Should Ag Minister Berger Change The Way the Checkoff Is Collected?

[ASRG]

Grassfarmer pretty well said it all? I have no problem leaving my checkoff with a group that actually might do something for my benifit....instead of doing everything in their power to hurt me.
Do you think I take that mighty $2 and just live it up? That $2 and a whole lot more go into an organization that promotes my private property interests.....not Cargills or Nilson Brothers!
How much of my mandatory check off went into fighting the government on their disgraceful behavior on the BSE law suit? Can you say ZERO dollars! They were too busy down on their knees worshipping the government!
I would actually have no problem paying a mandatory checkoff........to get rid of the ABP.....once and for all!

[parsley]

farmers_son,

"Oh, he has a loaded half-ton and I don't.".
"He gets welfare and I don't."
"Her Tommy's got a better hockey stick than my
boys got."
"Saskfarmer got a bigger agri-invest payment than
me."

Every time you hear any JOHN DOE bitching
about not getting his fair share of somebody else's
earnings in the name of equality, rack it up as the
mind of a socialist.

If you scheme to have somebody else's earnings
automatically deducted to support your scheme,
you think like a communist.

Learn to ask your neighbor for his money instead
of taking it and then telling him to apply in writing
for a refund. In the name of fairness

Q: What kind of thieves are we raising?
A: Slippery ones with no sense of what real
fairness is. Pars

[ASRG]

How hard would it be to have a simple checkoff box on the livestock manifest:

"Do you wish to have $2 deducted per animal to go to the ABP?"
Yes or No.
If the ABP provides value people would support it. If people are concerned some people weren't paying their fair share for promoting or protecting the industry, the question could be:

"Which organization do you wish your $2 checkoff fund to go to?"
-ABP
-Western Stockgrowers
-NFU
-Alberta cattle feeders

We would then see which organization actually provides value? I would suggest if this option was available ABP funding would drop dramatically and that would be a good thing as they might actually start to work for the producers.