Derek 2.0

Or look to the selling off of Air Canada and Petro-Canada........or after the Tories return with a majority this Fall, the eventual fire-sale of the CBC.

As already answered And the Government got a quarter of a billion dollars, well divesting itself from the grain business and keeping a promise to Western grain farmers.

It's not......the various Ports, shipping firms and railways have no issue with carting numerous oil & gas companies products for example, likewise the local grocery store has no issue selling numerous brands of toilet paper.....and as said, already, the infrastructure is already there, the CWB/G3 will either run it as marketable to other grain concerns, go out of business or sell a percentage of the unused/non-profitable portions...... And why would the Government desire to remain in the grain business? If its such a good idea, why not have Government compete in the selling of other consumer goods?

The CWB artificially raised and lowered the price of various grains, well all farmers were forced to sell their grains to the CWB by law, which in turn dictated how much and what Western farmers could grow........Now Western farmers, like farmers around the world (and the rest of Canada), can decide what and to who they will sell their grains, likewise for how much.......they are free to continue with the CWB/G3, restart local co-ops, sell to large international agri-businesses or sell it themselves..... The benefit to farmers, what the vast majority wanted, is freedom of choice........as to Canadians as a whole, I'd expect the inverse, namely prices to both rise and fall, like any other goods in a free market.

Oh, like the cost of gas? As said, somehow Quebec and Ontario farmers were able to survive without a government forced monopoly (likewise American, Australian etc).......why do feel Western Canadian farmers can't?

No, we got rid of the monopoly.......we sold assets. And no, something very big has changed, now Western Farmers have the same market flexibility as farmers from Ontario and Quebec have had for decades........if Ontario/Quebec farmers have been able to manage for so long without a mandated Wheat board, well receiving actual market prices for their crops, Western grain farmers will do likewise.

The CWB was the monopoly........If the now Saudi owned firm was not willing to ship at reasonable rates, other groups now have other legal options, be it by truck or purchasing their own hopper cars to get their product to market......of course, for the Saudi firm, having thousands of rail cars empty on a siding, their several lakers tied up in port, countless silos and elevators unused and the majority of the Port of Churchill brought to a standstill doesn't make good business sense....

And will own a portion of the already required infrastructure required to get a given percent of grain to market......going forward, the former CWB's competitors could very well be paying to lease/ship their product in/on the former CWB's elevators and rolling stock...

The wheat board owned far more than a "marketing board":

Ever heard of a grain farming and distribution network without?

Fair enough, I must have misunderstood your post. With that said, from reading the various sections of the Firearms Act (including the portion you quoted), its easy to understand the confusion.......the legal nuance as to why I can keep my Beretta Centurion legally locked up in a bedside safe with loaded mags versus someone illegally keeping a 60 year old Cooey 39 in their basement unlocked with a brick of 22 Hornets in a box in the attic.........likewise, why a rural rancher or farmer can keep a loaded semi-auto mini-14 next to the front door, but a hunter or camper can only keep a loaded firearm in bear country if they're sleeping in a tent, but not a motorized vehicle.........clear as mud. Right, but only after being put into the poor house with legal fees..... Preaching to the choir here.........that's why the legal ownership of firearms should be decriminalized, with reasonable accommodation in the form of licencing, separating the criminal element and gun crimes within our legal framework..... Bill C-42 will address some of these issues.........and it appears the SCC has nixed further legal tools to address the criminal element........so here we are.

What makes you think the new buyers are a "vulture fund" intent on slash and burn of its new holdings? One could just as easily state the purchase was to secure a stable food future.........If Western grain farmers want in, they can join, but not be forced in by law.

The infrastructure/Real Estate............ -------- A more apt concern, why does anyone care that Western grain farmers now have parity with grain farmers from Ontario, Quebec etc, farmers that unlike those in the Western provinces, were able to sell their crops to whom and for what price they liked........

I never suggested that someone has been convicted for solely improper storage of ammunition.....quite the opposite in my reply to Jacee........as there is next to no regulations encompassing the storage of ammunition outside the relationship to a firearm(s) Improper storage of firearms, likewise possession of a prohibited device (any firearm sans licence for example) there are a myriad of examples of Canadians charged and convicted.......One of the most egregious examples would have to be that of Ian Thomson.......for a result of. Logic would dictate......alas the drafters of the Firearms Act, in countless examples, were devoid of logic.....One of the poorest pieces of legislation made into law in Canadian history, rife with contradicting and poorly defined wording. I have no idea.........perhaps they felt the C-42 would never be made into law?

What makes you feel the "law and order" party, that has appointed the majority of the judges in the SCC, despises it?

More so the Opposition and the anti-gun lobby........On one hand the Common Sense Firearms act, was to transform Canadian cities into Dodge City, but in this case, stiffer sentences for those that actually commit gun crimes is a solution in need of a problem.......

Bingo....waving fist at the SCC = Red Meat for a part of the base = donations.

C-42, in this example, will do exactly that...............and though convoluted, the regulations encompassing the storage off ammo are not that foolish.

That's far from true, quite the opposite in fact..........the "exemption" for legal gun owners will be implemented once C-42 receives Royal Assent in the coming month(s).

Yes to both, but the "paper crimes" (like a license not being renewed in time or lost in mail etc) are being removed from the Firearms Act with Bill C-42 (Common Sense Firearms Act) which is currently in 2nd or 3rd reading, and will be law before the Summer Break.........hence if Gramp's license gets lost in the mail, he won't be woken up one morning to the sound of the RCMP ERT's flashbangs going through his front window and his front door breached........

Nail. Head. Hammer........

Exactly, and political theatre....

An actual, real world example, that can and does happen within the scope of our current laws, is when gramps forgets/doesn't get his PAL renewal off prior to his licence expiring........if such a thing happens, gramps is in possession of prohibited firearms.......Likewise, if going to the range or hunting, and I forget my wallet at home, but was pulled over for a traffic stop, I too would be in possession of prohibited firearms. Of course once Bill C-42 passes (it is currently in second or third reading), such paper crimes will be done away with.......none the less, I consider this one a win for Harper in some aspects....When the Liberals/NDP scream that Harper is eroding gun control, he can point to the SCC this legislation.........

Exactly, within their ruling, the SCC had no issue with the three year sentences (as there are already), as gun crimes are felonies (under the Criminal Code/Firearms Act), the contention was with the allowance of gun crimes resulting in summary convictions.

Before or after your million rounds a month training? Odd that you pretend to have received firearms training from ex special forces, but can't identify a shotgun (a shotgun co-designed by Blackwater to boot), have claimed to have burnt your hand on the barrel of an M4 (despite such carbines having handguards and heat shields) and don't know the difference between a "clip" and a "magazine"............Likewise your piss poor retelling of both the acronym and actual procedure for safely clearing the M-16/M-4 platform, something drilled into the heads of every 17 year old that has went through a Western military basic course....... Based on your own posts, I highly doubt you've ever handled a real firearm (outside of the ones that come with your video games), let alone were trained to handle and shoot one by former SEALS and Delta Force at Blackwater........