econ101:  To me it is interesting that most Canadians blame R-CALF on the BSE border closing when it was really the NCBA USDA that closed it and kept it closed longest in the first place.

exactly, canadians have been lied to/about by every american organization involved in the beef industry.

econ101:   I bet if some of you Canadians would help the producer out with the industry concentration and price manipulation games that come with industry concentraion you would have less problems with R-CALF and U.S. producers

don't think so.  the anti-trade, protectionist sentiment is one of the more appealing arguments bullard and mcdonnell can make to a lot of american cattlemen.  my son was attending u. of lethbridge last year and he and a friend went down to a r-calf meeting.  said it was a bunch of the most backwards businessmen he ever saw.  it's easier to blame canadians for their problems than to try to fix their own industry.  r-calf hasn't accomplished anything substantial and the leadership can deflect criticism by blaming canadians for the problem.  the mood in america now is to blame the rest of the world for everything that's wrong and feel threatened by what's outside their borders.