“Who does the elected Minister represent?”
In Western Australia the Government’s plans to conduct trials on GM have been disallowed in the Upper House due to insufficient support being shown for non GM farmers. (23.04.09 Stock and Land, p 18)
Victory for the Network of Concerned farmers?
Not if the WA Minister for Agriculture Terry Redman has his way. He intends to sign an exemption order for the trials to go ahead! Just who is he representing?
And why conduct trials anyway? Surely not to prove that GM canola is better! Hasn’t that been “proved” in other state and countries? Would I dare suggest that it is just another strategy to gradually weaken and wear out people’s opposition to GM.
Just look at what is happening in Victoria where it has been announced this week that there will be no segregation of GM and non GM canola this year. Why? Only last year they said that concerned people had no worry about contamination because GM grains would be segregated from non GM. Now it seems that it doesn’t matter, thus exposing everyone who uses canola products to the effects, currently unknown, to GM. If you want a choice, bad luck and, by the way, they knew all along that it was impossible to stop GM canola from contaminating non GM farms. The quicker the better for all concerned who stand to gain from the technology.
This arrogant disregard of people’s wishes must be examined and everyone of us should write to our elected Government “representative” and ask why. Until the majority of politicians stand threatened to lose their seat there is no reason for them to challenge Party policy which is abundantly clear, does not represent us.
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