the tribe has spoken

[sumdumguy]

I-F.

If you think the CWB elections weren't rigged,
you are just as stunned as you sound. The
marked ballots, the concocted voters lists.

[agstar77]

And they thought BTO was bad, penalty box.

[tipsy]

The writer of Agriweek raises an interesting idea.
"the Honorable and practical thing for Oberg and all elected directors of like mind to do is resign. If they do not resign they should be removed by Ritz, who has the authority to do so under the present act".
If the writer's statement is accurate and possible, then I would sure go along with the 8 single desk directors being removed by July 1st 2011. If a seconder is needed then I so move! All in favor...DONE and GONE
I'd be happy if my district was director less until this voluntary cwb was put in place. So no director election needed to replace them.

[wd9]

Integrity-farmer, you're opinion is certainly welcomed and creates good discussion, but do you need to swear to get your point across?

Since you say there has been a Canadian referendum on the future of the wheat board, please post what the question on the referendum was, when it was, and what the result of the yes no vote was. I may have missed the opportunity to vote so am unaware of any referendum.

Director elections are not referendums, they are about choosing a director that best serves the mandate of the corporation.

[bucket]

Integrity farmer

The last cwb vote was a rigged vote and here is why.

My dad died in January 2010 and hadn't had a permit book for quite some time.

So why did a vote come to "the estate of ....."???

If happened there, I am quite sure it happened quite a few times. And remember, in federal democatic elections - estates don't vote.

Think about it.

The directors won't even discuss how that happened. The election co-ordinator can't be blamed as MNP got the list from the cwb.

And on another note, the cwb asking price for durum at the lakehead is 18 dollars a bushel. The best the pro is at is 12.00. How do you justify a 6.00 dollar spread when there has been no new crop sales at anything under 18.00.
Then the question becomes, how much can the cwb commit to sales without having contracts with farmers in place?

That is where Oberg should be putting his efforts not grandstanding.

[bucket]

And the last director election, I don't remember Oberg talking about boats or other assets or spending farmers money, yet now its ok because they were elected.

So, Ritz was elected and I knew they wanted a change at the cwb. That's why I voted for the conservatives.

[charliep]

I would watch for the results of the CWB annual producer (likely to be released this
week). Results in the past in a 3 part question have been 30 to 35 % single desk
only, 15 to 20 % open market only and 50 % who would like the opportunity to
market in an open market with the CWB a choice. You can look at all the CWB
producer surveys over the past 5 years and the results have been consistent. Ask
the question that as a either single or open market and the results change.

In both the above, you have to layer in demographics about size, age of operator,
business structure, other enterprises, etc.

The CWB has done a lot of things to change. What the CWB has not got their around
is allowing competition for the products and services they offer in the farm
community. I suspect this is what farmers want in the 50 % category that request
alternatives outside the wheat board consistently in every survey the CWB has done.
But maybe the single desk only supporters can argue differently. Their arguement
the CWB will die the next day after an open has been introducecd hasn't found full
traction either among many farmers who wanting to see change. Just my take.

There was a second survey done this spring by Probit outside the normal annual
producer (bi annual by the way - a version is done in the fall). Would be interesting
to know questions and results of this survey.

[URL="http://www.cwb.ca/public/en/farmers/surveys/producer/"]surveys[/URL]

<a href="http://www.probit.ca/">probit</a>

[Integrity_Farmer]

Why are you guys scared of a plebiscite?

You know Ritz and Co. will rig it in your favor.

[FarmRanger]

Fransisco has it right, the only fair way is to let
everybody decide for themselves.

The problem with a plebiscite is where do you
draw the line for the mandate to force everyone
into the system?
Is 50% of the vote representing 10% of
production enough? Definitely not.

How about 80% of the vote representing 50% of
production? Better, but should not the
overwhelming majority of production be on side if
you are going to justify trampling farmer's
property rights?

Why doesn't the CWB start signing people up
now for next year to try to secure supply? The
fact that they are giving up now, without even
trying indicates that they know they haven't been
providing us with competitive pricing . An open
market will make that fact glaringly obvious in the
future if we have more than one buyer to
compare them to.

[Fransisco]

Why are you mono's afraid of competing in an open market? Because you know the wheat board can't actually get better prices.