The Editor:
It has come to my attention that grain producers in the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) area are being forced to pay a cost not of their making. Why? Because Chuck Strahl fired CWB CEO Adrian Measner without cause.
To add insult to injury, the CWB is now being forced to take the farmers money from the pool accounts to pay severance compensation to Mr. Measner.
This firing of Mr. Measner was nothing more than a display of mean spirited political power, against the wishes of the farmer elected Board, and the majority of grain producers in the Wheat Board area.
My MP, David Anderson (Cypress Hills-Grasslands) was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board (Chuck Strahl), and now Gerry Ritz.
So, I am asking my MP to provide some clarification.
How many dollars will these unjust charges cost farmers in the Wheat Board area?
How much of a financial burden would this be to each of your grain-growing constituents?
I expect you have the information to answer these question, so please do so.
Henry Neufeld
Waldeck, Sask.