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Tax agents rebuked, $1.3 million awarded to man who was target of raid
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B.C. Supreme Court jury has awarded a Saanich businessman $1.3 million
in damages after finding the Canada Revenue Agency breached his right
to be free from unreasonable search and seizure under the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms.The jury also recommended the
minister of revenue apologize to Hal Neumann for the Sept. 7, 2005,
search of his home by five CRA agents and two armed and uniformed
police officers for documents he had already given the government."This jury has told government agencies, 'Be careful,' " said Neumann's lawyer, Steven Kelliher.Neumann called
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| Oct 10, 2008 |
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Freedom of Choice in Health Care's & Trueman Tuck's lawsuit against Harper, Clement & others
Court File No: CV-08-0296-00
ONTARIO
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
BETWEEN:
FREEDOM OF CHOICE IN HEALTH CARE INC.
and
Trueman of the Tuck family, aka Trueman Tuck
Plaintiffs
and
ELIZABETH ALEXANDRA MARY WINDSOR,
THE DOMINION OF CANADA; aka CANADA; aka THE FEDERAL CROWN; aka HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA; aka THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA ON BEHALF OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUEBEC ON BEHALF OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF QUEBEC;
ALAIN BERUBE;
BARREAU DE LONGUEUIL;
MICHELLE BOUDREAU;
TONY CLEMENT; JIM DASKALOPOULOS;
STEPHANE
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| Sep 9, 2008 |
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But last week Jim Selim, the owner of Pan Pharmaceuticals, won NZ$62 million in damages from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Agency (TGA), after the New South Wales Supreme Court earlier ruled the recall was illegal.
Embarrassing court case could hurt NZ taxpayers
By Ian Wishart of Investigate Magazine
New Zealand taxpayers could be hit with the bill for a massive lawsuit after moves to ban natural health supplements were overturned by the courts in Australia.
The scandal stems from a highly-publicised government-ordered recall of products in 2003 surrounding items manufactured by Australian company Pan Pharmaceuticals. In New Zealand, pharmacies, supermarkets and health shops were forced to clear their shelves of natural supplements following what Health Minister Annette King said was
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| Aug 25, 2008 |
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Small farmers, big ranchers, home farmers, animal and pet owners, and food freedom advocates have come together to legally fight implementation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Identification System (NAIS).
On June 4, 2008, the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, ordered the Department of Agriculture to suspend its plan to identify and document every animal in the U.S. The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) was to have been fully implemented by June 9, 2009. It is now on hold indefinitely. The ruling came as a result of a lawsuit; Mary-Louise Zanoni v. United States Department of Agriculture. Ms. Zanoni, an upstate New York attorney has been a vocal and persistent leader in the fight against the NAIS that opponents believe would lead to more government regulation and less personal
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| Jul 30, 2008 |
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On June 13, 2008, the court in Cape Town cast a verdict in a case brought by two organizations that promote toxic ARV drugs as the solution to the AIDS crisis: the "South African Medical Association" (SAMA) and the so-called "Treatment Acti
Statement by the Dr Rath Health Foundationin connection with the recent court casein Cape Town, South Africa
On June 13, 2008, the court in Cape Town cast a verdict in a case brought by two organizations that promote toxic ARV drugs as the solution to the AIDS crisis: the "South African Medical Association" (SAMA) and the so-called "Treatment Action Campaign" (TAC). While SAMA is a well known organisation with its leadership closely linked to the drug industry, the TAC may not be known beyond the borders of South Africa. Its activities can best be described with two statements which the same
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| Mar 25, 2008 |
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On Friday 7 March, three days after receiving our Heads of Argument, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) dropped its case against us. Not surprisingly, because as our Heads clearly show, the TAC never had any case against us in the first place.
TIG statement on TAC versus Rath
Anthony Brink 14 March 2008
Statement issued March 12 2008. TAC and SAMA v Matthias Rath and eleven others: TIG (Treatment Information Group) press statement on the TAC's (Treatment Action Campaign) withdrawal of its case against Anthony Brink and the TIG
On Friday 7 March, three days after receiving our Heads of Argument, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) dropped its case against us. Not surprisingly, because as our Heads clearly show, the TAC never had any case against us in the first place. Since we'd drawn our own papers without outside legal
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| Mar 21, 2008 |
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While condemning nutritional therapies for Aids victims, as advocated by Dr. Rath, Treatment Action promotes drugs such as AZT, DDS, nevirapine, etc
CORRECTION: Despite the fact German courts have exonerated and recognized Dr Matthias Rath for his work as a scientist and philanthropist and, the British Medical Journal paid Dr. Rath £100,000 to settle a libel action in June 2007 - the Treatment Action Campaign (a.k.a. TAC) S.L.A.P.P. suit against German Physician Matthias Rath in South Africa Has NOT been with drawnThe South African gay activist group have withdrawn their SLAPP suit against Attorney Anthony Brink of the Treatment Information group (TIG).
BACKGROUND: The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), a well financed AIDS activist organization
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| Mar 5, 2008 |
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U.S. Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court
U.S. Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court - Now What?
THE HUFFINGTON POST
David Kirby Posted February 25, 2008 | 12:42 PM (EST) The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to protect the plaintiff's identify. It was obtained through individuals unrelated to the case. The claim, one of 4,900 autism cases currently pending in Federal "Vaccine Court," was conceded by US Assistant Attorney General Peter Keisler and other Justice Department officials, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, the "defendant" in all Vaccine Court cases.
The
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| Feb 28, 2008 |
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After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.
By David Kirby, The Huffington Post, February 25, 2008 tinyurl.com/37sras After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims. The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to protect the plaintiff's identify. It was obtained through individuals unrelated to the case. The claim, one of 4,900 autism cases currently pending in Federal "Vaccine Court," was conceded by US Assistant Attorney General Peter
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| Feb 3, 2008 |
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On August 27, 1987, District Judge Susan Getzendanner found the AMA and fourteen associated parties guilty of waging a conspiracy against chiropractors to contain and eliminate them entirely, in violation of the Sherman Antitrust law.
Some legal history forgotten by the media.....and big medicine doesn't want you to know.For over 12 years and with the full knowledge and support of their executive officers, the American Medical Association (AMA) paid the salaries and expenses for a team of more than a dozen medical doctors, lawyers and support staff for the expressed purpose of conspiring (overtly and covertly) with others in medicine to first contain, and eventually, destroy the profession of chiropractic in the United States and elsewhere. On August 27, 1987, District Judge Susan Getzendanner found the AMA and fourteen
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| Jan 16, 2008 |
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Hamburg court drops proceedings against Dr Rath
Hamburg court drops proceedings against Dr RathOn Monday, 9 October 2006 , the Hamburg Amtsgericht [District Court] dropped proceedings in which Dr Rath had been accused of allegedly infringing the Heilmittelwerbegesetz [German law on the advertising of medicaments] and the Arzneimittelgesetz [German law on medicinal products]. The heart of the case concerned representations on the Internet of the results of Dr Rath's scientific research and of the micronutrient products marketed by Dr Rath Health Program B.V.Following two days of hearings, with the assent of the public prosecutor's
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| Dec 27, 2007 |
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Pfizer Is Sued Over Lipitor Marketing
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: <BSardi@aol.com>Date: Dec 25, 2007 7:12 AMSubject: Fed Govt delays lawsuit against Pfizer by 3 years To: croft.woodruff@gmail.comCc: RalphDMan@aol.com
Pfizer Is Sued Over Lipitor Marketing
By DAVID ARMSTRONG December 20, 2007; Page B5
A former Pfizer Inc. official in a lawsuit accused the company of illegally boosting sales of its top-selling drug Lipitor through an elaborate campaign of misleading educational programs for doctors. Jesse Polansky, claims that the educational campaign was a key part of a marketing strategy that "led thousands
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| Sep 16, 2007 |
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A Shymkent court this summer convicted 21 doctors, nurses and health-care officials of malpractice
When health care does more harm than good Doctors pushed transfusions; kids got HIV By Alex Rodriguez Tribune foreign correspondent September 16, 2007 SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan Click here to find out more! They were infants, toddlers and preteens admitted with illnesses that should be routine for doctors at children's hospitals: asthma, stomach flu, pneumonia. But after being treated at three hospitals here, they found themselves coping with a far graver health problem. The children had become infected with HIV, victims of doctor-prescribed blood transfusions that exploited a myth long held among
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| Aug 24, 2007 |
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No one will be forced to undergo HIV test: Government
The Times of India -Breaking news, No one will be forced to undergo HIV test: Government 24 Aug 2007, 0044 hrs IST,Dhananjay Mahapatra ,TNN NEW DELHI: No citizen will be forced to undergo an HIV test, the Centre has told the Supreme Court putting an end to the debate on making such tests mandatory. "The government feels that there is no public health rationale for mandatory testing of a person for HIV/AIDS," the Centre said in response to a court notice in a case where the Andhra Pradesh government had denied promotion to an HIV-positive constable. The high court had quashed the state's decision.
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| Aug 10, 2007 |
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The wider implications of this for the industry are far reaching and it effectively opens the door to functional foods and supplements containing nutrients derived from natural sources.”
ANH PRESS RELEASE: Natural Sources of Vitamins and Minerals protected from potential bans
Alliance for Natural Health’s initiative opens the door to natural sources of vitamins and minerals in functional foods and supplements. PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release
10 August 2007
Since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in July 2005, the ANH, seemingly a lone voice in the crowd, has firmly upheld that natural sources of vitamins and minerals were outside the scope of the Food Supplements Directive (FSD). Almost exactly two years to the day since the ruling, this has now been confirmed
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| Jul 19, 2007 |
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Judge rules Canada's pot possession laws unconstitutional
Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2007 | 8:46 PM ET CBC News A Toronto judge has ruled that Canada's pot possession laws are unconstitutional after a man argued the country's medicinal marijuana regulations are flawed.
Lawyer Brian McAllister says the potential ramifications of a ruling that Canada's pot possession laws are unconstitutional are 'pretty big.'(CBC) The 29-year-old Toronto resident had been charged with possession of about 3.5 grams or roughly $45 dollars worth of marijuana.
The man has no medical issues and doesn't want a medical exemption to smoke
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| May 26, 2007 |
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An American court bans genetically modified alfalfa - How will Ottawa react?
MONTREAL, May 4 /CNW Telbec/ - Multinational biotech companies yesterday were dealt a severe blow, suffering a major legal setback when a California judge reconfirmed his earlier ruling that the U.S. government failed to follow its own rules for assessing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), in particular Monsanto's Roundup Ready genetically modified (GM) alfalfa.
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| May 26, 2007 |
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An American court bans genetically modified alfalfa - How will Ottawa react?
Further to: European Patent Office Revokes Monsanto´s Species Patent On GE Soy Beans here is more good news seems Canada is still to entrenched with the industry and will have to roped in shouting and kicking....
See: Terminator Corporations' Suicide Seeds
TAKE ACTION: Ban Terminator Seed Technology!
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| Oct 30, 2006 |
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Vegemite Crackdown
NEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters Life!) - Reports that U.S. customs agentsare searching people from Australia and New Zealand for Vegemite, apopular yeast extract spread, has created consternation amongantipodean expatriates living in America.
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| Jan 22, 2004 |
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Trial Judges Reasons For Judgment
Trial Judges Reasons For Judgment Attached is the trial judges Reasons For Judgment. Look to where Powers declares fluoridated water a drug, etc. See his errs - ie. that fluoridated water does not poison Canadians, etc. Powers maked a huge err in quoting the Locker report's findings, take a look.. Read it here
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| Apr 23, 2003 |
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Industry Petition to FTC for Reform of Non-Public Investigations of Health Benef
PRESS RELEASE: Industry Petition to FTC for Reform of Non-Public Investigations of Health Benefit Advertising FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/15/03 TO: All Media Contacts RE: Industry Petition to FTC for Reform of Non-Public Investigations of Health Benefit Advertising CONTACT: Katie Bond (202-466-6937) for more information The First Amendment Health Freedom Association filed a petition for rule making today with the Federal Trade Commission, faulting FTC for failing to comply with the strictures of the First Amendment in its nonpublic investigations of health benefit advertising and demanding immediate
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