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[AdamSmith]

wedino,

In Quebec is it 67% of those voting or is 67% of all eligable farmers?

[wedino]

I'll go out on a limb & say 67% of eligible producers. Here's what I read: For example in Quebec, the support of two-thirds of farmers is required to impose a compulsory marketing board.

Also of interest, in Manitoba, it's required to obtain a 60% majority to impose a VOLUNTARY producer checkoff.

[Vader]

wedino, I accept that a 2/3 majority is a legitimate threshold before making very significant changes.

Perhaps the anti-board side needs to have that degree of support to dismantle the CWB.

I you maintain that the CWB supporters need to have the 2/3 majority for the continuation of the single desk then that is the question that needs to be put to the people. Although the candidates do have as part of their election platform either a single desk or an "choice" position that is not the only criteria that people base their choices on.

Let us change the question from "who" do you want on the board of the CWB to "do you want the CWB to continue to have exclusive marketing authority over wheat and barley". In that scenario, I have no doubt that the support level would easily surpass the 2/3 majority.

Let's ask the question "who wants the CWB to become a run of the mill domestic, underfunded, understaffed grain broker with no facilities". Support for the continuation of the CWB in its current form might go as high as 75%.

[wedino]

The cwb paid for a survey in May of this year, you're all ready aware of this survey, aren't you Vader?.
In that survey, farmers were asked: “If you had to choose between
three different approaches to marketing barley, which of the following would you prefer.” In that survey 29.0% of
respondents supported the existing CWB monopoly, 45.7% wanted marketing choice, 18.7% wanted no CWB
marketing of barley at all and 6.6% didn’t know or did not respond.

Vader, due you agree that my final payments are smaller due to the cwb conducting this survey?

[wedino]

29.0% of
respondents supported the existing CWB monopoly,

See a trend here, Vader? 30% of eligible voters support single desk directors.

[just_wondering]

Vader
I would suport your argument on 67% to dismantle the CWB of its single desk if youy can show me the farmer voter turnout in the plebicite to create the CWB 70 years ago. The only vote that was held pre 1998 was to include Canola and that was lost by the Single desk supporters.
I would still have a hard time going along with the single desk if a fair question was aked of REAL farmers voting on production delivered but if it passed I would likely go along with it?(maybe)
But at best I'll give you 35% of anyone who delivers one tonne of grain to the CWB ,or will sign a stat decloration. On a one member one vote system.
The CWB is NOT a CO-OP, in my credit union board training #3 on requirements for a CO-OP is being voluntary the CWB is an act of parliment.

[peaqueen]

You know the more I look at this debate the more I question why a majority can decide what to do with the minority.

What about minority rights, or do we have to wear turbans to qualify for a debate on minority rights.