I am at this demonstration because I have grandchildren whose future concerns me. (Prime minister Stephen) Harper has suggested that after four years Canada will not be the same. I believe him and know he will have much to do with the changes.
Without the (Canadian) Wheat Board, we are told farmers will have a choice. Now we have both a public and a private option. Soon we will have only the private option. That is no choice.
Also, where will the public-private choice end? Two tier health systems look like the thin edge of the end of the public health system.
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Charter schools are a suggestion about the privatization of education. Will health and education be the next areas where we will have no choice?
Little evidence shows that the private systems are more efficient. When the price of water rose dramatically in a South American country when the system was privatized, the private water company was sent away.
As the private market moves to take over the world, Canada certainly will change as Harper predicts. I see the Canadian Wheat Board’s death as but the first step in this changed Canada.
Barry Hammond,Winnipeg, Man.
