In the Beginning
January 3, 2003
Statement of facts regarding Madame Fraser's C.W.B.
Audit and Government using U.S. Custom Attaché to convict Western Grain
Farmers on C.W.B. Policy, not Law.
After reading the Richard Kamchen article
"Suggestive, anonymous letter angers C.W.B." and Allan Dawson's
article "Columnist Considering Legal Action", (1-A,
1-B, 1-C, 1-D)
I went back to my correspondence with both the Auditor General, Madame
Fraser, and C.W.B. director, Rod Flaman, to refresh my memory.
In the Auditor General's letter of May 31/02, Madam Fraser
states "This examination was restricted to the pool accounts for the
year ending in 2002. However, with our broad scope and number of
areas examined, we did not get into the level of detail that would address
the specific concerns you raised regarding export licenses, buy-backs and
selection bonuses. Also, we examined only recent sales contracts and
as noted above, our examination of the Pool accounts was for the 2000 crop
year."
In Wagner's comment that the Auditor General should be
called to account for not investigating farmer's document evidence of
wrongdoing, is a very legitimate demand. Further, the Auditor
General should explain her comment about her audit being restricted when
Bob Menzies of the C.W.B. states, in defense of the C.W.B. "To be
clear the office of the Auditor General was allowed complete freedom to
scope it's audit plan without any direction , interference or influence by
anyone, any group or most of all the C.W.B." My question.
"Why would the Auditor General say she was restricted to an Audit of
the 2000 Crop Year when she had the freedom to choose the crop year or
years for the one time audit of the C.W.B.?" Mr. Beingessner
should apologize to every Western farmer for supporting an audit costing 1
1/2 million dollars that didn't address a single grievance of the
producer. (2-A, 2-B)
The letters to Ralph Goodale by Arthur W. Macklin and
Nettie Wiebe, Presidents of the N.F.U., demanding farmers be charged for
exporting their fusarium infected grain, grain that the C.W.B. wouldn't
establish a quota, grade or price for, is the most despicable conduct
imaginable toward an industry providing the most important product to
humanity, bread. Macklin's statement that "This blatant and
criminal flaunting of Canadian Law and Regulation is damaging political
and economic relations with e U.S." is a blatant lie. The
American wheat industry needed our 15 plus percent protein wheat to mix
for milling and the Export Market, which was verified by the United States
Trade Commission Hearings at Shelby, Montana on April 9/94. (On website
"Farmers for Justice"
letters).
The Press Release (on website "Farmers
for Justice") by the Advisory Board of Nov. 02/95 proves
that the Advisory Board members were puppets of the C.W.B. and had
absolutely no intention of demanding that farmers received a fair price
for the fusarium wheat that the C.W.B. refused to purchase or market.
If the C.W.B. didn't know the real value of the high protein feed wheat,
they have no right being a monopoly. The failure by Advisory Board
Members to investigate the discriminating buy-back scheme makes the C.W.B.
more suspect of being part of a conspiracy to defraud farmers of the true
value of their product.
A Judicial Inquiry into the actions of the C.W.B. for the
crop years 1992-93-94 is essential. The fact that the RCMP and
Customs Officers were involved in prosecuting farmers for exporting their
own grain at a better price and their failure to investigate the C.W.B.'s
practice of allowing selection bonuses of as much as $54.00 being paid
outside the pooling system, warrants a criminal investigation of both the
C.W.B. and the Commercial Crime Unites of the RCMP. (3-A,
3-B) The fact that Mr. Richard F.
Mercier, U.S. Customs Attaché in Ottawa, was involved in Operation
"Wheatbar" suggest the Canadian Government was willing to
bargain away arrest warrants for American smugglers in order to prosecute
Western Canadian farmers who had found a lucrative market for the
unsaleable feed wheat in the United States. For the Canadian
Government to bargain away arrest warrants for American Criminals in order
to create fictitious Customs and C.W.B. Export violations should be
considered treason. (4-A, 4-B,
4-C, 4-D).
Not only were Manitou RCMP negligent in exercising the
Arrest Warrants for American Smugglers, they also knew John McKay, their
agent, was responsible for the break-in and theft of farm chemicals from
the Snowflake Farm Supply in 1991. (5-A)
The Carman Detachment of the RCMP had to be fully aware of
a break-in and theft of farm chemicals at the Shell dealer at Roseile,
Manitoba. The fact that there were a number of break-ins and
chemical thefts in southern Manitoba yet no record of these on RCMP
computers creates suspicion that RCMP Officers were protecting the
criminals or were themselves part of an insurance fraud scheme.
The documented proof that the Commercial Crime Unit in
Winnipeg refused to investigate farmer's complaints of being charged for
services not rendered, the failure to arrest John McKay for the theft of
chemicals and the Manitou RCMP refusal to exercise the arrest warrants for
the American Smugglers in 1991 requires nothing less than a Judicial
Inquiry.
The Supreme Court's order for a new trial for the
dissidents of the Waterhen Reserve and complete exoneration of the Quorum
Members in a new trial in 2001 emphasizes the negligence of the RCMP
Officers in arresting and prosecuting the wrong people. (6-A)
The alleged physical abuse that the Norman Derochers and
Armand Leverault families experienced from Custom Officers and RCMP should
mandate that the Provincial and Federal Governments order a Judicial
Inquiry into this abuse of power. (7-A, 7-B,
7-C, 7-D)
'When Corporal Dave McInnis was prepared to arrest
smugglers in June, 1994, the Commercial Crime Unit sabotaged him with
creating "Operation Decode." (8-A,
8-B)
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