Stephen Harper would destroy the Wheat Board
The Canadian Wheat Board
That’s right.
The one that pays farmers $2 a bushel for their wheat
Then deducts the freight rate
And throws them in jail
And confiscates their grain trucks
If they try to sell it themselves
Except if they’re in Ontario
That’s right
Only Western farmers must sell to the Wheat Board
Stephen Harper would put an end to all that
And make the Wheat Board voluntary for Western farmers
And stop putting them in jail
For selling their own grain
We are not making us up.
Choose your Canada.
We haven’t heard a lot from the chief of the Wheat Board lately, old Alcock. Perhaps he ran out of hot air a few weeks back and is still trying to re-inflate. He has the ungodly ability to rage on and on saying nothing even remotely truthful until his few minutes on radio or tv are used up and he has skirted around any question asked of him. Perhaps they teach that at Liberal University?. I wonder if he is on the out as well??? One can only hope.
Just to fill in the item – the Liberals are actually running an attack ad based on Harper’s making the Wheat Board voluntary.
Unbelievable.
Do you really think that we should let the serfs…I mean farmers have freedom of choice to sell crops?
We must preserve our ways and protect the lands from Genghis Bush
We know that if the Western Farmer got a fair price for their grain they would just spend it on beer and popcorn? Big Brother knows best–
Thank God the Eastern farmers are smart enough to resist spending their money on beer and popcorn, Otherwise the feds would have included them in the Wheat Board years ago as well.
The view from Saskatoon..
I think Harper should take another page out of the Australian play book> If I recall from my time down there, grain farmers may market 25% of the wheat they grow themselves and the Wheat Board gets the rest. The AWB was then privatised and floated on the stock market.
Whats the link?
Or where’s the link I should say? I can’t find the ad on the liberal website.
Wow, that’s another tone deaf notion from the Liberal Party. I guess it’s now safe for me to say that they are really that stupid. Do they think they’ll pick up western votes with this?
“Only Western farmers must sell to the Wheat Board”
Charter challenge, anyone? That certainly sounds like a violation of the equality clause.
Ontario and Quebec wheat farmers have always had the freedom to sell their own product;
Now Reg Alcock, who is going to lose his seat, promises that farmers, yes farmers, choose the directors, of the wheat board, in Canada, because Reg is scared, of losing his seat, in the House of Commons, in Canada, we’re not making this up.
Krydor — Do they think they will pick up Western votes with this? The answer is no, but they might pick up a few Eastern votes with it — keep those Westerners in their place.
The ad played last night on tv. Can’t remember which of the networks, but that it’s only playing here makes sense.
At least the farmers can still vote while they’re in jail. And, to boot, while they are incarcerated for selling unregistered wheat, we are protected from them selling more illegal wheat.
Let me be perfectly clear about this, that fundamentally, basic, it’s Canadian Values to have fundamentally, basically a Wheat Registry. Yes, Canada is a country of minorities, such as the minority of wheat farmers that have unfettered access to free markets.
Send the lying, thieving, cheating, power-hungry hypocritical Librano cabal to the wilderness on Jan 23.
Kate — sorry for the OT post here, but you need to see this; I’ve found your new hunting weapon!
http://www.outdoorlife.com/outdoor/gear/article/0,19912,1123257,00.html
Two words: Yeee-Hahh!
Any bets that if Harper wins (sorry, but I am superstitious and it ain’t over til it’s over), the softwood lumber dispute will be over within months? Act of respect and the foundation for a better working relationship and all that.
Shirley,
They aren’t going to pick up much in the way of any type of vote with this. I don’t know who they would even be targeting with such an ad.
Saying “Eastern Voters” is rather vague. Rural voters are well aware of government incompetence regarding renewable resources. Urbanites don’t care. Waste of air time.
Charles in his discussion on “Adler Online” describes and defines the “Three F Words” that spell Liberal:
THE THREE ‘F’ WORDS
Do we want to have a national government that maintains its power
through the relentless pursuit of three “f” words — fear, falsify
and fraud.
Do we want a government that steals from its own population (that
would be fraud)?
Would changing that be a bad thing?
Do we want a government that constantly and consistently lies (that
would be falsifying information) to its own people, even about
something as simple as whether or not a certain political ad was
running in Quebec?
Would changing that kind of behaviour be dangerous to the country?
Do we want a government that tries to scare its population into
voting for them?
And that would be fear.
–
Capsulize exactly, exactly, exactly (three times for emphasis) what is going on.
The drums you hear in the background of each of the twelve propaganda attack lies are really native war drums summoning up the idea of the false ancient warlike mentality the Liberals would like to attach to Harper.
Subliminally send out a subconscious message “Harper will get us into a war we can’t get out of”.
This kind of message begs for swift counter measures!
Of interest from the Brandon Sun:
Reg Alcock, Manitoba�s senior Liberal cabinet minister, announced yesterday the Grits will let farmers choose the representatives who sit on the CWB board. When asked what would happen if those farmer-elected directors make participation in the CWB voluntary, Alcock said the Liberals won�t block them.
A good interview with the former New York police chief.
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/justice/article.jsp?content=20060116_119563_119563
What is wrong with you fellow Westerners?! Humble yourselves, and be grateful Paul Martin and his band of bandits have given you the right to sell to the Wheat Board! He could of just kept the wheat for himself and made lots of $, but NO, instead he let YOU sell it. What a kind King. Let us heap praise on him by voting for the corrupt, venal, arrogant bastards.
Does anyone know where the latest polls can be found?
Or heard what the numbers look like in Dithers riding?
Iron Lady is on the right track. Even though NAFTA and the WTO ruled in Canada’s favour in the softwood lumber dispute, the US won’t abide by the rulings until a different government of Canada grovels for respect.
This is the week when columnists have to decide where they want to be on election night to be on hand for the post-victory news conference of the winner. Until further notice, I am headed for Calgary.
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Chantal H�bert’s national affairs column appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday. chebert@thestar.ca.
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Mary; I hope what you meant to say was:
“until a different government of Canada starts to take its international obligations seriously, starts to take the war on terror seriously, starts to beef up its military, deports and jails known terrorists, supports democracy around the world and treats its best allies and trading partners with respect, and stops pretending that it has the right to hector those that do > in short GROWS UP AND STARTS BEHAVING LIKE AN ADULT AND NOT A SPOILED LITTLE KID”
But I don’t think you did. Is this a drive by trolling or will you stick around for the fun?
Re: polls… Damian Penny has links
Angus Reid is
http://www.angus-reid.com/elections%5Fcanada/index.cfm
Latest; CPC 40%; Librano 31% NDP 14% Bloc 10%
Artemis
I meant exactly what I said.
From your message I see you’d favour a “HOW HIGH WOULD YOU LIKE CANADA TO JUMP” relationship with the current ‘SCREW INTERNATIONAL LAW’ US administration.
Things have got to change for the farmers. For years they have been controlled by this farce of a Wheat Board. We have generations of farmers, now losing everything because they just can’t make ends meet. It is so one sided when only a part of the country is forced to have a board that does next to nothing for the wheat farmers!
I just hope Reg is punished by the people who elected him and they send him packing! Artenis, you just made my morning by posting those results! (not the same Mary as above)
Well, we’re in trouble now, the whole campaign’s sunk. Harper just said, “God bless Canada” in a speech:
http://sinisterthoughts.b …
What can I say?
God save the Queen.
God keep our land glorious and free!
Stephen Harper has extremely unCanadian values, doesn’t he?
Why are we so suddenly at arms about the Wheat Board? It has been around long then a lot of us remember. It is the first NEP to hit Western Canada. Only reason everyone isn’t up in arms, it affects the farmers (so we think) and us city folk are so ignorant we ignore it.
Simply put it is Eastern Canada’s way of controlling and regulating Western Canada’s lifestyle and prosperity.
It all begins at the farm. Fix that and the rest will follow.
cheers
tom
Good one George! “We know that if the Western Farmer got a fair price for their grain they would just spend it on beer and popcorn? Big Brother knows best–”
Posted by George at January 14, 2006 10:30 AM
re: Alcock; On my ‘top 3’ list of who I would like to see defeated/humilliated on Jan.23, he is tops, next McLellan, then Martin.
The total secrecy and price fixing powers of the CWB have made it a patronage tool for insiders trading in the commodity markets. If we ever get a peek at CWB executive conflicted interest links and internal accounting docs, there will be indictments.
The CWB served a purpose, 50 years ago. When the Crow Rate fell by the wayside, so to should have the WCB.
Choice
For Farmers
In the West
In Canada
About friggin time
Good Choice Canada
Syncro
Dyselexia *sigh*
syncro
At the risk of annoying people for going off-topic, here is a link to a globe and mail article that reports that the business model employed by Toronto’s Shouldice clinic where Jack Layton had his hernia repair, is one of Harvard Business Schools all-time top 10 case-studies.
here
ie a private hospital that is, and has been for decades, providing excellent, cost-effective care.
In Toronto.
In Canada.
We’re not making this up.
Oh, by the way, the wheat board sucks.
Forget the economics, and they’re debatable (if they were so fabulous farmers wouldn’t risk jail to sell their wheat independently, would they?) it is immoral.
If Canada had something like the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, this would not stand.
Imagine, a Federal Law that an activity when performed in one Province is legal and the same activity performed in another Province is a crime and you will be jailed for it.
This does not give Ontarians and Prairie dwellers equal rights or protection.
This is a troubling piece of Law for a free country if ever their was one.
Canadian Wheat Board ships some of its grain on CSL ships.
Wheat Board goes so does some of PMPMs business.
Paulie wont be happy.
Hey Mary…looks like Artemis didn’t stick around for the fun. Maybe Dubyas out trollin’ for colon and has him bent over and he’s taking it up the a** for all Canadians or maybe he had to run his comment by the US ambassador before posting.
Saturday Mix
I think I’ve become a political junkie. January 23rd is coming soon then I can go back to having less of a 1 track mind. So… Angry in the Great White North reports that The Globe Mail has come out
On Jan.24 PMPM will recieve a GG award,”Royal Order of the Boot”.
Dear Mr. Jumper;
Thank you for your kind words but in fact I have stuck around. I apologize to the other posters for feeding the trolls but it seemed like the right thing.
I think you just lost. Instead of choosing to debate issues or provide anything meaningful or even quasi-intelligent you went straight to ad-hominem attacts (thats attacking the person).
I especially liked the way you equated me to Jesus dying for your sins although I suspect thats not entirely what you were trying to say,
Besides, gay marriage is legal and I might say promoted by the Libranos (in Canada) GW and I are just dating.. no date has been set yet.
Any time Artemis. I will point out that you have declined to answer Marys’ last post…how cum?
Stubblejumper
It does not advance a dicussion by degenerating (perhaps this is your norm?) into crudity and incivility. Vacuous filth does not impress anyone with a functioning mind.
Henry
P.S. Grab a dictionary: look up irony, sarcasm, and mockery
It’ll get you banned, too.
No more free speach on SDA?
All I can say is thank-you, thank-you, thank-you for this post.
And a quick response to Mary regarding softwood lumber. In fact the WTO has ruled in favor of the USA not Canada.
Stubblejumper
You seem to have hurt Artemis’s feelings but at least you got a reply. I notice Artemis didn’t ask Iron Lady if she was just drive-by trolling.
I guess Harper’s trolls are acceptable.
Alcock says that now farmers can elect the directors???? Oh goody, how lucky for them! Funny how that was a stupid idea a couple of weeks ago and over the last 50 years!! Sounds a lot like Annie saying that nobody has to pay to register a gun anymore – goody goody. They must be telling the truth – right? But why are rights to our own property so evil??
This blog has a generous comments policy – but it is my property, and just like any private property I reserve the right to evict unwelcome users.
That is not a violation of your free speech. It’s my house keeping responsibility.
You are welcome to disagree all you wish, but I am simply reminding you that there are limits to my tolerance of trolling – especially when you have a track record of contributing nothing but.