To the Editor:
It’s not often that I write letters to open forums in newspapers, but I felt compelled to answer a letter printed in your Nov. 3 issue from a gentleman from Spring Valley, Sask.
His attitude that Canadian Wheat Board supporters are motivated by envy is a sad commentary on the man’s judgment of others.
Even more frightening is his misunderstanding of “Catholic” social teaching, which is really “Christian” social teaching. Christ taught one basic concept for being a true follower and that is “loving service.”
We love God best by caring for and serving others. Respecting others’ property and their points of view are just part of that teaching, not the teaching itself.
The Canadian Wheat Board was built on the concept of people working together for the common good. It developed a system of orderly marketing of grain, but it also became a strong voice advocating for farmers’ interests.
It became an annoying voice against some powerful adversaries, so it had to be silenced.
How sad for us all.
