It’s again time to call on premier (Brad) Wall to save the grain industry in Saskatchewan and the farmers’ marketing agency, the world respected Canadian Wheat Board, as he did when our other major resource, potash, was being stolen from us by foreign companies.
It’s plain to see the 13 federal MPs have been told to shut up like they did during the potash issue.
Canada survived the Mulroney and Schreiber years, but we ended up so far in debt we could not even borrow money from the New York banks. I guess we can do it again.
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It seems strange the last Conservative prime minister from Calgary South was the Right Honourable Richard Bennett. My history tells me he saw what the grain companies were doing to farmers so he put in place legislation to establish the CWB.
He felt government needed a way to talk to its people because they were scattered all over the country so established the CBC. He oversaw the creation of the Bank of Canada – very progressive thinking.
Now we have a Conservative prime minister from Calgary South that wants to destroy both the CWB and CBC.
Conservatives do not seem to read their history. The so-called Calgary School (Civitas) and others seem to be winning the day for now, one step at a time. Hang on.
Avery Sahl,
Mossbank, Sask.
