After a couple of barley sandwiches from the food folk at Snake Lake, ol’ Vic sat down with Reg to talk farming.
Reg is a malt barley, canola and oats fella from just west of Olds, you know, Northern Alberta , and he laid out the costs he's been facing. And I said “it's Trudeau's fault, right”
And he said, “listen, there's 12¢ of oats in a box of Cheerios; if my costs double that means it's 24¢ of oats. How come the cost of Cheerios went up 3$? Was that Trudeau?”
“Yes, Reg, it was” I assured him. The drought, the cost of Fertilizer, the lack of pasture, that's all Trudeau.”
“Vic,” he said, “I don't think you know what you're talking about. I think you're looking for external enemies to explain a paradigm shift that exceeds our provincial capacity and requires cooperation not conflict, innovation not attack, and hard work not strong language”
and I said “that's why we’re suing Ottawa”
Later after a couple of more tipples, my position was confirmed: we need more lawsuits. For Reg.
So as Premier, I will sue everyone. That guy over there? Sued. Your neighbours? Sued and sued. Your grandma? So very sued.
I do it for Reg.