Where is (Saskatchewan) premier Brad Wall? During the proposed takeover of Potash Corporation, premier Wall was both visible and vocal in ensuring Saskatchewan interests were not jeopardized. Sadly and inconsistently, he has been dreadfully silent on the federal government’s intention to efficiently destroy the Canadian Wheat Board. Although the premier’s government has indicated it supports […] Read more
Stories by Eric Sagan
Whose side?
For a bunch that boasts about standing up for western Canadian farmers, the Conservative MPs from Saskatchewan sure have a lot of trouble figuring out whose side they’re on. First, why do they keep saying we don’t need a rail costing review? Is it because they think the approximately $5 a tonne the railways are […] Read more
CWB elections
(Agriculture minister) Gerry Ritz doesn’t understand the wishes of western farmers that do not want to give up the Canadian Wheat Board in favour of an open market system that the U.S. and Australia have at the present time. There never was support for the “open market” candidates even though they may have had resources […] Read more
No difference
It is 50 years since we in Canada had a prime minister from Western Canada. We as voters in Western Canada always criticize that all prime ministers were from Ontario and Quebec and didn’t understand our needs that we had in Western Canada. They had limited knowledge or didn’t give a damn about western Canadian […] Read more
CWB protection
In the past and present we as farmers depended on elected or appointed officials to represent the farmers’ interests. It seems as soon as candidates get elected or appointed, they forget who they are supposed to represent and start lobbying for the interests of corporations at the expense of other farmers. I believe in looking […] Read more
Open market &CWB
The Canadian Wheat Board director elections are almost upon us and the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association are promoting their policies for agriculture, which are focused at reregulating farmers’ rights into corporate rules and regulations, which in their minds will solve all of the farmers’ financial problems. The corporate world is able to exploit farmers […] Read more
