REGINA (Staff) – The first week of committee hearings on Saskatchewan Wheat Pool’s proposed legislation allowing the company to sell shares on the stock market saw an equal number of presentations in support and opposition.
Pool management and the Co-operating Friends of the Pool both made joint presentations to the Standing Committee on Private Members Bills the first day.
These were followed over the next three days by individuals making 11 presentations supporting the legislation and 11 opposing it. Several presentations supporting the legislation were written by more than one person.
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Supporters included Cliff Murch of Lancer, Philip Sanden of Craik, Leslie Johnson of Davidson, Blair Cummins of Saskatoon, Norbert Kirsch of Dysart, Maurice Kostichuk of Insinger, Eugene Prychak of Rama, George Coates of Morse, Ernest Block of Main Centre, Cam Lang of Morse, Myrna Coates of Morse, Aubrey Wood of Ruthilda, Marvin Dechryver of Denzil, Holly Kelsch of Macklin, Ed Blier of Wilkie, Steve Pavlik of Eatonia, Norman Hall of Wynyard, Ken Bender of Melville and Robert Grimsrud of Estevan.
Opponents included Stewart Wells of Swift Current, Ed Wallace of Stewart Valley, Walter Nisbet of Success, Norman Bray of Regina, John Burton of Regina, Alex Thompson of Saskatoon, Elmer Laird of Davidson, Ken Gidluck of Biggar, Rob Watson of Lancer, Carl Siemens of Rush Lake and Ralph Canitz of Moose Jaw.
The main presentation of the Co-operating Friends of the Pool was made by Bruno Miller of Herbert, Stewart Wells of Swift Current, John Burton of Regina and Henry Kloppenburg of Saskatoon.
The pool’s presentation involved pool president Leroy Larsen, executive director Glen McGlaughlin, chief financial officer Lyle Spencer, chief executive officer Don Loewen and lawyer John Beke.
A list of 22 people were scheduled to give presentations to the committee March 13, 14 and 15.
The Co-operating Friends of the Pool and Sask Pool itself also have final presentations.
