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“….Schmidt’s lawyer, Karen Selick of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, countered by raising two constitutional arguments during the daylong hearing.
She argued her client was being denied his right to liberty because he’s not allowed to engage in his “life’s work” of biodynamic farming and health promotion. She also said denying Canadians their right to choose the food they want to eat, for health reasons, also contravenes with quality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights of Freedoms.
“Individuals have a right to decide what to do with their bodies and what goes in their bodies,” she said. “So by forbidding people from getting raw milk, they are impairing some people’s health. Some people do better on raw milk.”
Selick called these charges based on a “crime that nobody complained about” and that “victims” were all willing knowing participants.
Schmidt has been crusading for the legalization of raw milk products through the Ontario court system for nearly 20 years.
Standing outside the courthouse drinking a glass of unpasteurized milk and eating a piece of smoked mozzarella raw milk cheese, he said he’s willing to fight the issue all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
“Do they really think I’m going to go away after fighting this for 17 years?” said Schmidt, who is helping other farmers currently involved in similar court cases in British Columbia and Alberta.
Since last year’s ruling, cow-share operations have quietly grown in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Many of the businesses rely on word of mouth.
Schmidt has also started an accreditation course for the estimated 50 cow-share businesses across the country, in hopes of bringing in regulation in the commonly underground industry.
He said he had hoped instead of fighting him on these charges, the government would’ve re-examined the current legislation to see how it can be changed to give consumers more choice over their food.
“The government is always looking for a breaking point. The breaking point is when the people who fight for something go bankrupt or don’t have the nerve to anymore, after so many years, and stop, so the whole issue goes away,” he said. “I’m looking for the tipping point, ‘Are there enough people waking up to the reality that they have lost their choice, freedom to choose raw milk?'”
The Bovine 
I think people in this country have forgotten that there is a Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights, and The Constitution. Protect and secure them because the present administration wants to take it away.
For more insights read this book;
The Roots of Obams’s Rage by Dinesh D’Souza.
Let’s get to the roots and pull up and discard of the bad ones. The new sprouts are better.
Milkmen USA
& Ed Hartz
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