It looks like in spite of comments from Minister Strahl like..."We said we would appoint a task force to give us some of the details on the marketing choice. But I always find it a little passing strange when my critic from the NDP or my critic from the Liberals who do not have to live under the Wheat Board, tell the rest of Canada how they have to market their products." (Question Period-Oct. 5, 2006) (emphasis mine-cg), there are a lot of farmers who also live "under the wheat board" who do not agree with the Minister.
I find his comments extremely telling and obviously, so do the farmers who are launching the initiative below.-cg
Sender: Wendy Holm, P.Ag. holm@farmertofarmer.ca
Western Canadian grain growers have formed an organization called REAL VOICE FOR CHOICE.
It's purpose is to defend farmers rights to continue to make decisions concerning the marketing of wheat and barley in Western Canada. There are co-chairs in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, They will be taking steps over the next several weeks to assert the rights of farmers to retain single desk selling per the Canadian Wheat Board Act.
I urge you to have a look at their material, which is posted at my CWB Under Attack
web page: http://www.theholmteam.ca/CWB.html
Wendy
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