In regards to the Canadian Wheat Board debate, I don’t really favour one over the other, but I think that Mr. (federal agriculture minister Gerry) Ritz and Mr. (parliamentary secretary for the CWB, David) Anderson have the wrong title because we don’t have freedom of choice.
With practically everything you grow, you have to sign a contract. That means you have to deliver to the company you contracted with, and you have to deliver the whole production.
You can’t keep any for your own seed, plus you have to pay a user fee for using their seed even if it’s a volunteer crop.
Who is going to decide who gets cars and how many? Who is going to assemble a ship load of 13.5 (percent protein) wheat at port for a certain day? Who is going to guarantee that it is what it is said to be?
Multinationals run our country now. They will soon run our farms.
Wm. Serhan,
Porcupine Plain, Sask.
