim when he expressed a dissenting opinion in the past, we fully
expect they will attempt to impose discipline by suspending or kicking him
out completely" said Albert Wagner, President, of the Growers Association
said in a release.
The release added that in the past, when Chatenay went public over
frustration at being denied information on CWB borrowings, he was locked
out of the CWB board room and not allowed to attend that regular meeting.
A dozen farmers from Alberta, including Chatenay, a CWB farmer-elected
director, chose jail rather than pay fines.
"I have absolute confidence that Mr. Chatenay will not be suspended or
face removal," Ritter said in a phone interview Monday. "No doubt the
events will warrant a few comments, but by the same token I don't expect
anything else."
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