www.cwbafacts.ca

[Fransisco]

Found this on another thread from our old friend John De Pape ...

jdepape posted Nov 19, 2010 11:05
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stubble:
I went to the website www.cwbafacts.ca and was unimpressed. Same old rhetoric, same old misrepresentations, same old skewed conclusions based on inaccurate understanding of the market place.

I have sent an email to them to invite them to discuss their facts (I'm not concerned about their conclusions - but they should at the least get their facts right.) We'll see if they respond.

Example of factual inaccuracies:
"“basis” includes transportation and the other costs of moving a commodity from production to the international price location."

Sorry, but that's wrong.

Here's another:
"One of the largest malting plants in the world is located at Alix, Alberta."

At 39,000 tonnes (storage capacity), Rahr actually comes in fourth in Canada - after Canada Malt in Calgary (89,330), Prairie Malt in Biggar (107,380), Canada Malt in Thunder Bay (80,900). In the US there are many plants bigger than Rahr in Alix. Even more around the world.

There are many, many more examples like this. It's too bad that someone went to so much effort only to get so much wrong.

[Koldkanuck]

The people who put up that farse website, are the ones running for directors in the up coming cwb elections. If you look at the bottom of the website, its done by IWManager....the same as for a few web sites some of the candidates have used for their website. So I'm guessing it's someone like Kyle Kornny yuk yuk.

[gustgd]

I wonder if Kyle or this group is paying for his website.

Bill Gehl of the NFU is this years head of the CWB Alliance.

[jdepape]

For what its worth, I sent an email to www.cwbafacts.ca.

They have not yet responded.

Funny - I don't even know who they are. For all I know it may not even be someone connected to farming - it could be a grain company or a government bureaucrat.

Huh. Go figure.

And I've read more of the website. They have some interesting ideas but there is so much that is factually wrong I really have little confidence in any of it. Pity.

[Kodiak]

If you're really interested call Bob Roehle. His fingerprints are all over this. Not that he has any skin in the game or anything. Other than maybe his CWB pension or future Liberal appointments (Good luck with that Bob!)

mlp.manitobaliberals.ca/?m=200912

[gustgd]

@Kodiak
For heavens sake don't scare the employee's.
Their pensions are not at risk!

Although dead wood will be trimmed. All for the health of the corporation of course.
and
Consultant positions will be dramatically reduced, at least until they get grain marketing under control.
Maybe once they have done that, they can start to play policy, like any other business.

BTW I hear Bob Rohl is with MCGA. Manitoba growers can ask for their checkoff back, OR get someone good to run and take MCGA back from the socialists

[bucket]

Holy cow, the people that have anything to do with cwbafacts ought to be looking for a rubber room.

Pure nonsense.

Farmers have completely changed the way they approach farming and plain and simply, the cwb is not keeping up.

If they don't change the new generation, that they ignore, will quickly put them out of their misery.

What the cwb does not understand is the young generation will have the support of the older generation that watched their sons or tenants make their own farms more prosperous.

The changes the under 50 year olds adapted have lead to a better western canada. Too bad the cwb doesn't have that leadership.

[cchurch]

Yeah the so called "changes" that have happened in farming have screwed the farmers.

How much more change do you want?

[Kodiak]

Oh, and of course Anders Bruin, who in addition to Roehle, is another very disgruntled ex CWB employee.

church, you should seek these people out and you can have yourself a very fulfilling session of highly negative discussion. Together you can blame eveyone else for your misfortune and your lot in life.

Better yet, seek professional help. I'm serious. If I had your attitude, I'd be suicidal.

[JDGreen]

cchurch please explain this so called change??