Canada is a vast dominion richly blessed in resources by our Creator. Thus Canada reaches east from shining sea and west to shining sea. And behold, Canada reaches north yea, even unto the very North Pole and south to the American border, within which there dwelleth giants.
Now, it came to pass that when Stephen Harper was ruler of this land, and Gerry Ritz was the ruler’s stalwart and faithful minister of all things agricultural, that a decree came forth that henceforth it is a sin for all prairie growers of wheat and barley to own the marketing group, the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly.
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Behold, that decree caused much loud and long wailing, also gnashing of teeth among members of the CWB. Indeed, they asked, “Why take away our marketing group that our forefathers gave much effort and suffering for, and which has served us well all this time; yea, labour has unions, professionals have associations, and behold, birds of the air group in flocks, and even the fish of the sea have schools.”
And so the ruler and his minister answered, “we wish to give freedom of choice to market as you wish, and we fear the giants to the south -thus it is a sin to have a monopoly.”
Only on the Prairies, and only in Canada. Pity. Thus endeth the lesson.
Bernard Rostaing,Ohaton, Alta.
