Winnipeg Free Press- Keep out of our granariesRe: Privacy the latest victim of Tory CWB battle, April 19.
Laura Rance and the Liberal Party of Canada are seemingly outraged that the federal government is seeking information regarding farmers who use certain Canadian Wheat Board marketing programs. They regard it as an invasion of privacy.
Their indignation is misplaced. If they were truly concerned about a farmer’s privacy, they would not be such cheerleaders for the CWB and its state-sanctioned monopoly, which prevents us from selling our own private property, our wheat and barley, to a buyer of our choice.
A famous Liberal once remarked that the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation. I would argue that it has no place in its granaries either.
Rolf Penner
Rolf “A vote for choice is not a vote against the CWB. It is a vote that acknowledges there is more than one way to successfully market barley and that no single way works best for everyone all the time. No two farmers are exactly alike and neither are their business requirements or marketing strategies.”
Rolf Penner- Over 100 Western Canadian farmers have been convicted for trying to sell their own grain outside of the CWB single desk system. They tend to be convicted under the customs act for failing to provide a Canadian Wheat Board license which the board refused to give them. 
Rolf Penner- Another milestone zoomed past for this blog last night as it registered its 4000 th page view. I’m not set up to monitor how many of those are regular visitors and how many are new ones but it’s impressive and humbling none-the-less. 
