Letter to the Editor

February 1 2012

Re: Supply management

Dear Editor

Baa Baa Black Sheep have you any wool? ... I will get back to that nursery rhyme at the end of the letter.

The Conservative Reform Alliance Party (CRAP) has a vision of agriculture that would be out of step with most Canadians who would clearly see it should they choose to become aware, informed and involved.

The Conservative Renewal of Agriculture Policy is a (CRAP) policy that is regressive which will revert many farmers back to the early part of the 20th century if not back to the latter part of the 19th century when our forefathers fought these same corporate bandits that the CRA Party is so fond of.

It is an ideological policy that is driven by flawed logic and twisted facts, or if you will CRAP in CRAP out.

The fact is, the Canadian Wheat Board has given to farmers tens of millions of dollars that would have otherwise stayed in corporate coffers. The fact is, those dollars were reinvested in the local farm economy and in the overall Canadian economy and the fact is, should the CRA Party succeed in the destruction of the Wheat Board those dollars will be siphoned out of the country by the corporations that pay no tax.

The CRA Party is saying that Canadians are paying too much for poultry eggs and milk. This is untrue, ludicrous at best, yet is getting repeated by the media with no further research than reading the government press release. The fact is, the farmers in the supply management sector are the very few farmers that are actually receiving a reasonable return for investment and labour for their production.

If the CRA Party was truly concerned about Canadian consumers then why are they not going after big oil that every day gouges Canadians at the pump? Or the banks who have record low borrowing costs yet charge Canadian exhorbitant credit card rates and fees? Which brings me back to the nursery rhyme.

Baa Baa Black Sheep have you any wool?

Yes sir yes sir it is over my eyes full.

Neil Peacock

Rancher

Sexsmith Alberta

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