Gerrid Gust
The nomination place and time have been set.
Where Craik Legion Community Hall
325 3rd St, Craik, SK
When October 23rd 2019
Time registration and early voting 6:00-8:00pm
I’m running because through my involvement in provincial and national farm policy organizations, I’ve developed a skill set of leadership and strategic planning that the people of Arm River can benefit from. I’m a fiscal conservative. Believing in small government, personal responsibility and freedom. At the same time knowing that a healthy business climate and tax base, can be used to build strong public services and social programs.
I’ve spoken publicly on trade and technology promotion. I’ve spoken against the Trudeau carbon tax since inception. I think the residents of the Arm River constituency can use a new set of eyes looking at our issues. Someone who is as comfortable speaking in public as they are speaking with constituents. I’ve represented Canadian farmers in front of House of Commons Finance Committee the Senate Ag Committee. As well I’ve represented Canadian wheat and pulse farmers in Africa and China promoting our world class farms and distribution systems.
I’ve been involved at the board level with both our local Sask Party and Conservative Party of Canada riding associations. I believe that with these experiences, I can truly represent the People of our constituency.
Become a Sask Party Member
Experience
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers
Sit on research committee, nomination committee
As a board we made decision to lower levy to .67% from 1% leaving millions in the hands of Saskatchewan farmers/
Through the research committee we help decide what to fund and how funding serves strategic goals and the overall strategic plan.
Served around the Canadian Ag Human Resources Council (CAHRC) table trying to figure out how to get more people able to work in agriculture. Both foreign and domestic.
Western Canadian Wheat Growers
Advocates of removal of Canadian Wheat board monopoly.
Spoke on behalf of member farmers in front of finance committee in Ottawa. Senate Ag Committee by teleconference.
Media training.
Sat on WGRF board and executive committee as well as Wheat varietal committee, Investment committee.
Many facilitated strategic management sessions.
International Agriculture Experience
Represented Canada for the Global farmer roundtable at the World food prize in Des Moines Iowa in 2013.
Cereals Canada new crop Wheat mission touring Algeria, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, The Ivory Coast and Ghana. 2015.
Pulse Canada trade mission to China focusing on pea protein and improved functional uses of Canadian peas. 2017.
Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan
Together, we help tell the stories of the farmers who work hard to grow the fresh Saskatchewan food that we enjoy so much. FFC SK works to provide a coordinated effort and a unified voice, connecting farm gates to our dinner plates.
Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission
I along with four others, were asked to serve on the formation committee by the Saskatchewan government.
Modeled after the Canola commission we determined bylaws, levy rates, scope of commission and were responsible for hiring the first executive director.
Prairie Diamond credit union
Completed director training.
Successful merger with Affinity credit union. Then sat on advisory committee post merger.
Facilitated strategic management sessions.
Enterprise Saskatchewan
Successfully advocated Saskatchewan Government involvement in greater research through the ADF and university system.
Advocated provincial Government involvement in supporting farmers with removal of CWB Monopoly.
Examined many issues such as transportation, capital cost allowance on machinery, CFIA and land ownership.
Davidson Kinsmen Club
Almost 20 years of serving the communities greatest needs almost every position and committee.
Telemiracle 32 executive committee.
Currently heading committee on Pivot project. This has returned over $180,000.00 back to the community.
Press
Gerrid Gust seeks the Saskatchewan Party nomination for Arm River
Thursday June7th, 2018, Davidson, SK – Gerrid Gust announced today that he will be seeking the Saskatchewan Party nomination for the riding of Arm River once the nomination process opens this fall.
“I’m excited about this opportunity,” says Gust. “My objective is to use my skills, passion and experience to best serve the people of Arm River and the Province as a whole.”
Gerrid Gust has been active in the community, formerly serving as Vice-Chair on the Board of the Prairie Diamond Credit Union and as a current active member of the local Kinsmen, where they always look to "serve the communities greatest needs"
“I’m a fiscal conservative with a strong sense of community,” says Gust. “My goal is to create a more prosperous community which gives everyone an opportunity to succeed.”
Gerrid has also played a prominent role in agricultural policy on the provincial, national and international stage. He currently serves on the Boards of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers and Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan. He has previously served as a Director and Chair of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, and on the board of directors for the Western Grains Research Foundation and as Chair of the Agriculture Sector Team of Enterprise Saskatchewan. "I have represented Saskatchewan and Canadian farm families in Regina, Ottawa and around the world on different trade missions with Cereals and Pulse Canada.
Gerrid was born and raised in Davidson, where he farms with his wife Monica and their three active children.
Wall: Be ready to defend the ag industry
farms.com
The Canadian ag industry needs to continue to defend itself from groups that challenge agriculture. That’s the message Brad Wall, Saskatchewan’s former premier, had for farmers attending the Canadian Western Agribition yesterday.
FINA COMMITTEE MEETING
Meeting No. 38 Monday, October 25, 2010
The Standing Committee on Finance met in a televised session at 3:30 p.m. this day, in Room 237-C, Centre Block, the Chair, James Rajotte, presiding.
Possibility of soybeans, pork and peas facing delays getting to China 'very concerning,' says Sask. premier Moe's concerns are shared by Gerrid Gust, who just started seeding peas on his Davidson-area farm and will get canola in the ground within the next few weeks.
Gust says he's been following stories about the Canadian arrest of an executive of Chinese telecom company Huawei. China has previously used non-tariff barriers during diplomatic tensions, most recently against Australian coal.
Local Leaders Speak Out On Carbon Pricing
Davidson Leader 2016By Joel van der Veen
DAVIDSON — October has been a month of bad news for farmers so far, with continuous snow and rain bringing harvest to a grinding halt.
But for Gerrid Gust, Justin Trudeau’s announcement of a federal carbon pricing program was the cherry on top of the sundae.
Gust, who farms with his family east of Davidson, said the increased costs of fuel, fertilizer and transportation will be hard on producers across the board.
“I don’t know why we would want to be a leader in taxing ourselves to death,” he said Thursday. “Will this accomplish what they’re trying to do?”
"Have empathy and have less judgement. That person may be fighting a battle you know nothing about." We also like your other advice too ;) @Gustgd. Thank you for sharing! #DoMoreAg #BellLetsTalk pic.twitter.com/oLH5TRPzvz
— DoMoreAg (@domoreag) February 1, 2018
Have empathy and have less judgement
"Have empathy and have less judgement. That person may be fighting a battle you know nothing about." We also like your other advice too ;) @Gustgd. Thank you for sharing! #DoMoreAg #BellLetsTalk pic.twitter.com/oLH5TRPzvz
— DoMoreAg (@domoreag) February 1, 2018
Grain Train Runs Away From Canadian Farmers
Wall Street JournalBy David George-Cosh and Jesse Newman
Canadian grain exports to the U.S. have fallen sharply as railways expand the more-lucrative cross-border crude-oil shipments, a shift that Canada’s farmers say is pushing their crops to lower-priced overseas markets.
Prairie crossroads
Country GuideBy Gord Gilmour
How far can consolidation go? Is it inevitable someday a handful of operations will farm virtually all of Canada?
They stir Canada’s soul. Under a western sky, those sweeping, wide fields of Saskatchewan feel like home even to Canadians who have never set foot west of Ontario or east of British Columbia. They are the breadbasket of the nation and of the world. They are our Prairies and, in the words used to market the region to prospective immigrants in the early part of the 20th century, they are the Last Best West.
Sask. sets $10M for wheat research
Saskatoon StarPhoenixBy SCOTT LARSON - Cathy Sproule slarson@thestarphoenix.com
The provincial government will plow $10 million into new funding for wheat-related research over five years.
Gerrid Gust, chair of the western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, said Prairie farmers need the funding to stay competitive.
Mr. Gerrid Gust (Chair, Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association) at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee
Thank you for the opportunity to provide our views on the supply chain for grains and oilseeds in western Canada.
Food boom: Canada's growing wealth
Financial PostBy John Greenwood
Who needs a pot of gold? Canadian farmers who grow crops like canola are seeing boom times. - Bruce Edwards/Canwest News Service
Many times over the years, Gerrid Gust wondered if he’d made a mistake by going to work on the family farm with his father and brothers. This year, all trace of doubt has been blown away by the spectacular and unprecedented boom in crop prices, which is transforming the Prairies.
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