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The direct CWB staffing costs were more than $43 million in 2010 and represented more than 60 percent of its administrative costs. And much more seems to be contracted out locally. While not to suggested wheat will market itself, the manner in which staff are deployed is a critical issue. If the end of its single desk is viewed as meaning the demise of the CWB, in whole or in part, with the loss of CWB jobs, in whole or in part, it demonstrates rather limited confidence in the ability of that institution to compete. If the people of Winnipeg do not have confidence in the CWB's ability to compete, how can wheat growers have much faith. The question then is what value is there opposing competition. It might, also, be reasonable to assume that those functions currently undertaken by the CWB and the jobs that go with them will be taken over and taken on by the trade or whoever does the business in the post single desk environment. Some institutional work will surely need to be taken over by one of the grain industry quangos or the federal government itself. If there is a net loss of job - jobs lost from business lost by the board against jobs gained by business gained by the trade, it suggests that the wheat board was not overly effective at least in terms of employment. Even suggesting that there will be loss of jobs indicates that that 60 percent of CWB costs associated with employment can be reduced in a post wheat board era. And if there is an element of make work for the city of Winnipeg, farmers should be compensated for this by the city, or the province, or the federal government. It would be better, of course, to let the market find productive employment for any losing their jobs and those governments to assist with this process. David Walker top of page Maintained by:David Walker . Copyright © 2011 David Walker. Copyright & Disclaimer Information. Last Revised/Reviewed: 110721 |