Scandals -- An Open Letter
(May 12, 2004 - FFJ)
Dear Editor,
The election of three new Political Leaders for the main
Federal Parties has done nothing to ensure voters that the credibility of
Politicians will improve with the next Federal Election.
The R.C.M.P.'s recent charges of five counts of fraud and
one count of possible conspiracy against two individuals in the
Sponsorship Scandals, creates the perception of Political interference to
cover-up the facts before Canadians go to the polls.
The Government documents obtained through the
"Information Act" by Western farmers regarding exporting of
C.W.B. grain without an Export License, proves that the Canadian Justice
System willingly violates Canadian Law at the pleasure of its Political
Masters.
Maurice Vellacott's letter of October 2, 2002, to Customs
Investigator, J. Paul Vienneau, details the abusive enforcement of
government policy.
While 170 Western farmers were charged with criminal offences,
Wheat Board , Customs, R.C.M.P. and Government Officials allowed the C.W.B.
to export huge amounts of Western Milling Wheat through Ontario and Quebec
into the U.S. without export licenses.
For the Alliance Party to be aware of the facts revealed
by the "Information Act" documents and do nothing, makes them as
guilty of misleading Parliament as the Liberals.
The fact that the C.W.B., Customs and R.C.M.P. engaged
U.S. Customs Officials in Ottawa to participate in "Operation
Wheatbar" charging Western farmers with illegal exports while
ignoring the illegal C.W.B. exports through Ontario and Quebec, is a
willful obstruction of Justice against Western Farmers.
Neither the Hon. Reg Alcock or the Opposition Leaders
responded to my Attorney's letter of July 24, 2003, outlining the Appeal
Court's ruling in the M-Jay Class Action Case which ruled that Parliament
should deal with the C.W.B. injustices against Western farmers.
The R.C.M.P. filed fraud and conspiracy charges against
three individuals involved in the Sponsorship Scandals alleging that
government was billed for services and costs that were non existent.
Western Farmers would like to know what the difference is
between the Sponsorship Scandals and the Canadian Wheat Board charging
farmers freight, elevation and cleaning when the farmer's grain never
entered an elevator, and the buy-backs on Export Contracts differing as
much as $45 a tonne for the same grain on the same day?
The fact that Directors and the Legal department of the
C.W.B. kept insisting that the Justice Department prosecute Western
farmers while knowingly allowing huge amounts of Western Milling Wheat to
be illegally exported into the U.S. deserves nothing less than a Criminal
Investigation.
How can it be a criminal offence for Western grain farmers
to market their own grain while its perfectly legal for Eastern grain
farmers?
Sincerely,
Jake E. Hoeppner,
Former M.P. for Portage Lisgar Constituency |
