From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V5 #976 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Sender: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Errors-To: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Precedence: normal Cdn-Firearms Digest Tuesday, April 15 2003 Volume 05 : Number 976 In this issue: Another win for Boni Rock broke contract rules: Health Canada Race to succeed Ontario's Eves begins Outlaw cowboy gets another ticket for riding horse within city limits Re: Doctor for Hearing Re: Firearms registry now officially under Easter's watch Murder suspect on lam Information Needed Re: Cdn-Firearms Digest V5 #973 "PROTECTION OF LIFE" IS A VALID REASON FOR CARRYING A FIREARM "PROTECTION OF LIFE" IS A VALID REASON FOR CARRYING A FIREARM Re: Yes, Emulate PETA War May Redefine Gun Control ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:54:12 -0600 (CST) From: Lee Jasper Subject: Another win for Boni I pass this, on the surface, seemingly unrelated article along. This is the third trial I have referenced in which Toronto defence lawyer Adam Boni has triumphed and won one for the 'little guy.' But there is a common thread. We had the Kenneth Hurrell Ontario Court of Appeal search and seizure victory (CC s. 177.04(1) that I reported on in July 2002. This followed some over-zealous London City police actions that resulted in some ill-conceived firearm charges. This lead to the Court of Appeal decision that viewed 117.04(1) as an open-ended fishing expedition and suggested changes to the legislation. That decision is now under appeal to the SCC. (Boni worked the case with William Trudell). Then we had charges that Toronto mortgage broker Andrew Wong had arranged for the financing of 22 grow houses in a $35 mil marijuana bust. The prosecution admitted in court that they had no case. York Regional Police have refused to comment on the botched charges and prosecution. Wong was fired from his job; his reputation was destroyed. His employer has since given him his old job back. (Boni won this case without having to defend Wong in court). Most recently I read of the following case. http://www.canoe.ca/LondonNews/lf.lf-04-10-0059.html London Free Press; Thursday, April 10, 2003 Minister cleared of drug charges TORONTO -- A United Church minister says her life has been "destroyed" by a drug-trafficking charge that was withdrawn Tuesday, nearly three months after police smashed down her door, strip-searched her and threw her into a cell with three other inmates. Rev. Judith Brown says she has been undergoing counselling and doesn't know when she will return to her pulpit at the Kelvin-Teeterville-Vanessa United Church in the countryside near Simcoe. While some members of her congregation were supportive through her ordeal, others avoided her or refused to speak with her, she said. While she has been on sick leave since her arrest, a "splinter group" broke off and decided to hold church services on its own rather than be associated with her church, she said. "It's almost like I was contaminated," Brown, 48, said after a federal Crown attorney withdrew two charges of possessing nearly two kilos of hashish and prescription drugs and one charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking. The Ontario Court of Justice in Simcoe was told there was no reasonable prospect of conviction. Brown has been a minister for 21 years. She was arrested in January with 37 others in connection with what provincial police described as a year-long undercover investigation. Lawyer Adam Boni said the crown conceded Brown "was never a target." - - - - - - Seems to me that if you are an Ontarian and the subject of some over-zealous and misdirected law enforcement action, attorney Adam Boni would be a good resource to consult. These three cases certainly reflect the indignity to which citizens Charter Rights may be subjected - by those sworn to "serve and protect". I expect there will be some civil actions as the 'innocent' seek to recover their legal costs and other damages. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:56:07 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Rock broke contract rules: Health Canada http://www.canada.com/national/story.asp?id=581FDEE4-057A-4EB2-BE6F-0E7E29E41A40 Rock broke contract rules: Health Canada Minister didn't seek necessary bids. No sign process of awarding work through third-party companies cost taxpayers extra TIM NAUMETZ CanWest News Service Tuesday, April 15, 2003 The contracts totalling nearly $600,000 that Industry Minister Allan Rock awarded indirectly to a former assistant in the Health Department violated Treasury Board regulations and exceeded government per diem limits by up to $100 a day, an investigation into the contracts has found. An internal Health Canada review found that three of the seven sole-source contracts Rock awarded to his former aide through third-party companies when he was health minister did not have the required justification to be given without public bids, the department said yesterday. All of the contracts for work done by former assistant Joanne Meyer were awarded to private-sector firms, including a company owned by Meyer and an auto restoration firm in Winnipeg, which then hired Meyer to do the work related to aboriginal health care. Health Department spokesperson Jirina Vlk said the department does not know why Rock awarded the work to Meyer through the third-party companies. Vlk said there was no indication the process cost taxpayers extra money. The contracts were awarded to N/S Traide International Inc., JM Enterprises and Continental Custom Carriage Ltd. "for the services of Joanne Meyer" between April 1998 and January 2002, when Rock gave up the health portfolio for Industry Canada. A controversy over the contracts last month centred on the auto restoration company, Continental Custom Carriage, whose co-owner was a friend and former work colleague of Meyer. Meyer has said she asked the firm to handle the contract administration because she had fallen behind on her paperwork. Meyer said Continental was paid a fee for the administrative work. Throughout the period of the seven contracts, and amendments extending four of them, Meyer charged a per diem rate of $387.85 to $425.23, Vlk said. Treasury Board ceilings for per diem rates through the same period ranged from $287.00 to $306.59. The value of the seven contracts totalled $559,052.45, including the cost of amendments that extended four of them. Meyer received a further $90,138 for travel and hospitality, while Rock paid Continental Custom Carriage $35,417 for the "writing and evaluation of job descriptions" between June 2001 and July 2002. Meyer retired from Health Canada in 1998, after having worked in Rock's office for nearly a year. The first contract was awarded on April 15, less than a month after her retirement from the public service. It and two others were awarded to N/S Traide International Inc., whose directors are listed in federal documents as living in the Saskatchewan area where Meyer had worked. The fourth contract was awarded to Meyer's company, JM Enterprises. The fifth and sixth were awarded to Continental Custom Carriage, and the seventh to Meyer's firm. © Copyright 2003 Montreal Gazette ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:56:40 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Race to succeed Ontario's Eves begins http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/story.asp?id=328B1AB5-9FC2-4B9D-B4E8-E0BB3EB209CC Race to succeed Ontario's Eves begins Tory premier is seen as loser. Liberals, with big lead in the polls, thought certain to topple government in next election ROBERT BENZIE CanWest News Service Tuesday, April 15, 2003 The race to succeed Ernie Eves as leader of the Ontario Conservatives is quietly under way, even though the premier has yet to lose the election that is expected this year. With public-opinion polls suggesting Eves will be defeated by Dalton McGuinty's Liberals, potential successors are already jockeying for position in anticipation of a Tory leadership vacancy. Front-runner Jim Flaherty, the minister of enterprise, opportunity and innovation, who finished second to Eves in the 2002 leadership contest, fanned the flames with an interview broadcast Sunday on Global's Focus Ontario. Asked if he still had an interest in the party's top job, Flaherty, 53, replied: "Oh, I haven't given up any of those ideas, no, I haven't." The minister also repeated his past leadership platform, touting privatization of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, outlawing homelessness and banning teachers from striking. "I feel that if the service is offered in the Yellow Pages, government shouldn't be in the business anyway, so I'm in favour of selling things we shouldn't be involved in. What are we in the booze business for?" he said. While Flaherty's public admission of his ambitions is unusual, sources say behind the scenes his loyalists are fending off potential rivals, including MPP Chris Hodgson, 41; Tony Clement, 42, the minister of health; David Young, 46, the minister of municipal affairs; and Tim Hudak, 35, the minister of consumer and business services. In recent months, at least three influential backers of Hodgson - a departing former minister who Flaherty supporters fear may return to politics to succeed Eves - have quietly been "squeezed out" of high-level party posts. "That's to root out Chris's team, because Jim's people remember what happened when Ernie came out of 'retirement' and bigfooted them (after Mike Harris resigned in 2001)," one Conservative insider said. "They are freezing (Hodgson's) people out. It's so subtle, but it's happening." Although Andrew Hodgson, brother of the Haliburton-Victoria-Brock MPP and an architect of Eves's leadership victory last year, remains a fixture at party headquarters, his influence in the re-election campaign appears to have waned. A source close to Hodgson, who stepped down from the cabinet in January for familial reasons, stressed the former minister has no immediate plans to replace Eves. "My impression is that some of the people around the Flaherty camp do have a plan that talks about losing this election - not to say he would do anything to do that - and then winning the leadership race," the source said. One of Flaherty's confidants scoffed at that assertion. "Do you really think Jim Flaherty wants Dalton McGuinty and the teachers' unions to be running this province?" the insider said. Eves, 56, sworn in one year ago, insisted he was not worried about usurpers. "I would hope nobody in our caucus has given up on the idea of being leader of the party. You certainly want ambitious people," said the premier, whose party's support is mired at 33.9 per cent, a recent poll indicates. The EKOS Research Associates survey found the Liberals at 53.2 per cent and the New Democrats at 11.3 per cent. © Copyright 2003 Montreal Gazette ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:57:11 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Outlaw cowboy gets another ticket for riding horse within city limits http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/story.asp?id=81A9A4EB-4594-4BB0-BEA9-1A11C7593F58 Outlaw cowboy gets another ticket for riding horse within city limits Grande prairie horsemen irate. Horse trainer is trying to have animal control bylaw changed Grande Prairie Herald Tribune Tuesday, April 15, 2003 Ticketing a cowboy for riding his horse within city limits is an insult to the history of northwestern Alberta, say irate horsemen around Grande Prairie. "It's just a shameful way to treat the heritage of the area," said Ed Anderson, whose father homesteaded in the area. "The city of Grande Prairie was built by horses. I remember when milk was being delivered by horses, wood was hauled to the city with a team, water was delivered by horses. My dad used to haul freight from Grande Prairie to people in Sexsmith. "Now, all of a sudden a couple of city dwellers can't stand a little horse fertilizer, so we turn our backs on that." Anderson was talking about the troubles of horse trainer Joe Gill, who on Friday received a second $50 ticket for riding within city limits. Gill has been protesting the city's animal-control bylaw ever since he was fined under it last month. He appealed to the city's protective services committee last week to have the bylaw changed. When he stopped by the city bylaw-enforcement office Friday afternoon, he got a second ticket. "I went to bylaw to get a map of the city that has city boundaries to find out where I can and can't ride," said Gill. He also wanted to plan his route for a protest ride he hopes will be joined by other horse owners. The second ticket was for a ride Gill took to City Hall March 28 to protest his first ticket Lloyd Finch, a longtime horseman whose father also homesteaded in the area, warned the city not to forget its history. "Farming is the whole backbone of Grande Prairie, no matter what is going on with oil and gas," Finch said. "Horses built the railway coming into the city - they hauled the coal and wood that keep the place going - half of the city council doesn't know a thing about that." Finch, whose team of heavy horses has consistently won national plowing match awards, hauled some of that wood and gas to the residents of the city himself. He lives just minutes from the city limits. Anderson accused city officials of insensitivity to the agricultural roots of Grande Prairie, now a booming city of 40,000. "What society is doing now is completely dissociating with farming and the natural world in general - everything is so artificial," Anderson said. "We have to put that association back into our thinking - it's part of our heritage." Finch said he is so enraged by the ticketing that he would refuse to give Grande Prairie any business if he could. "I wish there was a little store just outside of city limits, and I bet you'd see all kinds of farmers buying there instead of in the city." Laura and Jack Oatway are third-generation farmers just outside of the city. Also heavy-horse owners, they've been repeatedly asked by the city to bring in their team of horses for parades and celebrations. Laura Oatway said the $50 tickets are not worth all the hurt feelings. "It wasn't that big of a deal - the guy was in total control of his horse and not hurting anyone. I don't know if the city has really thought about the fact that you just need to be respectful of the farming community. If not for farmers, you don't have food. You have to be sensitive of that and keep that in mind." Anderson said the city should be promoting its historic reliance on the horse for tourism purposes, not discouraging riders. "Other centres love having horses - even the RCMP uses horses to promote itself," he said. "That's what Grande Prairie should be doing, celebrating its history. It's a tourist attraction." © Copyright 2003 Montreal Gazette ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:57:56 -0600 (CST) From: "Nick & Michelle" Subject: Re: Doctor for Hearing Having gone through this myself, the normal procedure for this would be to first go see your family doctor and explain the problem to him or her, then request a referral to a hearing specialist. Your doctor will then make an appointment and contact you. The specialist will then conduct several tests to determine whether or not you have permanent hearing loss, or any other pertinent problems. A persistent ringing in the ears is known as tinitus. This may be caused by factors other than exposure to loud noises, and is something that you will definitely want to have checked out. All in all, a good argument for always wearing hearing protection when shooting! Nick "What was That you Said?" L. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:15:15 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Re: Firearms registry now officially under Easter's watch "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" wrote: > > PUBLICATION: The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon) > DATE: 2003.04.15 > EDITION: Final > SECTION: National > PAGE: B7 > BYLINE: Tim Naumetz > SOURCE: For CanWest News Service > DATELINE: OTTAWA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Firearms registry now officially under Easter's watch > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > OTTAWA -- The government transferred responsibility for the $1-billion > firearms registry from the Justice Department to Solicitor General Wayne > Easter on Monday as part a restructuring attempt to cut costs. > > The change was among several recommendations from an inquiry into the costly > scheme following Auditor General Sheila Fraser last year blasted the Justice > Department for hiding the true cost of the program from Parliament and > taxpayers. > > Suzanne Thebarge, a spokesperson for Justice Minister Martin Cauchon, > confirmed the transfer formally took effect Monday. Wasn't it just two weeks ago that the FedGov was saying that there were several impediments to the transfer, not the least of which was that the law itself makes references to the Minister of Justice, not the Solicitor General? The timing of this wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that the House is currently in recess, and there would be no scrutiny or debate on this secret move? Naaaaaaaa... Yours in Liberty, Bruce Hamilton Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:23:20 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Murder suspect on lam http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoNews/ts.ts-04-15-0029.html >From Toronto Sun Tuesday, April 15, 2003 Murder suspect on lam By ALAN CAIRNS, TORONTO SUN A Rexdale man serving a part-time jail sentence for drug trafficking is now wanted in connection with the killing of a Hamilton man and a gunpoint robbery in Toronto. Philbert Everton Cribb, 21, is "armed and extremely dangerous," Det. Greg Sullivan of the provincial Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) squad said yesterday. Cribb, who was serving weekend sentences at Mimico jail, is accused of second-degree murder in the April 1 slaying of Jason Porter during a soured drug deal at Porter's Wexford St. home. Hamilton police allege that after Cribb visited Porter to pick up a small amount of marijuana, he returned and killed Porter. Toronto police want Cribb for a Feb. 24 gunpoint robbery at Maybelle Ave. in Rexdale, during which Cribb allegedly pointed a gun at a man's head, pistol-whipped him and threatened, "Run, before I kill you." Sullivan said Cribb runs with Jamaican drug gangs in the Brampton and Rexdale areas and typically carries a handgun. "We know he is hanging out at different addresses in the west end," Sullivan said. Cribb is 6-foot-2, 190 pounds, with short black hair and brown eyes. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:45:53 -0600 (CST) From: Edward Hudson Subject: Information Needed Information Needed Anyone know the eMail address of the people who sponsored the Liberty Celebration in Edmonton on the 4th of July last year ? Do they have a similar event planned for this year ? Sincerely, Eduardo ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:26:57 -0600 (CST) From: "Ron White" Subject: Re: Cdn-Firearms Digest V5 #973 > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:05:58 -0600 (CST) > From: Bruce Mills > Subject: Charges Laid Following Search Warrants in Quebec that Resulted in the Seizure of Endangered Animal Parts - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Snip------------ > Bear gall bladders are used in traditional Asian medicine. The foreign > black market value of black bear gall bladders can range from $2,000 to > $10,000 for each gall bladder or up to $55 per gram. Anyone else wonder why, with prices like these, our government hasn't got the brains to capitalize on these prices and satisfy the Asian market with legally killed bear galls , both those taken by sportsmen and those culled by the government. Of course the immediate affect of pumping a large quantity of legal bear galls onto the Asian market would have the effect of drastically reduced prices due to the increased supply; stick with me folks, this isn't rocket science. The stated intention of the law prohibiting the export in bear galls was to protect our black bear. Does anyone believe this; I sure as hell don't. It is a guaranty of high prices in Asia and subsequent poaching to supply a lucrative market. One would think that they would have learned from their experience with the drug traffic but they either are incapable of learning or there is an ulterior motive. I propose that the government, overwhelmed by the pressure and cost of controlling a black bear population has signed on to this policy precisely because they know that high prices would result in poachers taking care of a black bear problem for them and them looking good because of their smoke and mirrors policy, of protecting the bears. Surely not even the Liberals are so arrogant that they think they can alter a centuries old Asian culture. I don't even have a high school education but I can figure this out. Therefore I can not believe that our elected officials and lawmakers who are infinitely smarter than I have not seen through all the ramifications of their legislation. So we are left with my scenario, the government capitalizing on greed to save some money on bear control. How many bears are killed legally in this country annually, and what would be the stated value of their combined galls. What do you believe? Is this policy in place to protect the bears. I Think Not! Would the bears not be better served by supplying the Asian market with legally acquired bear galls thereby increasing supply and driving down the price and killing the poachers trade. Besides, the value of all the legally harvested bear galls would probably fund the gun registry fiasco, there, I knew that I could bring this back on topic :>)) Ronbo ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:02:21 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: "PROTECTION OF LIFE" IS A VALID REASON FOR CARRYING A FIREARM CFC POLICY SAYS "PROTECTION OF LIFE" IS A VALID REASON FOR OWNING AND CARRYING A FIREARM http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/firearmsfactsupdate04-15-2003.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:20:54 -0600 (CST) From: "Trigger Mortis" Subject: "PROTECTION OF LIFE" IS A VALID REASON FOR CARRYING A FIREARM >From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" >Reply-To: cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca >To: undisclosed-recipients: ; >Subject: "PROTECTION OF LIFE" IS A VALID REASON FOR CARRYING A FIREARM >Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:02:21 -0600 (CST) > >CFC POLICY SAYS "PROTECTION OF LIFE" IS A VALID REASON FOR OWNING AND >CARRYING A FIREARM >http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/firearmsfactsupdate04-15-2003.htm ======== Here are a couple of points from the above link: 1. a threat assessment by a police agency clearly shows that the life of the individual(s) is in imminent danger from one or more individuals; 2. police protection is not sufficient in the circumstances; ======== So, the police make a threat assessment, and police protection is not sufficient, then, you can get the carry permit for protection of life!! I want to know which police agency, in their threat assessment, will acknowledge, in writing, that they are too incompetent to protect a member of the public? They may very well be too incompetent to protect the public, but which agency will put that in writing? Show me the police department which will admit that, and I will eat my hat. Alan Harper alan__harper@cogeco.ca SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM ************************* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:17:46 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Powlesland Subject: Re: Yes, Emulate PETA On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Edward Hudson wrote: > Again, we in the Canadian RFC need to demonstrate the commitment to > our cause which members of PETA demonstrate to their cause. Agreed. The antis NEVER give up. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:18:27 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Powlesland Subject: War May Redefine Gun Control http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,84160,00.html ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V5 #976 ********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:akimoya@cogeco.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca FAQ list: http://www.magma.ca/~asd/cfd-faq1.html and http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/homepage.html FTP Site: ftp://teapot.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/ CFDigest Archives: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab133/ or put the next command in an e-mail message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca get cdn-firearms-digest v04.n192 end (192 is the digest issue number and 04 is the volume) To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next five lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-alert unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".) 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