Mr. Speaker, Canada sends observers to third world countries to make sure elections are fair and above board.
Canada recently supervised elections in Chiapas to ensure, among other things, the principle of a secret ballot. Yet in Canada the Canadian Wheat Board is holding elections for board members and every single ballot is identified with a number on the return envelop.
Stephanie Mainil, who lives in Saskatchewan, is No. 8-8948. Her father is 8-8938. If this happened in Mexico everyone would suspect intimidation and tampering. Added to this problem is the matter of ballots being sent to people who have been dead for several years.
Now we hear that the minister is going to appoint the scrutineers for this election. In a democracy it is the candidates who appoint the scrutineers. Is it any wonder why farmers are complaining that this whole process is corrupt?