Comments on: Authoritarian Amherstburg

By: George Pringle

George Pringle — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:14:58 +0000

African?

By: SisyphusThis

SisyphusThis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:25:58 +0000

One who is absent his/her normal complement of ficians – which is one.

By: MJ Patchouli

MJ Patchouli — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:47:53 +0000

always interested when I don't know words — please tell what is an Afician?

By: Pete Smith

Pete Smith — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:34:15 +0000

Classy? Not.

Eugene once said "The reason Aficians are so dumb is they don't where hats".

By: Habitant

Habitant — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:04:39 +0000

No matter where you stand in politics, Eugene Whelan was a far better, classier Minsiter of Agriculture than the immature Gerry Ritz. I suspect, Dakota, your blind devotion to your CPC will prevent you from conceding that point but, I don't think these two are even in the same ballpark… I'd also add that farmers across Canada could appreciate and relate to Mr. Whelan far more than Ritz.

The people of Windsor/Essex know this and will always be thankful for Mr. Whelan (this Ranta Marina issue is one more reason). His defence of the people of Windsor/Essex has always been unflappable.

(as I am much less partisan than yourself Dakota, I will go so far as to say that Susan Whelan did not once get elected on her own accord – her name had much more to do with it…)

By: Jack Mitchell

Jack Mitchell — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:30:37 +0000

There's a piece about that. I always thought the turning point in the Cold War / development of Glasnost-Perestroika was when Gorbachev came here, visited a farm in the West, toured it with the farmer, admired its vast expanse, and finally said (as a good Communist), "I'd like to meet the workers." Farmer: "There are no workers, just me and the wife." I.e. our productivity was through the roof by Soviet standards, and Gorbachev heard the footsteps of economic doom.

By: Crit_Reasoning

Crit_Reasoning — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:13:52 +0000

Heh.

By: Be_rad

Be_rad — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:15:06 +0000

They should use bigger stakes – it would make stealing signs more difficult. Badumpbump!

By: Be_rad

Be_rad — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:55:02 +0000

He claims a visit by Gorbachev as the USSR agriculture minister to be a formative moment in his development of Glasnost.

By: Crit_Reasoning

Crit_Reasoning — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:08:18 +0000

Local marina politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

By: NoNameCS

NoNameCS — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:07:35 +0000

From Whelan's citation as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1987: "During his many years as Minister of Agriculture, "The Great Canadian Farmer" turned Canada into a country known the world over for the efficient production of top-quality food. As former President of the World Food Council and more recently as a businessman, he has devoted himself to the cause of worldwide hunger through long-term agricultural improvement in developing countries." I don't know if there is such a thing as a most loved Ag Minister. But surely we can all be grown up enough to talk about him without resorting to Trudeau-bashing antics, hmmm?

By: jolyon

jolyon — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:02:49 +0000

It is Gary Rennie's opinion that Whelan was "most-loved agriculture minister Canada ever had" not Wherry's.

I think the most-loved bit should say most-loved in Windsor/Essex. I don't believe all that many Canadians have thoughts on who their favourite agri minsiter is or any minister other than PM or Finance for that matter.

By: Douglass

Douglass — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:51:38 +0000

Way to throw a student under the bus town administrator Pam Malott.

By: Dakota

Dakota — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:51:16 +0000

Is your opinion that he was "the most-loved agriculture minister Canada ever had" due to the fact he was a Trudeau Liberal?