How cute, Oberg has his own blog

[Fransisco]

http://www.cwbeyeswideopen.blogspot.com/

[Fransisco]

How's about showing him some love in the comment sections.

[charliep]

[URL="http://www.cwbeyeswideopen.blogspot.com/"]cwbeyeswideopen[/URL]

[TOM4CWB]

Dear Charlie;

Chairman Oberg says:

"He’s also saying the CWB can be strong and viable in an open market. A government-appointed task force concluded otherwise in 2006, but hey, he’s a politician, and he’s a master of the sound bite"...

Is this really what the 2006 task force said?

[charliep]

Here is the task force report.

[URL="http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/choice13151"]task force[/URL]

From the summary:

The Task Force was established to address technical and transition issues for the Canadian grain
industry related to the change to an environment where farmers will be able to sell wheat and
barley to any domestic or foreign buyer, including a transformed CWB (CWB II).
The Task Force envisages a thriving and competitive Canadian grain industry, in which
innovation, entrepreneurship, investment, market responsiveness and individual initiative are
encouraged.
A CWB II that is owned by farmers can create value for them by buying and selling their grain,
serving its customers and reducing supply chain costs. The Task Force recommends that the
CWB prepare a business plan for marketing choice as soon as possible.
The Task Force recommends a four stage transition from a CWB with monopoly powers to a
marketing choice environment as follows (will let everyone link to the site to read the information):

FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

In its package of recommendations, the Task Force has sought a balance between giving CWB II
financial transition measures and sufficient time to have a high probability of success, yet
encouraging existing and new investors to participate in the Canadian grain sector while
providing farmers with marketing choice. The Task Force believes that if marketing choice is
introduced in a careful, considered way but without unnecessary delay, an efficient, effective and
competitive grain marketing system will serve grain producers, customers and the overall grain
industry.

SEE PAGES 26 TO 28 FOR THE NARATIVE ON IMPACT OF CHANGES.

[charliep]

Wrong link. Try this one.

[URL="http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/choice13151/$FILE/MC_Task_Force_final_Report.pdf"]task force[/URL]

[TOM4CWB]

Thanks Charlie!

I thought that is what (the task force) it said.

Talk about sound bites:

The CWB 'single desk monopoly' is about as slick and bites back as hard as it gets!

Especially when the only people the CWB has a monopoly over... and extract a premium out of; is commercial grain growers in western Canada!

[jdepape]

I submitted a comment this morning. It has not been posted yet others with later times have been.

Am I being censured for some reason?

[Hopperbin]

It won't let me post on account of illegal characters, wonder what that means? Is URL my ID that I put down ??Says url contains illegal characters

[wd9]

I posted too, but no comment shows up. Yes, censored.