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Dairy farmer wins battle over raw milk
Jessica Leeder
Newmarket, Ont. — Published on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 12:24PM EST
Last updated on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 12:31PM EST
Ontario dairy farmer Michael
Schmidt has been found not guilty of a stream of charges relating to a
controversial raw-milk operation he runs.
In a judgment that ran nearly three hours, a Newmarket Justice of
the Peace said the cow-sharing operation Mr. Schmidt runs out of his
farm near Durham, Ont., does not violate the province's milk-marketing
or public-health regulations.
The judgment is the culmination of a three-year legal
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| Jan 21, 2010 |
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Today, a hard won victory in the battle for food freedom and farmers rights was won. Michael Schmidt, a Canadian dairy farmer is now cleared on all 20 counts of "selling" raw dairy in violation of Canada Health regulations.
Dear Farming/Health Editors:
Today, a hard won victory in the battle for food freedom and farmers rights was won. Michael Schmidt, a Canadian dairy farmer is now cleared on all 20 counts of "selling" raw dairy in violation of Canada Health regulations. He is now free to continue operating his cow boarding program. I believe this signals health regulators in all of North America (this problem is happening here in the U.S. also) that their current campaign against raw dairy farms and their customers is without merit and an overstepping of their bounds and duties.
Background on the case:
hartkeisonline.com/2009/08/21/raw-milk-dairying%E2%80%94a-continental-perspective/
Verdict
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| Jan 21, 2010 |
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Raw milk fight becomes a symbol of food freedom
JESSICA LEEDER
DURHAM, ONT. — From Thursday's Globe and Mail
Published on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 12:00AM EST
Last updated on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 5:46AM EST
GLOBAL FOOD REPORTER
Chewing a hay lunch, Svetlana, Viola and Leah display a bored calm
in their wide, brown eyes. Their glazed looks belie the burgeoning
legal war over the product of their udders.
These unassuming dairy cattle have become symbols of a growing
international food rights movement fuelled by mistrust of the
industrial food system.
A Newmarket justice of the peace is scheduled to
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| Nov 23, 2009 |
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Second judge rules Ontario's stunt driving law unconstitutional
David Booth/National Post
Files More than 10,000 people have been charged
under the stunt driving provisions in Ontario
since they were introduced in 2007 by then-attorney-general Michael Bryant. TORONTO -- A second judge in Ontario has ruled that the province's stunt
driving law is unconstitutional, which could increase the pressure on police to
stop laying the charge until the issue is decided by a higher court.
Justice Peter West,
a provincial court judge in Newmarket,
found that a potential penalty of up to six months in jail violates the Charter
of Rights because the law does
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| Sep 20, 2009 |
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Recognizing that, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human beings enjoying freedom from fear and want
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights � Text in PDF Format
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966
entry into force 3 January 1976, in accordance with article 27 Preamble
The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering
that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of
the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the
equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the
foundation
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| Aug 12, 2009 |
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BeeCome Informed about our Constitutional history in order to understand your rights
THE CONSTITUTION OF CANADA: A BRIEF HISTORY OF AMENDING PROCEDURE DISCUSSIONS INTRODUCTION The constitution of a country is a unique document that influences the validity and interpretation of all other laws. Subsection 52(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 provides for this supremacy of the Constitution of Canada in the following terms: 52(1) The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of Canada, and any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect. As well, subsection 52(2) defines the Constitution of Canada
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| Aug 12, 2009 |
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PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE CONSTITUTION
PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE CONSTITUTION INTRODUCTION As part of the constitutional package announced in September 1991, the federal government proposed that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms be amended to guarantee property rights. This paper provides background information as to why these rights were not earlier included in the Charter. The paper also addresses what is meant by the term "property rights" and the question of how the courts might interpret the term "property" for purposes of the relevant provision if it were included in the Charter. Finally, the paper canvasses possible
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| May 28, 2009 |
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Congratulations to Pat Pugsley - the most recent victor here in B.C. against CRA. Pat is a strong supporter of freedom and knows of the criminality of the tax and monetary systems in this land.
Subject: Another income tax victory in B.C.!
For those still unfortunately 'in the system', there is still hope!!
Congratulations to Pat Pugsley - the most recent victor here in B.C. against CRA.
Pat is a strong supporter of freedom and knows of the criminality of the tax and monetary
systems in this land.
Pat was charged with 8x counts of failing to comply with a notice to file an income tax return.
I was agent for Pat 'behind the scenes', as the courts, because pursuant to the new s. 802.1 of the Criminal
Code where Parliament has as much banned all agents
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| Feb 21, 2009 |
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Canadian Federal Governments losses another legal case - CFIA held liable for New Brunswick potato farmers' losses
NEW BRUNSWICK POTATO FARMERS WIN VICTORY IN SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled the federal government must provide a financial settlement to 180 New Brunswick potato farmers who were hurt by the federal government’s mishandling of a potato disease outbreak in the early 1990s.
The decision, released February 19 in Ottawa, is a victory for farmers who have been fighting for justice for nearly two decades. The federal government had appealed to the Supreme Court in an effort to overturn a September 18, 2008, New Brunswick Court of Appeal decision, which held the federal government
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| Feb 14, 2009 |
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Attorneys at Morrison & Foerster LLP have filed an unprecedented action against the Defense Department, the CIA, and other government institutions based upon failures to care for those veterans ...
January 7, 2009 - Law Firm Morrison & Foerster Files Suit Against
CIA, DoD, and U.S. Army on Behalf of Troops Exposed to Testing of
Chemical and Biological Weapons at Edgewood Arsenal and Other Top
Secret Sites
PRESS CONFERENCE: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 10 a.m. PST, located at
Morrison & Foerster LLP, 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA.
Press may also dial in to listen at 1-800-919-8049.
WHAT: Complaint Filed—Vietnam Veterans of America, et al. v. CIA, et al.
WHERE: United States District Court, Northern District of California
San Francisco, California, January
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| Jan 10, 2009 |
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Court ruling makes suing Ottawa easier
Court ruling makes suing Ottawa
easier
Ontario Court of Appeal rejects as Dickensian obstacles
Crown tried to uphold
Shannon Kari, National Post Published: Monday,
December 29, 2008
National Post Files
The Ontario Court of Appeal
decision followed a hearing earlier this year stemming from four unrelated
lawsuits. It will be easier to sue the federal government as a result of an Ontario
Court of Appeal ruling that rejected what it described as a Dickensian series
of obstacles that the federal Crown was trying to uphold.
A lawsuit seeking financial damages against the federal
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| Nov 18, 2008 |
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As Bloomberg wrote Monday, "The Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers or the troubled assets the central bank is accepting as collateral."
Lost in the wake of Henry Paulson's announcement Wednesday that Treasury is "changing direction" in how it doles out money in the bank rescue plan is a little-noticed lawsuit filed last Friday by Bloomberg LP, the business news wire service. It is suing the Federal Reserve Board's governors for public records that would answer two simple questions: Who is receiving $2 trillion in Fed loans and what collateral are taxpayers getting to support them?
That's trillion, with a "t."
And, yes, as hard as it is to believe, taxpayers don't know the identity of the borrowers
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| Nov 10, 2008 |
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Using the “produce the note” strategy is something all homeowners facing foreclosure can do.
Using the “produce the note” strategy is something all homeowners facing foreclosure can do. If you believe you’ve been treated unfairly, fight back. We have created templates for a legal request, a letter to your lender and a motion to compel to help you through the process. WHO OWNS THE NOTE?
Your goal is to make certain the institution suing you is, in fact, the owner of the note (see steps to follow below). There is only one original note for your mortgage that has your signature on it. This is the document that proves you owe the debt.
During the lending boom, most mortgages were flipped
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| Nov 10, 2008 |
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Can the military indefinitely detain, without charge, a U.S. citizen or legal resident seized on U.S. soil?
High Court May Consider Legality of Detention
Sunday 09 November 2008
by: Jerry Markon, The Washington Post
The Supreme court may hear the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri who has been detained in a brig in South Carolina for five years. (Photo: www.psaonline) Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri was close to going on trial for fraud when prosecutors marched into an Illinois courtroom with a demand. Dismiss the charges, they said, because President Bush had just designated the defendant an enemy combatant. Marri's attorneys protested, but U.S. Attorney Jan Paul Miller declared that the
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| Oct 23, 2008 |
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Those of you who know the law understand that when jurisdiction is challenged everything stops. The court’s hands are tied. The accuser’s hands are tied. Nothing goes forward until AFTER jurisdiction is established or the Accuser defaults.
Dear Fellow Australians,
Australian Courts are total KANGAROO COURTS, ie: denying legal rights (eg: Trial by Jury) and disregarding legal procedures (eg: Challenge to Jurisdiction).
At least Courts in the US respect Challenging Jurisdiction. Herefollows a story just in:
Yours sincerely,
John Wilson.
When Vultures Rule - - A New Day For The People – Six
For those readers of “When Vultures Rule - - Thirteen”, you may have wondered what ever happened to the Frasca family of Maine whose animals, land, house, wall telephones, books, etc. were stolen by the Maine organized criminal
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| Oct 19, 2008 |
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Evidently those facing foreclosure can try to benefit from the huge loop-hole caused by the "carelessness" of the so-called "lending" institutions with whom the home-owners entered a contract.
Evidently those facing foreclosure can try to benefit from the huge loop-hole caused by the "carelessness" of the so-called "lending" institutions with whom the home-owners entered a contract. Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:56 PMSubject: Produce The Note "How-To"AllMore than 2% of the mortgages in this country are in foreclosure! If yours is one being foreclosed on you will be interested in reading the below "how to!"Billy-Joe
Produce the Note - Steps To Follow:
Using the "produce the note" strategy is something all homeowners facing foreclosure can do. If you believe you've been
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| Aug 26, 2008 |
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The California Supreme Court made one thing perfectly clear this week as a matter of constitutional law: When it's a case of religious liberty vs. sexual liberty, sexual liberty wins.
CALIFORNIA EXTREME: YOUR FAITH OR YOUR JOB
Maggie Gallagher
CALIFORNIA EXTREME: YOUR FAITH OR YOUR JOB
By Maggie GallagherTue Aug 19, 7:58 PM ET The California Supreme Court made one thing perfectly clear this week as a matter of constitutional law: When it's a case of religious liberty vs. sexual liberty, sexual liberty wins.
In the case of Benitez v. North Coast Women's Care Medical Group, the California Supreme Court asked: "Do the rights of religious freedom and free speech, as guaranteed in both the federal and the California constitutions, exempt a medical clinic's
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| Aug 25, 2008 |
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Dallas Kelso said to "The Honourable Justice" Anthony Johnson, "No Act of Parliament can take away my Rights." and was totally totally disregarded.
13th August 2008.
Dear Fellow Australians,
Dallas Kelso said to "The Honourable Justice" Anthony Johnson, "No Act of Parliament can take away my Rights." and was totally totally disregarded.
Yesterday in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Dallas and Kerrie Kelso tried to present their case against Perpetual Limited (former known as Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited) ACN 000 431 827 and the Writ of Possession awarded to Perpetual Limited earlier.
Johnson J ignored all of the Affidavit Dallas and Kerrie had filed last week (a copy is attached to this email). Johnson J staunching
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| Aug 8, 2008 |
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Instead, the Bush administration "chose to pursue the risky path of an untested military commissions system" that "devalued the concept of a war crime" and handed down a conviction that is "constitutionally vulnerable."
American Justice at Gitmo- urinating on the United States Constitution
The Hamdan Verdict
The Progress Report will be on "recess" over the next two weeks. Your regularly scheduled report will return August 25. In the meantime, check out our blog, ThinkProgress.org, for the latest-breaking news, analysis, and commentary.On Wednesday, a military jury at Guantanamo Bay found Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, guilty of material support for terrorism in the first "contested" U.S. military war crimes trial since World War II. Hamdan was acquitted of the more serious charge of conspiracy
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| Jul 25, 2008 |
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FANTASTIC NEWS!! - Federal Judge Reverses Preemption Ruling in Paxil Suicide
----- Original Message ----- From: atracyphd2@aol.com To: drugawareness@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 10:26 PM
Subject: [drugawareness] FANTASTIC NEWS!! - Federal Judge Reverses Preemption Ruling in Paxil Suicide
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| Jul 2, 2008 |
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Neither Parliaments nor Judiciary can take away our Rights....they have no Jurisdiction /Power/Authority to do so, ie: it is ultra vires.
Dear Fellow Australians,
In OUR COURTS, we are being denied our RIGHT TO JUSTICE.
Justice is "the protection of rights and the punishment of wrongs".
Denial of our inalienable RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY is how the "evil counsellors, judges and ministers endeavour to subvert and extirpate our laws and liberties" (Bill of Rights 1688).
"Right or Justice will not be sold nor delayed nor denied." (Magna Carta 1215).
Neither Parliaments nor Judiciary can take away our Rights....they have no Jurisdiction /Power/Authority to do so, ie: it is ultra vires.
There are THREE LEVELS of
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| Jun 30, 2008 |
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Judge Binnie said that the key to a defence of honest belief – particularly in an era when extravagant overstatement is common – should lie in whether an honest person could have held the same opinion.
Supreme Court ruling modernizes defence of fair comment
KIRK MAKIN From Saturday's Globe and Mail
June 27, 2008 at 9:46 PM EDT
OTTAWA — The media should not live in constant fear of facing a libel suit every time a provocative commentary is published or broadcast, the Supreme Court of Canada said on Friday in a major ruling won by controversial Vancouver radio broadcaster Rafe Mair.
In a 9-0 decision that modernizes the defence of fair comment, the court found that Mr. Mair did not defame Christian-values advocate Kari Simpson when he denounced her stand on a book-banning controversy.
“An
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| Jun 14, 2008 |
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There was neither statutory nor common law justification for the police remaining on the appellant's premises.
[Home] [Databases] [WorldLII] [Search] [Feedback] High Court of AustraliaYou are here: AustLII >> Databases >> High Court of Australia >> 2008 >> [2008] HCA 26 [Database Search] [Name Search] [Recent Decisions] [Noteup] [Download] [Help] Kuru v State of New South Wales [2008] HCA 26 (12 June 2008) Last Updated: 12 June 2008 HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA
GLEESON CJ
GUMMOW, KIRBY, HAYNE AND HEYDON JJ
MURAT KURU APPELLANT AND STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES RESPONDENT Kuru v State of New South Wales
[2008] HCA 26
12 June 2008
S649/2007
ORDER
1. Appeal allowed. 2.
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| May 21, 2008 |
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Now in a judgment written by Madam Justice Rosalie Abella and backed by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, the Supreme Court of Canada has definitively struck down the reverse onus of proof in section 72.
In Praise of Judicial Deference
RORY LEISHMAN
----- Original Message ----- From: Rory Leishman To: rjwl Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:48 AM
Subject: In Praise of Judicial Deference
The National Post
May 21, 2008
By Rory Leishman
With a compelling dissent in Friday's five-to-four ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. D.B., Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein confirmed his distinction as one of the few appeal court judges in Canada who consistently respects the legislative authority of Parliament and the provincial legislatures under the Constitution of Canada.
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| Mar 21, 2008 |
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Percy Schmeiser's decade-long legal odyssey has finally come to an end - and he's got a cheque for $660 to prove it.
Grain farmer claims moral victory in seed battle
Ten years after he took on the multinational Monsanto, Saskatchewan man gets $660 and the right to talk about it MATT HARTLEY From Thursday's Globe and Mail
March 20, 2008 at 4:17 AM EDT
Percy Schmeiser's decade-long legal odyssey has finally come to an end - and he's got a cheque for $660 to prove it. The 77-year-old Saskatchewan farmer and his wife, Louise, became international folk heroes for their legal struggle with agribusiness giant Monsanto Canada Inc., after the company sued them for violating its patent on genetically
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| Feb 28, 2008 |
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I am the person who filed a private prosecution against Marc Emery and the other two persons sought by the US in this extradition request that has been in the media for the last two years.
From: Patrick Roberts
To: atamaa1@parl.gc.ca
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:09 PM
Subject: The Marc Emery extradition and Canadian sovereignty.
Alex,
I am one of your constituents living at Playmor Junction. I am the person who filed a private prosecution against Marc Emery and the other two persons sought by the US in this extradition request that has been in the media for the last two years. I have filed this prosecution for two reasons. The first is that I believe these persons have offended against Canadian law. The second is that this prosecution is a means under Canadian law
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| Feb 3, 2008 |
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Registrar of Lobbyists Michael Nelson in which he concluded that a lobbyist raising money for a Cabinet minister they lobby does not create a conflict of interest.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 25, 2008
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| Jan 5, 2008 |
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Judges at the Supreme Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the crime was not premeditated and reduced the sentence originally imposed by the High Criminal Court in May last year. The boy went into his sister's room equipped with masking tape to gag her a
Bahrain: Teen who murdered sister and confessed has sentence reduced to 10 years from 15
DhimmiWatch.com 1-5-8
No hint is given here as to why he did it. But the light sentence, now lightened even further, does suggest that it was an honor killing.
"Sister strangled as she slept," by Mohammed Aslam in Gulf Daily News (thanks to Twostellas):
A Bahraini boy who strangled his sister has had his 15-year jail sentence reduced to 10 years on appeal. The 15-year-old attacked and killed his 32-year-old sister as she slept, then walked into a police station and confessed. Judges at the Supreme Criminal
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| Jan 2, 2008 |
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In a move that has caused national uproar, former Muslim Mohammed Ahmed Hegazy is suing Egypt to change the religion listed on his identification papers to Christianity.
Egypt: Islamic lawyers join case against convert from Islam to Christianity
DhimmiWatch.com 10-15-7
They know that Muhammad said, "Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him," and they take it seriously.
"Egypt: Islamists Join Case Against Convert To Christianity," from Compass Direct:
ISTANBUL, October 10 (Compass Direct News) – Conservative Islamic lawyers came out in support of the Egyptian government last week at the opening court hearing of a Muslim convert to Christianity. In a move that has caused national uproar, former Muslim Mohammed Ahmed Hegazy is suing Egypt to change
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| Dec 9, 2007 |
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Strong Challenge to the Jurisdiction.
----- Original Message ----- From: The Assembly of the Church of the Universe To: Assembly of the Church of the Universe Cc: Legal Self Defence Work Group Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:25 PM
Subject: R. vs. Reverends Tucker & Baldasaro - Notice of Motion - November 19, 2007
Reverend Tucker: Information No. 04-1252-02Reverend Baldasaro: Information No. 04-1252-01
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
(South Central Region Hamilton, Ontario)
B e t w e e n:
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Prosecution
(Respondent to Motion) - and -
REVEREND BROTHER WALTER A. TUCKER
Defendant(Moving
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| Dec 5, 2007 |
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In your battles in the Australian Federal Court, the Judges have told you that neither you nor any Australian has the Right to own private property and that fee simple has been eliminated.
Dear Gee,
Yes, a written statement, in the form of a signed letter from the Prime Minister, saying the Australians have the Right to own private property would be the simplest way to quash that ruling by Justice Brereton in the Federal Court of Australia that fee simple has been extinguished.
I'm sure Peter Spencer (who was on the receiving end of Brereton's Judgment) will write to Kevin Rudd for just such a letter.
If Brereton doesn't immediately annul his Judgment, the entire Federal Court of Australia will be exposed as anti-Australian.
Yours sincerely,
John
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| Oct 21, 2007 |
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The Jury honoured the Schmeisers
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Rukshana Engineer <rukshanaengineer@yahoo.ca>Date: Oct 21, 2007 1:02 AM Subject: Percy and Louise Schmeiser win ALTERNATIVE NOBEL PRIZETo: Tanya Coad <tcoad@telus.net>, croft <croft.woodruff@gmail.com >, cdsapi@uniserve.com, Pat Howard <phoward@sfu.ca>Note: forwarded message attached. All new Yahoo! Mail - Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Joseph Common Ground <joseph@commonground.ca >To: undisclosed-recipients:;Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:23:59 -0700Subject: Percy
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| Sep 30, 2007 |
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in light of the Supreme Court of B.C. Rule # 19.10, the Attorney General and these courts are violating Human Rights everyday of the week.
Hi everyone, from David Butterfield September 20th & 21st - 9:30 a.m. "REGINA V. JOHN KRIST" A Huge case in the Supreme Court of B.C. 651 Carnarvon Street New Westminster This case is about a man attempting to realize his Human Rights, as enshrined in International Laws and, in particular, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by "Canada" in August 1976. The Attorney General of Canada/Prosecutor and the Judges and Justices of the Courts are totally ignorant of the obligations accepted by "Canada" through its ratification of these international instruments. In other
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| May 3, 2007 |
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NetRootz.com Building Our Future
Listen to media interview with Mike Copass and the podcast of the citizens grand jury event.
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| Dec 28, 2006 |
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Jury says Windsor tax protest not tax evasion
Jack Klundert of Windsor, Ont., has won a court case in which he was charged with refusing to pay about $350,000 in taxes. Klundert, who says he doesn't believe the federal government has the constitutional right to collect income tax, was found not guilty of tax evasion.
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