Each of these organizations has a membership, and they collect levies. The levies give them an indication of who their members are and how many they represent. Each of these organizations has a policy analysis component to it, or a good many of them do, for example, the Canola Council of Canada; the canola growers; the western wheat producers association; more recently the barley council; and more recently yet, Cereals Canada and commissions that have taken some of the load off of grain marketing and policy analysis from the Canadian Wheat Board.
