New trade agreement

**bucket** · Sep 30, 2015, 07:14

A little more detail. I don't like guessing.

**Hopalong** · Sep 30, 2015, 07:19

Can not understand why prairie general farm organizations support the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in its defence of supply management.
Leadership of APAS, KAP and what was Wild Rose must know the importance of export markets for our grains, oilseeds and livestock.
Perhaps it is carryover from days when wheat board and pools were so influential in policy making.

**bucket** · Sep 30, 2015, 07:25

It's probably got more to do with the completely ****ed up job the conservatives did with the open market.

They didn't finish it with proper transparent reporting.

Or implementing regulators for both the railway and graincos.

**Hopalong** · Sep 30, 2015, 07:42

Heard one leader say that when CFA takes a position, members are expected to support the parent organization.
Rather turned off by dairy farmers demonstration, seem more interested in discrediting government than looking for a way to move ahead with change to supply management to make it acceptable to our trading partners.

**tweety** · Sep 30, 2015, 07:58

They don't want trading partners, they want supply that is managed and are making a good living off of it.

Is there anything grain farmers can learn from this?

**hobbyfrmr** · Sep 30, 2015, 08:10

I agree with Tweety. Im not saying its right, but he has a very valid point.
Those farmers want their supply managed, and they are doing just fine, thank you very much. It has worked for decades. i would get pretty defensive if someone was going to trade away my living.

**bucket** · Sep 30, 2015, 08:17

I just can't trust conservatives or the beaucrats to make the right decisions on this.

Fool me once......

**perfecho** · Sep 30, 2015, 08:21

Well, we have exported the majority of manufacturing jobs, exported our clothing industry, now import about 40%of our food...why shouldn't we get rid of our dairy industry as well?

**wmoebis** · Sep 30, 2015, 09:03

How many Canadian owned grain Companies are there? We have exported/gave away our grain industry, only difference is they left there facilities on our soil.

New trade agreement