The Progress of my Protest

The Progress of my Protest

Bureaucratic Ignorance and Indifference

As I Expected

Naughty! Naughty!

It has been six weeks since I mailed my Denunciation of Gerry McNeilly to Ontario Premier Wynne with copies to both the Minister of Safety and Corrections and the Attorney General. The Premier responded quickly within a week with a note expressing concern and advising that I would be getting a response from the Attorney General to deal with my questions. I was pleased and prepared to wait.

While waiting for the Attorney General’s contact, on Sept 23 I was surprised to receive a more or less insulting dismissal to my Complaint from the Webmaster-Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Whoever received the 20 page complaint copy for the Minister failed to read it beyond the first couple of pages. I was thanked for my complaint and documentation, given a lecture about the scope and function of the OIPRD but since I had already been rejected by the Director there was nothing the Ministry could do.

The problem with this response is that the current 20 page complaint had nothing to do with my previous dismissal, or the OIPRD. It was completely unnoticed that the previous dismissal was simply the concrete evidence of the failure of the Director to deal properly with my complaint. He ignored the Criminal Code Section 219.1 Criminal Negligence of the OPP that my complaint concerned. I did nothing just sat and started to stew.

On October 05 my response from the Attorney General arrived and it too had been routed down the chain of command to some “Agency and Tribunal Relations Division” who concluded:

 “We have noted your concerns regarding your OIPRD complaints and the Independent Police Review Director.  Thank you for your feedback and for taking the time to contact the Ministry.”

Well in my game Two Strikes and you’re out. The same stupid behavior of Gerry McNeilly apparently has infected the upper echelons. Two high level employees, staffers got a 20 page complaint either to or from to the Premier and supposedly the Attorney General had received instruction to contact me as advised in the Premier’s acceptance.

The same cardinal sin occurred in two Ministries of the Government:

1.   Someone assigned to deal with a problem gets my Complaint

2.   t looks like a lot of work: 20 pages for Christ Sake!

3.   What’s it all about? Oh there’s a cover letter

4.   This says he’s got a problem with the OIPRD and there’s nothing we can do.

5.   Alter Form letter to express regret and inability to help and we can forget about it.

6.   The best part is we don’t have to sign it so nobody can trace a bugger up back to you`.

I responded to both contacts that they were fools who didn’t read any of the details and they had screwed up badly. Whether the return addresses given actually accepted or just scrapped my responses I will never know.

I know from dealing with hundreds of people who have been blocked by bureaucracy: details are never considered and mistakes are manifold.

I decided that since the fools would not volunteer information then perhaps the Premier could order them to tell me WTF is going on. I want transparency and I need answers so I made some suggestions to the Premier.

My Letter to Premier Wynne

Kathleen Wynne, Premier                            October 13, 2015
Legislative Building
Queen's Park
Toronto ON M7A 1A1

Ref: Your e-mail of September 8, 2015 regarding my

Denunciation of a Government Appointee

The Response to your correspondence file#: MC-2015-5305

Dear Premier Wynne:

I very much appreciated your acknowledgement of my complaint and your advisory that I would be contacted by the Attorney General for a follow up on what was going to happen. At this point I have received replies from both the Attorney Generals office and the Safety and Corrections Ministry and I suggest you brace yourself, I think you will be ashamed of both responses.

Safety and Corrections replied first on Sept 23 and the Attorney General followed on October 5 and I am sorry to report that both reflected the same inattention to detail flaw that betrayed Director McNeilly. They both received the same 20 page complaint and both read only the first page or two to the point where they felt they could dismiss my complaint with no further action.

Safety and Corrections advised:

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“A complaint may be about the services or policies of a police service, or it may be about the conduct of a specific officer or officers. I understand from your correspondence that you have already filed a complaint with the OIPRD and its decision was that there was no indication of any breach of the Code of Conduct by the OPP. The OIPRD Director’s decisions are independent from the Ontario government, the police and the community. As the OIPRD has the final say in this matter, neither the OPP nor the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services have jurisdiction to pursue this matter further.

Sincerely, Webmaster, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

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The anonymous author of that dismissal read only as far as the identification that I had a previous complaint with the OIPRD so he could dump me. End of problem.

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The response from the Attorney General was more of the same:

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“The Attorney General is accountable to the Legislative Assembly for the overall operations of the OIPRD. Her responsibility is to ensure that the agency’s independence is preserved at all times. To ensure that independence, the Attorney General cannot comment on, or become involved with specific complaints that have been filed with the OIPRD, or potential OIPRD complaints.

We have noted your concerns regarding your OIPRD complaints and the Independent Police Review Director.  Thank you for your feedback and for taking the time to contact the Ministry.

Agency and Tribunal Relations Division
Ministry of the Attorney General

Cc: Mr. Gerry McNeilly, Independent Police Review Director”

 Why the hell is Director McNeilly getting a copy of my correspondence with the Ministry.

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Neither party bothered to read any of the details of the 20 page complaint or they would realize that the complaint is not about the OIPRD but about Director Gerry McNeilly. I provided proof he is guilty of criminal negligence in ignoring the detail provided in my complaint. That ignoral has resulted in another two years of Criminal Behavior by the OPP who are still in possession of the 4100 files: that fact alone damns him as malfeasant In the performance of his duty to seriously consider all complaints rendered against the Police.

At this point I have to assume that nothing has been done as far as following up with an examination of the evidence I provided and Director McNeilly is still in possession  of his title, his position, and his salary. I want to make this perfectly clear and you can pass this on to the Attorney General

1.   I want a signature on all correspondence. I will not deal with anonymous nobodies who escape any responsibility for their performance. i.e. Webmaster and Tribunal

2.   I want to know what is going to be done to Director McNeilly. I want him suspended from his duties as Director and charged with Criminal Negligence and I will accept nothing less. Six weeks have passed and he is still in control of the cops, he should be out on bail!

3.   I want transparency to know the status of any investigation now planned or under way and I want a source of follow up info. I would appreciate a designated person as the source of my advice if possible.

At this point I will leave whatever happens to you and wait for a response from the AG.

I feel it only fair to advise you that this letter will be published as a follow up to my post of my 20 page complaint “A Denunciation of Gerry McNeilly” on my blog Medical Marijuana with TheSmeeGoanGuy at http://goan-smee.blogspot.ca/

This is done not to pressure you but to advise the 4100 patients who had their file seized what progress I am making in getting a little justice done to a bunch of rat bastards.

I regret having to do this but reality is reality

Blaine Barrett

TheSmeeGoanGuy

How To Bugger The System by a Cop!

 

An Ex Police Sergeant Tells How And Why You Should fight ALL Speeding Fines

 

This relates to British Coppers but

Originally published in DriftSpec.org  August 2, 2014 By Matt Agorist

“‘Indiscriminate revenue gathering’

It is absolutely disgusting.

The government and the Police Force

Need to hang their heads in shame.”

Sounds like here!!

My name is Stan. I am a retired Sergeant of the Police force for 14 years. I was also a police prosecutor at times, so I know what I am talking about. I spent half my life in Magistrates Court during my time in the Force. I was only ever a very fair copper, and I am proud of my time in the job, looking after the interests of citizens, often to the detriment of my family and my health.I never booked any driver for a trifling offence “ever”. People committing trifling offences commonly used to get a warning and a licence / vehicle check. It had to be serious before I booked anyone.

I am so annoyed at what is happening these days, in what I call “Indiscriminate revenue gathering” It is absolutely disgusting. The government and the Police Force need to hang their heads in shame. If you did a survey of current serving members of the police forces in this country, you would be hard pushed to find many who disagree with me.


I know how the legal system works, and I know how to beat the system. This is how to do it, and if about 10% of all drivers booked follow my specific instructions, then the entire system will crash and become unworkable to the extent, that the government will have no choice but to stop issuing fines for every type of traffic offence. The whole lot of them. Seriously.

I do not feel guilty about coming out with this information, as I think it’s about time someone stood up for hard working, civil minded, law abiding taxpayers in this country, who are being screwed.
This is very simple and very basic. The idea is to clog up the system in the traffic camera office and the courts by drivers exercising their rights to remain innocent until proven guilty.

SIMPLE BASIC LEGAL STEPS TO FOLLOW

1. Do not accept the alleged offence. There are numerous valid reasons to dispute every single alleged offence. Often the charges are incorrect or the evidence is illegally or incorrectly gathered.

2. Challenge it; tell them that you are going to defend the matter. Make them earn their miserable $150 or $200 or whatever. They have to prepare evidence and witnesses. Just the wages for the camera operator or the Policeman on the day of the court, will be more than the actual fine. You are also taking a camera operator or a member of the Police Force off the street for the day. But it won’t get to that point…..read on….

3. If a court date is ever set, and it does not suit you, do not accept it, ask for a delay to a time and place that suits you.

4. When they re set the date, delay it as often as possible. keep pleading not guilty all through the process. You have every right to be sick, or go for an adjournment if the day does not suit for any legitimate reason. For example you may have pressing family or work commitments which prevent you from attending a particular court on a particular day.

5. If it ever actually gets to court, (which is unlikely if everyone does this) and if you are unwell that day ring the court in the morning and tell them that you cannot make it as you are sick. The camera operator and a police prosecutor will already be at court, and will be greatly inconvenienced, by having to come back another day. The whole time this is going on, the amount of paperwork involved at the traffic camera office is huge. Several staff are involved, and it rapidly becomes very costly, probably running into thousands. …..with me so far…..keep reading…….

6. The court system is then placed under such a massive load by people who wanted “their day in court” that it simply will not be able to cope unless they open up about another 50 magistrates courts, and this is obviously going to cost the government a lot more than any revenue raised. If all the above fails, which is highly unlikely….and you actually go to court and get convicted……you have a right of appeal. Make sure you appeal the conviction. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to see what happens. They are not going to spend millions chasing hundreds.

7 Tell everyone you know to challenge their alleged offences, and the entire system will crash within a few weeks.

Please pass this on

ALWAYS REMEMBER

THAT YOU ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

THAT THERE IS A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY

THE EVIDENCE USED AGAINST YOU IS WRONG.

IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO CHALLENGE ANY ALLEGED OFFENCE.

THIS IS WHY COURTS EXIST

SO USE THEM

A LOT!

Regards,
Stan

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Make a change!

This isn’t hard to do, but it will help everyone.

The article originally published at Driftspec.org and although it is from our friends from across the pond, the information is invaluable as well as universally applicable.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/ex-police-sergent-tells-fight-speeding-fines/#rA7Wvg0l3KPbDLke.99

The Above Is Good Advice

Heed it

Blaine Barrett

TheSmeeGoanGuy

Harper’s Budgetary Bullshit

 

Post #152- Harper’s Budgetary Bullshit

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
LIES and LIES and MORE DAMNED LIES

An article by Ralph Goodale in The Huffington Post

A government's claims of economic competence must surely depend upon a sound record in certain crucial areas -- such as economic growth, debt reduction, balanced budgets and management of the tax burden.

On all four counts, the Harper regime is a serious disappointment.

Mr. Harper has the worst economic growth record since R.B Bennett. During Bennett's years, the Canadian economy barely grew at all, averaging just 0.16 per cent. Mackenzie-King's average was 5.54 per cent. St. Laurent maintained growth at 5.28 per cent.

Diefenbaker got 3.67 per cent. Pearson achieved 5.97 per cent. Trudeau's average was 3.92 per cent. For Mulroney, it was 2.33 per cent. Chrétien came in at 3.39 per cent. Paul Martin recorded 3.20 per cent.

Under Harper, Canadian growth has averaged a paltry 1.54 per cent and his trend is negative. Economic growth in each year since 2010 has been worse than the year before. Another reflection of these sorry results is stock market values which have stalled for eight year -- today they're only fractionally above where they were when the Harper years began in 2006.

With respect to debt reduction, Canada's debt-to-GDP ratio is also about where it was in 2006 (around 34 per cent).

Mr. Harper has no progress to report. Indeed, his government is adding $169-billion in new Conservative debt -- driving the accumulated total to an all-time record high at $627-billion. His earlier target for significantly reducing his debt-ratio has been postponed for eight years, until 2021.

On the issue of balanced budgets, the Harper record is laughable.

He inherited a decade of surpluses from his Liberal predecessors and surfed on that momentum for a couple of years, while over-spending by three-times the rate of inflation and undermining safeguards in the budget-making process designed to protect against adverse events. By 2008, Mr. Harper had squandered Canada's hard-earned fiscal security, creating a deficit again BEFORE the recession that arrived later that year.

The last six Harper budgets have all been deficits, continuing a long-standing Conservative tradition of red-ink. Before Mr. Harper, the last Conservative to balance a budget for Canada was Robert Borden in 1912 -- more than 100 years ago. He too inherited a surplus from a Liberal predecessor (Wilfrid Laurier) and blew it in just one year.

As for taxes, that's where Mr. Harper brags the most. But check reality!

While claiming they never raise taxes, the Harper Conservatives have in fact increased the net tax burden on Canadians in each of their last four budgets. It happens in dozens of nefarious ways which they hope you won't notice -- like taxing parking fees at hospitals and dinging Credit Unions for an extra $75-million in income tax.

One of their biggest cash-grabs has been constantly escalating Employment Insurance payroll taxes. Starting in 2011, EI premiums have been going up every year by more than $600 million. So to date, Mr. Harper has raked in an additional $3.6 billion. He says he won't force EI rates up any further, but neither will he roll them back to where they were before he imposed these job-killing Conservative payroll tax hikes.

Two other Conservative tax increases are also netting Mr. Harper big revenues.

He has hoisted a broad range of tariff-taxes on imported consumer goods -- everything from tricycles to cosmetic wigs for cancer patients -- which will extract some $333 million more per year from the buyers of such products. And small business owners are going to be paying Mr. Harper some $550 million more, thanks to new Conservative taxes imposed on them.

At the bottom line, it's Canada's middle-class that bears the biggest burden from the incompetence and grinding mediocrity that characterize Mr. Harper's economic record.

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I hope you liked this post
Blaine Barrett

TheSmeeGoanGuy

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ralph-goodale/harper-government-taxes_b_3975855.html

 

Post #132- A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE

A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE:

History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada

By

Emily Dee

from her blog

Aberhart and Harper on Crusade

At

http://harpercrusade.blogspot.ca/

NOPE!

Introduction:

I ran across this article while surfing the other day and I was compelled to publish it here for you, my audience. It was written back in 2010 and was an astute warning of the evil to come.  Nobody listened and evil struck the election Harpo gained his majority  and here we are with stupid on his throne. This was a forewarning of the predictive powers of his speech to the Council for National Policy back in 2010 and it is revelatory. Ms. Dee shares my contempt for Harper and her commentary on that speech is one I wish I had written. I wanted to present this prediction because it has been 4 years since it was made and everything she warns us of has been coming true.

I also wanted to publish this to educate all the younger people who are really fed up with Fearless Leader why he is the monster he is. All of you people 30 and under have only paid attention to Harpo and witnessed his flaws for the past 9 years. How much attention did you pay to politics as a teenager? I and Ms. Dee have known of his shortcomings for the past twenty year and we have both watched with contempt as he has slithered up the Political Totem Pole. What follows is a lesson in in political history from a different perspective. Ms. Dee was cynical in 2010 when she wrote this article and concluded it with the statement .

“It's frightening really, but it shows what happens when you don't pay attention.”

I wonder what she would say today

To begin:

A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE:

History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada

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In 1997, Stephen Joseph Harper, our current, at least current to my writing this, Prime Minister; was asked to give a speech on the Canadian political system, to the Council for National Policy, a secretive American lobby group, who were meeting in Montreal. CNP is an influential right-wing organization founded by Tim LaHaye and James Dobson, and in many ways is the military arm of the Religious Right in the United States.

Tim Lahaye is the co-author, along with Jerry B. Jenkins, of an enormously successful series of books, called Left Behind. These books have formed the foundation of Christians United for Israel, a religious group pushing for the annihilation of Muslims in the Middle East, as a step on their road to Armageddon. CUFI's founder John Hagee, calls it "God's Foreign Policy".

Their Canadian head is Charles McVety, a man who has a lot of clout with our current government and enjoys not only ready access to people like Jason Kenney (Immigration), Stockwell Day (Treasury) and Jim Flaherty (Finance), but also Stephen Harper himself.

James Dobson is the founder of Focus on the Family, an anti-abortion, anti-gay rights, anti-public school, organization; that includes several of Harper's MPs; like Maurice Vellacott, Rob Anders, and Brad Trost. The Canadian founder of Focus on the Family, Darrel Reid, is now Harper's deputy chief of staff.

Dobson assisted in Harper's political success by running a series of radio ads in Canadian cities against same-sex marriage; an issue that Harper then adopted as part of his reaching out to the social conservatives.

When that 1997 speech first surfaced during the 2005-2006 federal election, it raised a lot of red flags, once again adding fuel to the fear of Stephen Harper's "Hidden Agenda".

Many quotes were pulled from it, and the Liberal campaign included bits and pieces. It is believed that it actually cost the Reform-Conservatives a majority government.

But I've read that speech several times, and what I get from it is arrogance: An arrogance that implies that we are all wrong, but we're too ignorant to even know that we are all wrong. That only he can see the error of our ways.

Now, having given you a compliment, let me also give you an insult. I was asked to speak about Canadian politics. It may not be true, but it's legendary that if you're like all Americans, you know almost nothing except for your own country. Which makes you probably knowledgeable about one more country than most Canadians.

What was the point of that remark? He's speaking to Americans, about Canadians.

First, facts about Canada. Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it. Canadians make no connection between the fact that they are a Northern European welfare state and the fact that we have very low economic growth, a standard of living substantially lower than yours, a massive brain drain of young professionals to your country, and double the unemployment rate of the United States.

In terms of the unemployed, of which we have over a million-and-a-half, don't feel particularly bad for many of these people. They don't feel bad about it themselves, as long as they're receiving generous social assistance and unemployment insurance. (1)

It's almost like an attack ad. Very much the way he acts in Parliament now against his political opponents, only in this case, it was against the Canadian people.

It wasn't a clever speech. There were no great pearls of wisdom. It was flip and if he was actually trying to educate this group on Canadian politics, it would have only created confusion. He talks about 'Whigs' without explaining who they were. States that most Catholics vote Liberal for 'reasons he didn't want to get into.' Why bring it up at all if he wasn't going to qualify it?

We do get a glimpse into his ideology when he refers to women's rights as 'feminist' rights, and "... including some that would just horrify you, putting universal Medicare in our constitution.." What is so horrifying about universal Medicare?

If I were in the audience, I definitely would never have got the impression that this was a man with political aspirations. If he wrote that speech it was grade eight at best.

"...and a whole bunch of fairly non-conservative economic things."

" ... and a whole bunch of other things"

But I think that it helps to define this movement. It has always been about protest and arrogance and ignorance. They adhere to the Old Testament and have a view of Canada as being in moral decay. They want to return to the "good old days" when women knew their place and there was prayer in school, and a sea of white faces.

In it's seventy-five year history, there have only ever really been five leaders: William Aberhart, Ernest Manning, his son Preston Manning, Stockwell Day and Stephen Harper, and their political views have not progressed but stagnated.

Their arrogance is born of ignorance. And rather than try to raise the level of debate, they want to bring it down to their level. Experts in their field are "elites", well-educated are reduced to "university types", advocates are "fringe-groups".

There is no desire to move Canada forward only dismantle it and strip it down. Isolate us from our former allies with high-handed foreign policy, and a refusal to co-operate. Base our laws on the Bible and our future on Biblical prophesy.

They have made Canadian politics so toxic that our very democracy is at risk. Secrecy is the order of the day and their media control is alarming.

This is a movement that was founded on anti-Semitism, nurtured on racism, and fuelled by extremism. And every time a party they create is exposed, they simply re-invent themselves, but using the same old worn out parts. Social Credit - Reform - Alliance - Conservative. The only thing that really changes is the name.

And what will their legacy be? Will we even recognize this country when they're through? Can their damage be repaired?

People who once lived on the fringe, are now in control and they have aligned themselves with the most extreme elements, here and in the United States. It's frightening really, but it shows what happens when you don't pay attention.

Hopefully, you'll pay attention now.

Chapter One: Bold Moves

Sources:

1. Full text of Stephen Harper's 1997 speech, Canadian Press, December 14, 2005

Posted by Emily Dee at 11:13 AM

 

The Dangers of Marijuana Challenged

Rebutting Rona’s Rotten Ramblings

Another Voice Speaks Out

I am please to present the first of what I hope will be many guest contributions to this Blog. On April 30, 2014 Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health announced a new government program to create more opposition to Cannabis use. As justification she presented a fabrication of its dangers to our youth. Fortunately for us Wayne Phillips took the time to write the following revelation of the distortions in her announcement which can be seen at the link referenced below.

Re: Health Canada Highlights Dangers of Marijuana Use for Youth,

OTTAWA, April 30, 2014/CNW

http://news.gc.ca/web/articleen.do?mthd=index&crtr.page=1&nid=844329

The Wicked Bitch of the East

The Dangers of Marijuana Challenged

Wayne P. Phillips, May 4, 2014

Health Minister Rona Ambrose hosted a roundtable with representatives of the healthcare community and research experts today to discuss the scientific evidence of the risks associated with the use of marijuana by youth, especially over the long term. This meeting, of course, builds on a presentation where Minister Ambrose announced funding for A Health Promotion and Drug Prevention Strategy for Canada's Youth - a national project led by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA). How else would Health Minister Ambrose find support for her Ministry's convoluted fabrications posing as “scientific” evidence unless there were funding involved. Minister Ambrose's roundtable speaks to the (lack of) credulity of the current government; moreover, it flies in the face of history.

The 1923 House of Commons Debates, 14th of March, 1923, pages 1136 – 2124 under the title, "Narcotic Drugs Act Amendment Bill the "Hon. H.S. Béland1 (Minister of Health) moved for leave to introduce Bill No. 72 to amend the Narcotic Drugs Act. He said, "The purpose of this bill is principally to consolidate previous legislation for the suppression of the traffic in narcotic drugs. . . ." Not only did the inclusion entail an act of tergiversation - that is, falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language – on the part of the Minister of

Health, Dr. H.S. Béland, the inclusion allowed for the transition of an

unspecified commodity. “There is a new drug in the schedule.” was all that was said. Moreover, the purpose of the bill, the consolidation, in effect was tantamount (in effect) to the manufacturing of a social problem. There was no traffic of cannabis in 1923. Panic and Indifference by Giffen, Lambert and Endicott also describe how “cannabis indica or hasheesh” was added by some unknown hand later.

Recently CBC News published an article by Daniel Schwartz entitled “Marijuana was criminalized in 1923, but why?” What the article failed to mention however that what was being consolidated, cannabis indica (Indian hemp), was a Proprietary or Patented Medicines Act commodity at the time of the transition in 1923. So consequently by not specifying what was being transitioned in 1923, the whole medicinal aspects of cannabis was, in effect, denied by the very

department that is still denying it today. The agenda is a Health Canada legacy.

Minister of Health, Rona Ambrose, states, “As Health Minister, I am standing side by side with medical professionals and researchers with a clear message -- There are serious health risks for youth associated with marijuana. It is not safe. It should not be promoted or endorsed. Together, with our partners we will work to make sure youth and parents have the right information about the risks associated with smoking and using marijuana.”

Fair enough. It should not be promoted or endorsed. How then is the inclusion of cannabis in the CDSA not, in and of itself, an endorsement? And, if Minister of Health, Ambrose, is so concerned with “health risks for youth associated with marijuana”, why then would the Minister want to see cannabis/marijuana legislated in a manner that insures the perpetuation of its availability to the very youth she claims to be concerned about? How can the Minister deem to have the right information about any supposed risks associated

with marijuana when the Minister's agenda of perpetuating a social problem is the only primary concern for either the Minister or Health Canada.

The actions, words and motives of Health Minister Ambrose are as questionable today in 2014 as Health Minister H.S. Béland's were in 1923. He sought to consolidate what she (in this instance) seeks to perpetuate. In order to do that Minister Ambrose must continue to rail in the face of both history and court rulings that in both instances recognize cannabis as medicine. As such, funding health promotion and drug prevention become red herrings to distract both media and the general public from the fact that the inclusion of cannabis

in the CDSA is precisely that which perpetuates the problem thereby increasing the probability of youth becoming vulnerable. It doesn't matter how much funding is provided because the underlying agenda is perpetuating usage not safeguarding youth.

Health Canada's new Medical Marijuana Program Regulations (MMPR) and Health Minister Ambrose's position has prompted further concerns for Canadians as the Conservative government sought to unceremoniously transition those holding Authorizations To Possess (cannabis) from the Medical Marijuana Access Regulations (MMAR) to the new program. Given the fact that the Medical Marijuana Access Regulations (MMAR) is a court ordered program that continues to be challenged as unconstitutional, for the Government to think that a new program can be just enacted as if it were business as usual more than demonstrates the degree of dysfunction this type of irrationality, for which Health Minister H.S. Béland should ultimately be held to accounts for (posthumously), is capable of.

Increasingly though those holding Authorizations To Possess (cannabis) under the Medical Marijuana Access Regulations (MMAR) are taking up the call to stand side by side with the 200+ Canadians that have already filed Statements of Claim for a two dollar Registry fee using the John Turmel Kits at

http://johnturmel.com/kits.htm  or http://johnturmel.com/mmprinst.htm

 after B.C. Lawyer John Conroy's Allard Ruling left many, who either did not fall under the time-frames specified or beyond the 150 gram limit, out. Many that did fall under the time-frames specified could also, for numerous other reasons not mentioned, count themselves among the Left-Outs as well. The Turmel Kits are provided in numerous formats and YouTube videos outline the process. The time is long overdue for Health Canada and the Minister to acknowledge the wrongheadedness of Health Canada's gambit and seriously consider the idea of reparations. Canadians know about both cannabis and its world renowned medical properties. Moreover, the idea of maintaining the pretext of health promotion and drug prevention in the face of the inclusion of cannabis in the CDSA stands as both the crime of the century and the joke of the century.

2014 - What’s Ahead?

2014 - What’s Ahead?

Let me look!

Not a lot of good!

What have we got for openers Jan 1, 2014?

A Slap in the Face from Health Canada for Starters

We’ve got a Government determined to cash in on Marijuana profits at the expense of the patients who need it for Medical relief. The Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations have little or no relevancy or help for Doctors or Patients. The rules are laid down; both become casualties to greed and are dumped. 90% of the pages and regulations of the MMPR are concerned with the operation of a bloated, over regulated micro-managed commercial enterprise doomed to failure.

Why do I come to this conclusion?: Because I found this recent ultimatum from Health Canada to the College od Physicians and Surgeons of  Ontario on Christmas Eve posted as Comment #49 in the CPSO Consultation Discussions.

The Comment did not identify the source only the text.

• Dec 10, 2013

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

Policy Department

80 College Street

Toronto, Ontario

M5G2E2

Feedback re: Medical Marjjuana Policy

Introduction:

Health Canada has determined that the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) Program will be completed by March 31, 2014 and in its place will remain the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) program. The MMPR program is quite different from the MMAR in a number of ways.

Health Canada:

- Health Canada will no longer require that specialized forms be completed by physicians on behalf of patients.

- Health Canada will no longer be supplying medical marijuana for sale to patients.

-Health Canada will now be licensing private producers (called Licensed Producers, or LPs) who meet strict standards to grow and sell medical marijuana directly to patients who obtain a prescription-like "medical document" from their physician.

Patients:

- Patients are no longer separated into 2 categories based on their medical diagnoses.

- Patients will no longer be required to have a specialized, Health Canada form completed. Instead, the patient will be required to obtain a "medical document," similar to a prescription from a physician.

- Patients will no longer be able to grow cannabis for their own use.

- Patients will no longer be able to delegate a third party to grow on their behalf.

- Patients will no longer be able to purchase medical marijuana from Health Canada.

-The only route to accessing medical marijuana is for patients to send their "medical document" directly to a Licensed Producer of their choice and order medical marijuana to be delivered to their home, or to the office of their signing physician, if the physician consents to receive this.

1 Physicians:

- Physicians no longer need to separate patients into two categories based on their medical diagnoses.

- Physicians are required to complete an "original document" (essentially a prescription) in order to allow patients to access medical marijuana. A specialized form from Health Canada is no longer necessary.

- The "original document" will be required to include the following information: Patient Name, Date, DOB, number of grams per day, duration of prescription (up to 12 months), physician's name, office address, and license number.

Feedback: Following are the orders to Doctors by Health Canada. I took the liberty to insert my comments and posted it as a reply to Comment #49. I hope it survives moderation.

For crying out loud I almost feel sympathy for you Doctors. The arrogant a**holes at Health Canada bark and you’re supposed to comply and treat your patients like trash.

I beg to differ with Ottawa as follows:

1) Physicians should not feel required to prescribe medical marijuana to patients. Why not? If a patient qualifies and is asking for your help, how can you refuse? You are causing them harm in violation of your Oath not to by your refusal! Are you not going to refund the fee for the visit?I thought not!

2) Physicians prescribing medical marijuana should have some basic knowledge on the medical use of marijuana. Not unless the patient is new to Cannabis and as ignorant as most physicians. If a patient is using pot, find out how, then ask, listen and start recording what you observe in accordance with order #11, #12 and #13 below

3) Participation in CME should be recommended or even mandatory for those who choose to prescribe medical marijuana (e.g. attending

conferences, familiarization with the Health Canada "Information for Health Care Professionals" document as well as other research studies). The CME Continuing Medical Education program at theU of C Faculty of Medicine is just another bastion of bias. I don’t see them blasting the net to make doctors aware of any number of acceptable studies favorable to marijuana. One such prime example is the Harvard Study Cited in the Journal of Schizophrenia Research 

 http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/12/10/harvard-marijuana-doesnt-cause-schizophrenia/63148.html#.Urt4lvumbSg

The "Information for Health Care Professionals" document is a load of misinformation and distortion it’s better to avoid or you risk nausea.

4) Inform patients that marijuana is not an approved drug.

Why? Because some egocentric bastard back in 1923 decided to build a law Empire based on Classifying it as a Class 1 drug. Bull, that’s simply perpetuating a 70 year old myth..

5) Discuss that there is still a lack of clinical evidence for its use.

Bull again! There is any number of recent current testimonial cures on the Web but nobody from the profession is bothering to check them out. Many are supported by a Physician statement certifying his patient’s declaration that he has been cured of Cancer often with diagnostic evidence that cannot be denied. Now that is something actually constructive The U of C Faculty of Medicine could do!

6) Discuss the known risks associated with taking marijuana, including the fact that certain risks may still be unknown.

There are No Known Risks and the unknown ones are unknown. What’s to discuss?

7) Prior to prescribing medical marijuana, ensure that a proper diagnosis of a medical condition is made.

In combination with # 9 approach you patients with paranoia. They are all potential criminal and drug addicts and Health Canada wants to infect you with that perverted belief!

8) Consider screening for respiratory illness and heart disease prior to initiating treatment with medical marijuana.

Why? What justifies this if the patient has no pre-existing condition that warrants it? Nothing

9) Consider screening for diversion or use of other drugs of abuse

Simply more paranoia!

1 0) Discuss alternative treatment options with patients.

If there are any options be sure to discuss all the side effects and surgery to patients in graphic detail: Don’t sugar coat what they are going to go through if they follow your advice

11) Start slow and ensure proper follow up as clinically indicated.

Yes!

12) Develop ongoing relationship with patient, rather than writing prolonged prescription with no follow up.

Yes!

13) Physicians should be encouraged to conduct research studies and collect data in order to further our understanding of marijuana as medicine.

Yes!

14) A physician should only agree to accept delivery of medical marijuana for a patient, if the physician's office is equipped with a safe and secure storage area to store the marijuana in an organized fashion.

Just put it with your Heroin and Oxycontin supply on the second shelf of the fridge!

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance to you in helping

with this policy.

Ditto

TheSmeeGoanGuy

That will do for now but I will have more comment and questions regarding the future role of all the players after the New Year. Doctors, Lawyers,Producers and Media: all are problems that will have to be dealt with. Fortunately, Christmas is over and this won’t ruin it for you

Blaine Barrett

TheSmeeGoanGuy