During his defence of Donald Trump on page 14 of the Feb. 1 issue of The Western Producer, Robert Arnason accepts what his brother-in-law and the rest of the world knows — Trump is a court-established rapist, fraudster and conman who is “immoral and deranged.” The remainder of Arnason’s piece is simply making excuses for […] Read more
Stories by Stewart Wells
GM wheat policy called irresponsible
The discovery of genetically modified wheat growing in Alberta is disappointing and damaging to Canadian farmers. So is the reaction by Cereals Canada, an industry-dominated group that falsely claims to represent Canadian wheat farmers. An article published in 2014 quotes Cereals Canada President Cam Dahl saying, “Cereals Canada’s support for GM wheat is consistent with […] Read more
Where art thou strong and viable CWB?
So here we are, a little more than 60 days from the end of the orderly marketing of wheat and barley in Western Canada. When July ends, so do the marketing advantages of the real Canadian Wheat Board. Of course, those that have made careers of mindlessly bashing the board at every turn are pleased. […] Read more
Mocking Parliament
Porky: (noun) British rhyming slang – a lie. Canadian Oxford Dictionary. On Nov. 2, I had the opportunity to represent the Canadian Wheat Board, along with Allen Oberg, at the legislative hearings held in Ottawa to “discuss” the dismantling of the CWB. That same evening the minister of agriculture, Gerry Ritz, also addressed the committee. […] Read more
Orderly marketer
Over the past 100 years we have had five different models of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) operating in Western Canada. The first and second versions were government mandated and run. The third version was a voluntary farmer-run co-operative, which failed and at the time was the largest bankruptcy in Canadian history. The fourth was […] Read more
Lakers worthwhile
Rolf Penner’s reaction (WP March 10, 2011) to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) laker purchase – a sound business decision that will put more money into farmers’ pockets – is hardly surprising given Rolf’s penchant for attacking everything the CWB does. In my view, anyone who is seriously concerned about the CWB moving beyond its […] Read more
Rhetorical mud
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers (Association) are stuck in their own rhetorical mud and again attacking the Canadian Wheat Board. Their charge is that western Canadian farmers are missing out on the recent rally in wheat prices. But wait a minute: they were saying the same thing during the price rally of 2007. And what […] Read more
Not at all confused
Conservative MP David Anderson (Open Forum, June 17) can rest assured that no one is confused about his pathological desire to kill the Canadian Wheat Board and farmers’ market power. And since his party’s other dirty tricks and illegal cabinet orders have failed, their fall-back position is to change who gets to vote in upcoming […] Read more
