Baltic dry index dropping

[cityguy]

When all is said and done I don't get it. You have a perfectly rational argument that says you know what's best for your situation. You have an argument that probably recoginizes that the world market can't absord all of the Canadian exports at US equivalent prices, but that if Canadian prices do slip to a point that people aren't prepared to sell, then that should be their choice. The CWB is a politically created institution and there are conservative governements in Alberta,Saskatchewan, and Ottawa, yet no one changes the institution. Guess the question is why aren't there more people / votes forcing the governments to change the institution. Politicians will simply follow where the votes are. No one in eastern Canada cares about the issue so what are the western politicians scared of.

[parsley]

Yes, cityguy, that is the question I asked myself quite some years ago, and went a-hunting.

So you tell me, with all these stars aligned for lighting up the path of marketing choice in the West, what could possibly be the cause of feet dragging?

Yes, well. Pars

[cottonpicken]

In all the confusion i cant remember if i fired five
shots or six,any reverence to ****ry imports being one
of our "guys".

[cityguy]

I'll ask a dumb question. There are directors elections coming up in the fall. Is there going to be the typical one anit-choice person and 5 pro-choice all running off against each other. Why can't the pro-choice side at least agree to run only one person? and don't get into whether or not the election is a farce etc. Even if it is it's probably the quickest route to change if managed properly.

[parsley]

"hunting" in obscure financial records can highlight some very strange and unusual alliances and relationships.

[parsley]

A dumb question for you cityguy:

Let's say the choice candidates win three more seats. Is choice guaranteed? iow, how will the Minister instruct his appointed directors to vote?

[parsley]

Farmers often speculate on who will pocket lots of money when grain prices rise. Rightly so. But maybe the more interesting question is: Who will pocket more money if grain prices are kept low. Pars

[silverback]

The alberta government at some point decided to become a bunch of little joe clarks and try not to ruffle the feathers of the progressive members of society. The only thing they have done is to ensure we progressively get lower prices than we deserve.

Some of us are trying to ensure that some future government might take up the fight and free us of this albatross. Of course the whining babies from Sask and Man. would cry that the big bad grain companies will swoop in and destroy us all.

(Funny, we don't seem to hear much from the supposed pro choice directors anymore either)

[vvalk]

Cityguy. The problem is that the east does care ALOT about the CWB. As long as the CWB exists then so does supply management. Better to have the CWB in the cross hairs then their beloved supply management. Why do you think the Bloc votes in favor of the CWB in all cases. Its their first line of defense.
Second as long as there are 50 60 or 70 thousand voters voting in the CWB elections when maybe 7000 farms do 85% of the production, a vote will never work. Never mind that you shouldnt be voting on a rights issue anyways.

[parsley]

An exceptionally well-expressed view, vvalk, as well as accurate. Pars