KOMARNICKI HAMMERS CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD MINISTER AGAIN

OTTAWA (November 4, 2005) – Ed Komarnicki, MP questioned Reg Alcock, Minister of the Canadian Wheat Board again in Question Period today. “Farmers, farm groups even the Minister’s own Canadian Wheat Board have been asking for an increase in the initial price of grain. Weeks and weeks have gone by and yet this Minister has not made an announcement for what really is a simple decision to be made”, stated Komarnicki.

“The Minister’s inaction has also caused the low initial price to withhold safety net monies under the CAIS program. Farmers need more than talk. They need action and they need it now”, said Komarnicki.

Komarnicki concluded by saying, “I ask the Minister to do the right thing and announce the amount of the increase in the initial prices here and now and quit playing games with Canadian Farmers.”

The Minister replied by saying that he would be responding immediately. “That is something that he has been saying for weeks” said Komarnicki. “It is now time for him to make a decision.”