The bill has been tabled
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stor...board-law.html
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The new Canadian Wheat Board won’t have farmers elected to manage it as it works on a transition plan to privatize and function as a voluntary marketer.
Legislation tabled in the House of Commons Tuesday will let farmers start selling their own wheat, durum and barley in 2012, but not until the bill has worked its way through the House, Senate and their committees.
The proposed law would eliminate 10 elected positions from the board of directors, leaving government appointees. Those five appointees will be in charge of producing a business plan to privatize the board by 2016, with the minister of agriculture to decide whether it’s viable.
If the agriculture minister decides the plan isn’t viable, the government can permanently shut down the Wheat Board.
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Not sure what I think about this since I don't know a lot about farming. I guess freedom of choice is a good thing, but there is always a downside.
As an aside, one of the things I hate living in Ontario is that all the papers and the media just hate the Harper governement. Looking at the comments sections always seem to bring out that he can't do anything right and we're all doomed. Kind of hard to keep a level head here. A quick look at the commentary suggests that the Conservatives are selling out to large US corporatations and the farmers will be squeezed out by these large corporations.