'Farmers are doing extremely well because they now control their own destiny': Outgoing MP Ritz says Wheat Board changes his biggest accomplishment

One of Canada’s longest serving conservative politicians is calling it quits after three political parties, seven elections and countless thousands of kilometres on the road and in the air. On Thursday, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix spoke with longtime Battlefords-Lloydminster MP and former agriculture minister Gerry Ritz about his two decades in office.
Q: What prompted your decision to step down?
A: It’s time. My wife tells me she’s got a ‘honey do’ list that’ll