To the 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. Even though, she was hand-picked 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 Ag Minister Ritz's number two cheerleader Gerrid Gust, was not able to garner enough farmer votes to get elected either.
It would appear that Premier Wall may have to question his Deputy Ag Minister's choice of candidates. If this former Western Canadian Wheat Grower Association member thought these were the people that 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, SK.
