Only 38% voted to retain the status quo. More here;
A total of 62 per cent of just over 29,000 farmers who cast eligible ballots said they wanted the board out of the barley market altogether, or for the board to be maintained in a competitive market.
Another 38 per cent said they wanted to maintain the status quo.
A government spokesman said federal Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl will now take steps to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act to remove the barley monopoly.
Plebiscite results (PDF)
See the AAFC main page for more.
Update
“The Conservative government does not have the mandate to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board after concocting the results of the barley plebiscite in the government’s favour.”
Fine, Ralph. Here are the results of the “Canadian Wheat Board’s annual producer survey, May 19, 2006.”
That’s right – the CWB wrote the questions.
Once again read for key words and then responded to without any actual comprehension of what is written.
Trent how did you take an argument about how democracy failed and the result was a travesty visited upon the worlds people by Hitler and come up with: “Barcs thinks Hitler is a savior who could have saved the world on the side of the socialist”
It’s like having an argument with a 5th grader that has a learning disability,… only worse.
Yeah, but barcs, he’s RIGHT!
Its like trying to tell you “IT THE SUN, STUPID”
I say get rid of it. Then the smartass farmers will really have something to cry about. And don’t come crying to us working people to bail you out. Also there should be no choice. The CWB should be abandoned and everything be on the open market. What do you think of that Kate. You shouldn’t be allowed to use one or the other or wherever you get the best price. Open market all the way. You think it’s hard now??? It’ll get worse but what do I know.
ok4ua:
It’s obvious to everyone here that you know nothing. As for you being part of the work force, I really doubt it.
There was a headline yesterday that said the CWB is considering to refuse marketing Barley. The optics look terrible. If the CWB has no desire to compete for producer business what kind of a job were they doing before?
‘The CWB is considering refusing to sell barley’.
Really? I thought they quit a long time ago.
The exports of barley have gone steadily down for the last ten to fifteen years.
And what is really remarkable about those declining export numbers is that for 5 of the last 10 years, the Canadian dollar was worth LESS THAN 70 CENTS!
If the CWB can’t sell barley to the world market under those conditions, then they deserve to have that part of their mandate taken away.
And the U of Sask CWB fools can go back to sleep.