Recently I’ve had a few people in the riding ask if we are still moving ahead with changing the Wheat Board. The short answer is yes.

We have Bill C-57 to amend the voting procedures for the election of CWB directors. The intent of the Act is to stop non-farmers from voting in Wheat Board elections. Only farmers who have produced a grain crop of at least 120 tonnes in the last two years (or landlords who rent on a share basis) will be allowed to vote. If we are going to have Wheat Board elections, then farmers and only farmers should have the vote.

We are still pushing ahead with changes on barley, but the Board bureaucrats are still resisting the changes. They are resisting the changes and trying to ignore the results of the barley plebiscite. They are also ignoring polling of farmers by and for the CWB that shows 70% of farmers want market choice on barley.

Farmers should control their farms and not bureaucrats in Winnipeg.