Leaving aside that the "majority" government recieved a mandate from only 24% of Canadian eligible voters, the real problem is that the government is using its majority to trample the democratic rights of Canadian farmers who are part of the CWB.
The CWB is a Canadian-farmer controlled single-desk marketing system for Barley and Wheat. Throughout its almost 100 years of existence, it has managed the flow of grain from the farm gate to the foreign purchasers. Through thick and thin it has provided a stable income for farmers - back when farmers actually owned farms, that is. Now that corporations own large the farms they want to squeeze out the remaining "little" guys by cutting off their legs at the ankles and the government is in lock-step with them. If you want details on this, check out the report delivered by the National Farmers Union of Canada in 2010 (www.nfu.ca/press_releases/2010/06-07-losing_grip.pdf).So farmers are the losers - well then, who are the winners?
A handful of private companies who own the large farms and the private (mostly foreign-controlled) elevator systems. And, surprisingly - the railways who can up their rates whenever they want because the government will eliminate the Revenue Cap on freight rates. They can also shut down short line routes that service farmer-owned elevators, forcing small farmers to haul their grain to big-corporation elevators.What the dust-bowl period of the 1930's could not do - the government will be doing!
It is a tragedy!
