CPC MP's & Senators Win Right to Defend Canadians in Montana BSE Case
Rick Casson, MP
Lethbridge
Diane Finley, MP
Official Opposition Critic for Agriculture and Agri-Food
Ted Menzies, MP
Official Opposition Critic for International Trade
June 20, 2005
Conservative Members of Parliament and Senators Win Right to Defend Canadians in Montana BSE Case
OTTAWA - In an unprecedented step, 64 Conservative Party of Canada Members of Parliament and six Conservative Senators have been granted status to file an amicus brief in a Montana court by the same judge who earlier refused a similar application by the federal Liberal government. With their amicus brief, the Conservative Parliamentarians will be the lone representatives of Canada’s legislature in the RCALF-USDA court case in Billings, Montana.
Canada’s Liberal Government has no ability to defend the Canadian cattle industry in the District Court case as it never appealed Judge Cebull’s dismissal of its own amicus application.
US District Court Judge Richard Cebull’s decision was issued late Friday but was made available to the plaintiff and defendant parties this morning. Judge Cebull is hearing the case for a permanent injunction against live Canadian cattle and beef exports on July 27 in Billings.
The Conservative MPs and Senators waited until the end of the appeal period before bringing their own extraordinary application. Conservative MP for Lethbridge, Rick Casson, explained that “we were waiting for the Liberals to do the right thing for our cattle industry, but they just did not care enough to re-enter the ring. We encouraged them to fight for Canada – but their focus was on the Sponsorship Scandal rather than Canada’s cattle industry. We took the unprecedented step of having the Official Opposition fight to protect Canada in a foreign court and we will not back away from this fight.”
[. . . . ] International Law expert, Barry Appleton, counsel for the Conservative Parliamentarians, stated that “this US court decision marks a turning point for the recognition of Canadian MPs by the US courts. This decision demonstrates the valuable contribution that MPs and Senators can make to legal disputes in the United States that involve key Canadian interests.”
[. . . . ] The Conservative Parliamentarians’ application to the court and Judge Cebull’s order can be obtained online at http://www.appletonlaw.com
posted by News Junkie Canada at Tuesday, June 21, 2005
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