“We believe that competition is the key to building the grain transportation system that our nation and the farmers of Western Canada require and deserve. We believe that just as we must compete in the domestic and international markets with grain grown in the U.S., in Australia, in the Black Sea region and in Argentina, the transportation service providers who move our grain must not be insulated from competition. They must be expected to go head-to-head with meaningful competitors who will force them to continuously strive for the lowest cost structure and best service in an open and fair marketplace.”
- Canadian Wheat Board Chairman Ken Ritter’s speech to the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Transport Hearings on Bill C26 on October 28, 2003.
Rolf Penner- And its not just a one time quote in one of the CWB bulletins this past June they were again pushing for competition, “Those who say that railways are charging ‘what the market will bear’ ignore the fact that there is no market. What is needed is effective competition to create a market.” Unfortunately the Board believes that competition is only good for others not for itself. They’re wrong of course competition is good for everyone, its what keeps both buyers and sellers honest.
