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Ventura to Grapple with Canucks!
Posted by FoM on June 24, 1999 at 08:24:28 PT
Governor meets ambassador today
Source: C-News
Former Hells Angel, bodyguard for the Rolling Stones, one-time champion wrestler and current Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura will press the flesh with Canadian officials today. 
They should expect him to press rather hard.The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Ventura will likely complain about Canadian dairy policies, grain exports and Ontario's fishing rules when he holds his first meeting with Ambassador Raymond Chretien.Ventura has been a political whirlwind since riding the slogan My Governor Can Beat Up Your Governor to an astonishing election victory last November.The new governor opted for a muscular Lincoln Navigator sports utility vehicle rather than the traditional Cadillac.Then there are the policies. Ventura has appeared to be making it up as he goes along. He has not wavered from his support for gay rights, smaller class sizes, decriminalization of marijuana and legalization of prostitution.This trip to Washington was designed to showcase Ventura as an effective fighter for his state's desperate farmers.There were several protests in Minnesota and other border states in the U.S. Midwest over the past year aimed at drawing attention to what American farmers say is the dumping of wheat by the Canadian Wheat Board.Ventura is also expected to complain about rules governing fishing on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods.Anglers who catch walleye and sauger there are not allowed to keep the fish unless they are staying in Ontario hotels or fishing lodges. 
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