Detailed numbers on the election

[Fransisco]

I don't think that they are that confident. That's why they get so uptight when you show them the numbers.

[wd9]

Francisco, you are in a bit of a dream world. The reality is farmers support the single desk for western canada. All your speculation, justifications, and voting math gymnastics mean nothing in the real world.

[jdepape]

I don't think you can say that because the CWB directors' election went one way or another that this represents farmers thoughts on the single desk.

I was a scrutineer two years ago and I was talking to someone who was a scrutineer this year. Both times there were many ballots that voted "1" for a "pro-single desk" candidate and "2" for a "pro-choice" candidate - or vice versa.

Not a resounding endorsement for either.

[Fransisco]

okay wd9, what evidence is there then that backs up your assertion?

[mustardman]

Francsco the Evidence is we won the election

[Fransisco]

Most farmers didn't vote.

[wd9]

Government doesn't look at who might have voted, they look at who got elected. Just as many farm groups want the board as get rid of it so they cancel out. I absolutely understand where you are coming from, but you have NO proof of how the rest would have voted and any government movement on the decision on what to do with the board is based on how things are, not how you think they might be.

We all can see the election results and speculate, but the only thing that matters is who got voted in. That is my proof. Yours is mere speculation. No amount of trips to Ottawa will change the facts. I'm not a board supporter, but apparently the majority are. That is fact.

[charliep]

I absolutely detest the royal "WE".

I suppose you mean the CWB as a political statement picked individual who support single desk.

I hope the elected representatives are able to provide leadership, strategic direction and performance monitoring for a $6 billion (picking a mid point)business. This organization is changing to meet farmers business needs, its own risk management needs and that of the supply chain/customers. The board of directors and CWB leadership have significant challenges ahead.

[Fransisco]

If most farmers didn't vote in the director elections then you can not say that the "majority" support the single desk. You also can't pretend that those who didn't vote don't matter. They do. They are still human beings, they are still farmers and their rights are still being trampled on.

[charliep]

If you don't think things are changing, feed wheat can be close to cash priced (albeit in a program that relates to the pooling system). No comments from single desk supporters whether this deviation from the price pooling is good or addressing the risk/cost of offering these types of programs.