Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz once called Canadian Wheat Board supporters the “tinfoil hat and decoder ring wearing” crowd.
It seems like the shoe is on the other foot these days. Ritz and Jeff Nielsen, the District 2 (anti) CWB director, have cooked up a bunch of conspiracy theories around the recent CWB meetings.
Since when did it become a bad business practice to prepare a presentation?
I would have been awfully ticked if I had left my farm to come in and see a bunch of directors standing there twiddling their thumbs.
And, oh my, people asked the same types of questions?
Could it be that farmers across the Prairies really are concerned about issues that affect their bottom line, like producer cars, the loss of premiums and advocacy?
Mr. Ritz: Hundreds of us left our farms at a critical time of year to come out to these meetings and to stand up for a board we believe in.
That doesn’t take much decoding now, does it?
Lin Larsen,Benalto, Alta.
