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Forum: Current Events Topic: Grain firms prepare for a boom from Wheat Board's demise |
| Robair |
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:17 pm
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| Yes the corporations will make money selling farmer's grain. That is money that used to be returned to farmers by their wheat board. Except farmers will be making money on selling their grain to the various corporations, leading to competition and better prices for farmers, since they don't have to... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Grain firms prepare for a boom from Wheat Board's demise |
| Robair |
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:32 pm
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| The fate of the single desk wheat board has been decided by the Conservative party of Canada. It is not, and never has been, a grain marketing company. It has no assets, it has no capital base to even pay employees. Every cent minus operating expense has been returned to farmers every year. The sing... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Grain firms prepare for a boom from Wheat Board's demise |
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:11 am
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Yogi wrote: I didn't answer a question which I thought has an obvious answer, but here's 'my take' on it. Viterra and Richardson will make their money by reselling the grain they buy from the farmers.
Where has that money been going under the single desk system?
Viterra and Richardson gain, who loses? |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Grain firms prepare for a boom from Wheat Board's demise |
| Robair |
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:44 am
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| The farmers whom I have discussed this with are 'pro-choice' m hence my statement 'the strongest (entity) will survive'. How did the wheat board market/ship grain previously? Contract out to the companies it will now be competing against. The wheat board's objective was to maximize return at the fa... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Grain firms prepare for a boom from Wheat Board's demise |
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:15 am
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| Seems that you are against \choice., Rob! [huh] IF farmers feel that they are going to 'get screwed' by Viterra et al, then they still hve the option of using CWB. Rather than the producers being forced to deal with a monopoly, or being thrown into jail for not they now have a 'choice\. The stronge... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Grain firms prepare for a boom from Wheat Board's demise |
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:43 pm
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| Subsidy going to the port of churchhill. This is to compensate for the loss of the CWB. Gerry Ritz's action comittee to figure out shipping (something you'd think they would look into BEFORE passing this bill) is paid for by your taxes as well. Won't this be compensated by increased tax revenues th... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Grain firms prepare for a boom from Wheat Board's demise |
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:18 pm
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| A few mentions of taxes here. Pray tell, did I miss a tax hike which came about from the end of the CWB? Subsidy going to the port of churchhill. This is to compensate for the loss of the CWB. Gerry Ritz's action comittee to figure out shipping (something you'd think they would look into BEFORE pas... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Grain firms prepare for a boom from Wheat Board's demise |
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:05 pm
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It will be interesting to see where Gerry Ritz goes after politics.
My guess is Richardson or Vittera. Has a cushy job lined up somewhere I'm sure. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Grain firms prepare for a boom from Wheat Board's demise |
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:10 pm
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| That's all farmer and tax payer money. |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Tony Clement apologizes for telling the truth |
| Robair |
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:26 pm
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RUEZ wrote: This little bitch is a jack ass. He doesn't deserve an apology, he deserves a kick in the ass. Now tell us how you really feel. 
And here I thought your post would have something to do with the title of the thread not matching the title of the news article. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Shot in the eye, woman insists on finishing beer |
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:27 pm
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Shot in the eye, woman insists on finishing beer |
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:07 pm
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| I got a gal with just one eye no depth of field but sweet as pie You know I just don't care-ee-o That she don't see in stereo She's the one eye, one eye, one eye, She's the one eye, one I love. She's the one eye, one eye, one eye, She's the one eye, one I love. Yea you know my baby's tops. My sweet ... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Single tuna fetches record $736k at Japan auction |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:59 am
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| I'm certainly not known as a tree hugging hippie, but harvesting endangered species for food is disgusting. |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: ooops |
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:24 pm
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Quote: "How do you deport a teenager and send her to Colombia without a passport, without anything?" Why would an illegal immigrant have a passport?
Why would Columbia accept her??? |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: What would you do if you could be invisible? |
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:12 pm
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Comments: 22
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Yup. Grade four I think?
Sat RIGHT on one.
Yeaowch! ![[but]](./images/smilies/bootie.gif "Moon") |
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