It is very obvious neither agriculture minister Gerry Ritz nor prime minister Stephen Harper intend to allow western grain producers to decide for themselves through a fair, honest vote whether they want the Canadian Wheat Board to have sole jurisdiction to market their milling wheat and malt barley.
My many years as a resident of this Earth and always a keen observer of national politics have convinced me Conservatives, if given a majority in Ottawa, have proven to be the least respectful of others’ democratic rights.
In fact, they seem to think a majority gives them dictatorial rights to rule. Their interpretation of the word democracy seems to be, “if I don’t get my way, it isn’t democracy.”
They will not hesitate to force the desires of a minority on a majority and call it democracy. They are very comparable to the typical schoolyard bully.
George E. Hickie,Waldron, Sask.
