Canada's Institutional Landscape And The Government's Ignorance Of Farmer's Needs

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will all be analyzed.
The current institutional landscape of Canada has not acted favorably
for Saskatchewan wheat farmers. The development of the institutions, ie. the
House of Commons and the Senate, and the policies that have developed from these
institutions have continually ignored the needs of prairie farmers, emphasizing
the cynicism Saskatchewan wheat farmers have towards the political process. The
antipathy towards the political institutions has developed because of recent
cost-cutting initiatives and deregulatory procedures by the government and by
mis-representation of farmers' needs in government today. The failure of
Saskatchewan wheat farmers to express their needs in the Canadian political
arena successfully, when compared to other constituencies, is based on the fact
that Saskatchewan's representation in Canada's political institutions is weak.
The result is the development of policies contrary to what would be accepted by
farmers.
Saskatchewan wheat farmers, ...

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and elected) instead of the current form of the Upper House. Support
for a Triple E senate is virtually guaranteed by Saskatchewan wheat farmer,
because their views would have better representation in a central political
institution which historically has ignored their needs. The reasoning behind
the lack of regionalism in the Canadian senate is based on two important factors.
"First, Canadian senators were not selected by provincial legislatures or
governments, but rather were appointed by the federal government... Secondly,
Canadians opted for equal representation by region rather than equal
representation by province." Thus, the senate's actions are extremely similar
to the actions ...

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