To the Editor:
Every year in December, the work of English writer Charles Dickens surfaces, along with the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by a ghost that reminds the old miser of his questionable past.
This year, the proponents of free enterprise and an open market system are also being visited by a ghost from the past — the ghost of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
When Trudeau and his Liberal government introduced the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms of 1984, many people feared that we would have a two-tiered government, where the courts and Parliament would be battling over the governance of this nation.
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The Liberals and the NDP rebutted with the claim that the new constitution would allow minority groups the representation that they often re-quired to pass legislation that was crucial to their survival.
According to the Canadian Wheat Board, approximately 60 percent of farmers support the board and single desk selling.
Thus, why are the courts and the infinite wisdom of the judge not protecting the rights and freedoms of the 40 percent minority of farmers who believe in a free marketing system?
Why are courts not enforcing the same rules for Canadian farmers from Quebec and Ontario?
I believe the reason may be quite simple. The socialist politics of Trudeau and company are still haunting the courtrooms of Canada.
