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Lawsuit Against Canada's Minister of Health
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Why would anyone want to file a lawsuit against the Canadian Minister of Health, Pierre Pettigrew? Court file - T-1198-04
Filed in Vancouver, B.C.
Attorney for the Plaintiff - Shawn P Buckley - Kamloops, B.C.
June 22, 2004
Between The Aliance of Natural Health Suppliers, Inc.,
AND
Freedom of Choice in Health Care Inc.
Plaintiffs
- and -
Her Majesty the Queen in the Right of Canada and
the Minister of Health of Canada
Most of the people behind the lawsuit are certainly no strangers to the fight against the regulation of natural health products. In fact, one of their boosters is actually a member of Parliament, James Lunney. Some of their supporters, like Patrick Timothy Bolen (aka Tim Bolen), is a notorious liar, and his defamation of Dr. Terry Polevoy, and others on the internet is legendary. One of the plaintiffs in a defamation lawsuit, Dr. Stephen Barrett of Quackwatch, has this opinion of Bolen. When Bolen acted as the publicist for Canadian cancer quack Hulda Clark, who now hides out in Tijuana so she can't be charged for defamation. Bolen has recently published several links about the battle against Health Canada on his web site:
Why Bolen is such a supporter of the health freedom coalition is no surprise. A few months ago, when Hulda Clark was barred from entering Canada for a presentation at the Total Health Expo 2004 he could do nothing about it. That's the health show where James Lunney, Peter Helgason, Trueman Tuck, and others met to share their plans and their potential courses of action against Health Canada. It was no secret that someone in the crew of health freedom wackos was out to get those who were responsible for actions taken by Health Canada's inspectorate against Truehope and Synergy Group. There were open threats made against specific individuals who have worked for Health Canada, both in local enforcement and at the very top of the bureacracy. Notice of those threats were sent to the government months ago. The health freedom movement in Canada has been fueled through a series of lawsuits over the years. Some of them have been won, some of them lost in the courts, and others have been dropped. Perhaps the best-known Canadian health freedom fighter was Jim Strauss and it's not just a fluke that Shawn P Buckley, the Strauss Herb Company's attorney back in 1999 is now the lawyer of record for the latest lawsuit. At a health freedom symposium held last Fall in Toronto the masses gathered to hear James Lunney, MP from B.C. who introduced Bill C-420 and others discuss the issues, and raise money for their war chest.
Karen Selick, a libertarian attorney from Trueman Tucks city of Belleville comments on things. An edited version of this article first appeared in the April, 2004 issue of Canadian Lawyer. So this has nothing to do with the Strauss decision back in 1999.
Prosecutions are rare, but not unheard of. Kamloops lawyer Shawn Buckley has handled the defence of the Strauss Herb Company and its principals a few times. He believes subsections 3(1) and 3(2) would probably be found unconstitutional as a violation of the Charter guarantee of freedom of expression, if the case ever got that far. However, after he gave notice of a constitutional challenge during one prosecution, the Crown agreed to stay the charges."
Articles of interest
Internet registration of the Natural Health Coalition on July 8, 2004:
Server Used: [ whois.cira.ca ]
naturalhealthcoalition.ca = [ 209.52.25.73 ]
Status: EXIST
Registrar: 2ic Systems Inc. (SmarttNet)
Registrar-no: 528
Registrant-no: 569635
Domaine-no: 569635
Subdomain: naturalhealthcoalition.ca
Renewal-Date: 2005/02/04
Date-Approved: 2003/02/04
Date-Modified: 2004/01/27
Organization: Natural Health Coalition
Description:
Admin-Name: Peter Ferlow
Admin-Title:
Admin-Postal: Natural Health Coalition
910 Keith Road
West Vancouver BC V7W2N1 Canada
Admin-Phone: 604-926-7485
Admin-Fax:
Admin-Mailbox: webmaster@naturalhealthcoalition.ca
Peter Ferlow's sites:Trueman Tucks bizarre posts and links about Health Canada:
Registered to Trueman Tuck, Belleville, Ontario
freedomofchoiceinhealthcare.ca = [ 66.221.137.92 ] Status:
EXIST
Registrar: Tucows.com Co.
Registrar-no: 156
Registrant-no: 944788
Domaine-no: 992735
Subdomain: freedomofchoiceinhealthcare.ca
Renewal-Date: 2006/02/06
Date-Approved: 2003/02/06
Date-Modified: 2004/06/01
Organization: 002024972 ONTARIO INC.
Description: 002024972 ONTARIO INC. [Belleville ON Canada]
Admin-Name: Trueman Tuck
Admin-Title:
Admin-Postal: 002024972 ONTARIO INC.
P.O. Box 22070
belleville挈ĶN N ��7 ��nada
Admin-Phone: 6139682613
Admin-Fax:
Admin-Mailbox: admin@friendsoffreedom.org
Note, that most of Tucks's creations are under the same 002024972 Ontario Inc. numbered company. It also includes:
See www.friendsoffreedom.org and www.freedomofchoicecanada.org for the details of the Liberal promises, and the four lawsuits currently underway to stop this nonsense.
Health Canada: Press Release:Federal Court Action filed against Pierre Pettigrew Posted by AES Friday, June 25 @ 18:28:09 EDT [ Bill C-420 ] Attention - Urgent Press Release On June 22nd, 2004 an historic grassroots' legal action [see attached file] was filed against the federal government and the Minister of Health Pierre Pettigrew challenging federal jurisdiction in health. It is our opinion, that the federal Liberal Government, over the last 10 years has substantially violated the Constitutional structure of our country! Paul Martin and his Liberals are violating the Charter rights of Canadians, and deliberately acting illegally! For more information contact: Trueman Tuck, Legal & Political Consultant 613 968-3007, or e-mail: Advocate-trueman@taxtyranny.ca Paul Martin's outright lies about fixing the "Democratic Deficit", and "Having all of the answers about the scandal to the people before calling and election" must not be forgotten". THIS DIRTY POLITICS MUST BE STOPPED IN ORDER TO SAVE OUR DEMOCRATIC, CONSTITUTIONAL BASED SOCIETY. It took over 700 years from the Magna Charta to now [see www.taxtyranny.ca] to create in Canada the finest "Rule of Law", constitution based democracy in the world. The Liberals have in 10 years pitted sectors of our society against each other to give the Prime Minister's staff almost absolute power, and now have the nerve to call a Honourable person such as Stephen Harper "Scary". Look at what happened with the broken promises by the Liberals in Ontario, DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE LIES AND DIRTY POLITICS OF PAUL MARTIN AND HIS FEDERAL LIBERALS - VOTE FOR ANY PARTY BUT THE LIBERALS on Monday June 28th! You owe it to yourself, and every Canadian. Federal Court Action between ANHS and FCHC Download it here!
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