The BSE Crisis And The Moral Authority To Govern

Rural Champions... not A careless Liberal government handed over hundreds of millions to huge feedlots and major packers giving the median farmer a whopping $1,100, on the advice and with the collusion of Mr. Klein’s Conservatives. Hardly compensation for a cumulative average loss of $40,200. A rurally unconscious Liberal government continues to feed cash to the likes of GM and Bombardier at more than $60,000 per job "created." This same Liberal government offers nothing more than lip service to producer efforts to wrest control of the beef industry from trans-nationals and our own monopolistic few. Spinning themselves as defenders of public health care, Liberal governments allowed fee-based, private diagnostic and other clinics to creep in and serve the moneyed few jumping the queue. Liberal governments have demonstrated only weakness in dealing with the embarrassing antics of the elf from Edmonton. Liberal governments have handed more and more of the decision-making power of the federal government to the civil service with the result that much of the funding for new programs goes to administration. Rather than concentrate on program effectiveness, the Liberals have given bureaucrats their head and focus on program replacement. After all, politicians like making announcements; and bureaucrats like designing forms and building paper obstacles. The Liberals have had more than enough time to study, understand and encourage rural Canada. That they have not is more choice than oversight. Prioritize The farming community holds the last grasp on common sense in this country. Use it. Don't let politicians define the issues. When the farm is bankrupt it doesn't matter whether or not the "couple" that ran it fit a traditional definition of marriage. Family farms are losing ground rapidly and literally and now rural Canada is asked to make a moral choice between cow crap and pig poop. Insanity is often defined as repeating past actions expecting a different outcome. It’s time we took a different road. Don Thompson Co-options Consulting http://www.iamdon.com [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on May 16, 2005]

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