Harper's attack on marketing boards continues...Fish marketing to be gutted?
Conservatives fast-tracking study to end FFMC monopoly

Richard Gray, U of S, refutes misinformation on Barley prices
Dr. Richard Gray at the University of Saskatchewan refutes the misinformation about barley prices.

Strahl lies to farmers; Strahl's handpicked CWB CEO clarifies Algerian durum sales
Greg Arason goes on record correcting Strahl's lies about under-cutting in the Algerian market.

• Full text of Greg Arason's speech to the Agriculture Committee
• Press Release
  
  

Strahl covering up The Great Oat Disaster with slippery statistics.
Article by Ken Larsen explaining what happened to the price of oats in the years after their removal from the CWB.

• Strahl's results on Fraudulent Vote and Fraudulent Question.

• Remarks of Ken Ritter, CWB Chair
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• National Farmers' Union Press Release
• Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food Press Release
• Liberal Party Press Release
• Mantioba Agriculture Press Release
• NDP Press Release
• Real Voice for Choice Press Release

Harper, Mulroney and the ADM connection

Chuck Strahl under the leadership of Stephen Harper has...

• Established a task force of CWB opponents to draft a report that recommended the demise of the CWB single-desk selling.
• Strahl panders to U.S. interests: The task force report was first released in the United States. (Read:CANADA MOVES TOWARD ENDING WHEAT MONOPOLY AS SOUGHT BY U.S.)
• Disregarded the views of farmers and the farmer elected CWB board of directors (8 of 10 are board supporters)
• Removed thousands of voters from the voters list, during the CWB directors elections.(Full Story)
• Placed a gag order on the CWB and the CWB board of directors. (Full Story)
• Set up a misleading barley plebiscite question and plans to stuff the ballot envelopes with anti-CWB propaganda
• Fired appointed CWB directors and replaced them with his own directors. Strahl's directors are there to destroy the CWB
  (Article about Bruce Johnson (one of Strahl's directors.) )
• Fired the highly respected President and CEO of the CWB, Adrian Measner. He then appointed Greg Arason as CEO, Strahl had Arason sign a personal services agreement with the minister.
  (Full Story) (Real Voice for Choice Serves Notice to Minister Strahl)
• Passed an order in council, demanding that the CWB pay an exorbitant salary to his appointed CEO, Greg Arason. (Full Story)
• Uses government money, and resources, and a web site to promote his anti-CWB campaign, while issuing gag orders against the CWB.
• Plans on going to court to force the CWB to pay his CEO, Greg Arason (Full Story)
• Strahls attack on the CWB is costing farmers millions (S&P downgrade) (Full Story) (View S&P report)
• Strahl is damaging the CWB's international reputation with customers (Full Story)
• KPMG's Barley Plebiscite Information site links to Strahls anti-CWB propaganda. (Letter to KPMG by: Nathan Macklin)
• Strahl does not follow the democratic decision of the House of Commons, which approved a fair question on Wheat and Barley marketing. (House of Commons News Release) (Inky Mark Story)
• Strahl is able to identify the voter and how they vote on the ballot. (Full Story)