I would like to comment on Ted Menzies’ analogy that Canadian grain and oilseed producers have to take on the U.S.A. and European treasuries by themselves. …
It really makes (the Western Canadian) Wheat Growers Association very naive to imagine that because Canada doesn’t subsidize … All you have to do is look at what happened in Europe over the last 90 years. Two very devastating world wars took place. A very large number of their farmers were slaughtered in the battle fields of Europe. Europeans know what hunger is, so to be so stupid as to jeopardize their ag production borders on really being pretty naive. …
As for the U.S.A. cutting subsidies, you can probably forget that idea. Americans are not that stupid. They realize the importance of agriculture to their economy. Which is more than I can say for Canada. …
– Robert Butt,
Flaxcombe, Sask.
