Dear Editor
In the Saskatchewan Wheat and Barley Commission Elections, farmers have rejected Ritz's poster children candidates. Cherilyn Nagel Jolly, who seemed glued to the minister's side when he was killing the single desk of the CWB and stealing its assets, was not able to win a seat on the Wheat Commission. She wasn't elected even though she was handpicked and appointed by the Wall government as the commission's interim chair.
Her counterpart in the Barley Commission, fellow Western Canadian Wheat Grower Association member Bill Cooper, did not run in the barley election, but his desired candidates did not get elected either.
Even though he also was handpicked by the Wall government as an interim appointed director for the Barley Commission, Federal Agriculture Minister Ritz's number two cheerleader, Gerrid Gust, was not able to garner enough farmer votes to get elected either.
It would appear Premier Wall may have to question his deputy agriculture minister's choice of candidates. If this former Western Canadian Wheat Grower Association member thought these were the people farmers supported she was dead wrong. Not one of the appointed directors was able to get elected by farmers. It's interesting what happens when you give farmers the ability to vote and elect their own directors and direction. Too bad there weren't more opportunities for farmers to vote on the direction agriculture has taken in the past few years.
Kyle Korneychuk
Pelly
