Quackpot Plot Smashed in Canada...

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Quackpot Plot Smashed in Canada...

 

 

 

 

 

Quackpot Plot Smashed in Canada...

 

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

September 25th, 2004

 

 

 

Big Pharma lost another big battle last week.

 

Everybody in North America knows that both the US FDA, and Health

Canada, are owned and operated as private corporations by the

pharmaceutical cartel. Nobody evens tries to hide that fact. Nobody

even argues against it.

 

But there's a counter movement afoot, in both Canada and the USA, to

take back ownership of the government agencies we created for our

purposes. Part of that movement, is the organized campaign to rein in

both Health Canada, and the FDA's " self-assigned " authority. One of

those projects paid off, handsomely, last week in a Kamloops, British

Columbia, Canada, Court when the Court dismissed the last of 219

trumped-up " criminal charges " files by Health Canada against Strauss

Herbs.

 

 

Complete Vindication for Strauss Herb Company

 

Kamloops BC (September 20)- In a stunning victory the Strauss Herb

Company of Kamloops BC was found not guilty of all charges in

Kamloops provincial court Monday. In dismissing the 50 remaining

charges of the original 73 count Health Canada alleged violations ,

the judge noted the

Crown didn't have any evidence to back up their charges. Previously

the Crown had stayed 23 charges which were being challenged

constitutionally and all 73 counts against company president Peter

Strauss and all 73 counts against the retired founder of the company

Jim Strauss Sr.

 

This came as no surprise says the Strauss Herb Company and their

lawyer Shawn Buckley. There was never a question of the products being

compliant Buckley says. Strauss general manager Jim Strausz Jr. says

he has always felt the charges, which were laid in January of 2003

during the first Strauss Canada Cup of Curling, were filed to try and

embarrass the firm during it's first national-profile sponsorship.

" The fact that Health Canada sat on the file for nearly two years and

did nothing, and then laid charges when they did speaks volumes about

the moral compass some Health Canada employees follow, " says Strausz.

" This action was initiated to smear and defame Strauss Herbs, not to

benefit or protect the health of Canadians. If it cost us half a

million to defend ourselves from these slanderous lies how many scarce

health dollars did Health Canada waste in this utterly failed

prosecution? "

 

Buckley says that had the judge not accepted his " no evidence motion "

filed after the Crown presented its case on July 16th and dismissed

the charges, he was prepared to argue the merits of the case and was

certain he would have prevailed. " The company was always in

compliance, " he

says. " It's funny that the Crown offered a 'deal' early on in the

proceedings and Strauss Herb Company could have 'copped a plea' and

paid a $500 fine and moved on. " Instead, based on the values the

company believes in and the moral stance of the owner , nearly half a

million dollars was invested to prove a point of honour and prepare a

constitutional defence. That point being Strauss Herb Company

believes in their products and their right to honestly promote their

benefits.

 

From a lawyer's perspective Buckley says he was disappointed the Crown

stayed the charges relating to advertising. " The Charter of Rights and

Freedom arguments are very compelling that the government has no basis

to restrict free speech and in fact Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Food and

Drug Act are wholly unsupportable in law. " Buckley says he feels the

Crown feared to " go there " because had his arguments prevailed the

legislation would have been struck down.

 

" The good news is we are still in business and we are still making and

selling the products hundreds of thousands of people have come to rely

on to maintain and improve their health, " says Strausz. " The bad news

is that our good name has been harmed and we have lost many millions of

dollars in sales as people were scared off by bogus claims of fraud

levelled by a government organization they thought they could trust

and was working in their best interests. It appears that is not the case.

 

We are now considering what legal remedies are available to us

to recoup our losses, " says Strausz. " In the meantime it is back to

business as usual. "

 

Media inquiries may be addressed to: Jim Strausz at 1-866 478 2873

 

Certain " quackbusters " operating in Canada, have been " mouthing off "

about Strauss Herbs, for some time. I know that Strauss is looking

hard at legal action - and is looking in their direction. Does Canada

have the equivalent of the USA's " RICO Act, " as in " RICO lawsuit? "

If they do, now would be a good time to activate it....

 

I'd say, right now, to the " quackbusters, " that it was NOT a good idea

to have " stalked " Strauss Herbs

 

Stay tuned...

 

Tim Bolen - Consumer Advocate

 

This " Millions of Health Freedom Fighters - Newsletter " is about the

battle between " Health and Medicine " on Planet Earth. Tim Bolen is an

op/ed writer with extensive knowledge of the activities of a

subversive organization calling itself the " quackbusters, " and that

organization's attempts to suppress, and discredit, any, and all

health modalities that compete with the allopathic (MD) paradigm for

consumer health dollars. The focus of the newsletter is on the ongoing

activities, battles, politics, and the victories won by members of the

" Health Freedom Movement " against the " quackbusters " It details " who

the quackbusters are, what they are, where they are operating, when

they appear, and how they operate - and how easy it is to beat them... "

 

For background information on the " Battle between Health and Medicine "

go to: http://www.savedrclark.net/by_whom2.htm. A copy of THIS

newsletter, and older ones, are viewable at the website

http://www.quackpotwatch.org/default.htm.

 

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http://www.bolenreport.com.