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    Why not the army?

    -Morris Dorosh nails it in this weeks Agriweek.-


    "Without necessarily knowing it, the elected directors of the Canadian Wheat Board, the menshevik governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan and a deluded group of uncertain lineage known as Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board have just finished sowing the seeds of its destruction. The Wheat Board is toast.

    The directors are hoping that a federal election will be held soon and that its friends in the Liberal and NDP parties will prevail over its enemies in the Conservative party. Faint hope. The polls do not show much change in voter sentiment, except for a general revulsion when it comes to the alleged Liberal leader Dion. The dynamics of the electoral process are in favor of the discipline and organizational competence of the Conservative party. They are unfavorable to the Liberal party, which has no money, big debts, disappearing support from people who matter and a leader who is easily meeting the lowest expectations that anyone has ever had of him. An election will not save the Wheat Board monopoly. If a federal election is precipitated any time soon it will repeat the last results, give or take a few seats. Even so it will greatly strengthen the position of the Conservative party because taking it again to the polls will not be an option for the opposition for several years.

    We know enough about agriminister Strahl, and also about other figures in the government that they are not about to be pushed around and bullied by the Wheat Board. The only people who don't realize it seem to be the Wheat Board directors. They have apparently become so drunk with their own importance that they do not understand that the Wheat Board is not a sovereign independent country. It is just a government agency.

    The government is not going to stand still for the humiliation and abuse that it has taken from the directors. The opposition parties will not defeat the government, not now but especially not after the next election, to preserve the Wheat Board monopoly. Sooner or later it will occur to Liberal and even NDP organizers that the Wheat Board monopoly controversy is not so much between the hated Conservative government and farmers as it is between distinct groups of farmers. One group of farmers wants to maintain the assumed, alleged security of the single desk. Another group, clearly growing in size and influence, wants the elementary liberty to sell its production to the highest bidder. Sooner or later political operatives will understand that advocating on behalf of one faction of farmers will alienate the other faction. Either way any gain of votes is insignificant. The best use of the latest events that the opposition can make is to try to show that the Harper government has little respect for constitutional law. This is not much of an issue among the city-cousin voters who decide elections. Urban voters, even sophisticated people who try to be engaged in the political process, are baffled by the Wheat Board, the system of grain selling, the monopoly and especially by the artificially-hyped intensity of the controversy.

    The government will now, as soon as practicable, move to restore authority over the Wheat Board to the government, which is responsible to taxpayers for the billions that the Board has at risk. The Canadian Wheat Board Act will be rewritten to remove the clauses which have encouraged the directors to act as if they were on the same plane as, or on a higher plane than, the elected national government. By the time it is done the federal government will regain the clear and undisputed power to decide what the functions, activities and structure of the Board will be. A dual market for wheat as well as barley will be mandated in the new legislation.

    The Wheat Board directors have betrayed the trust put in them by moderate-minded farmers, who have believed and maybe still believe that the Board could easily have continued in a non-monopoly environment. Hardly anyone on any side of this decades-old controversy ever wanted the Board to be eliminated. The most reasonable opinion was that if the Board had the competence and expertise that it claims, it should have no trouble surviving and providing valuable services to farmers on a voluntary basis. If it does not have that expertise and competence then it is a fraud.

    The Board and its directors have lost tremendous and crucial support from the middle-road farmers enraged by the fanatic ends to which they have gone to preserve their turf. If an agency such as the Wheat Board can confront and defeat the government, which is its owner, it sets itself above the popularly-elected government and claims a position from which it can dictate to the government what the government may and may not do. If the Wheat Board can do this, who exactly is the ultimate authority in this country?

    Why not the army? "

    #2
    Morris is an old grumpy man. He hasnt visited the ole' farmstead in pret' near four score and ten.

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      #3
      Old and grumpy he may be. Aren't we all who have tried to work within a flawed system for so many years?

      But there is no denying this is one of the finest, most accurate and thought full pieces written on the subject I have ever read.

      Well said Mr. Dorosh!

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        #4
        Splendid writing.

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          #5
          When the likes of BennyHin, wilagro, Agstar77, Evader and Burbert don't like what someone writes, they attack the writer.

          There would be much more value in the debate if they stuck to constructive criticism of the message and leave the messenger alone.

          By attempting to distract, they may divert attention momentarily from the argument, but they will never dilute the passion and commitment behind it.

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            #6
            "By attempting to distract, they may divert attention momentarily from the argument, but they will never dilute the passion and commitment behind it."- chaffmeister.

            Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

            What a crock.

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              #7
              How many acres of barley did you seed again this year Willy?

              40?

              and you want to stand in the way of real barley growers?

              remember that word passion - because the young farmers are now as committed to change as the Prime Minister.

              This wont be about you, Willy - it will be about youth.

              For the CWB - its too late.

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                #8
                Thank's for showing us that chaff is right willy. You have no arguments.

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                  #9
                  "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha",

                  reminds me of this classic

                  Brain Damage by Pink Floyd

                  The lunatic is on the grass
                  The lunatic is on the grass
                  Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
                  Got to keep the loonies on the path

                  The lunatic is in the hall
                  The lunatics are in my hall
                  The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
                  And every day the paper boy brings more

                  And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
                  And if there is no room upon the hill
                  And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
                  Ill see you on the dark side of the moon

                  The lunatic is in my head
                  The lunatic is in my head
                  You raise the blade, you make the change
                  You re-arrange me till Im sane
                  You lock the door
                  And throw away the key
                  Theres someone in my head but its not me.

                  And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
                  You shout and no one seems to hear
                  And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
                  Ill see you on the dark side of the moon

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                    #10
                    Sounds like a Liberal approach, remember PET sending the troops into Quebec during the FLQ crisis? Works for Afganistan why not here? Would solve all the problems with those annoying people that dare disagree with Herr Harper.

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                      #11
                      Start taking pictures of those monthly supplemental cheques...

                      From this day forward, you never know which one will be your last.

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                        #12
                        Agstar77,

                        I think you misread the meaning of the ending.

                        The "Army" is the CWB... as in a coup they take more authority than they are anywhere authorised to have... and abuse the people who they were supposed to serve.

                        This is what has happened to barley growers on August 1st 2007, an unelected Liberal appointed judge overturned the will of the people of Canada... authorised by legislation that has been interpreted in a sadisic and evil way since 1993.

                        CWB legislation had been created to benefit "designated area" grain growers... but Goodale turned it dark and dark single minded communists covered the good respectful aspects with selfish greed.

                        Commissioner Ken Beswick is all the proof I will ever need... that power of this kind is seldom used wisely by those who should know the difference between good and evil, and should have known better.

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                          #13
                          On July 31, Ken MUST have rolled over in his grave.

                          Ken had figured a reasonable way to provide cash marketing for barley... and was stabbed in the back by Liberal greed that insisted on taking wealth away from barley growers and giving it to farmers who produce animals and Maltsters.

                          The Western Grain Marketing Panel spelled it out in detail... and the majority of growers have insisted for over 10 years that the CWB respect their marketing needs as CHairman Ritter so Arrogantly pointed out.

                          What shall we write on Chairman Ritters grave stone?

                          1. He knew better... but did nothing.

                          2. You can get alot done with a smile, but much more with a gun and a smile!

                          3. Canadian "Designated Area" farmers are the some of most forgiving, caring, and patient people... That Ken lived as long as he did... is proof of this fact!

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                            #14
                            Agstar,

                            Are you saying that the conservatives sent the troops to Afganistan?

                            I seem to think it was your beloved Paul Martin. No?

                            Now your liberals want to run away like frightened school kids when we are starting to improve life for them.

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                              #15
                              Everything is unfolding for the Libs. Judas is about to have his last supper and a saviour will be born in Regina Wascana.

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