Editor:
Conservative MP David Anderson can rest assured that no one is confused about his pathological desire to kill the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and farmers’ market power.
Barring producers that actually grow and sell Wheat Board grains from voting, while paving the way for producers that don’t grow and sell Wheat Board grains simply makes the CWB less accountable to the farmers it serves.
Next thing you know Anderson will be saying that Liberal and NDP Party members should be allowed to vote for the next Conservative leader.
The Conservatives are quick to call the Senate “un-elected and un-accountable”, while at the same time they make partisan and un-elected appointments to the CWB in order to influence policy decisions (including voting rules) at the CWB Board table.
“Do as I say, but not as I do” should be the Conservative motto.
There is CWB legislation that should be supported, but that legislation comes from Ralph Goodale—not David Anderson.
Goodale’s legislation gives the farmers more control over their marketing agency, which is a continuation of the process started by Goodale in 1998.
An addition to Goodale’s legislation to include a “user-pay, user-vote” clause would make his legislation very worthy of farmer support.
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